System and method for navigating a mobile device user interface with a directional sensing device
AssigneeResearch In Motion Limited
InventorsKevin Howard Orr, Alexander Kornilovsky, Alexei Skarine
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Abstract
An electronic mobile device includes a display, a tilt sensor and a processor. The display is for displaying a graphical element. The tilt sensor is configured to measure a tilt angle of the mobile device. The processor is configured to store the measured tilt angle as a reference tilt angle, subsequently determine a delta tilt angle as the difference between a currently measured tilt angle and the reference tilt angle, compare the delta tilt angle to different thresholds, and alter the position of the displayed element on the display at a rate that is based on the number of the thresholds the delta tilt angle has exceeded.
Claims18
An electronic mobile device comprising:
- a display for displaying a graphical element;
- a tilt sensor configured to measure a tilt angle of the mobile device;
- and
- a processor configured to:
- store the measured tilt angle as a reference tilt angle;
- determine a delta tilt angle as the difference between a currently measured tilt angle and the reference tilt angle;
- and
- alter the position of the displayed element on the display based on the delta tilt angle.
A method for controlling a graphical element displayed on an electronic mobile device, comprising:
- displaying the graphical element on the electronic mobile device;
- measuring a tilt angle of the mobile device;
- storing the measured tilt angle as a reference tilt angle;
- determining a delta tilt angle as the difference between a currently measured tilt angle and the reference tilt angle;
- and
- altering the position of the displayed element based on the delta tilt angle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.