Spatial motion pattern input system and input method

Patent 5598187 Issued on January 28, 1997. Estimated Expiration Date:

May 13, 2014. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.

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Inventors

Application

No. 242429 filed on 05/13/1994

US Classes:

345/158, Including orientation sensors (e.g., infrared, ultrasonic, remotely controlled)345/156, DISPLAY PERIPHERAL INTERFACE INPUT DEVICE345/179Stylus

Examiners

Primary: Tung, Kee M.
Assistant: Chow, Doon

Attorney, Agent or Firm

Oblon, Spivak, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

Foreign Patent References

0372674 EP 06/12/1990
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47726 JP. 01/12/1992
4180119 JP. 06/12/1992

International Class

G09G 003/02

Foreign Application Priority Data

1993-05-13 JP

Abstract

A spatial motion pattern input system for causing a control target device to perform control according to a spatial motion pattern of a spatial control input device, comprises a move sensing section for sensing at least the amount of movements of the spatial control input device on two axes among the amount of movements of the device on three specific nonparallel axes in space, a conversion section for converting the amount of spatial movements composed of at least two amounts sensed at the move sensing section into a motion vector sequence, an identification section for performing identification by comparing a motion vector sequence corresponding to a basic motion pattern previously entered with the motion vector sequence, and an execution section for controlling the control target device on the basis of the recognition result from the identification section.