CN1119051C - Device and method for selecting user interface option on portable electronic equipment - Google Patents

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CN1119051C
CN1119051C CN00130211A CN00130211A CN1119051C CN 1119051 C CN1119051 C CN 1119051C CN 00130211 A CN00130211 A CN 00130211A CN 00130211 A CN00130211 A CN 00130211A CN 1119051 C CN1119051 C CN 1119051C
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Abstract

A portable electronic device (100) facilitates entry of user data and commands by detecting motion of the device (100). A display (112) is used to depict a plurality of user interface options (300, 500, 502). The user physically moves the device (100) to highlight and enter a desired character of data (302) or a command (504). For example, a virtual keypad (300) may be displayed, and when the device (100) is moved forward, backward, left, or right relative to the plane of the display (112) the next letter or number in that direction (or the opposite direction) may be highlighted. Then, by moving the device (100) downward the highlighted letter or number may be entered.

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Be used on portable electric appts, selecting the apparatus and method of user interface option
Technical field
The present invention relates generally to be used on portable electric appts, selecting the apparatus and method of user interface, be specifically related to move, by graphic user interface input data and/or the choice menus option relevant with portable electric appts by detecting with the predetermined simultaneous equipment of graphical display.
Background technology
The development of integrated circuit technique allows can fully reduce dimensionally such as cellular portable electric appts.The equipment that user often more pleased these sizes of selection have reduced, because they are lighter, and easier carrying.Yet under the situation of damage equipment usability not, some part of typical portable electric appts can not reduce too much dimensionally.Keypad is exactly such part.Typical cellular telephone keypad comprises dialed digit 0～9, and such as some other function keys of " removing ", " transmission " and " end " etc.Keypad has increased complexity, size and the weight of cellular cost, Machine Design.The minimum dimension of key is by the size decision of user's finger.In other words, if key is too little, many users dial discovery and become very difficult.
The solution of Ti Chuing comprises the technology of use such as speech recognition and touch-screen for this reason, and with the cancellation keypad, yet these technology exist great restriction and defective.Speech recognition technology needs training fully, and often can not correct execution, thereby needs the user to repeat some order.This repetition both consumed the time, can make the user produce sense of frustration again.In addition, speech recognition algorithm needs huge computational resource, thereby has increased the cost of electronic equipment and/or postponed the response of identifying.Further, speech recognition schemes lacks privacy.For example, if the user dials phone number in public, telephone number and/or the people's that called out name can by around the people hear.Touch screen technology has solved the problem of privacy, accuracy and computational resource.Yet touch-screen is relatively more expensive, and often reduces the vision definition of following display.If the user selects with finger, there is size restrictions equally in touch-screen, or touch-screen need use stylus, and it might be lost.
Summary of the invention
According to an aspect of the present invention, a kind of method of selecting the user interface option of input alphabet numerical data in the user interface of portable electric appts is provided, this portable electric appts has display, moving detector and memory, this method comprises: generate a demonstration on the display of portable electric appts, this demonstration has first alphanumeric character; Detect relevant the moving of display with portable electric appts; With in response to the detection of moving, this first alphanumeric character of storage in the memory of portable electric appts.
According to another aspect of the present invention, a kind of method of selecting to be used for the user interface option of choice menus clauses and subclauses in the user interface of portable electric appts is provided, portable electric appts has display and moving detector, this method comprises: generate a demonstration on the display of portable electric appts, this demonstration has first menu entries; Detect relevant the moving of display with portable electric appts; In response to the detection of moving, carry out the software routines relevant with first menu entries.
According to another aspect of the present invention, a kind of portable electric appts also is provided, comprise display and the moving detector relevant with display, moving detector generates mobile detection signal in response to moving of display, described portable electric appts is characterised in that: the controller that is connected with moving detector with display operationally, described controller makes display generate the user interface demonstration, user interface shows that at least one user of indication imports option, and controller selects at least one user to import option in response to mobile detection signal.
According to another aspect of the present invention, the method of the user interface option of the software routines in the user interface that a kind of selection calls portable electric appts also is provided, portable electric appts has display, moving detector and memory, and this method comprises: detect move relevant with display; The related software routine is carried out in the detection of moving in response to display; Determine relevant with display mobile whether related with a predefined mobile phase; Mobile and predefined mobile phase relevant with display is related in response to determining, software routine.
