Patent ID: 11947399
Assignee: KIBEAM LEARNING, INC.
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 10:
11. A method for a human to interact using a handheld device including a device processor, and at least one inertial measurement unit within a device body operatively coupled to the device processor, the method comprising:
acquiring, by the device processor, inertial measurement data from the at least one inertial measurement unit when the human generates an initial tap by tapping the device;
computing, by the device processor, directional data and magnitude data from the inertial measurement data;
determining, by the device processor, based solely on one or both of the directional data and the magnitude data, an initial tap location on the device body when the human generates the initial tap; and
performing an action by one or both of the device processor and a remotely connected processor, based at least in part on the initial tap location.