<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 10/12/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Fabian Off</b> <<a href="mailto:fabian2de-mailinglisten@yahoo.de">fabian2de-mailinglisten@yahoo.de</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Am Freitag 12 Oktober 2007 11:44:52 schrieb Dietz Proepper:<br>> Hi,<br>><br>> first, I'm new to this list, hello.<br>><br>> Second, an the reason to subscribe ;-) I've got an idea for using the<br>
> accelerometer. If it came up before, sorry for the bandwidth.<br>><br>> But now, for the real stuff.<br>> The following scenario, you carry your phone in some pocket. Now it rings,<br>> but you want it to get quiet quickly. What happens? You start digging for
<br>> your phone, struggle for the "get quiet" button. Wouldn't it be more<br>> comfortable to simply knock at the pocket (and therefore the phone),<br>> detect the acceleration of the shock and shut off the bell? I don't have a
<br>> Neo to try, but if the accelerometer is sensible enough to realize such an<br>> event, it should be quite easy to implement I think.<br>> If that works, making "knocking the phone" some kind of input event might
<br>> be the next logical step...<br>><br>> What do you think?<br>><br>> kindest regards,<br>> Dietz Proepper<br><br>Well, this exact idea didn't came up before, but there was a discussion<br>whether an accelerometer could/should be use for input. The summary is: No,
<br>due to the fact the accelerations are too un-uniqe. They might happen while<br>walking, or anywhere else...<br><br>I personally do like this idea, but I think it's too hard to implent... (I'm<br>on a Macbook Pro with motion sensors, and it's nearly impossible to detect
<br>whether it's been moved or shaken...)<br><br>Greetings,<br> Fabian Off<br><br><br><br><br><br>___________________________________________________________<br>Der frühe Vogel fängt den Wurm. Hier gelangen Sie zum neuen Yahoo! Mail:
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</a><br><a href="http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community">http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community</a><br></blockquote></div><br>Hi,<br><br>Is it sensitive enough to "hear" an amount of knocks together with frequency of those knocks? For example if it was ringing in your pocket, could you knock it x amount of times to a frequency (like a theme tune)?
<br><br clear="all">Regards<br><br>-- <br>~ J