Hall-effect sensor system for gesture recognition, information coding, and processing
First Claim
1. A system comprising:
- a controller;
a Hall-effect sensor connected to the controller;
a transceiver connected to the controller; and
a flux-producing element, having a plurality of magnetic flux lines emanating therefrom, wherein the Hall-effect sensor is configured to transmit a Hall-effect sensor signal to the controller when a non-zero resolved vector component of the motion of the Hall-effect sensor is perpendicular to the non-zero resolved vector component of at least some of the plurality of magnetic flux lines, and the controller is configured to transmit a controller signal to the transceiver after receiving the Hall-effect sensor signal.
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Abstract
A system includes a controller, a Hall-effect sensor and transceiver connected to the controller; and a flux-producing element having a plurality of magnetic flux lines emanating therefrom. The system may be secured to or contained within a wearable glove. The flux-producing element may be coupled to an object separate from the wearable glove. The Hall-effect sensor transmits a Hall-effect sensor signal to the controller when the Hall-effect sensor is perpendicular to at least some of the plurality of magnetic flux lines. The Hall-effect sensor signal may include data received from the flux-producing element. The controller transmits a controller signal to the transceiver after receiving the Hall-effect sensor signal. The controller signal may include input from a motion sensor and/or an orientation sensor connected to the controller. The transceiver may transmit the signal to a remote processor. The signal may be used for gesture recognition, information coding, and/or information processing.
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19 Claims
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1. A system comprising:
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a controller; a Hall-effect sensor connected to the controller; a transceiver connected to the controller; and a flux-producing element, having a plurality of magnetic flux lines emanating therefrom, wherein the Hall-effect sensor is configured to transmit a Hall-effect sensor signal to the controller when a non-zero resolved vector component of the motion of the Hall-effect sensor is perpendicular to the non-zero resolved vector component of at least some of the plurality of magnetic flux lines, and the controller is configured to transmit a controller signal to the transceiver after receiving the Hall-effect sensor signal. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A system comprising:
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a wearable glove having a palm portion and at least one finger portion; a controller coupled to the palm portion; a Hall-effect sensor, coupled to the tip of at least one of the finger portions, connected to the controller; a transceiver, coupled to the palm portion, connected to the controller; a flux-producing element, having a plurality of magnetic flux lines emanating therefrom, coupled to the palm portion, wherein the flux-producing element is oriented such that at least some of the plurality of magnetic flux lines extend below the palm portion; and a power supply, coupled to the palm portion, connected to the controller and the transceiver wherein the Hall-effect sensor is configured to transmit a Hall-effect sensor signal to the controller when at least one non-zero resolved vector component of the motion of the Hall-effect sensor is perpendicular to the non-zero resolved vector component of at least some of the plurality of magnetic flux lines, and the controller is configured to transmit a controller signal to the transceiver after receiving the Hall-effect sensor signal. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14)
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15. A method comprising the steps of:
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transmitting, from a Hall-effect sensor connected to a controller, a Hall-effect sensor signal to the controller when at least one non-zero resolved vector component of the motion of the Hall-effect sensor is perpendicular to a non-zero resolved vector component of at least some of the plurality of magnetic flux lines emanating from a flux-producing element; transmitting, to the controller, output from a sensor connected to the controller; generating a controller signal from the Hall-effect sensor signal and the output of the sensor; and transmitting the controller signal to a transceiver connected to the controller. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19)
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