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US 2013/0154811 A1Published application
Remote control device
AssigneeIntel Corporation
InventorsBran Ferren, Cory J. Booth, Genevieve Bell
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Abstract
An apparatus may include a housing that has a substantially equiaxed shape. The apparatus may include a motion sensor that detects a rotational state of the apparatus and a processor that produces control signals based upon the rotational state. The control signals may control operation of an external device. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
Claims30
An apparatus, comprising:
- a housing comprising a substantially equiaxed shape;
- a motion sensor arranged to detect a rotational state of the apparatus;
- and
- a processor arranged to produce control signals based upon the rotational state, the control signals to control operation of an external device.
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A system, comprising;
- a housing of a remote control having a substantially equiaxed shape;
- a sensor arranged to detect a rotational state of the remote control;
- a selection device disposed on a surface of the housing;
- and
- a processor arranged to control visual appearance of a virtual polyhedron in response to one or more of:
- an input signal received from the selection device and changes in the rotational state of the remote control.
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An article comprising a computer-readable storage medium containing instructions that when executed by a processor enable a system to:
- receive motion information at a first instance of a remote control device within said remote control device;
- send control directives to a wireless transceiver to wirelessly transmit first control signals based upon the detected motion to an external device so as to control one or more functions in the external device when the detected motion is above a first threshold;
- and
- send control directives to the wireless transceiver to wirelessly transmit at a second instance second control signals based upon a selection received from a user interface of the remote control device when detected motion of the remote control device is below a second threshold.
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A method, comprising:
- detecting motion at a first instance of a remote control device within said remote control device;
- wirelessly transmitting first control signals based upon the detected motion to an external device so as to control one or more functions in the external device when the detected motion is above a first threshold;
- and
- wirelessly transmitting at a second instance second control signals based upon a selection received from a user interface of the remote control device when detected motion of the remote control device is below a second threshold.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.