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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 2014
Filed:
May. 26, 2009
Applicants:
Sagi Katz, Yokneam, IL;
Mattias Marder, Haifa, IL;
Inventors:
Sagi Katz, Yokneam, IL;
Mattias Marder, Haifa, IL;
Assignee:
Microsoft International Holdings B.V., Amsterdam, NL;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 15/00 (2011.01); G06F 3/033 (2013.01); G09G 5/08 (2006.01); G06F 3/03 (2006.01); A63F 13/20 (2014.01); G06F 3/0346 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0325 (2013.01); A63F 2300/1043 (2013.01); A63F 13/06 (2013.01); G06F 3/0346 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of interfacing a person with a computer, the method comprising: providing the person with a device having: a shaft having an axis; a tsuba connected to the shaft and having a first side that extends away from the axis and faces the shaft; and a handgrip on a second side of the tsuba opposite the first side; acquiring an image of the device; determining an orientation of the device responsive to the image; and generating an action by the computer responsive to the orientation.