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For those skilled in the art,, these and other feature and advantage of the present invention will be very easy to find with reference to the detailed introduction of preferred embodiment.Preferred embodiment is introduced with reference to the accompanying drawings, provides brief description of the drawings below.
Fig. 1 is the block diagram of expression portable electric appts.
Fig. 2 can pass through the flow chart that user interface is selected alphanumeric character by what the portable electric appts of Fig. 1 was realized.
Fig. 3 can show that the line of the exemplary user interface of alphanumeric options draws by the portable electric appts of Fig. 1 being used to of realizing.
Fig. 4 can be used for flow chart by the program of user interface choice menus clauses and subclauses by what the portable electric appts of Fig. 1 was realized.
Fig. 5 is that the line of the exemplary user interface that is used for display menu options that can be realized by the portable electric appts of Fig. 1 is drawn.
Fig. 6 is the program flow diagram that can be responded the detection software routine that predefined display moves by the portable electric appts of Fig. 1 being used to of realizing.
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Portable electric appts has shown a plurality of user interface options on its display, and allows the user to select one or more options by physically moving this equipment along specific direction.For example, can show a virtual keypad, when the user relative to the plane of display with equipment forward, backward, when moving to the left or to the right, the next letter of this direction (or rightabout) is by highlight.Then, move this equipment by downward (just vertical with the plane of display), the letter of highlight is transfused to, and just looks like to be that typewriting is the same on true, special-purpose keypad.
Fig. 1 has shown portable electric appts 100.In a preferred embodiment, portable electric appts 100 is the Wireless Telecom Equipments such as portable cellular phone or beep-pager.Yet portable electric appts 100 can be the universal computing device such as personal digital assistant, or such as the special equipment of e-book or electronic chart.Portable electric appts is connected with power supply 101.Power supply is battery preferably.Yet those skilled in the art understands other power supply at an easy rate, such as the transformer or the solar panel that interchange are output as direct current, also can be used as power supply 101.
Controller 102 in the portable electric appts 100 can comprise a data storage 104 such as random access memory, a form may be the program storage 106 of read-only memory (ROM), and a microprocessor 108, they interconnect by address/data bus 109.In one embodiment, program storage 106 storage computation machine programs, all or part method that correlation diagram 2, Fig. 4 and Fig. 6 introduced below this computer program was realized.This program is preferably carried out by microprocessor 108.Those skilled in the art knows that program storage 106 can load from the fixed memory device such as hard disk, perhaps by firmware prestrain.Can be manually or do not use some steps in the method that portable electric appts 100 carries out introducing below.
Preferably passing through conventional I/O (I/O) circuit 114 will be electrically connected with controller 102 through the moving detector 110 and the display 112 of analog/digital converter 111.Moving detector 110 is gone back and display 112 mechanical connections, and the mobile corresponding display 112 of moving detector 110 moves like this.
Moving detector 110 preferably is made up of two accelerometers, and each accelerometer all detects mobile variation (for example acceleration).First accelerometer on the position with the plane parallel of display 112, be parallel to the moving of plane (just along x axle and y axle) of display 112 with checkout equipment 100.Two voltages of first accelerometer output, one is used for the x axle, and one is used for the y axle, and they all are similar to and concentrate on the quiescent direct current voltage point.Along with equipment 100 quickens (or moving) along the positive direction of x axle, y axle or compound direction or negative direction, output voltage is from quiescent direct current voltage point increase or reduce.For example, if equipment 100 mobile makes x axle output voltage increase from quiescent direct current voltage point, have mobilely so on directions X, and the acceleration on the directions X is just (+).If the mobile x of the making axle output voltage of equipment 100 reduces from the quiescent direct current voltage point, on directions X, have mobilely so, and the acceleration on the directions X is negative (-).If equipment 100 does not move on directions X, x axle output voltage does not change so, and does not have acceleration at directions X.This rule is equally applicable to y axle output voltage.Second accelerometer is vertical with the plane of display 112 on the position, with mobile (just along the z axle) of checkout equipment 100 perpendicular to the plane of display 112.Except having only an output voltage to be used for tracking equipment moving on the Z direction, second accelerometer is similar to the working method of first accelerometer.Accelerometer can be that the part number that can obtain from a lot of sources is the accelerometer based on analog machine diaxon (Analog Devices 2-axis) MEMS (electrical micro-machine) of ADLX202, perhaps other suitable and economically viable accelerometer.
