Method for locating an object associated with a device to be controlled and a method for controlling the device

A system for locating an object associated with a device to be controlled, comprising:

• a pointing device comprising a camera for generating images of a target area in the direction in which the pointing device is aimed;
• an image analysis unit for analyzing the images to determine a current property of the object, wherein said current property is changeable and uncorrelated to all previous and future determined properties of the object over time;
• a feedback signal generation unit for generating a feedback signal, regarding the current property of the object, based on analysis of the images,
• a tactile indication unit of the pointing device for rendering the feedback signal into a tactile indication for a user of the pointing device,
• wherein the tactile indication indicates a direction relative to a current target area of the pointing device in which the object is located.

A pointing device, comprising:

• a camera for generating an image of a target area in the direction in which the pointing device is aimed and
• a tactile indication unit for rendering a feedback signal, generated on the basis of an image analysis of the target area image, into a tactile indication generated in at least part of the pointing device,
• wherein the tactile indication indicates a direction relative to a current target area of the pointing device in which the object is located;
• and
• a device control interface comprising an image analysis unit for analyzing target area images generated by a camera of the pointing device to determine a current property of an object associated with a device to be controlled,
• wherein said current property is changeable and uncorrelated to all previous and future determined properties of the object over time, and a feedback signal generation unit for generating a feedback signal regarding the current property of the object, based on analysis of the images.

A device control interface, comprising:

• a receiving unit for receiving images from a pointing device;
• an image analysis unit for analyzing the images;
• a feedback signal generation unit for generating a feedback signal corresponding to a current property of an object, associated with a device to be controlled, based on analysis of the images, wherein said current property is changeable and uncorrelated to all previous and future determined properties of the object over time;
• a sending unit for sending the feedback signal to the pointing device;
• wherein the feedback signal indicates a direction relative to a current target area of the pointing device in which the object is located.