Patent ID: 8508472

Claim:
Apparatus for remotely controlling one or more electronic devices, comprising: a wearable unit having an opening sized to be worn on a hand or finger(s) of a user; a light-emitting pointer incorporated as part of said wearable unit, wherein a pointer-spot of light is projected when said pointer is activated; a wireless interface incorporated as part of said wearable unit; an actuator incorporated as part of said wearable unit, so that when the user is wearing said wearable unit, the user is able to actuate said actuator with a thumb of a hand the wearable unit is being worn on; 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 a detection-region, and to cause selectable-objects to appear in said detection-region; wherein, when the user is wearing said wearable unit, the user is able to place the pointer-spot onto a selectable-object in said detection-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 detectors to capture an image or images of said pointer-spot in said detection-region, and to cause a processor or processors, 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.