Pointing device with integrated physiological response detection facilities
First Claim
1. A pointing device comprising:
- a motion translation unit to identify the pointing device'"'"'s positional changes; and
at least one physiological response sensor selected from a group consisting of an electromyograph, an electrocardiograph, an electroencephalograph, a thermometer and a blood pressure sensor to detect and communicate at least one corresponding physiological responses of a user of the pointing device.
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Abstract
A pointing device is disclosed comprising a motion translation unit and one or more physiological response sensors. The motion translation unit identifies and communicates changes in the position of the pointing device to a communicatively coupled host system. In accordance with the teachings of the present invention, the one or more physiological response sensors measure and communicate physiological response information of a user of the pointing device to the host system. In accordance with a second aspect of the present invention, a host system incorporating the teachings of the present invention utilizes physiological response information to modify the operating environment of the host system to suit the physiological state of the host system user.
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18 Claims
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1. A pointing device comprising:
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a motion translation unit to identify the pointing device'"'"'s positional changes; and at least one physiological response sensor selected from a group consisting of an electromyograph, an electrocardiograph, an electroencephalograph, a thermometer and a blood pressure sensor to detect and communicate at least one corresponding physiological responses of a user of the pointing device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A computer system comprising:
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a processor; and a pointing device, communicatively coupled to the processor to provide cursor control and physiological inputs for the processor, the pointing device including, a motion translation unit to identify the pointing device'"'"'s positional changes; and at least one physiological response sensor selected from a group consisting of an electromyograph, an electrocardiograph, an electroencephalograph, a thermometer and a blood pressure sensor to detect at least one corresponding physiological response of a user of the pointing device. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12)
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13. An apparatus comprising:
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at least one input port to receive at least one corresponding physiological response collected from at least one physiological response sensor selected from a group consisting of an electromyograph, an electrocardiograph, an electroencephalograph, a thermometer and a blood pressure sensor, and integrated within a communicatively coupled pointing device; and an execution unit, coupled to the at least one input port, to modify an operating environment of the apparatus based, at least in part, on the at least one corresponding physiological response received from the pointing device.
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14. A computer system comprising:
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a storage device having stored therein a plurality of programming instructions; and an execution unit, coupled to the storage device, to execute the plurality of programming instructions to control operation of the computer system, including user perceivable outputs, in accordance with at least one corresponding physiological response automatically acquired from a user of the computer system, using at least one physiological sensor embedded in a pointing device, selected from a group consisting of an electromyograph, an electrocardiograph, an electroencephalograph, a thermometer and a blood pressure sensor. - View Dependent Claims (15)
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16. A method for acquiring physiological response of a user of a computer system, the method comprising:
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(a) detecting at least one corresponding physiological response of the user of the computer system using at least one physiological response sensor embedded within a pointing device of the computer system, selected from a group consisting of an electromyograph, an electrocardiograph, an electroencephalograph, a thermometer and a blood pressure sensor; and (b) communicating the detected at least one corresponding physiological response of the user to the computer system. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18)
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