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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 24, 2013
Filed:
Oct. 26, 2010
David A. Sobel, Los Altos, CA (US);
Qiang Fu, Irvine, CA (US);
Sumant Ranganathan, Saratoga, CA (US);
John Walley, Ladera Ranch, CA (US);
Pieter Vorenkamp, Laguna Niguel, CA (US);
Jeyhan Karaoguz, Irvine, CA (US);
Tom W. Kwan, Cupertino, CA (US);
David A. Sobel, Los Altos, CA (US);
Qiang Fu, Irvine, CA (US);
Sumant Ranganathan, Saratoga, CA (US);
John Walley, Ladera Ranch, CA (US);
Pieter Vorenkamp, Laguna Niguel, CA (US);
Jeyhan Karaoguz, Irvine, CA (US);
Tom W. Kwan, Cupertino, CA (US);
Broadcom Corporation, Irvine, CA (US);
Abstract
Operating a remote control to identify a user by receiving touch pad input from at least one touch sensitive element of the remote control that has a plurality of touch sensitive elements. The touch pad input corresponds to the user's touch of at least some of the plurality of touch sensitive elements. The touch pad input is at least partially processed by processing circuitry of the remote control and transmitted to a multimedia system console via a communications interface of the remote control for processing of the at least partially processed touch pad input to identify the user via pattern recognition. At least partially processing the touch pad input can be by identifying at least one finger orientation, at least one finger spacing, at least one finger width, a plurality of finger knuckle/joint locations, and/or a plurality of finger lengths based upon the touch pad input.