Patent ID: 8947354
Filing Date: 2015-02-03
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 a primary direction of the portable device is changed based on the detected bending of the at least one portion of the portable device; acquiring at least one motion sensing correction factor for performing the motion sensing correction due to the bending based on the determination result; performing motion sensing correction of the at least one motion sensor using the at least one motion sensing correction factor based on the determination result; carrying out an operation in the bent portable device according to the corrected motion sensing of the at least one motion sensor when the primary direction of the portable device is unchanged based on the detected bending of the at least one portion of the portable device; and carrying out an operation in the bent portable device according to uncorrected motion sensing of the at least one motion sensor when the primary direction of the portable device is changed based on the detected bending of the at least one portion 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.