INPUT DEVICE OF COMPUTER SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPERATING COMPUTER SYSTEM

• US 20090267939A1
• Filed: 02/04/2009
• Published: 10/29/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 04/23/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: ASUSTek Computer, Inc.
• Original Assignee: ASUSTek Computer, Inc.
• Inventors: Chiang, Yen- Ko, Pan, Yih-Chieh, Kuo, Chin-Chung
• Application Number:
  US12/365,173
• Publication Number:
  US 20090267939A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/419
• 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

Abstract

An input device of a computer system and a method for operating the computer system are provided. In the method for operating the computer system, a motion state of the input device in three-dimensional space is detected first. Then, a predetermined code is generated at an operation terminal or a main body terminal of the computer system according to the motion state of the input device. Afterwards, the predetermined code is converted to a corresponding object code, and the object code is sent to the main body terminal of the computer system to make the computer system operate according to the object code.

Claims

1. A method for operating a computer system, comprising the steps of:

detecting a motion state of an operation terminal in three-dimensional space;

according to the motion state of the operation terminal in the three-dimensional space, generating a predetermined code at either the operation terminal or a main body terminal of the computer system; and

converting the predetermined code to a corresponding object code and sending the object code to the main body terminal of the computer system to make the computer system operate according to the object code.

2. The method for operating the computer system according to claim 1, further comprising the step of:

providing a convert file recording the predetermined code that the object code corresponds to.

3. The method for operating the computer system according to claim 1, further comprising the steps of:

providing a file list showing a plurality of data options for a user to select;

detecting the selection of the user, when the user selects via the file list; and

according to the selection of the user, automatically setting the predetermined code that the object code corresponds to.

4. The method for operating the computer system according to claim 1, wherein after the step of generating the predetermined code at the operation terminal, the method further comprises the steps of:

sending the predetermined code to the main body terminal;

converting the predetermined code to the corresponding object code;

sending the object code to a transmission interface of the main body terminal; and

receiving the object code via the transmission interface to make the computer system operate.

5. The method for operating the computer system according to claim 1, wherein the step of detecting the motion state of the operation terminal in the three-dimensional space comprises the steps of:

utilizing a motion sensor to detect the motion state of the operation terminal in the three-dimensional space and generating corresponding original sensing data.

6. The method for operating the computer system according to claim 5, wherein the step of generating the predetermined code comprises the steps of:

transferring the original sensing data to the main body terminal and generating the predetermined code according to the original sensing data.

7. The method for operating the computer system according to claim 1, wherein the operation terminal has a plurality of function keys and a joystick input interface, and the function keys and the joystick input interface have corresponding predetermined codes, respectively.

8. An input device comprising:

a motion sensor for detecting a motion state of the input device in three-dimensional space to output original sensing data;

a receiver, coupled with a main body terminal of a computer system, for receiving the original sensing data and generating a corresponding predetermined code according to the original sensing data; and

an interface unit for converting the predetermined code to a corresponding object code and sending the object code to the main body terminal of the computer system to make the computer system operate according to the object code.

9. The input device according to claim 8, wherein the interface unit comprises:

a converting module for converting the predetermined code to the corresponding object code; and

a setting module for receiving operation of a user to change the predetermined code that the object code corresponds to, providing a file list showing a plurality of data options for the user to select, and automatically setting the predetermined code to which the object code corresponds according to the selection of the user.

10. A computer system comprising:

an input device determining a motion state of the input device in three-dimensional space to output either original sensing data or a predetermined code; and

a main body terminal coupled with the input device via a transmission interface, the main body terminal including;

an interface unit receiving either the original sensing data or the predetermined code sent from the input device via the transmission interface to covert the original sensing data or the predetermined code to a corresponding object code to make the computer system operate.

11. The computer system according to claim 10, wherein the input device comprises:

a motion sensor for detecting the motion state of the input device in the three-dimensional space-to output the original sensing data; and

a receiver for directly transferring the original sensing data to the main body terminal.

12. The computer system according to claim 11, wherein the receiver generates the corresponding predetermined code according to the original sensing data and sends the predetermined code to the main body terminal.

13. The computer system according to claim 10, wherein the interface unit comprises:

a collecting module for receiving either the original sensing data or the predetermined code transferred from the input device;

a coding module for coding the original sensing data to generate the predetermined code;

a converting module for converting the predetermined code to the corresponding object code; and

a setting module for receiving operation of a user to change the predetermined code that the object code corresponds to, providing a file list showing a plurality of data options for the user to select, and automatically setting the predetermined code to which the object code corresponds according to the selection of the user.