Orientation Control For a Mobile Computing Device Based On User Behavior

摘要

The present disclosure involves a method of orientation control. Media content is displayed via a screen of a mobile computing device. The media content is displayed in a first orientation mode. A first satisfaction of a predefined condition is detected. In response to the detected first satisfaction of the predefined condition, the media content is displayed in a second orientation mode different from the first orientation mode. One of the first and second orientation modes is portrait, the other one of the first and second orientation modes is landscape. A second satisfaction of the predefined condition is detected immediately after the media content has been displayed in the second orientation mode. In response to the detected second satisfaction of the predefined condition, the media content is displayed in the first orientation mode. Thereafter, the predefined condition is adjusted in a manner so that it is more difficult to satisfy.

主权项

1. A method, comprising:
displaying media content via a touch-sensitive screen of a mobile computing device, wherein the mobile computing device is configured to display media content in either a portrait orientation mode or a landscape orientation mode, and wherein the mobile computing device is configured to switch between the different orientation modes upon a satisfaction of a predefined condition; determining a flow direction of the media content; detecting, via the touch-sensitive screen while the media content is displayed, a plurality of inputs made by a user, the plurality of inputs each having a directional component; determining a common directional component for a majority of the detected inputs; and adjusting the condition in response to the common directional component being consistent with the flow direction of the media content.