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US 2014/0228124 A1Published application
Control device with passive reflector
AssigneeMicrosoft Corporation
InventorsMark Plagge, Vijay Baiyya, Tommer Leyvand, Susan Shuchen Song
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Abstract
A control device includes a housing. The control device also includes a wireless communicator interior the housing. The wireless communicator wirelessly sends commands for controlling an electronic device, such as a game console. The control device also includes a reflector positioned to reflect light directed at the housing.
Claims20
A control device, comprising:
- a housing including a light-transmissive portion;
- a wireless communicator interior the housing to wirelessly send a command for controlling an electronic device;
- and
- a reflector positioned interior the housing to reflect light entering the housing through the light-transmissive portion back out of the housing through the light-transmissive portion.
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A control device, comprising:
- a housing including a light-transmissive portion;
- an infrared beacon interior the housing and positioned to emit an active infrared light through the light-transmissive portion of the housing;
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- a wireless communicator interior the housing to wirelessly receive a command to emit the active infrared light.
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A method, comprising:
- receiving one or more infrared images from an infrared camera;
- recognizing within one or more of the infrared images an active infrared light emitted from a beacon of a wireless control device;
- and
- after the beacon of the wireless control device stops emitting the active infrared light, recognizing within one or more of the infrared images a passive infrared light reflected from a retroreflector of the control device.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.