Patent ID: 8952893
Filing Date: 2015-02-10
Classification: G06F,G06T,H04M

Abstract:
1. A method for controlling a portable device, the method comprising: detecting, by the portable device, that bending of at least one portion of the portable device has occurred, the portable device including at least one motion sensor configured to detect a movement of the portable device; determining whether motion sensing correction of the bent portable device is necessary by detecting whether the at least one bent portion of the portable device affects motion sensing of the at least one motion sensor; when a primary direction of the portable device is changed by motion of the portable device, when the primary direction of the portable device is changed by the bending of the portable device, wherein the portable device determines the primary direction of the portable device based on at least one of a camera, a GPS sensor, a geomagnetic sensor, a gravity sensor and a slope sensor of the portable device, and wherein the primary direction of the portable device is a direction to which the camera included in the portable device is pointing.