Computerized interactor systems and methods for providing same
First Claim
1. A method for controlling a computerized system comprising the steps of:
- providing a detection space;
placing a physical and identifiable member having a semantic meaning independent of said member within said detection space, said semantic meaning being dependent upon an identity of a user who placed said member within said detection space;
determining said semantic meaning of said member within a given semantic context; and
controlling a computerized system in response to said semantic meaning of said identifiable member.
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Abstract
A computerized interactor system uses physical, three-dimensional objects as metaphors for input of user intent to a computer system. When one or more interactors are engaged with a detection field, the detection field reads an identifier associated with the object and communicates the identifier to a computer system. The computer system determines the meaning of the interactor based upon its identifier and upon a semantic context in which the computer system is operating. The interactors can be used to control other systems, such as audio systems, or it can be used as intuitive inputs into a computer system for such purposes as marking events in a temporal flow. The interactors, as a minimum, communicate their identity, but may also be more sophisticated in that they can communicate additional processed or unprocessed data, i.e. they can include their own data processors. The detection field can be one-dimensional or multi-dimensional, and typically has different semantic meanings associated with different parts of the detection field.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for controlling a computerized system comprising the steps of:
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providing a detection space; placing a physical and identifiable member having a semantic meaning independent of said member within said detection space, said semantic meaning being dependent upon an identity of a user who placed said member within said detection space; determining said semantic meaning of said member within a given semantic context; and controlling a computerized system in response to said semantic meaning of said identifiable member. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A system for marking events occurring in a recorded media comprising:
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a display system for displaying a recording, said system providing an event timing information concerning events occurring in said recording, said system responsive to at least control media events, bind events, and mark temporal flow events; a plurality of event markers, each of which is provided with an event marker identifier; an event field receptive to said event markers and operative to provide said event marker identifier in an event marker time; and a processor coupled to said display system to receive said event timing information and said event marker identifier, and operative to mark an event based upon said event timing information, said event marker time, and said event marker identifier. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A computer program product for controlling a computerized system, the computer program product being embodied in a computer readable medium and comprising computer instructions for:
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providing a detection space; placing a physical and identifiable member having a semantic meaning independent of said member within said detection space, said semantic meaning being dependent upon an identity of a user who placed said member within said detection space; determining said semantic meaning of said member within a given semantic context; and controlling a computerized system in response to said semantic meaning of said identifiable member. - View Dependent Claims (17)
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18. A method for marking events occurring in a recorded media comprising:
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displaying a recording; ascertaining an event timing information concerning events occurring in said recording; receiving an event marker identifier in an event marker time, wherein the event marker includes an event marker identifier; and marking an event based upon said event timing information, said event marker time, and said event marker identifier. - View Dependent Claims (19)
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20. A computer program product for marking events occurring in a recorded media, the computer program product being embodied in a computer readable medium and comprising computer instructions for:
displaying a recording; ascertaining an event timing information concerning events occurring in said recording; receiving an event marker identifier in an event marker time, wherein the event marker includes an event marker identifier; and marking an event based upon said event timing information, said event marker time, and said event marker identifier.
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