Patent ID: 7307617
Filing Date: 2007-12-11
Classification: G06F,G08C

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented process for selecting an object within an environment by a user pointing to the object with a pointing device, comprising using a computer to perform the following process actions: ascertaining the orientation of the pointing device in relation to a predefined coordinate system of the environment; ascertaining the location of the pointing device in terms of the predefined coordinate system; using the orientation and location of the pointing device to determine whether the pointing device is being pointed at an object in the environment that is controllable by the computer; and whenever the pointing device is being pointed at a controllable object, selecting that object for future control actions; wherein the process action of using the orientation and location of the pointing device to determine whether the pointing device is being pointed at an object in the environment that is controllable by the computer, comprises the actions of,