# US 8,543,085 B2 · Quality of experience estimation > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 8,543,085 B2 - Document ID: US8543085B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 13/142,054 - Filed: 2011-03-30 - Published: 2012-10-04 - Granted: 2013-09-24 - Earliest claimed: 2011-03-30 - Assignees: Empire Technology Development LLC - Applicants: Sukho Jung - Inventors: Sukho Jung - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US8543085B2 ## CPC - H04M 1/72454: according to context-related or environment-related conditions - H04M: TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION (circuits for controlling other apparatus via a telephone cable and not involving telephone switching apparatus G08) ## Abstract Technologies are generally described for estimating a quality of experience (QoE) based on movements of a mobile device in a telecommunication system. In some examples, a mobile device may include a detection unit configured to detect a first movement of the mobile device and a second movement of the mobile device, a timer configured to measure a time interval between the first movement and the second movement detected by the detection unit, and a decision unit configured to determine whether the first and second movements are related to telecommunication quality of the mobile device based on the time interval measured by the timer. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A mobile device comprising: a detection unit configured to detect a first movement of the mobile device and a second movement of the mobile device; a timer configured to measure a time interval between the first movement and the second movement detected by the detection unit; and a decision unit configured to determine that telecommunication quality of the mobile device is being checked based on the first movement, the second movement, and the time interval between the first movement and the second movement being within a predetermined range, the predetermined range being adjusted based on a usage pattern of the mobile device. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The mobile device of claim 1, further comprising: a proximity sensor configured to detect a distance of an object from the proximity sensor, wherein the detection unit is further configured to detect the first and second movements based on output of the proximity sensor. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The mobile device of claim 2, wherein the detection unit is further configured to detect the first movement when the output of the proximity sensor is changed from a first signal to a second signal and detect the second movement when the output of the proximity sensor is changed from the second signal to the first signal, and wherein the first signal is output from the proximity sensor when the object is positioned within a predetermined distance from the proximity sensor, and the second signal is output from the proximity sensor when the object is distanced away from the proximity sensor by a distance longer than the predetermined distance. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The mobile device of claim 1, further comprising: a motion sensor configured to sense the first and second movements of the mobile device and output a first signal and a second signal corresponding to the first movement and the second movement of the mobile device, respectively, wherein the detection unit is further configured to detect the first movement and the second movement based on the first signal and the second signal. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The mobile device of claim 4, wherein the first and second signals are vectors and are selected from a group consisting of velocity, acceleration, angular velocity and angular acceleration. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The mobile device of claim 1, further comprising: a display configured to display a user interface of the mobile device, wherein the detection unit is further configured to detect the first movement and the second movement based on on/off status of the display. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The mobile device of claim 6, wherein the detection unit is further configured to detect the first movement when the status of the display is changed from off-status to on-status and detect the second movement when the status of the display is changed from on-status to off-status. ### Claim 8 A method for measuring telecommunication quality of a mobile device, the method comprising: detecting a first movement of the mobile device; detecting a second movement of the mobile device, the detecting the first movement of the mobile device and the detecting the second movement of the mobile device being based on an on/off status of a display of the mobile device; measuring a time interval between the first movement and the second movement of the mobile device; and determining that telecommunication quality of the mobile device is being checked based on the first movement, the second movement, and the time interval between the first movement and the second movement being within a predetermined range. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The method of claim 8, wherein the predetermined range is adjusted based on usage pattern of the mobile device. ### Claim 10 (depends on 8) The method of claim 8, further comprising: receiving output of a proximity sensor configured to detect a distance of an object from the proximity sensor, wherein the detecting the first movement of the mobile device and the detecting the second movement of the mobile device are based on the output of the proximity sensor. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The method of claim 10, wherein the determining is further based on the output of the proximity sensor being changed from a first signal to a second signal and then the output of the proximity sensor being changed from the second signal to the first signal, and a second time interval between the changes of the output of the proximity sensor being within a second predetermined range, and wherein the first signal is output from the proximity sensor when the object is positioned within a predetermined distance from the proximity sensor, and the second signal is output from the proximity sensor when the object is distanced away from the proximity sensor by a distance longer than the predetermined distance. ### Claim 12 (depends on 8) The method of claim 8, further comprising: receiving output of a motion sensor configured to sense a movement of the mobile device, and wherein the detecting the first movement of the mobile device and the detecting the second movement of the mobile device are based on the output of the motion sensor. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The method of claim 12, wherein the receiving further comprises receiving a first signal corresponding to the first movement and a second signal corresponding to the second movement, and the first and second signals are vectors and are selected from a group consisting of velocity, acceleration, angular velocity and angular acceleration. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The method of claim 13, wherein the determining is further based on the sum of the first signal and the second signal being approximately zero. ### Claim 15 (depends on 8) The method of claim 8, wherein the determining is further based on the status of the display being changed from off-status to on-status and then the status of the display being changed from on-status to off-status, and a second time interval between the changes of the on/off status of the display being within a second predetermined range. ### Claim 16 (depends on 8) The method of claim 8, further comprising: reporting a result of the determining to a mobile service provider. ### Claim 17 A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium whose contents, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to: detect a first movement of a mobile device; detect a second movement of the mobile device, the detection of the first movement of the mobile device and the detection of the second movement of the mobile device being based on an on/off status of a display of the mobile device; measure a time interval between the first movement and the second movement of the mobile device; and determine that telecommunication quality of the mobile device is being checked, based on the first movement, the second movement, and the time interval between the first movement and the second movement being within a predetermined range.