Injury to the digits, hand and wrist are associated with the frequent usage of portable hand-held electronic devices (“PEDs”), including but not limited to smartphones. This is true as well for injury to the neck and shoulder areas. The potential for injury to the digits, hand and wrist in particular is anticipated to be exacerbated by the larger smartphones, and especially the tablet-like smartphones. The ergonomic accessory of the invention has several embodiments whose design is intended to ameliorate if not prevent such injuries. Certain embodiments are partially or fully case-like in form so that they envelope to a greater or lesser degree, such hand-held electronic devices. Another embodiment attaches to a PED through an element of the PED such as the charging socket. The accessory also removably attaches the hand of the user or provides a secure holding surface for the user.

A mobile device case which enables a secure use of a mobile device using one hand. An aspect of an embodiment of the invention includes a multi-finger holder which is traversable across the rear of the case. The holder ensures a more secure grip by a user by way of finger holders which fit the user's fingers.

A watch type mobile terminal configured to be wearable on a wrist and a control method thereof are provided. The watch type mobile terminal includes a display unit configured to display screen information, a terminal body configured to allow the display unit to be installed therein and disposed on the wrist, a sensing unit configured to sense a position in which the mobile terminal is worn, and a controller configured to allocate a particular region of the display unit, as a control region for receiving a control command based on the sensing result, and process a user's touch input applied to the control region, as a control command for controlling an operation of the mobile terminal.

A mounting apparatus for a light socket assembly comprises an extension body connectable with the light socket assembly. The extension body defines a first arcuate surface extending from the extension body. A clamping assembly has a second arcuate surface extending from the clamping assembly. The first arcuate surface and the second arcuate surface are each contoured to conform with and to pivotally contact each other, at least in part, with sufficient friction that the extension body and the clamping assembly are selectively positionable and pivotally movable relative to each other in response to intentional repositioning of the extension body and the clamping assembly relative to each other. The apparatus thus provides for mounting of a light socket assembly on a wide variety of environmental items, such as, for example, trees, eavestroughs and the like, and is particularly useful for mounting a string of wired festive lights, such as Christmas lights.

A method of managing a keypad of a handheld electronic device comprises promoting a user whether a size of the keypad needs adjustment when the handheld electronic device is in a single hand operating mode. If the answer is yes, the handheld electronic device then detects a movement of a finger of the user on a touch screen thereof. When a movement of the finger along a diagonal direction of the keypad away from the keypad is detected, the size of the keypad is increased. When a movement of the finger alone the diagonal direction of the keypad toward the keypad is detected, the size of the keypad is decreased. When the movement of the finger is stopped and a “Done” button is pressed, the adjustment of the size of the keypad is completed, and the size of the keypad after adjustment is stored in a storage module.

A mobile electronic terminal holder attached to a substantially quadrangular-tabular mobile electronic terminal having a front face including an input unit for inputting by finger pressing, a back face opposite the front face, and a lateral face between the front face and back face, includes an arm projecting perpendicular to the front face, from a vicinity of the lateral face of the input unit. A tip of the arm extends forward from the front face by approximately the length from between the index and middle fingers to the ball of the thumb. While pressing the input unit with the thumb, the mobile electronic terminal is held by the tip of the arm lodged against the center portion of the palm, the back face being supported by fingers except the thumb, and the mobile electronic terminal and the arm being gripped between the center portion of the palm and the fingers.

In aspects of selectable response options displayed based-on device grip position, a wireless device has a display screen to display an incoming notification associated with a device application, and actionable responses are associated with the incoming notification. The wireless device implements a grip detection module to detect a device grip position of a user grip holding the wireless device. The wireless device also implements a notification control module to determine the actionable responses of the incoming notification. The notification control module can also initiate to display selectable response options corresponding to the actionable responses associated with the incoming notification, where the selectable response options are displayable along a display edge of the display screen proximate the device grip position. In implementations, the display screen includes a curved edge display region, and the selectable response options are displayable within the curved edge display region of the display screen.

Exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure are directed towards a user interface (UI) system comprising a user command input assembly, a processor and a focus zone defined within a display of a computing device. When one or more selectable display items are within the focus zone, receiving a selection command via the user command input assembly, results in, as enabled by the processor, the selection of a selectable item.

Finger grip and connector for portable electronics, in particular cell phones. The grip includes a metallic ring. The ring adheres to the back of a cell phone, or case. The grip includes a corresponding ring of magnets for a grip assembly to magnetically attach to the metal ring adhered to the cell phone. The grip design provides infinite rotation of the grip assembly relative to the phone for holding the phone in various positions. The grip provides a support for viewing content on the electronic device at different angles and orientations. The grip provides a means of magnetically attaching a cell phone to metallic surfaces, chargers, mounts, and other devices. The grip can allow for wireless charging, which is optimized and enabled by a relatively large open inner diameter of the metallic ring and corresponding magnets. The grip can retract to be less than 3 millimeters in total thickness.