idea for Neo 2nd generation: Accelerometer

[Gervais Mulongoy]

Clearly future OpenMoko phones should be able to perceive their
environments.

Proximity sensor for the face side of an OpenMoko phone. When triggered the
OpenMoko can activate a power-savings profile.
An accelerometer. The OpenMoko can operate differently depending on its
physical orientation.
GPS. The OpenMoko can report on its current location.
Microphone. Quieter or Louder audio playback.
Light sensor. Dim and Brighten the display depending on ambient light.
Bluetooh. The OpenMoko can guesstimate distance to its owner (or other
bluetooth devices) as either, for example, near or far based on the signal
strength of the BT headset.

Each of those sensors could advertise their states over DBus or whatever and
some fancy OpenMoko monitor applet could modify the phones behavior
accordingly.

I am not sure how useful it would be to interpret gestures, but pointing
could be useful. Someone mentioned geopointing to identify buildings and
landmarks, or even bt-enabled people/devices.



On 1/24/07, Crane, Matthew <mcrane03 at harris.com> wrote:
>
>
> I think it's a fantastic idea too.  The motion of putting a phone in your
> pocket could likely be specific enough to train the phone to turn off.  Or
> it could identify when it is floating loose vs. being held to your ear, to
> automatically lock.
>
> Another application would be monitoring a kids use of their car, combined
> with the GPS you could guarantee they're driving well!
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: community-bounces at lists.openmoko.org [mailto:
> community-bounces at lists.openmoko.org] On Behalf Of Dean Collins
> Sent: Tuesday, January 23, 2007 11:05 PM
> To: kkr; community at lists.openmoko.org
> Subject: RE: idea for Neo 2nd generation: Accelerometer
>
> Do a google on Sensiva or check out my blog at www.collins.net.pr/blog
> Specifically http://deancollinsblog.blogspot.com/2005/10/sensiva.html
> and http://deancollinsblog.blogspot.com/2006/03/neat-ui.html
>
> You could build some very cool application control in with a good
> accelerometer, flick your mobile to the left to delete the window you are in
> or to the right to send a call to voicemail etc.
>
> I use the google question mark command on sensiva about 200 times a day
> and love it.
>
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Dean Collins
> Cognation Pty Ltd
> dean at cognation.net
> +1-212-203-4357 Ph
> +1-917-207-3420 Mb
> +61-2-9016-5642 (Sydney in-dial).
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: community-bounces at lists.openmoko.org [mailto:
> community-bounces at lists.openmoko.org] On Behalf Of kkr
> Sent: Tuesday, 23 January 2007 10:42 PM
> To: community at lists.openmoko.org
> Subject: Re: idea for Neo 2nd generation: Accelerometer
>
> I think the idea is good!
>
> But why only one?
>
>
> With one 3-axis accelerometer, we detect a move in the space XYZ: We
> move our arm.
>
> If we use 3 3-axis accelerometer (one in each angle of a triangle), we
> can detect more movements: We can detect if the neo turn over himself
> (with no global XYZ move).
>
> For exemple, we can detect too, movements as:
> 1.  a rotation of the hand
> 2.  waves with the hand (not like "hello", but more as "approximately")
>      ...
>
> Does anybody know more about price and precision of the accelerometers's
> chips on the market now?
>
>
> Regards,
>
>
>
> Le mercredi 24 janvier 2007 à 12:50 +1100, Tehn Yit Chin a écrit :
> > Not too sure how doable this is, but how about having a 3axis
> > accelerometer in the 2nd generation of the Neo? This will give us the
> > ability to link hand movements as command sets, sort of like mouse
> > gestures but in a 3d space.
> >
> > The obvious usage is for 3d gestures command the phone, eg shake the
> > phone three times to answer when a calls comes in, or move the phone
> > in a cross motion to put it into "do not disturb mode".
> >
> > cheers,
> > tyc
> >
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