GRID SIGNAL RECEIVER AND WIRELESS POINTING SYSTEM HAVING THE SAME

• US 20110211132A1
• Filed: 10/27/2009
• Published: 09/01/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 10/28/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Hitachi Communication Technologies Limited (Hitachi, Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Hitachi Communication Technologies Limited (Hitachi, Ltd.)
• Inventors: Lee, Kwang Jae, Kim, Suki, Yun, Se Hwan
• Application Number:
  US13/126,331
• Publication Number:
  US 20110211132A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 348/734
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0325 using a plurality of light emitters or reflectors or a plurality of detectors forming a reference frame from which to derive the orientation of the object, e.g. by triangulation or on the basis of reference deformation in the picked up image
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/038 Control and interface arrangements therefor, e.g. drivers or device-embedded control circuitry
• CPC Class Codes: G08C 23/04 using light waves, e.g. infrared

Abstract

The present invention relates to a grid signal receiver and a wireless pointing system having the same. The grid signal receiver receives a signal of a grid pattern from a grid signal transmitter and determines motion of the grid signal transmitter, the grid signal receiver including a slope sensor in addition to a motion sensor for sensing motion of a grid, the slope sensor sensing a slope of the grid to sense a slope of the grid signal transmitter.

Claims

1. A grid signal receiver that receives a signal of a grid pattern from a grid signal transmitter and determines motion of the grid signal transmitter, the grid signal receiver comprising a slope sensor in addition to a motion sensor for sensing motion of a grid, the slope sensor sensing a slope of the grid to sense a slope of the grid signal transmitter.

2. The grid signal receiver according to claim 1, wherein the grid signal receiver comprises:

a pair of horizontal motion sensors which sense a vertical (Y-axis) pattern of the grid to sense horizontal (X-axis) motion;

a pair of vertical motion sensors which sense a horizontal (X-axis) pattern of the grid to sense vertical (Y-axis) motion; and

the slope sensor which senses the slope of the grid.

3. The grid signal receiver according to claim 2, wherein the slope sensor is arranged not on the same line as the pair of horizontal motion sensors or the pair of vertical motion sensors.

4. The grid signal receiver according to claim 3, wherein the slope sensor is arranged in a vertical direction with respect to one of the pair of horizontal motion sensors, or arranged in a horizontal direction with respect to one of the pair of vertical motion sensors.

5. The grid signal receiver according to claim 4, wherein the slope sensor is arranged so that a distance between the slope sensor and one horizontal motion sensor arranged in the vertical direction is equal to a distance between the pair of horizontal motion sensors, or a distance between the slope sensor and one vertical motion sensor arranged in the horizontal direction is equal to a distance between the pair of vertical motion sensors.

6. The grid signal receiver according to claim 3, wherein the slope sensor senses the vertical (Y-axis) pattern together with the pair of horizontal motion sensors and compares relative sensing times of the sensors to calculate slope information of the grid,

or the slope sensor senses the horizontal (X-axis) pattern together with the pair of vertical motion sensors and compares relative sensing times of the sensors to calculate slope information of the grid.

7. The grid signal receiver according to claim 2, wherein a vertical (Y-axis) pattern signal and a horizontal (X-axis) pattern signal of the grid are different in a frequency band.

8. The grid signal receiver according to claim 2, wherein

each sensor comprises

a photodiode to sense a grid signal;

and

an optical filter to pass the frequency band of the grid signal.

9. The grid signal receiver according to claim 7, wherein the vertical (Y-axis) pattern signal and the horizontal (X-axis) pattern signal of the grid are different in the frequency band,

the horizontal motion sensor and the vertical motion sensor are provided with optical filters to pass the frequency bands of the vertical (Y-axis) pattern signal and the horizontal (X-axis) pattern signal, respectively, and

the slope sensor comprises an optical filter that passes either frequency band of the vertical (Y-axis) pattern signal or the horizontal (X-axis) pattern signal.

10. The grid signal receiver according to claim 1, further comprising a motion vector processor that receives a sensed signal from the respective sensors to process a motion vector, and calculates slope information of the grid to compensate the motion vector.

11. The grid signal receiver according to claim 10, wherein the motion vector processor comprises

a direction detector to detect a moving direction of the grid;

a line detector to generate a pulse every time when one grid line moves;

a slope detector to detect a slope of the grid;

a motion vector extractor to receive information about the moving direction of the grid from the direction detector and a pulse from the line detector and extract an X-axis motion vector (horizontal motion vector) and a Y-axis motion vector (vertical motion vector); and

a slope-based motion vector compensator to compensate the X-axis motion vector and the Y-axis motion vector on the basis of the slope information received from the slope detector.

12. The grid signal receiver according to claim 11, wherein the motion vector processor further comprises a low-pass filter that receives output of the slope-based motion vector compensator and performs low-pass filtering to suppress variation of a motion vector due to noise and shaking generated in a transmitting terminal or a receiving terminal.

13. The grid signal receiver according to claim 11, wherein the motion vector processor further comprises a low-pass filter that performs low-pass filtering by receiving the X-axis motion vector and the Y-axis motion vector of the motion vector extractor to reduce an error that may occur under acceleration or negative-acceleration conditions, and outputs the filtered X-axis and Y-axis motion vectors to the slope-based motion vector compensator.

14. The grid signal receiver according to claim 11, wherein the motion vector processor further comprises an anti-shaking decision unit to estimate shaking, so that the motion vector extractor is halted depending on the decision of the anti-shaking decision unit.

15. The grid signal receiver according to claim 10, wherein the motion vector processor comprises:

a direction detector to detect a moving direction of the grid;

a line detector to generate a pulse every time when one grid line moves;

a slope detector to detect a slope of the grid;

a motion vector extractor to receive information about the moving direction of the grid from the direction detector and a pulse from the line detector and extract an X-axis motion vector and a Y-axis motion vector;

a pulse width demodulator to convert a certain cycle about the motion of the grid into a digital value;

a pulse-based motion vector compensator to compensate the X-axis motion vector and the Y-axis motion vector received from the motion vector extractor on the basis of the converted digital value; and

a slope-based motion vector compensator to compensate the X-axis motion vector and the Y-axis motion vector received from the pulse-based motion vector compensator on the basis of the slope information received from the slope detector.

16. The grid signal receiver according to claim 10, wherein the plurality of sensors are provided as a first chip, and

the motion vector processor is provided as a second chip different from the first chip.

17. The grid signal receiver according to claim 10, wherein the plurality of sensors and the motion vector processor are provided as a single chip.

18. A wireless pointing system comprising:

a grid signal transmitter to generate and output a signal having a grid pattern signal; and

a grid signal receiver to process a motion vector to receive the signal of the grid pattern and calculate motion,

the grid signal receiver comprising a slope sensor in addition to a motion sensor to sense motion of a grid, so that a slope of the grid signal transmitter is sensed and the motion vector is compensated on the basis of slope information.

19. The wireless pointing system according to claim 18, wherein the grid signal receiver comprises

a pair of horizontal motion sensor to sense a vertical (Y-axis) pattern signal of the grid to sense horizontal (X-axis) motion;

a pair of vertical motion sensor to sense a horizontal (X-axis) pattern signal of the grid to sense vertical (Y-axis) motion; and

a slope sensor arranged not on the same line as the pair of horizontal motion sensors or the pair of vertical motion sensors to sense a slope of the grid.