EP 0772863 A1 19970514 - POSITION SENSING CONTROLLER AND METHOD FOR GENERATING CONTROL SIGNALS
Title (en)
POSITION SENSING CONTROLLER AND METHOD FOR GENERATING CONTROL SIGNALS
Title (de)
STEUERUNGSVORRICHTUNG MIT POSITIONSFÜHLER UND VERFAHREN ZUR ERZEUGUNG VON STEUERSIGNALEN
Title (fr)
DISPOSITIF DE COMMANDE A DETECTEUR DE POSITION ET PROCEDE POUR GENERER DES SIGNAUX DE COMMANDE
Publication
Application
Priority
- US 9508972 W 19950724
- US 28069994 A 19940726
- US 29864894 A 19940831
Abstract (en)
[origin: WO9603736A1] An improved position sensing controller (40) allows a person to precisely control the movement of a remote object or device in one or two dimensions by simply tilting the hand-held controller (40) to generating control signals. A position sensor (48a) that includes a bubble (56) in a liquid is used to determine the angular position of the controller with respect to a horizontally level plane. A light source (64) emits light that is reflected by the bubble, into two opposing photodiodes (68a, 68b). A ratiometric amplifier (80) produces a signal corresponding to the ratio of the light incident on each of the photodiodes (68a, 68b) to provide a signal corresponding to the angle, relative to a horizontally level plane, by which the controller is tilted. The controller (40) can use a diffused laser light-emitting diode to transmit signals to the controlled device.
IPC 1-7
IPC 8 full level
A63F 13/06 (2006.01); A63F 13/12 (2006.01); G01C 9/06 (2006.01); G06F 3/033 (2006.01); G06F 3/042 (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP US)
A63F 13/211 (2014.09 - EP); A63F 13/213 (2014.09 - EP); A63F 13/235 (2014.09 - EP); A63F 13/245 (2014.09 - EP); G01C 9/06 (2013.01 - EP); G06F 3/0304 (2013.01 - EP US); G06F 3/033 (2013.01 - EP); A63F 13/23 (2014.09 - US); A63F 13/24 (2014.09 - US); A63F 2300/1006 (2013.01 - EP); A63F 2300/1031 (2013.01 - EP); A63F 2300/105 (2013.01 - EP); A63F 2300/1062 (2013.01 - EP); A63F 2300/1087 (2013.01 - EP)
Designated contracting state (EPC)
DE FR GB NL
DOCDB simple family (publication)
WO 9603736 A1 19960208; AU 3131295 A 19960222; CA 2195317 A1 19960208; CN 1157664 A 19970820; EP 0772863 A1 19970514; EP 0772863 A4 19971001; JP H11506551 A 19990608
DOCDB simple family (application)
US 9508972 W 19950724; AU 3131295 A 19950724; CA 2195317 A 19950724; CN 95194950 A 19950724; EP 95927216 A 19950724; JP 50581296 A 19950724