The mobile detection signal that controller 102 receives from moving detector 110.Move detection signal in response to some, controller 102 makes display 112 show different predefined pattern descriptions.By with shown specific display frame side by side at specific direction mobile electronic device 100, the user of portable electric appts 100 just can give controller 102 input data and orders.
Input/output circuitry 114 can also comprise a transmitter and a receiver (not showing), and they are electrically connected to antenna 116 with controller 102.Other information of using in information that antenna 116 can be used for launching and/or reception is relevant with user interface option and the following process that will introduce.
In the embodiment that Fig. 1 showed, equipment 100 lacks key region dedicated such as the cellular telephone keypad of function keys such as the alphanumeric key 0～9 that has and " transmission ", " end ", " removing ", thereby has avoided increasing complexity, size and weight with this key region dedicated cost that interrelates, Machine Design.
Fig. 2 has showed the flow chart of program 200, and portable electric appts 100 can be selected alphanumeric character by working procedure 200.Preferably come program execution process by controller 102.Usually, program 200 moves in response to display 112, generates the pattern description of the alphanumeric character of a series of expressions selected (but also not input).Program 200 also allows selected character response to be transfused in moving of display 112.Alphanumeric character comprises English alphabet, numeral, Roman number, Chinese character, kanji, Japanese ideogram and/or any other human discernible linguistic notation.
When program 200 is activated, be default value at step 202 controller 102 initialization " current character " variable.For example, in order to make average " distance " minimum of wishing character, can select to be positioned near the character of virtual key district center as default character.As an alternative, default character can be last character of input.Then, in step 204, controller 102 generates a graphic user interface on the display 112 that shows a plurality of characters 300 (for example virtual keypad), and this moment, current character 302 visually can obtain identification (for example highlight is seen Fig. 3).
Program 200 enters one then and moves detection circulation (step 206-214).In this example, move to detect circulation and move (for example acceleration) along the plane of display 112 with perpendicular to the direction finding on the plane of display 112, wherein comprise left (step 206), (step 208), (step 210), the vector of (step 212) backward forward to the right in fact, comprise downward vector (step 214) in fact perpendicular to the direction on the plane of display 112 along the direction on the plane of display 112.The expansion of coplane ground, the defined plane of the plane of display 112 and Fig. 3, the display 112 of Fig. 3 indication equipment 100 are discussed for convenience.The variation that produces mobile or speed from inactive state means acceleration.Move preferably by user's handheld device 100 and the hand that moves him and produce, perhaps the side by user's tip-tap equipment 100 produces.Usually always producing some moves.Some moves under the threshold value that detects usually, thereby program 200 is not considered them.Can detect other move such as hand rock carelessly and/or the slight of hand moved, but preferably ignore them, show to avoid under the user does not have a mind to the situation of mobile hand, changing.At the other end of scope, too big acceleration also is left in the basket.For example, portable electric appts 100 is thrown away a crust will produce an acceleration usually, think that preferably this acceleration is too big, rather than have a mind to moving of hand and produce.
Although present embodiment only moves at 5 direction findings, those skilled in the art can know at an easy rate that the mobile detection on some other directions also is possible.For example, comprise significantly forward vector and the moving (just oblique) and also can obtain detecting of vector significantly to the right.In case detected, oblique moving can make display 112 produce a variation (for example the oblique of cursor moved), perhaps according to the present demonstration of display, can ignore oblique moving.
In case on a predefined direction, detect its value greater than minimum threshold and moving less than max-thresholds, carry out corresponding step (step 216-224,400),, on display 112, produce a new demonstration and/or input current character 302 to enter a new mode of operation.In the present embodiment, if detect left move (step 206), if possible then current character 302 (perhaps button, icon or the like) to left movement (step 216).If the left side in current character 302 does not have character, current character 302 does not just change.Similarly, if detect to the right move (step 208), current character 302 move right (step 218) then if possible.If detect move (step 210) forward, current character 302 move up (step 220) then if possible.Perhaps, in the present embodiment can choice menus button 303.Move (step 212) backward if detect, if possible then current character 302 moves down (step 222).In case current character 302 is updated, program 200 regenerates the demonstration of graphic user interface on display 112, with the current character 302 (step 204) that shows new highlight.In alternate embodiment, the moving direction of current character 302 is opposite with the moving direction of the display 112 that is detected.In this manner, the user sees when equipment 100 moves is that the outward appearance of cursor position keeps static.
