Tongue tracking interface apparatus and method for controlling a computer program
AssigneeSony Computer Entertainment Inc.
InventorsRuxin Chen, Ozlem Kalinli
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Abstract
A tongue tracking interface apparatus for control of a computer program may include a mouthpiece configured to be worn over one or more teeth of a user of the computer program. The mouthpiece can include one or more sensors configured to determine one or more tongue orientation characteristics of the user. Other sensors such as microphones, pressure sensors, etc. located around the head, face, and neck, can also be used for determining tongue orientation characteristics.
Claims36
A tongue tracking interface apparatus for control of a computer program, comprising:
- a mouthpiece configured to be worn over one or more teeth of a user of the computer program, the mouthpiece including one or more sensors configured to determine one or more tongue orientation characteristics of the user.
A tongue tracking interface apparatus for control of a computer program, comprising:
- a headset to be worn by a user of the computer program, the headset including one or more sensors configured to determine one or more tongue orientation characteristics of the user.
A tongue tracking interface method for control of a computer program, comprising:
- a) determining one or more tongue orientation characteristics of a user of the computer program;
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- b) establishing a control input for the computer program using the one or more tongue orientation characteristics determined in a).
An apparatus for control of a computer program, comprising:
- a tongue tracking interface apparatus;
- a processor operably coupled to the tongue tracking interface apparatus;
- a memory;
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- computer-coded instructions embodied in the memory and executable by the processor, wherein the computer coded instructions are configured to implement a tongue tracking interface method for control of a computer program, the method comprising:
- a) determining one or more tongue orientation characteristics of a user of the computer program using the tongue tracking interface apparatus;
- and
- b) establishing a control input for the computer program using the one or more tongue orientation characteristics determined in a).
A computer program product, comprising:
- a non-transitory, computer-readable storage medium having computer readable program code embodied in said medium for implementing a tongue tracking interface method for control of a computer program, said computer program product having:
- a) computer readable program code means for determining one or more tongue orientation characteristics of a user of the computer program;
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- b) computer readable program code means for establishing a control input for the computer program using the one or more tongue orientation characteristics determined in a).
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.