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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 06, 2015
Filed:
Jul. 28, 2014
Applicant:
Panasonic Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Inventors:
David Kryze, Campbell, CA (US);
Zia Syed, San Jose, CA (US);
Luca Rigazio, San Jose, CA (US);
Tiffany Yun, Fremont, CA (US);
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G06F 1/26 (2006.01); G06F 1/32 (2006.01); G06F 3/041 (2006.01); H04N 21/422 (2011.01); G06F 3/038 (2013.01); G06F 3/0488 (2013.01); G06F 3/0346 (2013.01); H04N 5/44 (2011.01); G08C 17/00 (2006.01); H02J 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/017 (2013.01); G06F 1/266 (2013.01); G06F 1/3259 (2013.01); G06F 3/038 (2013.01); G06F 3/0346 (2013.01); G06F 3/041 (2013.01); G06F 3/0416 (2013.01); G06F 3/04883 (2013.01); G08C 17/00 (2013.01); H04N 5/4403 (2013.01); H04N 21/42222 (2013.01); H04N 21/42224 (2013.01); G08C 2201/32 (2013.01); H02J 7/0054 (2013.01); Y02B 60/1253 (2013.01); Y02B 60/148 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus for communicating with a target device includes: a sensing portion for sensing points of user contact with the apparatus and user gestures; a transmitting device for sending signals representative of user commands to the target device; a controller; and a memory including instructions for configuring the controller to perform a self-orientation process to determine a forward direction of a plane of operation for defining the user gestures.