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US 8,285,480 B2Granted
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 for displaying a graphical element. A tilt sensor is configured to sense first and second tilt angles of the mobile device. A processor is coupled to the display and the tilt sensor and configured to move the graphical element relative to the display in a first direction based on the first tilt angle, and to move the graphical element relative to the display in a second direction based on the second tilt angle.
Claims20
An electronic device comprising:
- a display for displaying a graphical element;
- a sensor for determining a tilt angle of the display;
- a processor coupled to the display and the sensor and configured to:
- move the graphical element relative to the display in a first direction based on a first tilt angle;
- and
- move the graphical element relative to the display in a second direction based on a second tilt angle.
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An electronic device comprising:
- a display for displaying a graphical element;
- a sensor for determining a tilt angle of the display;
- a processor coupled to the display and the sensor and configured to receive a tilt angle signal from the sensor, indicative of a tilt angle, and move the graphical element relative to the display in response to the tilt angle exceeding a threshold.
An electronic device comprising:
- a display for displaying a graphical element;
- a sensor for determining a tilt angle of the display;
- a processor coupled to the display and the sensor and configured to receive a tilt angle signal from the sensor, indicative of a tilt angle, and move the graphical element relative to the display at a rate that is based on a number of thresholds the tilt angle has exceeded.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.