Electronic equipment for handheld vision based absolute pointing system
First Claim
1. An item of electronic equipment comprising a machine and executable program code, said executable program code stored on a non volatile memory, said executable program code to be executed by said machine, said executable program code to perform a method, said method in relation to a location on a display, or proximate to said display, that is pointed to by a handheld device, said method comprising executing at least one of the following methods:
- (i) displaying a cursor on said display at said location, said location on said display;
(ii) highlighting a menu option on said display at said location, said location on said display;
(iii) triggering action taken by said electronic equipment in response to said handheld device'"'"'s sending of a signal to indicate said action is desired.
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Abstract
An item of electronic equipment is described that includes a machine and executable program code. The executable program code is stored on a non volatile memory. The executable program code is to be executed by the machine. The executable program code is to perform a method. The method is in relation to a location on a display, or proximate to the display, that is pointed to by a handheld device. The method includes executing at least one of the following methods: (i) displaying a cursor on said display at said location, said location on said display; (ii) highlighting a menu option on said display at said location, said location on said display; (iii) triggering action taken by said electronic equipment in response to said handheld device'"'"'s sending of a signal to indicate said action is desired.
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30 Claims
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1. An item of electronic equipment comprising a machine and executable program code, said executable program code stored on a non volatile memory, said executable program code to be executed by said machine, said executable program code to perform a method, said method in relation to a location on a display, or proximate to said display, that is pointed to by a handheld device, said method comprising executing at least one of the following methods:
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(i) displaying a cursor on said display at said location, said location on said display;
(ii) highlighting a menu option on said display at said location, said location on said display;
(iii) triggering action taken by said electronic equipment in response to said handheld device'"'"'s sending of a signal to indicate said action is desired. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. An item of electronic equipment comprising a machine and executable program code, said executable program code stored on a non volatile memory, said executable program code to be executed by said machine, said executable program code to perform a method, said method in relation to a location on a display that is pointed to by a handheld device executing at least one of the following methods:
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(i) displaying a cursor on said display at said location; and
,(ii) highlighting a menu option on said display at said location wherein said item of electronic equipment comprises electronic circuitry selected from the group consisting of;
a) television circuitry;
b) satellite TV receiver circuitry;
c) cable TV receiver circuitry;
d) VCR circuitry;
e) DVD player circuitry;
f) computer circuitry;
g) CD player circuitry;
h) music receiver circuitry;
i) IPTV television and/or receiver circuitry;
j) gaming circuitry;
k) home automation circuitry;
l) receiver circuitry. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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30. An item of electronic equipment comprising logic circuitry to perform at least one of the following methods:
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(i) displaying a cursor on a display at a location pointed to by a handheld device; and
,(ii) highlighting a menu option on said display at said location wherein said item of electronic equipment comprises electronic circuitry selected from the group consisting of;
a) television circuitry;
b) satellite TV receiver circuitry;
c) cable TV receiver circuitry;
d) VCR circuitry;
e) DVD player circuitry;
f) computer circuitry;
g) CD player circuitry;
h) music receiver circuitry;
i) IPTV television and/or receiver circuitry;
j) gaming circuitry;
k) home automation circuitry;
l) receiver circuitry.
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Specification