Method for managing screen orientation of a portable electronic device

摘要

There is described a portable electronic device capable of managing screen orientation. The portable electronic device comprises a display, a motion sensor, an image sensor and a processor. The display provides an image at a first orientation. The motion sensor attempts to detect a rotation of the portable electronic device. The image sensor attempts to detect one or more body features. The processor determines a second orientation of the image at the display based on the rotation detected at the motion sensor and/or the body feature or features detected at the image sensor. The portable electronic device may determine an orientation of the image at the display in response to detecting the rotation at the motion sensor and/or the body feature or features at the image sensor.

主权项

1. A method of a portable electronic device for managing screen orientation, the portable electronic device including a display, a motion sensor and an image sensor, the method comprising:
attempting to detect a rotation at the motion sensor; detecting an angle of the device relative to a ground surface; activating the image sensor in response to detecting that the angle of the device relative to the ground surface is less than a predetermined threshold angle between the ground surface and a predefined position relative to the ground surface, wherein the angle between the predefined position and the ground surface is in the range of 20 to 30 degrees; attempting to detect at least one body feature at the image sensor; and determining an orientation of an image at the display in response to detecting at least one of the rotation at the motion sensor or the at least one body feature at the image sensor.