AIR CONTROL INPUT APPARATUS AND METHOD

• US 20160299576A1
• Filed: 10/24/2013
• Published: 10/13/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 10/24/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Chunsheng Zhu
• Original Assignee: Chunsheng Zhu
• Inventors: ZHU, Chunsheng
• Application Number:
  US15/031,557
• Publication Number:
  US 20160299576A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/0381 Multimodal input, i.e. interface arrangements enabling the user to issue commands by simultaneous use of input devices of different nature, e.g. voice plus gesture on digitizer
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/0383 Remote input, i.e. interface arrangements in which the signals generated by a pointing device are transmitted to a PC at a remote location, e.g. to a PC in a LAN
• 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: G06F 3/0354 with detection of 2D relative movements between the device, or an operating part thereof, and a plane or surface, e.g. 2D mice, trackballs, pens or pucks
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/038 Control and interface arrangements therefor, e.g. drivers or device-embedded control circuitry

Abstract

The disclosure relates to the technical field of computer peripherals, and provides an air hand control input device. The air hand control input device comprises a housing, an interface chip, a gyroscope, and an angular velocity processor, wherein the interface chip is arranged inside the housing for communication with a terminal equipment; the gyroscope is arranged inside the housing for collecting angular velocity values of the air hand control input device on the x-axis, y-axis, and z-axis of a three-dimensional space and transmitting an angular velocity signal containing the angular velocity values; and the angular velocity processor is arranged inside the housing and connected with the gyroscope and the interface chip for calculating an rotation angle on the xy plane, a three-dimensional rotation azimuth angle, and a three-dimensional rotation angle at the three-dimensional rotation azimuth angle of the air hand control input device, according to the angular velocity values contained in the angular velocity signal from the gyroscope and a sampling period of the gyroscope. The air hand control input device can not only realize the traditional two-dimensional control function, but also can realize the three-dimensional control of translation on three axes and angular rotation of a three-dimensional controlled part in the space, thus providing all-around control of two dimensions and three dimensions on the interface.

Claims

1. An air hand control input device, comprising:

a housing, and

an interface chip, arranged inside the housing for communication with a terminal equipment,

wherein the air hand control input device further comprises;

a gyroscope, arranged inside the housing for collecting angular velocity values of the air hand control input device on x-axis, y-axis, and z-axis of a three-dimensional space and transmitting an angular velocity signal containing the angular velocity values; and

an angular velocity processor, arranged inside the housing and connected with the gyroscope and the interface chip, the angular velocity processor being adapted to calculate a rotation angle on the xy plane, a three-dimensional rotation azimuth angle, and a three-dimensional rotation angle at the three-dimensional rotation azimuth angle of the air hand control input device, according to the angular velocity values contained in the angular velocity signal from the gyroscope and a sampling period of the gyroscope.

2. The air hand control input device according to claim 1, further comprising:

a signal collecting switch, arranged inside the housing and connected with the angular velocity processor, the signal collecting switch being adapted to generate a starting signal for instructing the gyroscope to start collecting the angular velocity values and an ending signal for instructing the gyroscope to end collecting the angular velocity values.

3. The air hand control input device according to claim 2, further comprising:

an accelerometer, arranged inside the housing for collecting an acceleration value of the air hand control input device and transmitting an acceleration signal containing the acceleration value; and

an acceleration processor, connected with the interface chip, the accelerometer, and the signal collecting switch, the acceleration processor being adapted to calculate displacement variation values of the air hand control input device on the x-axis, y-axis, and z-axis of the three-dimensional space, according to the acceleration value contained in the acceleration signal from the accelerometer and a sampling period of the accelerometer, and transmit the calculated displacement variation values to the interface chip.

4. The air hand control input device according to claim 3, wherein the acceleration processor comprises:

a storage module for storing acceleration components of the air hand control input device on the x-axis, y-axis, and z-axis of the three-dimensional space, which are obtained by decomposing the acceleration value collected every time, and for storing initial velocities of the air hand control input device on the x-axis, y-axis, and z-axis of the three-dimensional space; and

a computation module for calculating a displacement variation value according to the acceleration components, the initial velocities, the sampling period of the accelerometer, and a proportionality coefficient, the displacement variation value being used to control displacement variations, on x-axis, y-axis, and z-axis of a display space, of a controlled object on an interface of the terminal equipment.

5. The air hand control input device according to claim 4, wherein the storage module is further stored with an acceleration threshold, and

the acceleration processor further comprises:

a judgment module for judging whether the acceleration value is greater than the acceleration threshold, and if the acceleration value is greater than the acceleration threshold, instructing the computation module to start the calculation.

6. The air hand control input device according to any one of claims 1 to 5, further comprising:

at least one touch pressure signal collector, arranged on a surface of the housing for sensing an force externally applied to the air hand control input device, and generating and transmitting a touch pressure signal, the touch pressure signal containing the sensed pressure value and an identifier identifying the touch pressure signal collector; and

a touch pressure signal processor, electrically connected with the touch pressure signal collector and the interface chip, the touch pressure signal processor being adapted to extract the pressure value and the identifier from the touch pressure signal, and transmit the extracted pressure value and identifier to the terminal equipment via the interface chip.

7. The air hand control input device according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the signal collecting switch comprises a pressure sensor.

8. The air hand control input device according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the signal collecting switch comprises a micro switch.

9. An air hand control input method, comprising the following steps of:

collecting angular velocity values of an air hand control input device on x-axis, y-axis, and z-axis of a three-dimensional space via a gyroscope; and

calculating a rotation angle on the xy plane, a three-dimensional rotation azimuth angle, and a three-dimensional rotation angle at the three-dimensional rotation azimuth angle of the air hand control input device, according to the angular velocity values and a sampling period of the gyroscope.

10. The air hand control input method according to claim 9, further comprising the following steps of:

collecting an acceleration value of the air hand control input device via an accelerometer;

decomposing the acceleration value into acceleration components of the air hand control input device on the x-axis, y-axis, and z-axis of the three-dimensional space; and

calculating a displacement variation value according to the acceleration components, initial velocities of the air hand control input device on the x-axis, y-axis, and z-axis of the three-dimensional space, a sampling period of the accelerometer, and a proportionality coefficient, the displacement variation value being used to control displacement variations, on x-axis, y-axis and z-axis of a display space, of a controlled object on an interface of the terminal equipment.