Motion Control to Innovate Sony Ericsson Handsets

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According to a patent application filed by Sony Ericsson, … W380 model comes with a “Gesture Control” technology that allows you to answer the …

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8 December 2007
Sony Ericsson K850i
with its 5 Megapixel
camera
Sony Ericsson
By: Florin Troaca, Communications News Editor
Motion Control to Innovate Sony Ericsson Handsets
New patent application
According to a patent application filed by Sony Ericsson, the future camera mobile phones
from the Japanese-Swedish joint venture could include the revolutionary motion control
technology. More exactly, this means we will be able to command the handset’s function
(like answering calls, taking pictures or anything else) just by gesturing in front of it.
This is how it works: a software implemented in the phone’s camera chip analyzes
incoming images, recognizes them as commands and acts correspondingly. Hence,
pointing your finger up could be used for answering an incoming call, while pointing it down
could mean you want to reject the call. Furthermore, users can set their phone to perform
different commands for different corresponding gestures.
If we look at Sony Ericsson’s past products we discover that, in a way, motion control is
already implemented in other phones. For example, the W580i Walkman phone comes with
a “shake” function that enables users to change songs by shaking the device. Also, the
W380 model comes with a “Gesture…