APPARATUS FOR REMOTELY CONTROLLING ANOTHER APPARATUS AND HAVING SELF-ORIENTATING CAPABILITY
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1. An apparatus for communicating with a target device comprising:
- a sensing portion for sensing points of user contact with the apparatus, user gestures, and one of an acceleration value or an orientation value of the apparatus;
a transmitting device for sending signals representative of user commands to the target device;
a controller;
a memory including instructions for configuring the controller to;
perform a self-orientation process based upon at least one of the acceleration value, the orientation value and the points of user contact to determine a forward direction of a plane of operation tor defining the user gestures, wherein an axis of the determined plane of operation can substantially intersect the apparatus at all angles;
determine if the user gesture is an absolute-type gesture or a relative-type gesture;
determine a direction of the absolute-type gesture if the user gesture is the absolute-type gesture; and
interpret the absolute-type gesture and relative-type gesture as user commands,wherein the relative-type gesture includes rotation of the apparatus.
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Abstract
An apparatus for communicating with a target device includes: a sensing portion for sensing points of user contact with the apparatus and user gestures; a transmitting device for sending signals representative of user commands to the target device; a controller; and a memory including instructions for configuring the controller to perform a self-orientation process to determine a forward direction of a plane of operation for defining the user gestures.
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1. An apparatus for communicating with a target device comprising:
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a sensing portion for sensing points of user contact with the apparatus, user gestures, and one of an acceleration value or an orientation value of the apparatus; a transmitting device for sending signals representative of user commands to the target device; a controller; a memory including instructions for configuring the controller to; perform a self-orientation process based upon at least one of the acceleration value, the orientation value and the points of user contact to determine a forward direction of a plane of operation tor defining the user gestures, wherein an axis of the determined plane of operation can substantially intersect the apparatus at all angles; determine if the user gesture is an absolute-type gesture or a relative-type gesture; determine a direction of the absolute-type gesture if the user gesture is the absolute-type gesture; and interpret the absolute-type gesture and relative-type gesture as user commands, wherein the relative-type gesture includes rotation of the apparatus. - View Dependent Claims (4)
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2. An apparatus comprising:
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a sensing portion for sensing points of user contact with the apparatus and one of an acceleration value and an orientation value of the apparatus; a controller; and a memory including instructions for configuring the controller to; classify the points of user contact into a holding pattern; perform a self-orientation process based upon the acceleration value and the holding pattern to define a forward direction of user gestures, wherein the forward direction can be fixed along any angle with the apparatus; determine if the user gesture is an absolute-type gesture or a relative-type gesture, wherein the relative-type gesture includes rotation of the apparatus.
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3. An apparatus comprising:
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a detecting mechanism for determining one of an acceleration value and an orientation value associated with the apparatus; a touch sensor for sensing points of user contact with the apparatus; a classification device for classifying the points of user contact into a holding pattern; and a self-orientation determination device for determining a plane of operation defining user gestures based upon the holding pattern and the one of the acceleration value and the orientation value, wherein the plane of operation can be rotatable at all angles of the apparatus, and is on one of a wall portion, a top portion and a bottom portion of the apparatus.
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