Electric device control apparatus and methods for making and using same
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Abstract
An electrical switch apparatus including a movement sensitive form is disclosed. The apparatus includes a housing, a motion sensor and a processing unit, where motion on, near or about the motion sensor is translated into output commands adapted for list scrolling, where the list can be arranged in a hierarchy such as menus or for changing a value of an attribute of a electrical device under the control of the switch.
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19. An user interface apparatus comprising:
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a housing, a motion sensor, an interface processing unit, and at least one system in electronic communication with the interface processing unit, where at least one of the systems includes a plurality of adjustable attributes, where motion on, near, and/or about the motion sensor produces output signals to the interface processing unit which converts the output signals into command outputs and where the command outputs are used to select a desired system and to control a desired attribute of the selected system without invoking any hard selection protocol. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A method comprising the steps of:
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providing an user interface apparatus comprising;
a housing, a motion sensor, an interface processing unit, and at least one system in electronic communication with the interface processing unit, where at least one of the systems includes a plurality of adjustable attributes, where motion on, near, and/or about the motion sensor produces output signals to the interface processing unit which converts the output signals into command outputs and where the command outputs are used to select a desired system and to control a desired attribute of the selected system without invoking any hard selection protocol;
sensing motion in a first direction causes the interface processing unit to issue a system scroll output causing the interface to scroll through a list of systems, where the first direction has a positive component and a negative component for scrolling up or down the list of systems; and
sensing motion is a second direction causes the interface processing unit to simultaneously select a desired system from the list of systems and to;
invoke the selected system;
issue an attribute scroll output causing the interface to scroll through a list of attributes associated with the selected system, where the second direction has a positive component and a negative component for scrolling up or down the list of attributes;
orto issue an attribute change output for the selected attribute of the selected system causing the interface to change a value of the selected attribute, where the second direction has a positive component and a negative component for increasing or decreasing the value of the selected attribute, where the first direction and the second direction are different by an amount sufficient to allow direction discrimination by the interface processing unit. - View Dependent Claims (26)
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- 27. The method of claim 26, wherein the electrical device is selected from the group consisting of a sound system, a display system, an alarm system, a control system, a medical device, a robot, a robotic control system, a hot and cold water supply device, an air conditioning system, a heating system, a ventilation system, an air handling system, a lighting device, a camera, an oven, a dishwasher, a stove, a computer, a computer system, a chemical plant control system, and mixtures or combinations thereof and wherein the software product is selected from the group consisting of an operating system, a graphics system, a business software system, a word processor system, an internet browser, an accounting system, a military system, a control system, and mixtures or combinations thereof.
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27-1. A method comprising the steps of:
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providing an user interface apparatus comprising;
a housing, a motion sensor, an interface processing unit, and at least one system in electronic communication with the interface processing unit, where at least one of the systems includes a plurality of adjustable attributes, where motion on, near, and/or about the motion sensor produces output signals to the interface processing unit which converts the output signals into command outputs and where the command outputs are used to select a desired system and to control a desired attribute of the selected system without invoking any hard selection protocol;
sensing motion in a first direction causes the interface processing unit to issue a system scroll output causing the interface to scroll through a list of systems, where the first direction has a positive component and a negative component for scrolling up or down the list of systems; and
sensing motion is a second direction causes the interface processing unit to simultaneously select a desired system from the list of systems and to issue an attribute scroll output causing the interface to scroll through a list of attributes associated with the selected system, where the second direction has a positive component and a negative component for scrolling up or down the list of attributes; and
sensing motion is a third direction to issue an attribute change output for the selected attribute of the selected system causing the interface to change a value of the selected attribute, where the third direction has a positive component and a negative component for increasing or decreasing the value of the selected attribute, where the first direction and the second direction are different by an amount sufficient to allow direction discrimination by the interface processing unit.
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