Spatial tracking system

An apparatus for spatially tracking an object and determining the translations and rotations of said object, comprising:

• a radiation source;
• at least three sensor sets;
• wherein each sensor set comprises at least two sensors with overlapping, but distinguishable sensing ranges;
• wherein said sensors detect said radiation source;
• receiving means coupled to said sensor sets for receiving signals from said sensors;
• translation calculation means for determining the translations of said radiation source from the relative signals for said sensors within each of said sensor sets;
• and
• rotational calculations means for determining rotations of said radiation source from the relative signals between said sensor sets.

An apparatus for spatially tracking an object and determining the translations and rotations of said object, comprising:

• at least two radiation sources;
• wherein said radiation sources are activated one at a time and/or individually activated at unique frequencies allowing for the discrimination of individual sources;
• at least three sensor sets;
• wherein each sensor set comprises at least two sensors with overlapping, but distinguishable sensing ranges;
• wherein said sensors detect said radiation sources;
• receiving means coupled to said sensor sets for receiving signals from said sensors;
• translation calculation means for determining the translations of said radiation source from the relative signals for said sensors within each of said sensor sets;
• and
• rotational calculations means for determining rotations of said radiation source from the relative signals between said sensor sets.

An apparatus for dynamically adjusting a multi-media entertainment center by spatially tracking an object and determining the translations and rotations of said object in a computer environment, comprising:

• a radiation source located in a remote control;
• at least two sensor sets;
• wherein each sensor set comprises at least two sensors with overlapping, but distinguishable sensing ranges;
• wherein said sensors detect said radiation source;
• receiving means coupled to said sensor sets for receiving signals from said sensors;
• translation calculation means for determining the translations of said radiation source from the relative signals for said sensors within each of said sensor sets;
• rotational calculations means for determining rotations of said radiation source from the relative signals between said sensor sets;
• adjusting means connected to said entertainment center for adjusting the audio acoustics to the location of said radiation source using said translations and rotations.