The quantity of the character position that current character 302 moves may change.In one embodiment, no matter the size of amount of movement, for effectively moving that each detected, current character 302 moves a position.In another embodiment, the quantity of current character 302 position of moving is proportional with the amount of movement that is detected.For example, the scope that moves between minimum threshold and max-thresholds can be divided into three scopes (for example low, neutralization height).Then can be by the threshold of movement value and preset range being come mobile classification to being detected.Be positioned at moving of low scope if detect, current character 302 may move a position (for example from " 1 " to " 2 ").If detect moving of the scope of being arranged in, current character 302 may move two positions (for example from " 1 " to " 3 ").Be positioned at moving of high scope if detect, current character 302 may move three positions (for example from " 1 " to " 4 ").Those skilled in the art can be readily appreciated that to have many other contacts between the mobile and cursor that detects moves.
As user during with the character highlight of his desired input, he preferably produce one with vertical the moving down in the plane of display 112.Preferably this downward moving, because it is this moving plays customer contact to press traditional button or button, therefore relatively directly perceived to a certain extent concerning the user.Program 200 detects and downward moves (step 214), and whether definite character 302 or menu button 303 are current highlight (steps 215).If character 302 is current highlights, program 200 is preferably imported current character 302 (step 224).If menu button 303 is highlights, program 200 is preferably in step 400 and enters a menu mode (seeing Fig. 4 and Fig. 5).Certainly, also can use button groups, rather than a menu button.Import an alphanumeric character and preferably include store character in memory 104, and in the alphanumeric character input area 304 of the display 112 of portable electric appts 100 character display.In certain embodiments, inputting digital character comprises that also the digit dialling that will be imported is to telephone system.In case imported a character, program 200 preferably repeats (step 202).
In substituting preferred embodiment, the user uses predefined gesture to move (for example clapping portable electric appts 100 twice), with " input " current character or selection virtual push button.If predefined gesture is not used the z axle acceleration, present embodiment just has makes the accelerometer that needs lack one advantage.Avoid the cost, complexity and the thickness that use the z axle acceleration can reduce portable electric appts 100.
Fig. 4 has showed the flow chart of program 400, and portable electric appts 100 can come choice menus clauses and subclauses 504 by executive program 400.The step of being programmed is preferably carried out by controller 102.Usually, program 400 generates the graphical display of the menu entries 504 of a series of expression selected (also not having input) in response to moving of display 112.Program 400 also allows to import in response to moving of display 112 selected menu entries 504.Menu entries comprises the graphic symbol or the symbol string of text, icon and/or some other types.The software routines relevant with menu entries preferably carried out in the selection of menu entries.For example, the menu entries alphabetical input pattern that can make equipment 100 enter or withdraw to introduce above.
When program 400 starts, be default value at step 402 controller 102 initialization " the current set of menu clauses and subclauses " variable.The title (see figure 5) of first drop-down menu 502 in for example, can choice menus bar 500.Then, in step 404, controller 102 generates a graphic user interface on display 112, shows the menu bar 500 that has drop-down menu 502 and selected menu entries 504.Program 400 is imported one then and is moved detection circulation (step 406-414).In this example, moving along the plane of display 112 sought in mobile detection circulation, wherein comprise left (step 406), (step 408), (step 410), the vector of (step 412) backward forward to the right in fact, also seek simultaneously in move (step 414) perpendicular to the direction on the plane of display 112 along the moving direction on the plane of display 112.
As mentioned above, some value that moves and/or duration may be higher or lower than predefined threshold value.Preferably ignore these and move, to avoid under the user does not have a mind to the situation of mobile hand, changing the demonstration of display 112.In addition, present embodiment only moves at 5 direction findings.Yet those skilled in the art can be readily appreciated that also can detect on some other directions and move.
In case on a predefined direction, detect its value greater than minimum threshold and moving less than max-thresholds, carry out corresponding step (step 416-424), select 504 relevant software routines with the current set of menu on display 112, to produce a new demonstration and/or execution.In the present embodiment, if detect left move (step 406), if possible then show the menu 502 (step 416) of front.If the left side at the current set of menu does not have menu, then do not change.Similarly, if detect to the right move (step 408), if possible then show next menu 502 (step 418).If detect move (step 410) forward, the current set of menu clauses and subclauses 504 move up (step 420) then if possible.If detect move (step 412) backward, if possible then the current set of menu clauses and subclauses 504 move down (step 422).In case the current set of menu clauses and subclauses 504 are updated, program 400 regenerates graphic user interface on display 112, with the menu entries 504 (step 404) that shows new highlight.In alternate embodiment, the moving direction of the current set of menu clauses and subclauses 504 is opposite with the moving direction of the display 112 that is detected.The quantity of shift position may change in the menu 502.In one embodiment, no matter the size of amount of movement moves for each, only change a number of positions.In another embodiment, as the front introduce in detail like that, quantity that move the position and the amount of movement that is detected are proportional.
