INERTIA SENSING INPUT CONTROLLER AND RECEIVER AND INTERACTIVE SYSTEM USING THEREOF

• US 20090048021A1
• Filed: 10/05/2007
• Published: 02/19/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 08/16/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
• Original Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
• Inventors: Chen, Chun-Yuan, Chiu, Chih-Kai, Lian, Jr-Wei, Liou, Shun-Nan, Tsai, Ming-Jye
• Granted Patent: US 8,184,100 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 463/37
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/211 using inertial sensors, e.g. accelerometers or gyroscopes
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/235 using a wireless connection, e.g. infrared or piconet
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/1031 using a wireless connection, e.g. Bluetooth, infrared connections
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/105 using inertial sensors, e.g. accelerometers, gyroscopes
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/011 Arrangements for interaction with the human body, e.g. for user immersion in virtual reality blind teaching G09B21/00
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0346 with detection of the device orientation or free movement in a 3D space, e.g. 3D mice, 6-DOF [six degrees of freedom] pointers using gyroscopes, accelerometers or tilt-sensors
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/038 Control and interface arrangements therefor, e.g. drivers or device-embedded control circuitry
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0383 Signal control means within the pointing device

Abstract

An inertial sensing input controller, receiver and interactive system using thereof are provided in the present invention. The inertial sensing input controller functioning to capture motions of a human body comprises an inertial sensing module for sensing a sequence of motions of the human body and generating the corresponding parameters and then transmitting to a receiver connected to an electrical device. In addition, the inertial sensing input controller further integrates a plurality of communication protocols and the electrical device interacting with the inertial sensing input controller can be switched to different control modes according to the parameters received by the receiver. On the other hand, the parameters generated by the inertial sensing input controller can be transmitted to the electrical device directly so that the electrical device can process the parameters and judge the action or scenario with respect to the human movement accordingly for increasing diversity of interactions.

Claims

1. An inertial sensing input controller, comprising:

an inertial sensing module, being configured with at least an inertial sensor, for sensing at least a control motion and thus correspondingly generating at least an inertial sensing parameter;

an interface unit, for generating at least an input signal;

a switch unit, for selecting one input mode out of a plurality of input modes; and

a remote control unit, coupled to the switch unit, the interface unit and the inertial sensing module for generating and thus transmitting a control signal according to the selected input mode, the at least one input signal and the at least one inertial sensing parameter.

2. The inertial sensing input controller of claim 1, wherein each inertial sensor is a device selected from the group consisting of at last a gyroscope, at least an accelerometer, and the combination thereof.

3. The inertial sensing input controller of claim 1, wherein the input mode of the input control apparatus is a mode selected from the group consisting of a mouse mode, a joystick mode, a keyboard mode and the combination thereof.

4. The inertial sensing input controller of claim 1, wherein the interface unit is coupled to at least an input unit;

and the input unit is a device selected from the group consisting of a cross key, an assembly of a plurality of press buttons, and the combination thereof.

5. The inertial sensing input controller of claim 1, further comprising:

a receiver, including;

a receiving unit, for receiving the control signal from the remote control unit and thus decoding the control signal into the at least one inertial sensing parameter, the at least an input signal and the selected input mode;

an operation unit, coupled to the receiving unit for analyzing the at least one inertial sensing parameter into at least a motion signal while generating an operation signal according to the at least one input signal and the selected input mode; and

an interface connecting unit, for transmitting the operation signal and the at least one motion signal to an electronic device.

6. The inertial sensing input controller of claim 5, wherein the electronic device is a device selected from the group consisting of a computer, an interactive gamming device and an interactive multimedia device.

7. The inertial sensing input controller of claim 5, wherein the interface unit is electrically connected to the electronic device by a means selected from the group consisting of a wired means and a wireless means;

and the wired means is enabled by an USB interface; and

the wireless means is enabled by a way selected form the group consisting of Bluetooth communication and radio frequency (RF) communication.

8. The inertial sensing input controller of claim 5, wherein the remote control unit is able to transmit the at least one inertial sensing parameter directly to the electronic device.

9. The inertial sensing input controller of claim 5, wherein the operation unit is able to detect the input mode selected by the switch unit and thus correspondingly transmits signals to the electronic device according to the detected input mode.

