Title:
METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INDICATING DIRECTION
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2017/088149
Kind Code:
A1
Abstract:
Disclosed are a method and system for indicating a direction. The method is executed by a mobile terminal, and comprises: determining the orientation of a screen of a mobile terminal; determining any direction of four directions, i.e. east, south, west and north, at a position where the mobile terminal is located; when it is determined that the screen of the mobile terminal faces downwards, determining the other directions based on this determined direction, so that directions are respectively east, north, west and south at an interval of 90 degrees in a clockwise direction; and displaying all the determined directions on the screen of the mobile terminal. By adopting the solution of the present embodiment, a user can obtain a correct direction indication even in the case where a mobile terminal is held non-horizontally, thus improving the accuracy of the direction indication of a mobile terminal.
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Inventors:
SUN RUI (CN)
ZHANG TENG (CN)
PAN YI (CN)
YANG RENZHI (CN)
ZHANG TENG (CN)
PAN YI (CN)
YANG RENZHI (CN)
Application Number:
PCT/CN2015/095696
Publication Date:
June 01, 2017
Filing Date:
November 26, 2015
Export Citation:
Assignee:
HUAWEI TECH CO LTD (CN)
International Classes:
G01C17/32; H04M1/724; H04M1/725
Foreign References:
| CN1642183A | 2005-07-20 | |||
| CN104596510A | 2015-05-06 | |||
| CN104536567A | 2015-04-22 | |||
| CN102168974A | 2011-08-31 | |||
| CN102422125A | 2012-04-18 | |||
| JP2010038743A | 2010-02-18 |
Other References:
See also references of EP 3372955A4
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