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Date of Patent:
Feb. 14, 2023

Filed:

Mar. 23, 2021
Applicant:

Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., Shenzhen, CN;

Inventors:

Wei Li, Richmond Hill, CA;

Da-Yuan Huang, Markham, CA;

Qiang Xu, Thornhill, CA;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0354 (2013.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G06F 3/0346 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/03543 (2013.01); G06F 3/016 (2013.01); G06F 3/0346 (2013.01); G06F 2203/0384 (2013.01);
Abstract

There is provided a pointing device including a mode switching apparatus that switches the pointing device between a two-dimensional (2D) operational mode and a three-dimensional (3D) operational mode and a sensor configured to determine a pointing direction of the pointing device and locations of a plurality of computing devices. When in the 2D operational mode, the pointing device is paired with a first computing device of the plurality of computing devices and controls the first computing device and when in the 3D operational mode, the pointing device is configured to select a second computing device of the plurality of computing devices additionally to control, the selection based on one or more of the pointing direction of the pointing device and the location of the second computing device.


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