As user during with menu entries 504 highlights of hope, he preferably produce one with vertical the moving down in the plane of display 112.Program 400 detects and downward moves (step 414), and the relevant software routines (step 424) of execution and the current set of menu clauses and subclauses 504.Program 400 preferably repeats (step 402) then.In alternate embodiment, as previously mentioned, the user can use predefined gesture, rather than downward moving, with the cancellation accelerometer.
Fig. 6 has showed can be used for moving in response to predefined display the program flow diagram of the detection software routine of (gesture just) by the portable electric appts 100 of Fig. 1.The step of being programmed is preferably carried out by controller 102.
When program 600 started, controller 102 was waited for a mobile signal (step 602) that has been detected of getting in touch with display 112 that shows from moving detector 110.When detecting when mobile, controller 102 is carried out related software routines (step 604).The comparison of related software routine is detected move be stored in the program storage 106 one or more Move Modes (for example, such as about shake the hand expression " no " or the wrist-watch that rocks back and forth show the predefined gesture of "Yes"), also detected the moving in a series of fronts that is stored in the data storage 104 can be compared with Move Mode.Controller 102 determines then whether related software is found and predefined mobile coupling (step 606).If find coupling, controller 102 is added to current moving in a series of the moving that is stored in the data storage 104, for correlation step use (step 608) in the back.If found coupling in step 606, controller 102 is stored in a series of move in the data storage 104 with removing, and they can not be used to (step 610) more like this.
Then, controller 102 is carried out the demonstration generating routine of getting in touch with the predefined mobile phase of being mated, and/or switches (just using or forbidding) input pattern (step 612).Preferably according to current demonstration and the new demonstration of predefined mobile generation.For example, if current demonstration inquiry user he whether be ready to dial shown number, move to move forward and backward and be confirmed as "Yes" according to picture, new then demonstration can be just in the indication of dialing numbers.By using and forbid input pattern, the user can avoid the mobile user of being translated into who does not expect to import.For example, can allow equipment 100 enter alphabetical input pattern moving such as the predefined gesture of twice beating (just beaing for twice in the cycle) on the display 112 at preset time.
The invention provides the method and apparatus that user data and order is input to portable electric appts that moves by checkout equipment.Although the introduction of front concentrates on such as the demonstration of the discontinuous cursor position of button on the dummy keyboard and/or menu entries and describes, those skilled in the art will readily appreciate that the resolution that cursor moves can be the same little with the variable display element of minimum.For example, the user can use above-mentioned method to come freely mobile arrow in the demonstration of image, perhaps moves on bigger virtual monitor one " window viewing area ".For example, the user can be by to one of the direction that moves that is detected or the rightabout scrolling image bigger than actual display 112.The system that carries out system of selection described here can provide abundant graphic user interface, and does not increase cost, complexity, size and the weight of typical user input device.
The introduction of front is disclosed for the purpose that illustrates and show.But it should not be understood that this introduction is limit, perhaps limits the invention to the definite form of being showed.According to top explanation, the present invention can have many modification and change.Scope of the present invention should be understood to unrestricted in specific descriptions, and is limited by following accessory claim.

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1. be used for selecting in the user interface of portable electric appts the method for the user interface option of input alphabet numerical data, portable electric appts has display, moving detector and memory, and this method comprises:
Generate a demonstration on the display of portable electric appts, this demonstration has first alphanumeric character;
Detect relevant the moving of display with portable electric appts; With
In response to the detection of moving, this first alphanumeric character of storage in the memory of portable electric appts.
2. the method in the claim 1, wherein:
On the display of portable electric appts, generate to show be included in generate on the display that first of first alphanumeric character and second alphanumeric character shows and
Detect relevant with the display of portable electric appts mobile first move relevant of first direction detection that be included in display.
