Wearable computer pointing device
First Claim
1. In a computing environment, a system comprising, a pointing device configured for wearing on a user'"'"'s hand, the pointing device comprising circuitry that senses hand movements, the circuitry including at least two gyroscopic sensors including a first sensor that senses pitch and a second sensor that senses yaw, and the circuitry including a transmitter that transmits data corresponding to the sensed movement to a host computing device coupled to the pointing device.
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Abstract
Described is a technology by which a computer pointing device (generally a mouse but alternatively a game controller or remote control device) may be worn on the hand and operated without needing to contact a mousing surface. Gyroscopic-based sensors convert the wearer'"'"'s hand and wrist movements to signals which are sent to a host computing device such as a conventional personal computer, a gaming console, an electronic appliance, and so forth. The data received from the pointing device may be used to move a cursor or the like, and other received data may correspond to left and right mouse clicks, scrolling operations, and so forth. A user-controlled enable switch/sensor selectively activates or deactivates the pointing device so that only intended movements result in data transmission. Gestures may also be sensed and used to trigger defined functions.
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- 1. In a computing environment, a system comprising, a pointing device configured for wearing on a user'"'"'s hand, the pointing device comprising circuitry that senses hand movements, the circuitry including at least two gyroscopic sensors including a first sensor that senses pitch and a second sensor that senses yaw, and the circuitry including a transmitter that transmits data corresponding to the sensed movement to a host computing device coupled to the pointing device.
- 13. In a computing environment, a system comprising, a pointing device configured for wearing on a user'"'"'s hand, the pointing device including a plurality of actuation mechanisms and comprising at least two gyroscopic sensors that output analog signals corresponding to movements of the wearer'"'"'s hand, including a first sensor that senses pitch and a second sensor that senses yaw, means for converting the analog signals to digital data, a microcontroller that detects actuation of each actuation mechanism, and processes the digital data and data corresponding to at least some actuation detection into packetized data for transmission, and a transmitter coupled to the microcontroller to transmit the packetized data to a host computing device.
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