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US 5,459,312 AGranted
Action apparatus and method with non-contact mode selection and operation
AssigneeInteractive Light, Inc.
InventorsAsaf Gurner, Oded Y. Zur
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Abstract
An action apparatus generates lights and sounds in response to hand positions above a trio of housings. The apparatus has different operational modes, any one of which is remotely selectable at a distance from, and in a non-contact relationship with, the housing.
Claims26
A multi-mode action apparatus, comprising:
- a) a support;
- b) sensor means supported by the support, for sensing an object movable in free space relative to the support;
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- c) control means operatively connected to the sensor means, said control means being programmed with a plurality of human operator-interactive, operational modes having differing sequences of object positions of the object for execution by a human operator, said control means being further programmed with a corresponding plurality of differing launch positions of the object relative to, and out of contact with, the support, said control means being operative for recognizing one of the launch positions selected by the operator, and for launching the operational mode corresponding to said selected one launch position.
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An action apparatus, comprising:
- a) a support;
- b) sensor means supported by the support, for sensing an object movable in free space relative to the support;
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- c) control means operatively connected to the sensor means, said control means being programmed with a plurality of human operator-interactive, operational modes having differing sequences of object positions of the object for execution by a human operator, said control means being further programmed with a corresponding plurality of differing response positions of the object relative to, and out of contact with, the support, said control means, in at least one of the modes, being operative for independently generating a human-perceptible prompting signal to prompt the operator to respond with a predetermined one of the response positions, and for recognizing the predetermined response position selected by the operator.
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A multi-mode selection method, comprising the steps of:
- a) programming a controller with a plurality of human operator-interactive, operational modes having differing sequences of object positions of an object movable relative to a support for execution by a human operator;
- b) further programming the controller with a corresponding plurality of differing launch positions of the object relative to, and out of contact with, the support;
- c) recognizing one of the launch positions selected by the operator;
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- d) launching the operational mode corresponding to said selected one launch position.
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An action emulation method, comprising the steps of:
- a) programming a controller with a plurality of human operator-interactive, operational modes having differing sequences of object positions of an object movable relative to a support for execution by a human operator;
- b) further programming the controller with a corresponding plurality of differing response positions of the object relative to, and out of contact with, the support;
- c) independently generating in at least one of the modes, a human-perceptible prompting signal to prompt the operator to respond with a predetermined one of the response positions;
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- d) recognizing the predetermined response position selected by the operator.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.