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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 18, 2014
Filed:
Jul. 05, 2008
Wei Yen, Seattle, WA (US);
Ian Wright, Mountain View, CA (US);
Dana Wilkinson, Mountain View, CA (US);
Xiaoyuan Tu, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Stuart Reynolds, Mountain View, CA (US);
William Robert Powers, Iii, San Francisco, CA (US);
Charles Musick, Jr., Belmont, CA (US);
John Funge, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Wei Yen, Seattle, WA (US);
Ian Wright, Mountain View, CA (US);
Dana Wilkinson, Mountain View, CA (US);
Xiaoyuan Tu, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Stuart Reynolds, Mountain View, CA (US);
William Robert Powers, III, San Francisco, CA (US);
Charles Musick, Jr., Belmont, CA (US);
John Funge, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
AiLive, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
Techniques for interpreting orientation invariant motion are disclosed. Unlike a prior art controller that has a specific physical design to induce or force a user to grip the controller in a consistent way, a disclosed controller does not have such a physical design and allows a user to grip the controller in any way that is comfortable to the user. One or more transformations or rotations are designed to transform or rotate readings from inertial sensors housed in the controller to readings independent from how the controller is being gripped by a user.