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Method and an apparatus for controlling a machine using motion based signals and inputs

  • US 9,199,825 B2
  • Filed: 10/06/2010
  • Issued: 12/01/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/06/2009
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An apparatus for controlling a machine based on sensed input, the machine responsive to a plurality of machine control signals for controlling a corresponding plurality of aspects thereof, the apparatus comprising:

  • a. an input module including;

    a selection input interface operable by an integrated user input to select an input state from a plurality of potential states including;

    a standby state, and a plurality of operational states, the selection input interface operable by the integrated user input at least to switch from the standby state to a selected one of the operational states; and

    one or more motion sensors configured to generate one or more motion-based signals based on relative movement of the apparatus in space by a user, said relative movement of the apparatus in space representative of a desired operation of the machine; and

    b. a processing and control module operatively coupled to the input module and the machine, the processing and control module configured to;

    determine, when the selected input state is one of the one or more operational states, a mapping between the one or more motion-based signals and one or more of the plurality of machine control signals, the mapping determined based at least in part on the selected one of the operational states, wherein the determined mapping is selected from a plurality of potential mappings based at least in part on the selected one of the operational states, each of the plurality of potential mappings corresponding to a different set of tasks executable by the machine, and operation of the integrated user input further defining an initial reference position from which the motion-based signals are measured, said further defining being coincident with said selection of the input state from the plurality of potential states when switching from the standby state; and

    provide, based at least in part on said determined mapping and said one or more motion-based signals, one or more machine control signals for controlling the machine.

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