IP Library Patent Application 12395714
Patent Application
App. No. 12/395,714

PORTABLE DEVICE OPERATING METHOD

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App. No.
12/395,714
Abstract

The present invention provides a portable device operating method including: displaying a three-dimensional function menu on a display screen of a portable device, wherein a plurality of items of the three-dimensional function menu are positioned on different directions in a three-dimensional coordinate; detecting a shaking direction of the portable device; and selecting one of the plurality of the items of the three-dimensional function menu according to the shaking direction.

Claims (25)

1 . A portable device operating method, comprising steps of:

displaying a three-dimensional function menu on a display of a portable device, wherein a plurality of items of the three-dimensional function menu are positioned on different directions in a three-dimensional coordinate;

detecting a shaking direction of the portable device; and

selecting one of the plurality of the items of the three-dimensional function menu according to the shaking direction.

2 . The operating method of claim 1 , wherein in the step of selecting one of the plurality of the items of the three-dimensional function menu according to the shaking direction, the selected item is at the shaking direction of the three-dimensional function menu.

3 . The operating method of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of the items of the three-dimensional function menu are displayed in different screens of the display, and the plurality of the items connect to each other to form a net structure.

4 . The operating method of claim 3 , wherein connection relations among the plurality of the items are capable of being set by users.

5 . The operating method of claim 1 , further comprising step of:

activating a shaking function of the portable device.

6 . The operating method of claim 1 , after the step of selecting one of the plurality of the items of the three-dimensional function menu according to the shaking direction, the operating method further comprising step of:

detecting a specific shaking condition of the portable device to determine whether executing the selected item.

7 . The operating method of claim 6 , wherein when the portable device shaking at the shaking direction for specific times is detected, the selected item is executed.

8 . The operating method of claim 1 , wherein the portable device utilizes a shaking sensor to detecting the shaking direction.

9 . A portable device operating method, comprising steps of:

receiving a shaking signal generated by a shaking sensor of a portable device;

identifying a shaking direction according to the shaking signal; and

selecting an item of a function menu according to the shaking direction, wherein the function menu is a three-dimensional function menu, and a plurality of items of the three-dimensional function menu are positioned on different directions in a three-dimensional coordinate.

10 . The operating method of claim 9 , further comprising step of:

displaying the function menu on a display of the portable device.

11 . The operating method of claim 9 , wherein the plurality of the items of the three-dimensional function menu are displayed in different screens of the portable device, and the plurality of the items connect to each other to form a net structure.

12 . The operating method of claim 9 , wherein in the step of selecting an item of a function menu according to the shaking direction, the item is at the shaking direction of the three-dimensional function menu.

13 . The operating method of claim 9 , further comprising step of:

activating the shaking sensor of the portable device.

14 . The operating method of claim 9 , after the step of selecting an item of a function menu according to the shaking direction, the operating method further comprising step of:

detecting a specific shaking condition of the portable device to determine whether executing the selected item.

Assignments (2)
MERGER Recorded Oct 10, 2011
From: FUJI ELECTRIC DEVICE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. (MERGER)
To: FUJI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 027288/0820 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 2, 2009
From: HSU, SHIH-CHAN
To: MSTAR SEMICONDUCTOR, INC.
Reel/Frame 022328/0436 →