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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 23, 2012
Filed:
May. 30, 2008
Rachid M Alameh, Crystal Lake, IL (US);
Francis W Forest, Lake Villa, IL (US);
William S Hede, Lake in the Hills, IL (US);
Mark R Lemke, Mundelein, IL (US);
Robert S Witte, Algonquin, IL (US);
Rachid M Alameh, Crystal Lake, IL (US);
Francis W Forest, Lake Villa, IL (US);
William S Hede, Lake in the Hills, IL (US);
Mark R Lemke, Mundelein, IL (US);
Robert S Witte, Algonquin, IL (US);
Motorola Mobility LLC, Libertyville, IL (US);
Abstract
Disclosed are devices and methods of an electronic device configured to adaptably process arbitrary conditions to provide a user options for initiating or activating a non-display electronic function of the device. A user is free to determine how to position or orient the device. To determine in real-time, arbitrary conditions of the device, the disclosed devices and methods of an electronic device include determining that the electronic device is at rest and then acquiring a reference in response to determining that the electronic device is at rest. In this way, the device may assume any position or orientation to acquire a reference. Subsequently, subtle movement of the electronic device relative to the acquired reference may be detected to initiate a non-display electronic function of the electronic device. The user therefore may make choices inconspicuously and privately as to which non-display electronic function to initiate.