Adjunct device for use with a handheld wireless communication device as a screen pointer
AssigneeTHL Holding Company, LLC
InventorsJohn W. Howard, Richard Cutler
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Abstract
An adjunct device includes a case for enclosing at least a portion of a handheld wireless communication device. A plug coupled to a communication port of the handheld wireless communication device. A plurality of infrared emitters emits a corresponding plurality of infrared signals to a sensor coupled to a screen for use in generating a screen pointer graphic on the display screen.
Claims14
An adjunct device for operation in conjunction with a handheld wireless communication device, the adjunct device comprising:
- a case for enclosing at least a portion of the handheld wireless communication device;
- a plug, coupled to the case, for coupling via a communication port of the handheld wireless communication device;
- a plurality of infrared emitters, coupled to the communication port, that emit a corresponding plurality of infrared signals to a sensor coupled to a screen for use in generating a screen pointer graphic on the display screen.
An adjunct device for operation in conjunction with a handheld wireless communication device, the adjunct device comprising:
- a case for enclosing at least a portion of the handheld wireless communication device;
- a plug, coupled to the case, for coupling via a communication port of the handheld wireless communication device;
- an infrared sensor, coupled to the communication port, that receives an infrared location signal from an infrared emitter array coupled to a screen for use in generating a screen pointer graphic on the display screen.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.