HANDHELD DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING ORIENTATION OF DISPLAY OF HANDHELD DEVICE

摘要

In a method for controlling display orientation of a handheld device, a gravity sensor detects an instantaneous rotation of the handheld device. A front-facing camera of the handheld device captures an image of a user of the handheld device and a determination is made as to whether the user is in a vertical orientation or in a horizontal orientation by analyzing the captured image. If the user is parallel with the handheld device as being in the horizontal orientation, a horizontal display function of the handheld device is disabled, but if the user is perpendicular to the handheld device as being in the horizontal orientation, the horizontal display function of the handheld device is enabled.

主权项

1. A handheld device, comprising:
a storage device storing a computer program including instructions that, which executed by the at least one processor, causes the at least one processor to: control a gravity sensor of the handheld device to detect an instantaneous rotation of the handheld device; control a front-facing camera of the handheld device to capture an image of a user in front of the handheld device if the instantaneous rotation of the hand held device is detected; determine whether the user is in a vertical orientation or in a horizontal orientation, and control the gravity sensor to detect whether the handheld device is in the vertical orientation or the horizontal orientation; determine whether the user is perpendicular to the handheld device as being in the horizontal orientation; and control the handheld device to enable a horizontal display function if the user is perpendicular to the handheld device.