System and methods for providing orientation compensation in pointing devices
AssigneeUniversal Electronics Inc.
InventorGerben Meijer
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Abstract
Axis orientation compensation is provided in a system in which movement of a controlling device is used to control navigational functions of a target appliance by determining which one of plural sides of the controlling device is an active side of the controlling device and by causing navigational functions of the target appliance made relative to at least one of an X, Y, and Z axis of the target appliance to be dynamically aligned with movements of the controlling device made relative to at least one of an A, B, and C axis of the controlling device as a function of the one of the plural sides of the controlling device that is determined to be the active side of the controlling device.
Claims11
A non-transitory, computer-readable media having stored thereon instructions wherein the instructions, when executed by a controlling device, cause the controlling device to perform steps comprising:
- determine that a one of a plurality of operating surfaces of the controlling device is an active surface of the controlling device;
- dynamically align each of an A, B, and C axis of the controlling device to a respective one of an X, Y, and Z axis of an appliance to be controlled by use of the controlling device as a function of the one of the plurality of operating surfaces of the controlling device determined to be the active surface;
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- in response to a detected movement of the controlling device, sending a navigation command to the appliance to cause the appliance to move a displayed object in at least one of the X, Y, and Z axes of the appliance, wherein the navigation command is determined as a function of the detected movement of the controlling device and the dynamic alignment of each of the A, B, and C axes of the controlling device to the respective ones of the X, Y, and Z axes of an appliance.
A method performed by a controlling device, comprising:
- determining that a one of a plurality of operating surfaces of the controlling device is an active surface of the controlling device;
- dynamically aligning each of an A, B, and C axis of the controlling device to a respective one of an X, Y, and Z axis of an appliance to be controlled by use of the controlling device as a function of the one of the plurality of operating surfaces of the controlling device determined to be the active surface;
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- in response to a detected movement of the controlling device, sending a navigation command to the appliance to cause the appliance to move a displayed object in at least one of the X, Y, and Z axes of the appliance, wherein the navigation command is determined as a function of the detected movement of the controlling device and the dynamic alignment of each of the A, B, and C axes of the controlling device to the respective ones of the X, Y, and Z axes of an appliance.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.