Multipurpose controllers and methods

A wearable apparatus for controlling an electronic device, the wearable apparatus comprising:

• a wearing component configured to enable the wearable apparatus to be worn by a user;
• one or more first sensors configured to provide one or more first sensor signals indicative of one or more first actions performed by the user using at least one of an arm, a hand, or one or more fingers of the user;
• one or more inertial sensors comprising at least one of an accelerometer or a gyroscope, the one or more inertial sensors configured to provide one or more second sensor signals indicative of at least one of a motion, a position, or an orientation of one or more parts of the user's body;
• a wireless transmitter;
• and
• one or more processors configured to:
• detect, based at least in part on the one or more first sensor signals or a value derived from the one or more first sensor signals, an initiation of a specified action, the specified action being one of the one or more first actions;
• subsequently detect, based at least in part on the one or more first sensor signals or a value derived from the one or more first sensor signals, a termination of the specified action;
• generate one or more first signals for transmission by the wireless transmitter to the electronic device after the termination is detected, when the termination is detected within a threshold duration from the initiation;
• and
• generate one or more second signals for transmission by the wireless transmitter to the electronic device based at least in part on the one or more second sensor signals or a value derived from the one or more second sensor signals when the termination is not detected within the threshold duration from the initiation, the generation of the one or more second signals continuing until the termination is detected.

A system for a user to control a head-worn display device, the system comprising:

• a head-worn display device comprising a display configured to present one or more graphical objects to the user, and a wireless receiver;
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• a wearable apparatus configured to be worn by the user, the wearable apparatus comprising:
• one or more first sensors configured to provide one or more first sensor signals indicative of one or more first actions performed by the user using at least one of an arm, a hand, or one or more fingers of the user;
• one or more inertial sensors comprising at least one of an accelerometer or a gyroscope, the one or more inertial sensors configured to provide one or more inertial sensor signals indicative of at least one of a motion, a position, or an orientation of one or more parts of the user's body;
• a wireless transmitter;
• and
• one or more processors configured to:
• detect, based at least in part on the one or more first sensor signals or a value derived from the one or more first sensor signals, an initiation of a specified action, the specified action being one of the one or more first actions;
• subsequently detect, based at least in part on the one or more first sensor signals or a value derived from the one or more first sensor signals, a termination of the specified action;
• generate one or more first signals for transmission by the wireless transmitter to the wireless receiver after the termination is detected, when the termination is detected within a threshold duration from the initiation, the one or more first signals configured to cause an operation by the head-worn display device;
• and
• generate one or more second signals for transmission by the wireless transmitter to the wireless receiver based at least in part on the one or more inertial sensor signals or a value derived from the one or more inertial sensor signals when the termination is not detected within the threshold duration from the initiation, the one or more second signals configured to modify an object of interest affected by the head-worn display device, the generation of the one or more second signals continuing until the termination is detected.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of a system comprising a wearable apparatus configured to be worn by a user, the wearable apparatus having one or more first sensors configured to provide one or more first sensor signals indicative of one or more first actions performed by the user using at least one of an arm, a hand, or one or more fingers of the user and one or more second sensors configured to provide one or more second sensor signals indicative of at least one of a motion, a position, or an orientation of one or more parts of the user's body, cause the one or more processors to:

• detect, based at least in part on the one or more first sensor signals or a value derived from the one or more first sensor signals, an initiation of a specified action, the specified action being one of the one or more first actions;
• subsequently detect, based at least in part on the one or more first sensor signals or a value derived from the one or more first sensor signals, a termination of the specified action;
• generate one or more first signals for transmission to an electronic device after the termination is detected, when the termination is detected within a threshold duration from the initiation;
• and
• generate one or more second signals for transmission to the electronic device based at least in part on the one or more second sensor signals or a value derived from the one or more second sensor signals when the termination is not detected within the threshold duration from the initiation, the one or more second signals configured to modify an object of interest affected by the electronic device, the generation of the one or more second signals continuing until the termination is detected.