Pointing device housed in a writing device
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1. A method for controlling a pointing icon in a computer, comprising the steps of:
- (A) establishing a wireless connection between a pointing device and said computer;
(B) generating (i) directional information and (ii) computer task information in addition to said directional information, both in response to one or more three dimensional movements of said pointing device, wherein (i) said three dimensional movements are detected using one or more accelerometers located inside said pointing device and (ii) said directional information and said computer task information are both generated in response to the same one or more three dimensional movements;
(C) transmitting said directional information from said pointing device to said computer;
(D) translating said directional information into movements of said pointing icon on a screen of said computer using a device driver program stored on said computer; and
(E) translating said computer task information into a command to perform a specific task on said computer.
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Abstract
A method for controlling a pointing icon in a computer, including the steps of (A) establishing a wireless connection between a pointing device and the computer, (B) generating directional information through one or more three dimensional movements of the pointing device, (C) transmitting the directional information from the pointing device to the computer and (D) translating the directional information into movements of the pointing icon on a screen of the computer using a device driver program stored on the computer.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for controlling a pointing icon in a computer, comprising the steps of:
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(A) establishing a wireless connection between a pointing device and said computer; (B) generating (i) directional information and (ii) computer task information in addition to said directional information, both in response to one or more three dimensional movements of said pointing device, wherein (i) said three dimensional movements are detected using one or more accelerometers located inside said pointing device and (ii) said directional information and said computer task information are both generated in response to the same one or more three dimensional movements; (C) transmitting said directional information from said pointing device to said computer; (D) translating said directional information into movements of said pointing icon on a screen of said computer using a device driver program stored on said computer; and (E) translating said computer task information into a command to perform a specific task on said computer. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. An apparatus comprising:
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a housing; one or more accelerometers located inside said housing and configured to generate one or more movement signals; a processor configured to generate (i) directional information and (ii) computer task information in addition to said directional information, both in response to said one or more movement signals, wherein (i) said movement signals are generated using one or more accelerometers located inside said housing and (ii) said directional information and said computer task information are both generated in response to the same one or more movement signals; and an antenna configured to transmit said directional information to a computer through a wireless connection between said apparatus and said computer. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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