10. An inertial sensing input controller, comprising:

an inertial sensing module, being configured with at least a first inertial sensor, for sensing at least a control motion and thus correspondingly generating at least a first inertial sensing parameter;

an interface unit, for generating at least an input signal;

a switch unit, for selecting one input mode out of a plurality of input modes;

a plurality of second inertial sensors, capable of sensing at least a control motion and thus correspondingly generating at least a second inertial sensing parameter;

a remote control unit, capable of receiving the at least one second inertial sensing parameter while coupling to the switch unit, the interface unit and the inertial sensing module for generating and thus transmitting a control signal according to the selected input mode, the at least one input signal, the at least one first inertial sensing parameter, and the at least one second inertial sensing parameter; and

an electronic device, capable of performing a computation according to the control signal received from the remote control unit.

11. The inertial sensing input controller of claim 10, wherein each inertial sensor is a device selected from the group consisting of at last a gyroscope, at least an accelerometer, and the combination thereof.

12. The inertial sensing input controller of claim 10, wherein the input mode of the input control apparatus is a mode selected from the group consisting of a mouse mode, a joystick mode, a keyboard mode and the combination thereof.

13. The inertial sensing input controller of claim 10, wherein the interface unit is coupled to at least an input unit;

and the input unit is a device selected from the group consisting of a cross key, an assembly of a plurality of press buttons, and the combination thereof.

14. The inertial sensing input controller of claim 10, further comprising:

a receiver, including;

a receiving unit, for receiving the control signal from the remote control unit and thus decoding the control signal into the at least one first and second inertial sensing parameters, the at least an input signal and the selected input mode;

an operation unit, coupled to the receiving unit for analyzing the at least one inertial sensing parameter into at least a motion signal while generating an operation signal according to the at least one input signal and the selected input mode; and

an interface connecting unit, for transmitting the operation signal and the at least one motion signal to an electronic device for computation.

15. The inertial sensing input controller of claim 14, wherein the interface unit is electrically connected to the electronic device by a means selected from the group consisting of a wired means and a wireless means;

and the wired means is enabled by an USB interface; and

the wireless means is enabled by a way selected form the group consisting of Bluetooth communication and radio frequency (RF) communication.

16. The inertial sensing input controller of claim 10, wherein the electronic device is a device selected from the group consisting of a computer, an interactive gamming device and an interactive multimedia device.

17. The inertial sensing input controller of claim 10, wherein the remote control unit is able to transmit the at least one first and second inertial sensing parameters directly to the electronic device.

18. The inertial sensing input controller of claim 14, wherein the operation unit is able to detect the input mode selected by the switch unit and thus correspondingly transmits signals to the electronic device according to the detected input mode.

19. A receiver, comprising:

a receiving unit, for receiving the control signal from the remote control unit and thus decoding the control signal into the at least one inertial sensing parameter, the at least an input signal and the selected input mode;

an operation unit, coupled to the receiving unit for analyzing the at least one inertial sensing parameter into at least a motion signal while generating an operation signal according to the at least one input signal and the selected input mode; and

an interface connecting unit, for transmitting the operation signal and the at least one motion signal to an electronic device.

20. The receiver of claim 19, wherein the interface unit is electrically connected to the electronic device by a means selected from the group consisting of a wired means and a wireless means;

and the wired means is enabled by an interface selected form the group consisting of a PS/2 interface and an USB interface; and

the wireless means is enabled by a way selected form the group consisting of Bluetooth communication and radio frequency (RF) communication.

21. The receiver of claim 19, wherein the electronic device is a device selected from the group consisting of a computer, an interactive gamming device and an interactive multimedia device.

22. An interactive system, comprising:

an inertial sensing module, being configured with at least a first inertial sensor, for sensing at least a control motion and thus correspondingly generating at least a first inertial sensing parameter;

an interface unit, for generating at least an input signal;

a switch unit, for selecting one input mode out of a plurality of input modes;

a plurality of second inertial sensors, capable of sensing at least a control motion and thus correspondingly generating at least a second inertial sensing parameter;

a remote control unit, coupling to the switch unit, the interface unit and the inertial sensing module for generating and thus transmitting a control signal according to the selected input mode, the at least one input signal, the at least one first inertial sensing parameter, and the at least one second inertial sensing parameter;

a receiver, for receiving the control signal from the remote control unit and thus decoding the control signal into the at least one inertial sensing parameter, the at least an input signal and the selected input mode; and

an electronic device, capable of performing a computation upon the at least one first and the at least one second inertial sensing parameters.