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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 05, 2013
Filed:
Dec. 04, 2008
Hidetoshi Kabasawa, Saitama, JP;
Hisashi Kimura, Chiba, JP;
Kazuyuki Yamamoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A 3-dimensional operation input apparatus, a control apparatus, a control system, a control method, and a handheld apparatus are provided with which planar operations are possible without an increase in the number of components. An input apparatus includes an angular velocity sensor unit and an acceleration sensor. A threshold value is set to angular velocity values detected by the angular velocity sensor unit. Depending on whether the angular velocity values are smaller than the threshold value and whether at least one of acceleration values is larger than a threshold value, a switch can be made between a planar operation mode and a 3-dimensional operation mode. Therefore, a switch can be made between the planar operation mode and the 3-dimensional operation mode without having to use a sensor other than the acceleration sensor and the angular velocity sensor without increasing the number of components.