Input device for use in an augmented/virtual reality environment

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11086416-B2
Application number	US-202016911289-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 24, 2020
Priority date	Aug 3, 2018
Publication date	Aug 10, 2021
Grant date	Aug 10, 2021

Abstract

In some embodiments, a stylus device can be configured for use in an augmented/virtual (AR/VR) reality environment and can include a first portion and a second portion, where the first portion of the housing is substantially linear and can be configured to be held by a user's hand while the stylus device is in use. The first portion may include a tip configured to operate as an interface between the stylus device and objects within the AR/VR environment. The second portion of the housing may be non-linear and bent to traverse three dimensions including a section of the second portion that is bent longitudinally toward a line co-linear with the first portion of the housing. In some cases, the second portion of the housing may include a plurality of emitters or sensors configured for facilitating a tracking of the stylus device in three-dimensional space within the AR/VR environment.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A stylus device comprising:
a housing including:
a first portion; and
a second portion; and

one or more processors disposed in the housing,
wherein the first portion includes:
an input element configured to generate control signals in response to being activated by a user's hand,

wherein the second portion of the housing includes: a plurality of emitters or sensors configured for facilitating a tracking of the stylus device in three-dimensional space within an AR/VR environment, and
wherein a center of gravity for the stylus device is at an interface between the second portion and the first portion.

2. The stylus device of claim 1 wherein a section of the second portion of the housing forms a polygonal loop.

3. The stylus device of claim 2 wherein the second portion of the housing includes a polygonal cross-section through at least a portion of the polygonal loop.

4. The stylus device of claim 1 wherein the second portion of the housing includes a plurality of planar facets, wherein the plurality of emitters or sensors are configured on the plurality of planar facets.

5. The stylus device of claim 4 wherein each of the plurality of planar facets is oriented to face a different direction from one another in three-dimensional space.

6. The stylus device of claim 4 wherein the plurality of planar facets are oriented such that at least four of the planar facets are visible from any point 360 degrees around the stylus device.

7. The stylus device of claim 1 wherein the stylus device is balanced longitudinally and latitudinally at an interface between the second portion and the first portion.

8. The stylus device of claim 1 wherein the first portion of the housing is configured to be held by a user's hand in a pen-grip configuration.

9. The stylus device of claim 1 further comprising:
a tip at an end of the first portion configured to operate as an interface between the stylus device and objects within an AR/VR environment.

Assignees

• Logitech Europe Sa

Inventors

• Connellan Andreas
• Corcoran Fergal
• Brady Pierce

Classifications

• G06F3/03545 Primary

  Pens or stylus · CPC title

• G06F3/0308

  comprising a plurality of distinctive and separately oriented light emitters or reflectors associated to the pointing device, e.g. remote cursor controller with distinct and separately oriented LEDs at the tip whose radiations are captured by a photo-detector associated to the screen · CPC title

• G06F3/04883

  for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text · CPC title

• G06F3/011 Primary

  Arrangements for interaction with the human body, e.g. for user immersion in virtual reality (blind teaching G09B21/00) · CPC title

• G06F3/0425

  using a single imaging device like a video camera for tracking the absolute position of a single or a plurality of objects with respect to an imaged reference surface, e.g. video camera imaging a display or a projection screen, a table or a wall surface, on which a computer generated image is displayed or projected (tracking a projected light spot to determine a position on a display surface G06F3/0386) · CPC title