Apparatus for controlling continuous behavior through hand and arm gestures

Apparatus for controlling, based on sensed hand and arm gestures, at least one source of dynamically changeable, observably sensible behavior, the apparatus comprising:

• a. hand-held means for continuously sensing gestural parameters comprising (i) momentary pauses between oppositely directed accelerations, (ii) a tempo parameter specifying time between the pauses, and (iii) an emphasis parameter specifying a time-varying magnitude of accelerational force leading to and away from the pauses, the at parameters each being expressed as a quantity, the hand-held means having a primary axis in alignment with a user's palm;
• b. means for transducing the at least one sensed parameter into electrical signals indicative of the quantity;
• c. an interpreter, operatively associated with the transducing means and the behavior source but physically unconnected to the transducing means, for processing the parameter signals into control signals for controlling the behavior source in accordance with the at least one sensed parameter;
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• d. means for wirelessly transmitting the parameter signals from the transducing means to the interpreter.