Patent ID: 8089455
Filing Date: 2012-01-03
Classification: G06F,G09G,H04N

Abstract:
1. Apparatus for remotely controlling one or more electronic devices, comprising: a display-region; wherein detectors are physically attached-to or physically integrated-into said display-region; wherein said detectors image the same locations in said display-region, when said display-region is moved or re-oriented; a ring-shaped unit having an opening sized to be worn on an index finger of a user; a light-emitting pointer incorporated as part of said ring-shaped unit, wherein a pointer-spot of visible light is projected when said pointer is activated; a wireless interface incorporated as part of said ring-shaped unit; a single actuator incorporated as part of said ring-shaped unit, so that when the user is wearing said ring-shaped unit on their index finger, the user is able to actuate the actuator with a thumb of a hand the ring-shaped unit is being worn on; wherein said actuator only moves in a substantially single axis when actuated by a user; wherein, when a first action on said actuator by the user is detected, the light-emitting pointer is activated and a control signal is sent across the wireless interface to turn-on an active control-display in said display-region, and to cause selectable-objects to appear in said display-region; wherein, when the user is wearing said ring-shaped unit on their index finger, the user is able to place the pointer-spot onto a selectable-object in said display-region while the user is able to activate the actuator with a second action; wherein when a second action on said actuator by the user is detected, a control signal is sent across the wireless interface to cause said detectors to capture an image or images of said pointer-spot in said display-region, and to cause a processor to analyze said captured image or images to determine which selectable-object, the pointer-spot is on or near; wherein when a selectable-object is determined to have been selected by the pointer-spot, the processor sends control information to affect at least one electronic device.