System and method for using accelerometer outputs to control an object rotating on a display
AssigneeNintendo Co., Ltd.
InventorSteven Rabin
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Abstract
An example system and method controls a rotatable object on a display using a handheld control device comprising an accelerometer. The example system and method involve determining an orientation of the handheld control device using an interpolation of an output for a first axis of the accelerometer and an output for a second axis of the accelerometer. The rotation of the rotatable object is controlled based on the determined orientation.
Claims8
A method of controlling a rotatable object on a display using a handheld control device comprising an accelerometer, the method comprising:
- determining an orientation of the handheld control device by weighting an output for a first axis of the accelerometer and by weighting an output for a second axis of the accelerometer and interpolating the weighted outputs to avoid discontinuity when processing data output from the first axis and the second axis;
- and
- controlling rotation of the rotatable object based on the determined orientation.
An image processing system comprising:
- a handheld control device comprising an accelerometer;
- and
- a processing system for determining an orientation of the handheld control device by weighting an output for a first axis of the accelerometer and by weighting an output for a second axis of the accelerometer and interpolating the weighted outputs to avoid discontinuity when processing data output from the first axis and the second axis, and for controlling rotation of a rotatable object based on the determined orientation.
An information processing system having a controller including at least one accelerometer, the information processing system comprising:
- at least one processor configured to perform functionality comprising:
- determining an orientation of the controller by weighting an output for a first axis of the accelerometer and by weighting an output for a second axis of the accelerometer and interpolating the weighted outputs to avoid discontinuity when processing data output from the first axis and the second axis;
- and
- controlling rotation of the rotatable object based on the determined orientation.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.