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US 8,803,655 B2Granted
System and methods for enhanced remote control functionality
AssigneeUniversal Electronics Inc.
InventorsArsham Hatambeiki, Jeffrey Kohanek, Naimisaranya D. Busek
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Abstract
A hand-held device having a touch sensitive surface uses a relative distance from an origin location to each of a plurality of touch zones of the touch sensitive surface activated by a user to select a one of the plurality of touch zones as being intended for activation by the user.
Claims6
A hand-held, controlling device, comprising:
- a housing having a touch sensitive surface, the touch sensitive surface having defined thereon a plurality of touch zones each of which is activable to cause the hand-held, controlling device to transmit commands for controlling an operational function of one or more external devices;
- a processing device having associated programming that uses a relative distance from an origin location to each of the plurality of touch zones of the touch sensitive surface activated by a user to select a one of the plurality of touch zones as being intended for activation by the user;
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- an accelerometer in communication with the processing device;
- wherein the accelerometer generates a signal indicative of an operating orientation for the hand-held, controlling device and wherein the processing device uses the signal generated by the accelerometer to automatically establish the origin location.
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A hand-held, controlling device, comprising:
- a housing having a touch sensitive surface, the touch sensitive surface having defined thereon a plurality of touch zones each of which is activable to cause the hand-held, controlling device to transmit commands for controlling an operational function of one or more external devices;
- a processing device having associated programming that uses a priority provided to each of the plurality of touch zones of the touch sensitive surface activated by a user to select a one of the plurality of touch zones as being intended for activation by the user wherein the priorities are established considering an origin location of a user's reach across the touch sensitive surface;
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- an accelerometer in communication with the processing device;
- wherein the accelerometer generates a signal indicative of an operating orientation for the hand-held, controlling device and wherein the processing device uses the signal generated by the accelerometer to automatically establish the origin location.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.