Invention Grant
- Patent Title: System and method for navigating a mobile device user interface with a directional sensing device
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Application No.: US13194405Application Date: 2011-07-29
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Publication No.: US08175798B2Publication Date: 2012-05-08
- Inventor: Kevin Howard Orr , Alexander Kornilovsky , Alexei Skarine
- Applicant: Kevin Howard Orr , Alexander Kornilovsky , Alexei Skarine
- Applicant Address: CA Waterloo
- Assignee: Research In Motion Limited
- Current Assignee: Research In Motion Limited
- Current Assignee Address: CA Waterloo
- Agency: Jones Day
- Main IPC: G01C21/00
- IPC: G01C21/00

Abstract:
An electronic mobile device includes a display for displaying a graphical element. A tilt sensor is configured to sense first and second tilt angles of the mobile device. A processor is coupled to the display and the tilt sensor and configured to move the graphical element relative to the display in a first direction based on the first tilt angle, and to move the graphical element relative to the display in a second direction based on the second tilt angle.
Public/Granted literature
- US20110279481A1 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR NAVIGATING A MOBILE DEVICE USER INTERFACE WITH A DIRECTIONAL SENSING DEVICE Public/Granted day:2011-11-17
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