Video game controller
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1. A media apparatus, comprising:
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a plurality of transmitters and receivers coupled to the housing, each of the receivers configured to receive an electromagnetic beam generated by one of the transmitters, the receivers configured to generate a first control signal and a second control signal as a function of said beams; and
a controller responsive to the first and second control signals and configured to generate a plurality of data signals, the data signals configured to control a visual rendering of an image as a function of the first and second control signals, the controller further comprising a selection control configured to selectively establish a characteristic of the plurality of data signals generated as a function of the first and second control signals, whereby the selection control is configured to selectively establish a first set of the data signal characteristics generated in response to the first and second control signals and a second set of the data signal characteristics generated in response to the first and second control signals.
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Abstract
A controller configured to interactively control images, such as visual images including video images in interactive-multi-media including video games and the like. In one preferred embodiment, a controller is configured to generate a plurality of electromagnetic beams, whereby the user may selectively interrupt one or more of the electromagnetic beams to generate, control, or manipulate a visual image, rendered on a display. Advantageously, the user may control the visual image without having to physically depress buttons, to control one or more visual subjects.
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1. A media apparatus, comprising:
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a housing; a plurality of transmitters and receivers coupled to the housing, each of the receivers configured to receive an electromagnetic beam generated by one of the transmitters, the receivers configured to generate a first control signal and a second control signal as a function of said beams; and a controller responsive to the first and second control signals and configured to generate a plurality of data signals, the data signals configured to control a visual rendering of an image as a function of the first and second control signals, the controller further comprising a selection control configured to selectively establish a characteristic of the plurality of data signals generated as a function of the first and second control signals, whereby the selection control is configured to selectively establish a first set of the data signal characteristics generated in response to the first and second control signals and a second set of the data signal characteristics generated in response to the first and second control signals. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A media apparatus, comprising:
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a housing; a plurality of transmitters and receivers coupled to the housing, each of the receivers configured to receive an electromagnetic beam generated by one of the transmitters, the receivers each configured to generate a respective control signal as a function of said beams; and a controller responsive to the receiver control signals and configured to generate a data signal, the data signal configured to control a visual rendering of an image as a function of the receiver control signals, wherein a single said control signal is configured to be generated as a function of multiple said beams being simultaneously interrupted.
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24. A media apparatus, comprising:
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a housing; a plurality of transmitters and receivers coupled to the housing, each of the receivers configured to receive an electromagnetic beam generated by one of the transmitters, the receivers configured to generate a first control signal and a second control signal as a function of said beams; and a controller responsive to the first and second control signals and configured to generate a plurality of data signals, the data signals configured to control a visual rendering of an image as a function of the first and second control signals, the controller further comprising a selection control configured to selectively establish a characteristic of the plurality of the data signals generated as a function of the first and second control signals, whereby the selection control is configured to selectively establish a first set of the data signal characteristics generated in response to the first and second control signals and a second set of the data signal characteristics generated in response to the first and second control signals, wherein the housing is configured to be grasped and supported in a palms of a user'"'"'s hands simultaneously. - View Dependent Claims (25)
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26. A media apparatus, comprising:
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a housing; a plurality of transmitters and receivers coupled to the housing, each of the receivers configured to receive an electromagnetic beam generated by one of the transmitters, the receivers configured to generate a first control signal and a second control signal as a function of said beams; and a controller responsive to the receiver first and second control signals and configured to generate a data signal, the data signal configured to control a visual rendering of an image as a function of the receiver first and second control signals, wherein the controller has a middle member disposed between a pair of end members with said beams extending between the middle member and each of the end members, wherein the housing is configured to be grasped and supported in a palm of a user'"'"'s hand such that a first hand and is configured to break a first said beam extending between the middle member and one of the end members, and another finger of the hand is configured to break a second said beam extending between the middle member and the other said end member to control the rendered image.
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