SMART AIR MOUSE
First Claim
1. A handheld device comprising at least one motion sensor and a touch screen, said device being capable of communicating signals from said sensor to a host device comprising a motion signals processing capability, wherein said touch screen of said handheld device comprises at least two touch zones which are operative to control at least an application running on said host device with movements of said handheld device on a surface or in free space, at the option of the user.
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Abstract
A smart handheld device with a touch screen which can be used as a 2D or 3D mouse to control applications running on a host device. The smart device can include an optical sensor for, when a motion capture mode is activated, automatically detecting that it lies on a surface, measuring displacements of the device on the surface and emulating displacements of a cursor on the screen of the host device. The smart device can include a two axes gyroscope which can, when the motion capture mode is activated, measure yaw and pitch of the device in free space and convert changes in orientation measurements into displacements of a cursor on the screen of the host device. The touch screen is divided into zones and sub-zones to control various applications running on the device or on the host. The zones are configurable through a graphical user interface.
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16 Claims
- 1. A handheld device comprising at least one motion sensor and a touch screen, said device being capable of communicating signals from said sensor to a host device comprising a motion signals processing capability, wherein said touch screen of said handheld device comprises at least two touch zones which are operative to control at least an application running on said host device with movements of said handheld device on a surface or in free space, at the option of the user.
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16. A method for controlling at least an application running on a host device from a handheld device, said handheld device comprising at least one motion sensor and a touch screen and being capable of communicating signals from said sensor to a host device comprising a motion signals processing capability, wherein said method for controlling comprises steps of using motion of said handheld device on a surface or in free space at the option of a user and steps of commanding functions of said applications by said user touching zones of said touch screen.
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