METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR A MOTION COMPENSATED INPUT DEVICE

• US 20110050563A1
• Filed: 08/31/2009
• Published: 03/03/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 08/31/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: GE Aviation Systems LLC (General Electric Co. (Italy))
• Original Assignee: GE Aviation Systems LLC (General Electric Co. (Italy))
• Inventors: Skutt, Timothy Douglas
• Application Number:
  US12/551,137
• Publication Number:
  US 20110050563A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/156
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/033 Pointing devices displaced or positioned by the user , e.g. mice, trackballs, pens or joysticks; Accessories therefor digitisers characterised by the transducing means G06F3/041
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/038 Control and interface arrangements therefor, e.g. drivers or device-embedded control circuitry

Abstract

A method and system for a motion compensated input device are provided. The motion compensated input device includes an input device configured to receive a physical input from a user and convert the physical input into a physical input signal representative of the physical input, a motion sensing device configured to sense acceleration forces of at least one of the input device and the user, the acceleration forces introducing an error into the physical input, and an input compensator configured to adjust the physical input signal using the acceleration forces to generate a compensated input signal representative of the physical input.

Claims

1. A motion compensated input device comprising:

an input device configured to receive a physical input from a user and convert the physical input into a physical input signal representative of the physical input;

a motion sensing device configured to sense acceleration forces of at least one of the input device and the user, the acceleration forces introducing an error into the physical input; and

an input compensator configured to adjust the physical input signal using the acceleration forces to generate a compensated input signal representative of the physical input.

2. A device in accordance with claim 1, wherein said input device comprises a gestural interface configured to receive the physical input using an image of the user.

3. A device in accordance with claim 1, wherein said input device comprises a proximity interface configured to detect a presence of at least a portion of the user'"'"'s body and to monitor a relative location of the portion of the user'"'"'s body.

4. A device in accordance with claim 1, wherein said input device comprises a manual interface configured to be physically manipulated by at least a portion of the user'"'"'s body.

5. A device in accordance with claim 1, wherein said physical input signal comprises a desired input component representative of an input desired to be input by the user and an error component representative of a motion of the at least one of the input device and the user.

6. A device in accordance with claim 5, wherein said input compensator is configured to adjust the physical input signal to substantially cancel the error component using the acceleration forces.

7. A device in accordance with claim 5, wherein said input compensator is configured to scale the physical input signal to facilitate reducing the error component in relation to the desired input component using the acceleration forces.

8. A device in accordance with claim 1, further comprising an electronic model of at least one of said input device and said user wherein said input compensator configured to adjust the physical input signal using the model and the acceleration forces.

9. A device in accordance with claim 1, wherein said motion sensing device comprises a multi-axis accelerometer.

10. A method of motion compensating an input command comprising:

receiving a physical input from a user using an input device;

transforming the physical input into a physical input signal representative of the physical input;

determining acceleration forces acting on at least one of the input device and the user, the acceleration forces tending to introduce error into the physical input; and

adjusting the physical input signal using the acceleration forces to generate a compensated input signal representative of the physical input.

11. A method in accordance with claim 10 wherein determining acceleration forces comprises determining acceleration forces using a multi-axis accelerometer.

12. A method in accordance with claim 10 wherein adjusting the physical input signal comprises combining the received physical input signal and the determined acceleration forces using an input compensator.

13. A method in accordance with claim 10 wherein receiving a physical input from a user using an input device comprises receiving a physical input from a user using at least one of a gestural interface configured to receive the physical input using an image of the user, a proximity interface configured to detect a presence of at least a portion of the user'"'"'s body and to monitor a relative location of the portion of the user'"'"'s body, and a manual interface configured to be physically manipulated by at least a portion of the user'"'"'s body.

14. A control system comprising:

an input device configured to receive a physical input from a user and convert the physical input into a physical input signal representative of the physical input;

a multi-axis accelerometer configured to sense acceleration forces of at least one of the input device and the user, the acceleration forces tending to introduce error into the physical input;

an input compensator configured to adjust the physical input signal using the acceleration forces to generate a compensated input signal representative of the physical input; and

a processor communicatively coupled to said input compensator, said processor configured to;

receive the compensated input signal;

generate an output signal using the compensated input signal; and

transmit said generated output signal to a controller.

15. A device in accordance with claim 14, wherein said input device comprises a gestural interface configured to receive the physical input using an image of the user.

16. A device in accordance with claim 14, wherein said input device comprises a proximity interface configured to detect a presence of at least a portion of the user'"'"'s body and to monitor a relative location of the portion of the user'"'"'s body.

17. A device in accordance with claim 14, wherein said input device comprises a manual interface configured to be physically manipulated by at least a portion of the user'"'"'s body.

18. A device in accordance with claim 14, wherein said physical input signal comprises a desired input component representative of an input desired to be input by the user and an error component representative of a motion of the at least one of the input device and the user.

19. A device in accordance with claim 18, wherein said input compensator is configured to adjust the physical input signal to substantially cancel the error component using the acceleration forces.

20. A device in accordance with claim 18, wherein said input compensator is configured to scale the physical input signal to facilitate reducing the error component in relation to the desired input component using the acceleration forces.