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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 16, 2021
Filed:
Aug. 07, 2019
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Shan Chy Chueh, Ypsilanti, MI (US);
Yifan Chen, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Prashant Rao, Ypsilanti, MI (US);
John Vincent, Livonia, MI (US);
Abhishek Sharma, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
James McBride, Saline, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
Pointing and interaction control devices for large scale tabletop models are provided herein. An example method includes determining a frame of reference for a first display, where the first display provides a multi-dimensional representation. The method includes determining a location and a direction of a laser beam emitted by a mobile device having a laser pointing apparatus using motion signals obtained from the mobile device, and the frame of reference. The first display can include a two-dimensional display surface and a physical three-dimensional representation placed onto the two-dimensional display surface. The method can include determining an intersection of a laser beam of the laser pointing apparatus with either the physical three-dimensional representation or the two-dimensional display surface based on the location and the direction of the mobile device relative to the frame of reference.