3. the method in the claim 2, wherein:
Generate demonstration and further be included in generation second demonstration on the display on the display of portable electric appts, second demonstration is visually discerned first alphanumeric character in response to first detection of moving of first direction,
Detect relevant with the display of portable electric appts mobile further be included in the second direction detection relevant with display second move and
Storage first alphanumeric character comprises in response to second detection of moving of second direction store first alphanumeric character in memory in the memory of portable electric appts.
4. the method in the claim 3, wherein:
Detect relevant with display first move comprise with the value of first mobile phase contact and predefined threshold ratio and
Detecting relevant with the display of portable electric appts second moves and comprises the value of will get in touch with second mobile phase and predefined threshold ratio.
5. the method in the claim 1 comprises that further the alphanumeric input area on the display of portable electric appts shows first alphanumeric character in response to the detection of moving.
6. the method in the claim 1 further comprises in response to the detection of moving and dials first alphanumeric character.
7. the method in the claim 1 wherein generates demonstration and comprise generation first alphanumeric character as the character of selecting from character set, and character set is made up of letter, numeral, Roman number, Chinese character, kanji, Japanese ideogram and punctuation mark character.
8. be used in the user interface of portable electric appts selecting being used for the method for the user interface option of choice menus clauses and subclauses, portable electric appts has display and moving detector, and this method comprises:
Generate a demonstration on the display of portable electric appts, this demonstration has first menu entries;
Detect relevant the moving of display with portable electric appts; With
In response to the detection of moving, carry out the software routines relevant with first menu entries.
9. the method in the claim 8, wherein:
On the display of portable electric appts, generate to show be included in generate on the display that first of first menu entries and second menu entries shows and
Detect relevant with the display of portable electric appts mobile first move relevant of first direction detection that be included in display.
10. the method in the claim 9, wherein: generate on the display of portable electric appts and show further to be included in and generate second on the display and show, second shows and visually discerns first menu entries in response to first detection of moving of first direction,
Detect relevant with the display of portable electric appts mobile further be included in the second direction detection relevant with display second move and
Carry out the software routines relevant and comprise the detection execution software routines relevant that moves in response to second of second direction with first menu entries with first menu entries.
11. the method in the claim 9 wherein detects relevant with display first and moves and comprise the value of will get in touch with first mobile phase and predefined threshold ratio.
12. the method in the claim 8 wherein generates demonstration and comprises that generation first menu entries is as icon.
13. portable electric appts comprises display and the moving detector relevant with display, moving detector generates mobile detection signal in response to moving of display, and described portable electric appts is characterised in that also and comprises:
The controller that is connected with moving detector with display operationally, described controller makes display generate the user interface demonstration, user interface shows that at least one user of indication imports option, and controller selects at least one user to import option in response to mobile detection signal.
14. the portable electric appts in the claim 13, wherein:
Moving detector is fit to generate first in response to first of display moves and moves detection signal, and generate in response to second of display moves second move detection signal and
Further suitable first user interface demonstration of indicating a plurality of users to import option of moving detection signal and display is generated in response to reception first of controller, and move detection signal and make display generate the demonstration of second user interface in response to reception second, second user interface shows that the selected user of indication imports option.
15. the portable electric appts in the claim 13, wherein portable electric appts does not have special-purpose keypad.
16. the portable electric appts in the claim 13, its middle controller further is fit to dial numeral.
17. the portable electric appts in the claim 13, wherein portable electric appts is a Wireless Telecom Equipment.
18. the portable electric appts in the claim 13, wherein portable electric appts is in cell phone, beep-pager and the personal digital assistant one.
19. be used for selecting calling the method for user interface option of software routines of the user interface of portable electric appts, portable electric appts has display, moving detector and memory, this method comprises:
Detect move relevant with display;
The related software routine is carried out in the detection of moving in response to display;
Determine relevant with display mobile whether related with a predefined mobile phase; With
Mobile and predefined mobile phase relevant with display is related in response to determining, software routine.
20. the method in the claim 19, wherein software routine comprises that execution shows generating routine.
21. the method in the claim 20 is wherein carried out the demonstration generating routine and is comprised window viewing area relevant with bigger virtual monitor of generation.
22. the method in the claim 19, wherein software routine comprises execution input pattern use/forbidding software routines.
23. the method in the claim 19 further comprises:
Move and predefined moving when not related mobile relevant of storage in memory with display when relevant with display; With
Move and predefined mobile when related when relevant with display, from memory, remove the mobile of front.
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