Remote control device for controlling a mechanism with the aid of a movable object and an interface module based on movement and distance of the movable object with respect to a camera

US9451237B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• MYESTRO INTERACTIVE GMBH · DE

Inventors

• Friedrich SCHICK · Karlsruhe, DE
• Jens Schick · Herrenberg, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 23, 2011
• Grant date: Sep 20, 2016
• Expiry date: Jan 30, 2033

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H04N21/42222
• WIPO field: Audio-visual technology
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A remote control device is used to control a mechanism with the aid of a movement pattern and/or a distance pattern of at least one moved object. The remote control device has a camera module to receive a stereo image and to detect the moved object. An image evaluation module has a movement evaluation sub-module and a distance evaluation sub-module. A control and communication module of the remote control device, depending on the movement or distance values determined, generates at least one mechanism control signal and sends it to the mechanism to be controlled. An interface module has a data memory, a comparator sub-module and a communication sub-module. The latter, with adequate agreement between the respective actual parameter and one of the desired movement parameters, sends the control signal assigned in the table to the module of the remote control device or to the mechanism.