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

Claim 0:
1. A method for a human to interact using a handheld device including a device processor, at least one device display affixed to the device body operatively coupled to the device processor, and at least one inertial measurement unit within a device body operatively coupled to the device processor, the method comprising:
generating, on the at least one device display, an illumination pattern;
acquiring, by the device processor, inertial measurement data from the at least one inertial measurement unit when the human generates a tap by tapping the device in response to the illumination pattern;
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, a tap location on the device body when the human generates the 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 tap location.