US 2012/0185098 A1 · TELEMATIC INTERFACE WITH DIRECTIONAL TRANSLATION

Abstract

Method and system for telematic control of a slave device. Displacement of a user interface control is sensed with respect to a control direction. A first directional translation is performed to convert data specifying the control direction to data specifying a slave direction. The slave direction will generally be different from the control direction and defines a direction that the slave device should move in response to the physical displacement of the user interface. A second directional translation is performed to convert data specifying haptic sensor data to a haptic feedback direction. The haptic feedback direction will generally be different from the sensed direction and can define a direction of force to be generated by at least one component of the user interface. The first and second directional translation are determined based on a point-of-view of an imaging sensor.

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Dependent claims

A method for telematic control of a slave device, comprising:

sensing a physical displacement of a user interface control in any control direction defined with respect to a three-dimensional set of coordinate axes;
performing a first directional translation to convert data specifying said control direction to data specifying a slave direction defined with respect to said three-dimensional set of coordinate axes, said slave direction different from said control direction and defining a direction that said slave device should move in response to said physical displacement of said user interface;
wherein said first directional translation is determined based on a point-of-view of a first imaging sensor mounted to a portion of said slave device.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Telematic interface with directional translation

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Telematic interface with directional translation

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Abstract

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