HUMAN MACHINE INTERFACE DEVICE

• US 20120209560A1
• Filed: 10/22/2010
• Published: 08/16/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 10/22/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Joshua Michael Young
• Original Assignee: Joshua Michael Young
• Inventors: Young, Joshua Michael
• Application Number:
  US13/501,601
• Publication Number:
  US 20120209560A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 702/141
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/014 Hand-worn input/output arrangements, e.g. data gloves
• 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: G10H 1/0008 Associated control or indicating means
• CPC Class Codes: G10H 1/32 Constructional details
• CPC Class Codes: G10H 2220/326 Control glove or other hand or palm-attached control device
• CPC Class Codes: G10H 2220/395 Acceleration sensing or accelerometer use, e.g. 3D movement computation by integration of accelerometer data, angle sensing with respect to the vertical, i.e. gravity sensing. conductor baton movement sensing G10H2220/206, angle sensing without reference to gravity G10H2220/391; player body joint angle sensing G10H2220/321
• CPC Class Codes: G10H 2240/211 Wireless transmission, e.g. of music parameters or control data by radio, infrared or ultrasound beam G10H2220/405

Abstract

A hand operated input device including: a series of activation points activated by the fingers of a user; a motion sensor measuring a current orientation of the users hand and a processing means interconnected to the activation points and the motion sensors for output in a substantially continuous manner a series of currently active activation points and the current position and orientation of the input device.

Claims

1. A hand operated input device including:

a series of activation points activated by the fingers of a user;

a motion sensor measuring a current orientation of the users hand; and

a processing means interconnected to the activation points and the motion sensors for output, in a substantially continuous manner, a series of currently active activation points and the orientation of the input device.

2. A hand operated input device as claimed in claim 1 wherein the number of activation points per finger is at least two points, with the points being spaced apart from one another for interaction with different portions of a user'"'"' s finger.

3. A hand operated input device as claimed in claim 1 wherein the number of activation points per finger is at least 3.

4. A hand operated input device as claimed in claim 1 wherein the fingers of a user include the thumb.

5. A hand operated input device as claimed in claim 1 wherein the motion sensors include orientation sensors sensing the rate of angular rotation of the device.

6. A hand operated input device as claimed in claim 5 wherein said motion sensor outputs a roll, pitch and yaw indicator of the device.

7. A hand operated input device as claimed in claim 1 wherein the motion sensors include position sensors sensing any relative movement of the device.

8. A hand operated input device as claimed in claim 1 wherein said device further includes a weighted elongated portion counterbalancing the activation points when in use by a user.

9. A hand operated input device as claimed in claim 1 wherein the relative position of the activation points is adjustable for each finger.

10. A hand operated input device as claimed in claim 1 wherein the activation points are formed from microswitches.

11. A hand operated input device as claimed in claim 1 wherein said processing means is interconnected to a wireless transmission means for wireless transmission of the output.

12. A hand operated input device as claimed in claim 1 wherein each of the activation points can be actuated either individually or in combination with other activation points.

13. A hand operated input device as claimed in claim 1 wherein the activation points are mapped to notes on a chromatic scale.

14. A hand operated input device as claimed in claim 1 wherein one axis of the orientation of the device is mapped to output the octave of a note'"'"'s pitch.

15. A hand operated input device as claimed in claim 1 wherein one axis of the orientation of the device is mapped to a series of zones.

16. At least two hand operated input devices, each device including:

a series of activation points activated by the fingers of a user;

a motion sensor measuring a current orientation of the users hand; and

a processing means interconnected to the activation points and the motion sensors for the orientation of the input device;

wherein a further processing unit is provided interconnected to each processing means of each device and calculating a differential output between the hand operated input devices.

17. (canceled)