Techniques for generating information using a remote control

• US 20070154093A1
• Filed: 12/30/2005
• Published: 07/05/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 12/30/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Original Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Inventors: Herigstad, Dale, Soh, Carol, Wilde, Lincoln, Brush, Jason, Belmont, Brian, Dunton, Randy
• Application Number:
  US11/322,937
• Publication Number:
  US 20070154093A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 382/186
• CPC Class Codes: G08C 23/04 using light waves, e.g. infrared

Abstract

Techniques to generate information using a remote control are described. An apparatus may comprise a user interface module to receive movement information representing handwriting from a remote control, and to perform handwriting recognition operations using the movement information. Other embodiments are described and claimed.

Claims

1. An apparatus comprising a user interface module to receive movement information representing handwriting from a remote control, and to perform handwriting recognition operations using said movement information.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, said remote control to generate said movement information based on movement of said remote control.

3. The apparatus of claim 1, said remote control having a gyroscope, said gyroscope to generate said movement information based on movement of said remote control.

4. The apparatus of claim 1, said user interface module to convert said handwriting into characters.

5. The apparatus of claim 1, comprising a display to couple to said user interface module, said user interface module to display said handwriting using said display.

6. A system, comprising:

a wireless receiver to receive movement information representing handwriting from a remote control; and

a user interface module to connect to said receiver, said user interface module to perform handwriting recognition operations using said movement information.

7. The system of claim 6, said remote control to generate said movement information based on movement of said remote control.

8. The system of claim 6, said remote control having a gyroscope, said gyroscope to generate said movement information based on movement of said remote control.

9. The system of claim 6, said user interface module to convert said handwriting to characters.

10. The system of claim 6, comprising a display to couple to said user interface module, said user interface module to display said handwriting using said display.

11. A method, comprising:

receiving movement information representing handwriting from a remote control; and

performing handwriting recognition operations using said movement information.

12. The method of claim 11, comprising interpreting said movement information as corresponding to movements of said remote control.

13. The method of claim 11, comprising interpreting said movement information as corresponding to movements of a gyroscope within said remote control.

14. The method of claim 11, comprising converting said handwriting to characters.

15. The method of claim 11, comprising displaying said handwriting corresponding to said movement information.

16. An article comprising a machine-readable storage medium containing instructions that if executed enable a system to receive movement information representing handwriting from a remote control, and perform handwriting recognition operations using said movement information.

17. The article of claim 16, further comprising instructions that if executed enable the system to interpret said movement information as corresponding to movements of said remote control.

18. The article of claim 16, further comprising instructions that if executed enable the system to interpret said movement information as corresponding to movements of a gyroscope within said remote control.

19. The article of claim 16, further comprising instructions that if executed enable the system to convert said handwriting to characters.

20. The article of claim 16, further comprising instructions that if executed enable the system to display said handwriting corresponding to said movement information.