APPARATUS FOR REMOTELY CONTROLLING ANOTHER APPARATUS AND HAVING SELF-ORIENTATING CAPABILITY

摘要

An apparatus for communicating with a target device includes: a sensing portion for sensing points of user contact with the apparatus and user gestures; a transmitting device for sending signals representative of user commands to the target device; a controller; and a memory including instructions for configuring the controller to perform a self-orientation process to determine a forward direction of a plane of operation for defining the user gestures.

主权项

1. An apparatus for communicating with a target device comprising:
a sensing portion for sensing points of user contact with the apparatus, user gestures, and one of an acceleration value or an orientation value of the apparatus; a transmitting device for sending signals representative of user commands to the target device; a controller; a memory including instructions for configuring the controller to:
perform a self-orientation process based upon at least one of the acceleration value, the orientation value and the points of user contact to determine a forward direction of a plane of operation tor defining the user gestures, wherein an axis of the determined plane of operation can substantially intersect the apparatus at all angles;determine if the user gesture is an absolute-type gesture or a relative-type gesture;determine a direction of the absolute-type gesture if the user gesture is the absolute-type gesture: andinterpret the absolute-type gesture and relative-type gesture as user commands, wherein the relative-type gesture includes rotation of the apparatus.