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Pointing device and information processing apparatus

  • US 6,618,037 B2
  • Filed: 04/30/2001
  • Issued: 09/09/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/23/2000
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A pointing device for specifying a position in a predetermined space, comprising:

  • first displacement detecting means for detecting a displacement of a body of the pointing device;

    second displacement detecting means, which has a displacement detecting member, for detecting a displacement of this displacement detecting member;

    position specifying means for displacing the origin of a local coordinates system in the predetermined space in correspondence with the displacement of the body detected by the first displacement detecting means and specifying a position displaced from the origin of the local coordinates system in correspondence with the displacement of the displacement detecting member detected by the second displacement detecting means; and

    stimulus delivery means for delivering a stimulus corresponding to the position in the predetermined space specified by the position specifying means.

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