User Interface Control of Responsive Devices
First Claim
1. An apparatus comprisinga wrist worn user interface device havinga sensor configured to detect, at a top surface of a wrist of a human, nerve or other tissue electrical signals associated with intended contractions and extensions of a muscle to cause a gesture comprising repeated flicks of only an index finger of the hand attached to the wrist, each of the repeated flicks of the gesture having a duration less than one-half second and comprising a contraction and an extension of only the index finger,an output configured to provide information representative of the nerve or other tissue electrical signals associated with the intended contractions and extensions of the muscle, andan interpreter configured to receive and interpret the information representative of the nerve or other tissue electrical signals and provide an indication of the intended contractions and extensions of the muscle to cause the gesture comprising repeated flicks of only the index finger, the indication being provided to a responsive device not located on the hand attached to the wrist to cause the responsive device to treat the indication as a gesture invoking a user interface control of a display.
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Abstract
Among other things, a user interface device has a sensor configured to detect, at a wrist of a human, nerve or other tissue electrical signals associated with an intended contraction of a muscle to cause a rapid motion of a finger. An output provides information representative of the nerve or other tissue electrical signals associated with the intended contraction of the muscle to an interpreter of the information.
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36 Claims
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1. An apparatus comprising
a wrist worn user interface device having a sensor configured to detect, at a top surface of a wrist of a human, nerve or other tissue electrical signals associated with intended contractions and extensions of a muscle to cause a gesture comprising repeated flicks of only an index finger of the hand attached to the wrist, each of the repeated flicks of the gesture having a duration less than one-half second and comprising a contraction and an extension of only the index finger, an output configured to provide information representative of the nerve or other tissue electrical signals associated with the intended contractions and extensions of the muscle, and an interpreter configured to receive and interpret the information representative of the nerve or other tissue electrical signals and provide an indication of the intended contractions and extensions of the muscle to cause the gesture comprising repeated flicks of only the index finger, the indication being provided to a responsive device not located on the hand attached to the wrist to cause the responsive device to treat the indication as a gesture invoking a user interface control of a display.
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5-18. -18. (canceled)
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19. An apparatus comprising
a wrist-worn user interface device having a sensor configured to detect, at a top surface of a wrist of a human hand, nerve or other tissue electrical signals associated (a) with an activation of a muscle intended to cause a first motion of the hand, and (b) with an activation of a muscle intended to cause, at a time during or at the end of the first motion, a stationary hold of the hand, an output configured to provide to an interpreter information representative of the nerve or other tissue electrical signals associated with the activations intended to cause the first motion and the stationary hold, and an interpreter configured to receive and interpret the information representative of the nerve or other tissue electrical signals and to provide (a) a first indication of the activation intended to cause the first motion, and (b) a second indication of the activation of the motion intended to cause the stationary hold, the first indication configured to cause an action to be performed on a display of a responsive device not mounted on the hand, the second indication being configured to cause the responsive device to continue the performance of the action to be performed on the display of the responsive device during at least a part of the stationary hold.
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20. (canceled)
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