Multi-Degrees-of-Freedom Hand Controller
First Claim
1. A controller, comprising:
- a first control member movable with three degrees of freedom and providing in response thereto a first set of three independent control inputs; and
a second control member extending from the first control member that is movable with three independent degrees of freedom independently of the first control member and providing in response thereto a second set of three independent control inputs, where the control inputs of the second set are independent of the control inputs of the first set,wherein the first and second control members are configured to be operated by a user'"'"'s single hand and one or more digits thereof.
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Abstract
Disclosed is a controller including a first control member, a second control member that extends from a portion of the first control member, and a controller processor that is operable to produce a rotational movement output signal in response to movement of the first control member, and a translational movement output signal in response to movement of the second control member relative to the first control member. The rotational movement output signal may be any of a pitch movement output signal, a yaw movement output signal, and a roll movement output signal, and the translational movement output signal may be any of an x-axis movement output signal, a y-axis movement output signal, and a z-axis movement output signal. In exemplary embodiments, the first control member may be gripped and moved using a single hand, and the second control member may be moved using one or more digits of the single hand, thus permitting highly intuitive, single-handed control of multiple degrees of freedom, to and including, all six degrees of rotational and translational freedom without any inadvertent cross-coupling inputs.
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29 Claims
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1. A controller, comprising:
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a first control member movable with three degrees of freedom and providing in response thereto a first set of three independent control inputs; and a second control member extending from the first control member that is movable with three independent degrees of freedom independently of the first control member and providing in response thereto a second set of three independent control inputs, where the control inputs of the second set are independent of the control inputs of the first set, wherein the first and second control members are configured to be operated by a user'"'"'s single hand and one or more digits thereof. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A controller, comprising:
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a unified hand controller including; first control member configured to be grasped by a user'"'"'s hand, wherein the first control member is movable with three independent degrees freedom to provide in response thereto a corresponding first set of three independent control inputs; and a second control member extending from the first control member and configured to engaged by the thumb of the user'"'"'s hand, wherein the second control member is movable independently of the first control member with three independent degrees of freedom to provide in response thereto a corresponding second set of three independent control inputs, the first set of control inputs being independent of the second set of control inputs; and a controller processor connectable to receive the first and second set of control inputs and generate therefrom a respective first and second set of control signals, the first set of control signals corresponding to three independent rotational movements of a control target and the second set of control signals corresponding to three independent translational movements of the control target. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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