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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 24, 2019
Filed:
Jan. 05, 2017
Applicant:
Idhl Holdings, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US);
Inventors:
Matthew G. Liberty, Gaithersburg, MD (US);
Daniel S. Simpkins, Bethesda, MD (US);
Charles W. K. Gritton, Sterling, VA (US);
Mark Turner, Ijamsville, MD (US);
Frank A. Hunleth, Rockville, MD (US);
Assignee:
IDHL Holdings, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01); H04N 5/44 (2011.01); G06F 3/038 (2013.01); G06F 1/3215 (2019.01); G06F 1/3234 (2019.01); G06F 3/0346 (2013.01); H04N 21/422 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0346 (2013.01); G06F 1/3215 (2013.01); G06F 1/3259 (2013.01); G06F 3/0383 (2013.01); G06K 9/00335 (2013.01); H04N 21/42222 (2013.01); G06F 2203/0383 (2013.01); G06F 2203/0384 (2013.01); H04N 2005/4428 (2013.01); Y02D 10/155 (2018.01);
Abstract
Systems and methods according to the present invention address these needs and others by providing a handheld device, e.g., a 3D pointing device, which uses at least one sensor to detect motion of the handheld device. The detected motion can then be mapped into a desired output, e.g., cursor movement.