Patent ID: 7333089
Filing Date: 2008-02-19
Classification: G06F,G06K

Abstract:
1. A control device that translates a user's non-tactile movement into a control action comprising: one conductor array connected to two or more surfaces, wherein said conductor array comprises three or more conductors; wherein said conductor array comprises a first conductor on a first axis of said first surface; wherein said conductor array comprises a second conductor on a second axis, perpendicular to said first axis; wherein said conductor array comprises a third conductor on a third axis, perpendicular to said first and second axis; wherein the first, second and third conductors sense the user's non-tactile movement; a converter that translates the sensed movement into three-dimensional vector data; and a controller that correlates said three-dimensional vector data into control movement; wherein said converter comprises circuitry to measure the change in the frequency of a first oscillator electrically coupled to said first conductor and a second oscillator electrically coupled to a second conductor.