MULTI-SENSOR USER INPUT DEVICE FOR INTERACTIVE PROGRAMS ON A MACHINE
First Claim
1. A user input device for a machine, said machine providing an interactive program and signals for a humanly-perceptible output for said program, said user input device comprising:
- a) one or more physical structures forming an enclosure adapted to accommodate and substantially laterally surround the body of at least one human user of said machine and from which said user may perceive said output;
b) a plurality of input elements disposed on said physical structure in three dimensions, wherein at least one of said input elements does not lie on the same horizontal or vertical plane on which others of said input elements lie, relative to the possible locations of said user within said structure and accessible to said user by unseated body movement of said user; and
c) an interface between said input elements and said machine for providing inputs from said input elements to said interactive program.
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Abstract
A user input device is provided for a machine having an interactive program and signals for a humanly-perceptible output for said program to allow a user in an inflatable physical structure to interact or perceive the output. The user input device includes one or more physical structures forming an enclosure adapted to accommodate and substantially laterally surround the body of at least one human user of the machine, a plurality of input elements which are disposed on the physical structure in three dimensions, wherein at least one of the input elements does not lie on the same horizontal or vertical plane on which others of said input elements lie, relative to the possible locations of the user so to be accessible to the user by unseated body movement of the user, and an interface between the input elements and the machine for providing inputs from the input elements to the interactive program.
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48 Claims
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1. A user input device for a machine, said machine providing an interactive program and signals for a humanly-perceptible output for said program, said user input device comprising:
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a) one or more physical structures forming an enclosure adapted to accommodate and substantially laterally surround the body of at least one human user of said machine and from which said user may perceive said output; b) a plurality of input elements disposed on said physical structure in three dimensions, wherein at least one of said input elements does not lie on the same horizontal or vertical plane on which others of said input elements lie, relative to the possible locations of said user within said structure and accessible to said user by unseated body movement of said user; and c) an interface between said input elements and said machine for providing inputs from said input elements to said interactive program. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46)
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47. A user input device for a machine, said machine providing an interactive program and signals for a humanly-perceptible output for said program, said user input device comprising:
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a) one or more physical structures forming an enclosure adapted to accommodate and substantially laterally surround the body of at least one human user of said machine and from which said user may perceive said output; b) a plurality of input elements disposed on said physical structure in three dimensions, wherein at least one of said input elements does not lie on the same horizontal or vertical plane on which others of said input elements lie, relative to the possible locations of said user within said structure and accessible to said user by spatially translational body movement of said user; and c) an interface between said input elements and said machine for providing inputs from said input elements to said interactive program.
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48. A user input device for a machine, said machine providing an interactive program and signals for a humanly-perceptible output for said program, said user input device comprising:
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a) one or more physical structures forming an enclosure adapted to accommodate and substantially laterally surround the body of at least one human user of said machine and from which said user may perceive said output; b) a plurality of input elements disposed on said physical structure in three dimensions, wherein at least one of said input elements does not lie on the same horizontal or vertical plane on which others of said input elements lie, relative to the possible locations of said user within said structure and accessible to said user by body movement of said user, and wherein said input elements comprises RFID sensors capable of detecting RFID tags attached to said user or attached to an object held or worn by said user; and c) an interface between said input elements and said machine for providing inputs from said input elements to said interactive program.
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