US Patent No: 7,774,155

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Accelerometer-based controller

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Abstract

Acceleration data which is output from an acceleration sensor is obtained. A rotation motion of an input device around a predetermined direction as a rotation axis is determined by comparing a start point in a two-dimensional coordinate system which is represented by the first acceleration data obtained in a predetermined period, and an end point in the two-dimensional coordinate system which is represented by the last acceleration data obtained in the predetermined period. Coordinate axes of the two-dimensional coordinate system are defined based on components of the two axial directions of the acceleration data, and an origin of the two-dimensional coordinate system represents a value of the acceleration data in the state where no acceleration including the acceleration of gravity acts upon the acceleration sensor. Motion data including at least the determined rotation motion is output.

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Patent Owner(s)

Patent OwnerAddressTotal Patents
NINTENDO CO., LTD.KYOTO1097

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Inventor(s)

Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Ikeda, Akio Otake, JP 74 798
Ito, Kuniaki Kanagawa, JP 49 310
Kuroda, Ryoji Tokyo, JP 19 213
Sato, Kenta Kyoto, JP 70 117
Urata, Masahiro Kyoto, JP 15 187

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7,044,315 Telescopic boom of a crane 15 2003
 
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2004/0227,725 User controlled device for sending control signals to an electric appliance, in particular user controlled pointing device such as mouse of joystick, with 3D-motion detection 52 2003
 
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5,624,117 Game machine controller 100 1995
 
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4,450,325 Electro-mechanical hand controller 35 1983
4,816,810 Remote acceptance switch for computer mouse 44 1987
4,862,165 Ergonomically-shaped hand controller 166 1988
4,994,795 Position indicating device for a digital computer 56 1988
5,296,871 Three-dimensional mouse with tactile feedback 255 1992
5,523,800 Programmable alpha/numeric channel entry translation function for hand held video remote controls 45 1993
5,506,605 Three-dimensional mouse with tactile feedback 177 1994
5,573,011 System for quantifying neurological function 34 1994
5,528,265 Orientation-operated cursor control device 91 1994
5,563,628 Hand held computer cursor controller and command input device 36 1995
5,603,658 Computer play toy for infants and very young children 26 1995
5,982,352 Method for providing human input to a computer 237 1995
5,751,273 Game controller for infants 53 1996
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5,854,622 Joystick apparatus for measuring handle movement with six degrees of freedom 55 1997
5,913,727 Interactive movement and contact simulation game 233 1997
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6,057,788 Remote control keypad unit 31 1998
5,912,612 Multi-speed multi-direction analog pointing device 82 1998
5,947,868 System and method for improving fitness equipment and exercise 69 1998
6,198,471 Free-floating multi-axis controller 31 1998
6,217,450 Computerized pool cue 20 1998
6,198,470 Computer input device 28 1998
6,400,996 Adaptive pattern recognition based control system and method 589 1999
7,098,891 Method for providing human input to a computer 83 1999
6,590,536 Body motion detecting system with correction for tilt of accelerometers and remote measurement of body position 48 2000
2001/0031,662 Personal electronic game 21 2001
6,816,151 Hand-held trackball computer pointing device 35 2001
2003/0107,551 Tilt input device 49 2001
6,692,170 Method and apparatus for text input 21 2002
2002/0098,887 Controller and expansion unit for controller 22 2002
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2004/0095,317 Method and apparatus of universal remote pointing control for home entertainment system and computer 72 2002
2005/0020,369 Golf club with embedded inertial measurement unit and processing 34 2003
2004/0140,954 Two handed computer input device 26 2004
7,335,134 Exercise and game controller apparatus and method 36 2004
7,220,220 Exercise monitoring system and methods 72 2004
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NINTENDO CO., LTD. (13)
8,308,563 Game system and storage medium having game program stored thereon 0 2006
8,157,651 Information processing program 1 2006
7,942,745 Game operating device 21 2006
7,931,535 Game operating device 10 2006
8,068,096 Game program and game system 1 2006
8,267,786 Game controller and game system 0 2006
7,927,216 Video game system with wireless modular handheld controller 16 2006
7,905,782 Game apparatus having general-purpose remote control function 6 2006
7,980,952 Storage medium having information processing program stored thereon and information processing apparatus 0 2007
8,216,070 Computer-readable storage medium storing information processing program and information processing device 0 2008
8,384,565 Expanding operating device and operating system 0 2008
8,313,379 Video game system with wireless modular handheld controller 1 2010
8,430,753 Video game system with wireless modular handheld controller 0 2011
 
CREATIVE KINGDOMS, LLC (9)
8,089,458 Toy devices and methods for providing an interactive play experience 8 2008
8,226,493 Interactive play devices for water play attractions 5 2010
8,169,406 Motion-sensitive wand controller for a game 7 2011
8,184,097 Interactive gaming system and method using motion-sensitive input device 5 2011
8,164,567 Motion-sensitive game controller with optional display screen 6 2011
8,248,367 Wireless gaming system combining both physical and virtual play elements 2 2012
8,373,659 Wirelessly-powered toy for gaming 0 2012
8,368,648 Portable interactive toy with radio frequency tracking device 0 2012
8,384,668 Portable gaming device and gaming system combining both physical and virtual play elements 0 2012
 
AILIVE, INC. (5)
8,251,821 Method and system for interactive control using movable controllers 0 2009
7,917,455 Method and system for rapid evaluation of logical expressions 0 2009
8,051,024 Example-based creation and tuning of motion recognizers for motion-controlled applications 0 2010
7,899,772 Method and system for tuning motion recognizers by a user using a set of motion signals 0 2010
7,953,246 systems and methods for motion recognition with minimum delay 1 2010
 
BLACK & DECKER INC. (2)
8,286,723 Power screwdriver having rotary input control 1 2011
8,418,778 Power screwdriver having rotary input control 0 2012
 
APPLIED MICRO CIRCUITS CORPORATION (1)
8,434,022 System and method for photo-image local distribution 0 2009
 
INTEL CORPORATION (1)
8,333,661 Gaming system with saftey features 0 2011
 
LSI CORPORATION (1)
8,310,447 Pointing device housed in a writing device 0 2008
 
SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT INC. (1)
8,292,737 Entertainment system 0 2007
 
OTHER [CHECK PATENT PROFILE FOR ASSIGNMENT INFORMATION] (2)
8,428,394 System and method for resolving spatial orientation using intelligent optical selectivity 0 2010
8,441,438 3D pointing device and method for compensating movement thereof 0 2010

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