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US 8,947,354 B2Granted
Portable device and method for controlling the same
AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.
InventorsYongsin Kim, Jihwan Kim, Jihyun Kim
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Abstract
A method for controlling a portable device is provided. The method includes detecting bending of the portable device and determining whether to perform motion sensing correction due to the bending; acquiring a motion sensing correction factor for performing the motion sensing correction due to the bending; performing motion sensing correction of at least one motion sensor using the motion sensing correction factor; and controlling the portable device according to the corrected motion sensing.
Claims16
A method for controlling a portable device, the method comprising:
- detecting, by the portable device, that bending of at least one portion of the portable device has occurred, the portable device including at least one motion sensor configured to detect a movement of the portable device;
- determining whether motion sensing correction of the bent portable device is necessary by detecting whether a primary direction of the portable device is changed based on the detected bending of the at least one portion of the portable device;
- acquiring at least one motion sensing correction factor for performing the motion sensing correction due to the bending based on the determination result;
- performing motion sensing correction of the at least one motion sensor using the at least one motion sensing correction factor based on the determination result;
- carrying out an operation in the bent portable device according to the corrected motion sensing of the at least one motion sensor when the primary direction of the portable device is unchanged based on the detected bending of the at least one portion of the portable device;
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- carrying out an operation in the bent portable device according to uncorrected motion sensing of the at least one motion sensor when the primary direction of the portable device is changed based on the detected bending of the at least one portion of the portable device,
- wherein the portable device determines the primary direction of the portable device based on at least one of a camera, a GPS sensor, a geomagnetic sensor, a gravity sensor and a slope sensor of the portable device, and
- wherein the primary direction of the portable device is a direction to which the camera included in the portable device is pointing.
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A portable device comprising:
- a bending sensor configured to detect that bending of at least one portion of the portable device has occurred;
- at least one motion sensor configured to detect a movement of the portable device;
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- a controller configured to determine whether motion sensing correction of the bent portable device is necessary by detecting whether a primary direction of the portable device is changed based on the detected bending of the at least one portion of the portable device,
- wherein the controller acquires at least one motion sensing correction factor for performing the motion sensing correction due to the bending, and corrects motion sensing of the at least one motion sensor using the at least one motion sensing correction factor,
- wherein the controller carries out an operation in the portable device according to the corrected motion sensing of the motion sensor when the primary direction of the portable device is unchanged based on the detected bending of the at least one portion of the portable device, or according to uncorrected motion sensing of the motion sensor when the primary direction of the portable device is changed based on the detected bending of the at least one portion of the portable device,
- wherein the portable device determines the primary direction of the portable device based on at least one of a camera, a GPS sensor, a geomagnetic sensor, a gravity sensor and a slope sensor of the portable device, and
- wherein the primary direction of the portable device is a direction to which the camera included in the portable device is pointing.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.