Remote control devices and methods
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1. A remote control device comprising:
- a motion detector consisting of a single accelerometer;
means for receiving data from the motion detector and mapping the received motion detector data to at least one user instruction; and
means for transmitting a signal indicative of the at least one user instruction, wherein the transmitting means comprise low-bandwidth transmitting means.
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Abstract
A remote control device comprising a motion detector consisting of a single accelerometer, means for receiving data from the motion detector and mapping the received motion detector data to at least one user instruction, and means for transmitting a signal indicative of the at least one user instruction.
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1. A remote control device comprising:
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a motion detector consisting of a single accelerometer; means for receiving data from the motion detector and mapping the received motion detector data to at least one user instruction; and means for transmitting a signal indicative of the at least one user instruction, wherein the transmitting means comprise low-bandwidth transmitting means. - View Dependent Claims (2, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14, 15)
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3. A remote control device comprising:
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a motion detector consisting of a single accelerometer; means for receiving data from the motion detector and mapping the received motion detector data to at least one user instruction, wherein the at least one user instruction comprises one or more of a tilt-based pointing, a tilt-based command, a movement-based command, and a shake-based command; and means for transmitting a signal indicative of the at least one user instruction. - View Dependent Claims (4, 5)
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8. A remote control device comprising:
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a motion detector consisting of a single accelerometer; means for receiving data from the motion detector and mapping the received motion detector data to at least one user instruction, wherein the data received from the accelerometer comprises raw data; and means for transmitting a signal indicative of the at least one user instruction, wherein the means for receiving data comprise means selected from the group consisting of; a zero-delay average filter smoothing the raw data; a zero-well filter reducing noisy fluctuation in the raw data; a low clipping filter reducing abrupt change in the raw data; and a high clipping filter identifying at least one dominant change in the raw data.
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12. A remote control device comprising:
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a motion detector consisting of a single accelerometer; means for receiving data from the motion detector and mapping the received motion detector data to at least one user instruction, wherein the receiving and mapping means receive raw data from the accelerometer, detect a tilt of the accelerometer and map the tilt to a two-dimensional screen, and wherein the receiving and mapping means detect the tilt by discerning that the tilt exceeds at least one threshold; and means for transmitting a signal indicative of the at least one user instruction.
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16. A remote control device comprising:
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a motion detector consisting of a single accelerometer; means for receiving data from the motion detector and mapping the received motion detector data to at least one user instruction, wherein the receiving and mapping means detect a shaking of the accelerometer and map the shaking to the at least one user instruction; and means for transmitting a signal indicative of the at least one user instruction. - View Dependent Claims (17)
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18. A method performed by a remote control device with a motion sensing unit, the motion sensing unit consisting of a single accelerometer, the method comprising:
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receiving raw data from the single accelerometer; filtering the raw data by a filtering unit to produce processed accelerometer data; using at least one algorithm to associate the processed accelerometer data with an instruction for operation of an entertainment unit; and transmitting the instruction to the entertainment unit. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. A remote control device comprising:
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a motion detector consisting of a single accelerometer; means for receiving data from the motion detector and processing the data using one or more filters to produce filtered data; and means for transmitting a signal that includes the filtered data, wherein the transmitting means comprise high-bandwidth transmitting means.
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25. A method performed by a remote control device with a motion sensing unit, the motion sensing unit consisting of a single accelerometer, the method comprising:
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receiving raw data from the single accelerometer; filtering the raw data by a filtering unit to produce processed accelerometer data; and transmitting the processed accelerometer data to an entertainment unit, wherein the transmitting comprises high-bandwidth transmission. - View Dependent Claims (26)
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