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US 12,594,490 B2Granted
Control device, system and method
AssigneeSony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
InventorChristopher W. Henderson
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Abstract
A control device includes one or more sensors to detect motion of the control device in at least three spatial axes, a wireless communication unit to transmit tracking information indicative of the detected motion and an exterior surface having no more than three user-actuated inputs.
Claims15
A processing system, comprising:
- a plurality of control devices each including:
- (i) one or more sensors to detect motion of the control device in at least three spatial axes;
- (ii) a wireless communication unit to transmit tracking information indicative of the detected motion;
- and (iii) an exterior surface having no more than three user-actuated inputs;
- and
- a processing device comprising:
- a receiver to receive the tracking information for the plurality of control devices;
- and
- processing circuitry to:
- select, based on at least one of a user input indicative of a selection by a user and one or more properties of the received tracking information, one of a first mode of generating control information from the received tracking information or a second mode of generating control information from the received tracking information;
- interpret the received tracking information according to the selected mode of generating control information from the received tracking information;
- and
- generate, using the selected mode of generating control information from the received tracking information, control information for updating one or more processing operations in dependence on the received tracking information.
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A data processing method comprising:
- detecting, by one or more sensors of a respective control device, motion of the control device in at least three spatial axes;
- transmitting, by the respective control device, tracking information indicative of the detected motion;
- receiving, by a processing device, the tracking information;
- selecting, by the processing device and based on at least one of a user input indicative of a selection by a user and one or more properties of the received tracking information, one of a first mode of generating control information from the received tracking information or a second mode of generating control information from the received tracking information;
- interpreting, by the processing device, the received tracking information according to the selected mode of generating control information from the received tracking information;
- and
- generating, using the selected mode of generating control information from the received tracking information, control information for updating one or more processing operations in dependence on the received tracking information, wherein the data processing method is performed using one or more control devices, and wherein each control device has an exterior surface having no more than three user-actuated inputs.
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A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium which stores computer software which, when executed by a computer, causes the computer to perform a data processing method comprising:
- detecting, by one or more sensors of a respective control device, motion of the control device in at least three spatial axes;
- transmitting, by the respective control device, tracking information indicative of the detected motion;
- receiving, by a processing device, the tracking information;
- selecting, by the processing device and based on at least one of a user input indicative of a selection by a user and one or more properties of the received tracking information, one of a first mode of generating control information from the received tracking information or a second mode of generating control information from the received tracking information;
- interpreting, by the processing device, the received tracking information according to the selected mode of generating control information from the received tracking information;
- and
- generating, using the selected mode of generating control information from the received tracking information, control information for updating one or more processing operations in dependence on the received tracking information, wherein the data processing method is performed using one or more control devices, and wherein each control device has an exterior surface having no more than three user-actuated inputs.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.