JP2012528405A5

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Publication number: JP2012528405A5
Application number: JP2012513264A
Authority: JP
Filing date: 2010-05-27
Publication date: 2013-07-11
Anticipated expiration: 2030-05-27

Claims

An input device;
A detector coupled to a processor for detecting the orientation of the input device;
A system comprising:
The input device has a plurality of mode orientations corresponding to the orientations;
The plurality of mode orientations correspond to a plurality of input modes of the gesture control system;
A system, wherein the detector is coupled to the gesture control system and automatically controls selection of an input mode from the plurality of input modes in response to the orientation.

The system of claim 1, wherein the detector interprets the orientation of the input device and converts it to an input signal of the gesture control system, and also translates the orientation of the input device between the plurality of mode orientations. A system that interprets and converts the input signal to the gesture control system.

The system of claim 1, wherein detecting the orientation includes detecting an absolute three-space position of the instantaneous state of the input device at a point in time and space.

The system of claim 1, wherein the detector tracks azimuth transitions of the input device between the plurality of mode azimuths.
The system, wherein the azimuthal transition includes a rotational transition about an axis of the input device.

The system of claim 1, wherein the detector is
Track instantaneous heading in real time,
Track the instantaneous position of the input device in real time,
Converting the raw tracking data of the input device to a spatial position of 6 degrees;
system.

The system of claim 1, comprising at least one input sensor,
The input sensor is positioned on the input device;
The detector converts raw input sensor position data into at least one of input sensor state and input sensor transition data;
The system, wherein a position of the input sensor controls the plurality of input modes.

The system of claim 1, wherein the input device is a handheld input device.

The system of claim 1, wherein the detector detects an absolute three-space position of the instantaneous state of the input device at a point in time and space;
The plurality of input modes are:
A direct operating mode in which the instantaneous state is used for direct manipulation of application elements of components coupled to the gesture control system;
A meta-operation mode in which the instantaneous state is used for direct manipulation of a set of application elements of a component coupled to the gesture control system;
A three-dimensional operation mode in which the instantaneous state is used for three-dimensional operation of an application element of a component coupled to the gesture control system;
A system comprising at least one of:

9. The system of claim 8, wherein the gesture control system controls a three-space object coupled to the gesture control system with 3 degrees of freedom of translation and 3 degrees of freedom of rotation.

10. The system of claim 9, comprising controlling movement of the three-space object by mapping the plurality of input modes of the input device to translation of a plurality of objects of the three-space object. ,system.

The system of claim 10, wherein the mapping is
Direct mapping between the plurality of input modes and translation of the plurality of objects;
Indirect mapping between the plurality of input modes and translation of the plurality of objects;
Correlating the positional deviation of the plurality of input modes with the positional deviation of the object translation of the three-space object;
Correlating the positional deviation of the input device with the translation speed of the object translation of the three-space object;
A system comprising at least one of:

The display of claim 9, wherein the detecting includes detecting when an extrapolated position of the input device intersects a virtual space, the virtual space being coupled to the gesture control system. A system comprising the space illustrated on the device.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the detector detects an event of the input device, the event corresponds to at least one of three spatial positions and three spatial orientations of the input device, and the event is A system that supports one type of application.

14. The system of claim 13, wherein the processor generates a data sequence comprising input device event data designating the event and status information of the event.
The system, wherein the input device event data and status information is type specific data having a type corresponding to a first application of the gesture control system.

15. The system of claim 14, wherein the processor forms a data capsule to include the data sequence, the data capsule having a data structure that includes an application independent representation of the data sequence, A system in which a processor places the data capsule in a repository.

16. The system of claim 15, wherein a second event executing under a second type of application searches the repository to identify a correspondence between the data capsule and the second event;
The system in which the second type application performs an operation corresponding to the second event using the content of the data sequence of the data capsule.

The system of claim 1, comprising at least one electromagnetic field generator remote from the input device;
The at least one electromagnetic field generator generates an EMF that induces a signal in the plurality of coils;
The tracking is electromagnetic field (EMF) tracking;
The input device includes the detector coupled to a circuit;
The detector comprises a plurality of coils;
The system, wherein the detector detects at least one of the orientation and position of the input device using the signals induced in the plurality of coils.

The system of claim 17, wherein
The input device comprises a transmitter coupled to the processor;
The transmitter is a wireless transmitter and communicates the orientation and position of the input device to the gesture control system;
The input device comprises at least one input sensor;
The system wherein the transmitter communicates the state of the at least one input sensor to the gesture control system.

The system of claim 1, comprising at least one tag connected to the input device;
The tracking is optical tracking;
The system wherein the tracking includes dynamically detecting a position of the at least one tag.

The system of claim 19, wherein the at least one tag comprises a set of infrared (IR) light emitting diodes (LEDs) and a set of retro-reflective dots.
The input device includes a microprocessor coupled to a circuit;
The circuit is coupled to the set of IR LEDs and includes at least one input sensor coupled to the circuit;
The at least one sensor is positioned on the input device;
The at least one input sensor controls the state of the set of IR LEDs;
A system wherein the state of each IR LED corresponds to at least one input mode of the plurality of input modes.

The system of claim 19, wherein
The at least one tag comprises at least one tracking dot connected to the input device;
The at least one tracking dot is
At least one infrared (IR) light emitting diode (LED); at least one retroreflective dot;
At least one of an infrared (IR) light emitting diode (LED) and a retroreflective dot;
A system comprising one or more of a set of IR LEDs and a set of retro-reflective dots.

The system according to claim 1, wherein the input device includes a plurality of side surfaces, and each side surface of the plurality of side surfaces is one mode direction out of the plurality of mode directions, and 1 in the plurality of input modes. A system corresponding to at least one of the two input modes.

24. The system of claim 22, wherein each side of the plurality of sides comprises an input sensor.

24. The system of claim 23, wherein each input sensor on each side is dynamically assigned a function based on at least one of orientation and context.

The system of claim 22, wherein
The plurality of side surfaces include three side surfaces, and the input device has a triangular cross-section;
The system wherein each side surface in the plurality of side surfaces corresponds to one mode orientation in the plurality of mode orientations.

The system of claim 22, wherein
Each side surface in the plurality of side surfaces corresponds to one input mode in the plurality of input modes, and the first side surface in the plurality of side surfaces corresponds to the first input mode,
An azimuth transition including rotating the input device about a longitudinal axis greater than 120 degrees relative to a center of the first side surface, wherein a second side surface of the plurality of side surfaces corresponds to a second input mode, A system for causing a change from a first input mode to the second mode.