On 10/12/07, Fabian Off <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Am Freitag 12 Oktober 2007 11:44:52 schrieb Dietz Proepper: > > Hi, > > > > first, I'm new to this list, hello. > > > > Second, an the reason to subscribe ;-) I've got an idea for using the > > accelerometer. If it came up before, sorry for the bandwidth. > > > > But now, for the real stuff. > > The following scenario, you carry your phone in some pocket. Now it > rings, > > but you want it to get quiet quickly. What happens? You start digging > for > > your phone, struggle for the "get quiet" button. Wouldn't it be more > > comfortable to simply knock at the pocket (and therefore the phone), > > detect the acceleration of the shock and shut off the bell? I don't have > a > > Neo to try, but if the accelerometer is sensible enough to realize such > an > > event, it should be quite easy to implement I think. > > If that works, making "knocking the phone" some kind of input event > might > > be the next logical step... > > > > What do you think? > > > > kindest regards, > > Dietz Proepper > > Well, this exact idea didn't came up before, but there was a discussion > whether an accelerometer could/should be use for input. The summary is: > No, > due to the fact the accelerations are too un-uniqe. They might happen > while > walking, or anywhere else... > > I personally do like this idea, but I think it's too hard to implent... > (I'm > on a Macbook Pro with motion sensors, and it's nearly impossible to detect > whether it's been moved or shaken...) > > Greetings, > Fabian Off > > > > > > ___________________________________________________________ > Der frühe Vogel fängt den Wurm. Hier gelangen Sie zum neuen Yahoo! Mail: > http://mail.yahoo.de > > > _______________________________________________ > OpenMoko community mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community >
Hi, 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)? Regards -- ~ J
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