User interface device

A hand-held unit for a wireless interaction system is provided, the hand-held unit having a spherical, elastic and at least partially transparent outer housing, the housing comprising: a light source; a pressure sensor for determining an external pressure exerted on the hand-held unit; an orientatio...

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Main Authors JACOBUS JOSEPHUS ADRIANUS MARIA GORIS, MARTIJN CONSTANT LIEM, WILHEMUS JOSEPHUS KOOMEN, MARC FREDERIK LAUSBERG, ARJEN JOHAN BRINKMAN, MAYSSARA TELHINE
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LanguageEnglish
Published 21.07.2017
Subjects
CALCULATING
COMPUTING
COUNTING
ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
PHYSICS
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Summary:A hand-held unit for a wireless interaction system is provided, the hand-held unit having a spherical, elastic and at least partially transparent outer housing, the housing comprising: a light source; a pressure sensor for determining an external pressure exerted on the hand-held unit; an orientation sensor for determining an orientation of the hand-held unit; a wireless communication unit; and a processing unit, wherein the processing unit is configured to operate in at least one of two modes: a first mode wherein signals from the orientation sensor are transmitted via the wireless communication unit to an external wireless receiver device; and a second mode wherein the light source is emitting light for indicating the position of the hand-held unit to an external light detecting device.
Bibliography:Application Number: NL20162016075