MOTION SENSING INPUT DEVICE OF COMPUTER SYSTEM

• US 20090251412A1
• Filed: 05/12/2009
• Published: 10/08/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 07/04/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: ASUSTek Computer, Inc.
• Original Assignee: ASUSTek Computer, Inc.
• Inventors: Chang, Tian-Kai
• Application Number:
  US12/464,190
• Publication Number:
  US 20090251412A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/158
• 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

Abstract

A motion sensing input device of a computer system includes a motion sensor and a receiver. The motion sensor has two gyroscopes for sensing motions in different directions when a user operates the motion sensor. The motion signals are wirelessly transmitted to the receiver connected with the computer system. Furthermore, the motion signals are directly decoded via the receiver, and then they are converted to keyboard input signals. When the user plays a computer game by using the motion sensor to replace a keyboard, the user can experience a lifelike game environment and an intuitive operation mode.

Claims

1. A motion sensing input device of a computer system, comprising:

a motion sensor, including a micro-control unit, a wireless transmitting unit, and two gyroscopes, for sensing changes of angular velocities around two axes of the motion sensor via the two gyroscopes, respectively, generating sensed data via the micro-control unit, and transferring the sensed data wirelessly via the wireless transmitting unit; and

a receiver, connected with the computer system and including a microprocessor, a wireless receiving unit, and a transmission interface, for receiving the sensed data via the wireless receiving unit, converting the sensed data to a corresponding keyboard input signal via the microprocessor, and transmitting the keyboard input signal to the computer system via the transmission interface.

2. The motion sensing input device of the computer system according to claim 1, wherein each of the gyroscopes is a single-axis gyroscope, and the gyroscopes are used to sense the change of the angular velocity around a first axis and that of the angular velocity around a second axis, respectively.

3. The motion sensing input device of the computer system according to claim 2, wherein the gyroscopes are used to sense the change of the angular velocity around the first axis and that of the angular velocity around the second axis, respectively, when a user operates the motion sensor with a hand rotation joint as a pivot point.

4. The motion sensing input device of the computer system according to claim 3, wherein the gyroscopes are used to sense motions in eight directions when the user operates the motion sensor.

5. The motion sensing input device of the computer system according to claim 4, wherein if the absolute value of the difference between the change of the angular velocity around the first axis and that of the angular velocity around the second axis is less than a cross threshold value, the motion sensor is determined to move along the first axis or the second axis.

6. The motion sensing input device of the computer system according to claim 4, wherein if the absolute value of the difference between the change of the angular velocity around the first axis and that of the angular velocity around the second axis is greater than a cross threshold value, the motion sensor is determined to move in an oblique direction relative to the first axis or the second axis.

7. The motion sensing input device of the computer system according to claim 1, wherein the wireless transmitting unit can be used in a radio-frequency transmission mode, an infrared ray transmission mode, or a bluetooth transmission mode.

8. The motion sensing input device of the computer system according to claim 1, wherein the keyboard input signal converted by the microprocessor is set by a user.

9. The motion sensing input device of the computer system according to claim 1, wherein the transmission interface of the receiver is a universal serial bus (USB).