Movea

Gregoire Aujay

Joe Youssef

Etienne De Foras

Guillaume Aujay

David Gomez

Loic Michallon

Nicolas Meunier

A remote control, such as a 3D air mouse, includes motion sensors used to measure position/orientation in space to alternatively control a cursor on a display, recognize gestures by the user so that data/commands can be entered into an electronic system being controlled or the like. Timed sequences of pressing a single trigger button and the quantity of motion during said sequences are both timed in relation to thresholds to switch between modes.

Remote control with 3D pointing and gesture recognition capabilities

A system and method of controlling a cursor () in a surface () by measurements of attitude of a pointer (). The measurements can be provided by inertial, optical, magnetic, ultrasound, radiofrequency or video means and appropriate processing means. The method includes a step of computing the displacements of the intersection of a vector tied to the pointer with a projection surface. The projection surface can be predetermined on the basis of the measurements of the attitude and/or of the angular velocity of the pointer. The pointed-at surfaces can be planes, cylinders or spheres. The pointing can be performed in limited fashion or by sliding. The control of the cursor, in absolute mode or in relative mode, can allow the triggering of functions controlled by the orientation of the cursor on the pointed-at surface.

Method of controlling a cursor by measurements of the attitude of a pointer and pointer implementing said method

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Gregoire Aujay