Correction method of geomagnetic sensor in mobile device, mobile device, and program
View Patent ↗A mobile device has a geomagnetic sensor, a position detection device, such as an acceleration sensor, for detecting a position of the mobile device, or a direction of a mobile device and a form of the mobile device, and a controller operable to control the geomagnetic sensor and the position detection device. When the position detection device detects a predetermined position change, the controller starts a correction process of the geomagnetic sensor based upon the detection.
1. A correction method of a geomagnetic sensor in a mobile device, comprising:
the mobile device having a geomagnetic sensor comprising a three-axis geomagnetic sensor, position detection means for detecting a position of the mobile device, and a controller operable to control the geomagnetic sensor and the position detection means, the position detection means includes an acceleration sensor that detects a predetermined position change; and
the controller starts a correction process of the geomagnetic sensor based upon the detection;
wherein the correction process includes:
starting a correction process of the three-axis geomagnetic sensor on a first plane based upon detection of a first position change of part or all of the mobile device that includes a rotational movement on the first plane; and
starting a correction process of the three-axis geomagnetic sensor on a second plane different from the first plane based upon detection of a rotational movement of part or all of the mobile device on the second plane.
2. The correction method of a geomagnetic sensor in a mobile device as recited in claim 1 , wherein the mobile device has a structure in which a plurality of components are connected to each other by movable connection means, and the position detection means includes means for detecting a movable state of the connection means.
3. The correction method of a geomagnetic sensor in a mobile device as recited in claim 2 , wherein the connection means includes at least one hinge that connects one of the plurality of components to other components so that the one of the plurality of components is rotatable with respect to the other components, and the position detection means detects an action of the hinge as the predetermined position change.
4. A mobile device comprising:
a geomagnetic sensor comprising a three-axis geomagnetic sensor, position detection means including an acceleration sensor for detecting a position of the mobile device, and a controller operable to control the geomagnetic sensor and the position detection means,
wherein the controller starts a correction process of the geomagnetic sensor when the position detection means detects a predetermined position change and the correction process includes:
a correction process of the three-axis geomagnetic sensor on a first plane is started based upon detection of a first position change of part or all of the mobile device that includes a rotational movement on the first plane; and
a correction process of the three-axis geomagnetic sensor on a second plane different from the first plane is started based upon detection of a rotational movement of part or all of the mobile device on the second plane.
5. The mobile device as recited in claim 4 , wherein the mobile device has a structure in which a plurality of components are connected to each other by movable connection means, and the position detection means includes means for detecting a movable state of the connection means.
6. The mobile device as recited in claim 5 , wherein the connection means includes at least one hinge that connects one of the plurality of components to other components so that the one of the plurality of components is rotatable with respect to the other components, and the position detection means detects an action of the hinge as the predetermined position change.
7. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a program executable in a controller of a mobile device having a geomagnetic sensor comprising a three-axis geomagnetic sensor, position detection means including an acceleration sensor for detecting a position of the mobile device, and the controller operable to control the geomagnetic sensor and the position detection means, characterized by allowing the controller to perform:
a procedure of detecting a predetermined position change by the position detection means; and
a procedure of starting a correction process of the geomagnetic sensor based upon the detection;
wherein the procedure of stating the correction process includes:
a procedure of starting a correction process of the three-axis geomagnetic sensor on a first plane based upon detection of a first position change of part or all of the mobile device that includes a rotational movement on the first plane; and
a procedure of starting a correction process of the three-axis geomagnetic sensor on a second plane different from the first plane based upon detection of a rotational movement of part or all of the mobile device on the second plane.
8. The non-transitory computer readable medium storing the program as recited in claim 7 , wherein the mobile device has a structure in which a plurality of components are connected to each other by movable connection means, and the position detection means includes means for detecting a movable state of the connection means.
9. The non-transitory computer readable medium storing the program as recited in claim 8 , wherein the connection means includes at least one hinge that connects one of the plurality of components to other components so that the one of the plurality of components is rotatable with respect to the other components, and the position detection means detects an action of the hinge as the predetermined position change.