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US 8,797,265 B2Granted
Gyroscope control and input/output device selection in handheld mobile devices
AssigneeBroadcom Corporation
InventorGary Silvester
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Abstract
A technique to provide a duplicate I/O device along an adjacent edge of a handheld mobile device to ensure that at least one I/O device is not obscured by a user when the user's hand grasps the handheld mobile device. Depending on which of the portrait or landscape orientation is relative to the user, a sensing device senses the orientation and sends a position signal to a control circuit. The control circuit controls a switching device that controls which of the I/O devices is to be activated depending on the orientation.
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An apparatus comprising:
- a first image capturing device located along a first edge of the apparatus;
- a second image capturing device located along a second edge of the apparatus, the second edge being an adjacent edge to the first edge;
- a switching device to switch activation between the first and second image capturing devices;
- a position sensor to determine an orientation of the apparatus;
- and
- a control circuit configured with the position sensor and the switching device to select activation of the first image capturing device when the position sensor detects the apparatus in a first orientation and to select activation of the second image capturing device when the position sensor detects the apparatus in a second orientation.
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An apparatus comprising:
- a first camera located along a first edge of a handheld mobile device;
- a second camera located along an adjacent edge of the handheld mobile device from the first edge;
- a switching device to switch activation between the first and second cameras;
- a position sensor to determine an orientation of a display of the handheld mobile device;
- and
- a control circuit configured with the position sensor and the switching device to select activation of the first camera when the position sensor detects the display in a portrait orientation and to select activation of the second camera when the position sensor detects the display in a landscape orientation.
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A method comprising:
- sensing a display of a handheld mobile device to be in a portrait orientation or a landscape orientation;
- activating a first camera that is located along a first edge of the handheld mobile device when the display is sensed to be in a portrait orientation;
- activating a second camera that is located along an adjacent edge of the handheld mobile device from the first edge when the display is sensed to be in a portrait orientation;
- and
- switching activation between the first and second cameras dependent on which orientation is sensed for the display.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.