公开(公告)号：US08689145B2

公开(公告)日：2014-04-01

申请号：US13647088

申请日：2012-10-08

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Duncan Robert Kerr ,  Chad Bronstein ,  Wing Kong Low ,  Nicholas Vincent King

IPC: G06F3/048

CPC classification number: G06F3/0346 ,  G06F3/0304 ,  G09G5/373

Abstract: The present invention can include three-dimensional remote control systems that can detect an absolute location to which a remote control is pointing in first and second orthogonal axes and an absolute position of the remote control in a third orthogonal axis. Remote control systems of the present invention can employ absolute position detection with relative position detection. Absolute position detection can indicate an initial absolute position of the remote control and relative position detection can indicate changes in the position of the remote control. By combining absolute and relative position detection, remote control systems of the present invention can track remote controls more precisely than systems that only employ absolute position detection. The present invention also can include methods and apparatus for zooming in and out of an image shown on a display based on the absolute position of the remote control in the third axis.

Abstract translation: 本发明可以包括三维遥控系统，其可以检测遥控器指向第一和第二正交轴的绝对位置以及遥控器在第三正交轴线中的绝对位置。 本发明的遥控系统可以采用相对位置检测的绝对位置检测。 绝对位置检测可以指示遥控器的初始绝对位置，相对位置检测可指示遥控器位置的变化。 通过组合绝对和相对位置检测，本发明的遥控系统可以比仅采用绝对位置检测的系统更精确地跟踪远程控制。 本发明还可以包括基于第三轴中的遥控器的绝对位置来放大和缩小显示器上显示的图像的方法和装置。

公开(公告)号：US20130027297A1

公开(公告)日：2013-01-31

申请号：US13647088

申请日：2012-10-08

Applicant: APPLE INC.

Inventor： Duncan Robert Kerr ,  Chad Bronstein ,  Wing Kong Low ,  Nicholas Vincent King

IPC: G06F3/01

CPC classification number: G06F3/0346 ,  G06F3/0304 ,  G09G5/373

Abstract: The present invention can include three-dimensional remote control systems that can detect an absolute location to which a remote control is pointing in first and second orthogonal axes and an absolute position of the remote control in a third orthogonal axis. Remote control systems of the present invention can employ absolute position detection with relative position detection. Absolute position detection can indicate an initial absolute position of the remote control and relative position detection can indicate changes in the position of the remote control. By combining absolute and relative position detection, remote control systems of the present invention can track remote controls more precisely than systems that only employ absolute position detection. The present invention also can include methods and apparatus for zooming in and out of an image shown on a display based on the absolute position of the remote control in the third axis.

Abstract translation: 本发明可以包括三维遥控系统，其可以检测遥控器指向第一和第二正交轴的绝对位置以及遥控器在第三正交轴线中的绝对位置。 本发明的遥控系统可以采用相对位置检测的绝对位置检测。 绝对位置检测可以指示遥控器的初始绝对位置，相对位置检测可指示遥控器位置的变化。 通过组合绝对和相对位置检测，本发明的遥控系统可以比仅采用绝对位置检测的系统更精确地跟踪远程控制。 本发明还可以包括基于第三轴中的遥控器的绝对位置来放大和缩小显示器上显示的图像的方法和装置。