Apparatus and method for operation according to movement in portable terminal
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsJae-Myeon Lee, Hee-Jun Song, Soon-Youl Kwon, Byeng-Sang Jung, Sun-Young Park
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
An apparatus and method operate a portable terminal according to touch and movement. When a touch is sensed, an angle of the portable terminal is determined. When the determined angle belongs to a grip zone, the portable terminal is transitioned to a wake up state.
Claims20
A method for operating a portable terminal, the method comprising:
- determining, by a controller, whether a touch is sensed;
- when the touch is sensed, determining, by the controller, an angle of the portable terminal;
- determining, by the controller, whether the determined angle belongs to a grip zone;
- and
- when the determined angle belongs to the grip zone, waking up, by the controller, the portable terminal.
An apparatus of a portable terminal comprising:
- a touch sensor configured to sense a touch;
- an acceleration sensor configured to output an acceleration value according to a motion of the portable terminal;
- and
- a controller configured to determine whether a touch is sensed, determine an angle of the portable terminal when the touch is sensed, determine whether the determined angle belongs to a grip zone, and transition the portable terminal to a wake up state when the determined angle belongs to the grip zone.
A non-transitory computer-readable storage device comprising a computer program code configured to cause a controller in a portable terminal to perform a process according to touch and movement, the process comprising the steps of:
- determining whether a touch is sensed,
- when the touch is sensed, determining an angle of the portable terminal,
- determining whether the determined angle belongs to a grip zone, and
- when the determined angle belongs to the grip zone, waking up the portable terminal.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.