First person perspective control system
US5929844A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 3, 1996 |
| Grant date | Jul 27, 1999 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 3, 2016 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F2203/0382
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A controller (10) for two handed user input of linear and orientation data to control graphical images on a computer (12), and thus to permit the user to interact with application software running on the computer (12) in first person perspective. The controller (10) includes a first control sub-unit (14), for inputting data for two axes, and a second control sub-unit (16), for inputting two additional axes of data. Control-ware (18) is further included which combines the data from the first and second control sub-units (14, 16) into an integrated data set which is communicated to the computer (12). The control-ware (18) is capable of optional pre-processing tasks on the contents of the data set before communicating it to the application running on the computer (12). One example of such an optional pre-processing task is auto-leveling (100), whereby under desirable conditions the users first person perspective view in the graphical images is automatically urged toward level in an overrideable manner.
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