Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Orienting a user interface of a controller for operating a self-propelled device
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Application No.: US15040331Application Date: 2016-02-10
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Publication No.: US09841758B2Publication Date: 2017-12-12
- Inventor: Ian H. Bernstein , Adam Wilson , Brian Keith Smith
- Applicant: Sphero, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CO Boulder
- Assignee: SPHERO, INC.
- Current Assignee: SPHERO, INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US CO Boulder
- Main IPC: G05D1/00
- IPC: G05D1/00 ; A63H30/04 ; A63H33/00 ; G05D1/02 ; B62D61/00 ; G05D1/08
Abstract:
A self-propelled device determines an orientation for its movement based on a pre-determined reference frame. A controller device is operable by a user to control the self-propelled device. The controller device includes a user interface for controlling at least a direction of movement of the self-propelled device. The self-propelled device is configured to signal the controller device information that indicates the orientation of the self-propelled device. The controller device is configured to orient the user interface, based on the information signaled from the self-propelled device, to reflect the orientation of the self-propelled device.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160202696A1 ORIENTING A USER INTERFACE OF A CONTROLLER FOR OPERATING A SELF-PROPELLED DEVICE Public/Granted day:2016-07-14
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