3D pointing device with up-down-left-right mode switching and integrated swipe detector
First Claim
1. A method for generating either a scroll command or an up-down-left-right (UDLR) command using a single control element of a 3D pointing device, the method comprising:
- detecting movement of an object across a surface of said single control element of said 3D pointing device;
generating, when in a scroll mode, a scroll command responsive to said detected movement; and
generating, when in an UDLR mode, an UDLR commandwherein said UDLR command is one of;
an up command, a down command, a left command and a right commandwherein said one of said up command, said down command, said left command and said right command are generated based upon a direction of said detected movement, andfurther wherein said one of said up command, said down command, said left command and said right command are generated when a distance of said detected movement exceeds a predetermined distance threshold in a direction which corresponds to a respective one of said UDLR commands.
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Abstract
A 3D pointing device for use with a content delivery system is provided. The pointing device can operate in one of at least one of two modes: a first 3D or scrolling mode, and a second non-3D mode that can also be referred to as an up-down-left-right (UDLR) mode. The pointing device can include one or more directional sensors, to provide orientation and movement information. For either of the at least two modes, an optical finger navigation module is provided that can detect movement of a user'"'"'s finger or object across its screen, and provides a predetermined threshold that must be exceeded before movement information is generated from the OFN module. The pointing device can generate scroll and UDLR commands based on the information from the orientation and movement sensors, as well as the OFN module, or can provide the information from the orientation and movement sensors to a user interface that can generate the appropriate scrolling or UDLR commands for use by the content delivery system.
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26 Claims
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1. A method for generating either a scroll command or an up-down-left-right (UDLR) command using a single control element of a 3D pointing device, the method comprising:
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detecting movement of an object across a surface of said single control element of said 3D pointing device; generating, when in a scroll mode, a scroll command responsive to said detected movement; and generating, when in an UDLR mode, an UDLR command wherein said UDLR command is one of;
an up command, a down command, a left command and a right commandwherein said one of said up command, said down command, said left command and said right command are generated based upon a direction of said detected movement, and further wherein said one of said up command, said down command, said left command and said right command are generated when a distance of said detected movement exceeds a predetermined distance threshold in a direction which corresponds to a respective one of said UDLR commands. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. A 3D pointing device comprising:
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a housing; at least one sensor, disposed at least partially within said housing, said at least one sensor configured to detect motion of said 3D pointing device and to generate first data associated with said detected motion; an optical finger navigation (OFN) module, disposed on an upper surface of said housing, configured to detect movement of an object across a surface of a lens and to generate second data associated with said detected movement; a user input control element configured to switch said 3D pointing device from a 3D pointing mode into a non-3D pointing mode; and a processor configured to receive said first data generated by said at least one sensor and said second data generated by said OFN module and further configured to operate, when in said 3D pointing mode, to transmit information associated with said first data generated by said at least one sensor and to transmit a scroll command based on said second data generated by said OFN module, and further configured to operate, when in said non-3D pointing mode, to transmit an up-down-left-right (UDLR) command based on said second data generated by said OFN module, wherein said OFN module is configured to switch between a scroll mode and an UDLR mode. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26)
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6. A system comprising:
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a user interface controlling device configured to generate and control a user interface based, at least in part, on received user inputs, wherein said user interface controlling device is further configured to receive an input which, in a first mode, is interpreted as a scroll command and which, in a second mode, is interpreted as an up-down-left-right (UDLR) command, wherein said user interface controlling device is a television, a set-top box, a gaming console, or a system controller, wherein said UDLR command is one of;
an up command, a down command, a left command and a right command,wherein said one of said up command, said down command, said left command and said right command are generated based upon a direction of said interpreted input, and further wherein said one of said up command, said down command, said left command and said right command are generated when a distance of said interpreted input exceeds a predetermined distance threshold in a direction which corresponds to a respective one of said UDLR commands. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8)
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9. A method for controlling a user interface using a 3D pointing device comprising:
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switching an operating mode of the 3D pointing device between a random access mode and a non-random access mode, wherein said user interface comprises a display screen, and when said 3D pointing device is in said random access mode, interpreting an output of a single control element disposed on said 3D pointing device as a scroll command; and when said 3D pointing device is in said non-random access mode, interpreting said output of said single control element as an up-down-left-right (UDLR) command, wherein said UDLR command is one of;
an up command, a down command, a left command and a right command,wherein said one of said up command, said down command, said left command and said right command are generated based upon a direction of said interpreted output of said single control element, and further wherein said one of said up command, said down command, said left command and said right command are generated when a distance of said interpreted output exceeds a predetermined distance threshold in a direction which corresponds to a respective one of said UDLR commands. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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