Mobile terminal apparatus and orientation presentment method

摘要

A mobile terminal apparatus including a casing, a plurality of vibrators, and a controller. The plurality of vibrators are provided inside the casing. The controller is configured to judge an orientation from a position of the casing to a target position and cause a vibration for presenting the orientation in the casing by driving at least one of the plurality of vibrators based on a result of the judgment.

主权项

1. A mobile terminal apparatus, comprising:
a casing; a plurality of vibrators inside the casing, the vibrators positioned along or symmetrically on opposite sides of axes centered within predetermined orientation ranges; a controller inside the casing; a casing geo-positional information unit inside the casing and which includes a global positioning system receiver (GPS receiver); a casing geomagnetic orientation unit inside the casing and which includes a compass; a target geo-positional information unit inside the casing and which includes means for receiving and storing target geo-positional information; and logic executable by the controller to cause the controller to (a) calculate an orientation of the apparatus relative to the target based on a global position of the casing as determined by the GPS receiver, an orientation of the casing as determined by the compass and a global position of the target as determined by information stored in the target geo-positional information unit, (b) determine which orientation range from among the various predetermined orientation ranges the calculated orientation of the apparatus relative to the target falls and (c) based on the determined orientation range, present the calculated orientation of the apparatus to the target to a user of the apparatus by driving at least two of the plurality of vibrators with same vibration intensities, same durations, in a specified sequence, or any combination of the foregoing, the at least two of the plurality of vibrators positioned along or symmetrically on opposite sides of an axis centered within the determined orientation range.