Patent ID: 7778792
Filing Date: 2010-08-17
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A motion module for incorporation in a portable device, comprising: a processor module, including a processor and a processor readable memory disposed to store data and instructions for execution by said processor; a motion sensing module in electrical communication with the processor module, said motion sensing module including: an accelerometer disposed to provide an analog acceleration signal associated with one or more axes of motion of said portable electronic device; an analog to digital (A/D) converter disposed to receive said analog acceleration signal and generate a plurality of digital acceleration values; and a signal processing module disposed to generate, from said plurality of digital acceleration values, a plurality of relative velocity values and a plurality of relative position values, and store, in said memory, said plurality of relative velocity values and said plurality of relative position values; wherein the signal processing module includes: wherein the signal processing module further includes a Kalman filter module disposed to: wherein the signal processing module further includes a vector quantization module disposed to: