Input device and input method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9529445-B2
Application number	US-201414561965-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 5, 2014
Priority date	Jan 8, 2014
Publication date	Dec 27, 2016
Grant date	Dec 27, 2016

Abstract

A device that is worn on a portion of a user's body and inputs a command into a controller, includes a sensor that obtains angular velocities and an acceleration in a first coordinate system fixed in the input device, a processor that performs setting a second coordinate system for a reference posture of the user, calculating a rotation matrix that converts the angular velocities in the first coordinate system into angular velocities in the second coordinate system using the acceleration in the first coordinate system, calculating feature amounts in the second coordinate system using the angular velocities in the second coordinate system, and specifying the command using the feature amounts, and a transmitter that transmits the command to the controller.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An input device that is worn on a portion of a user's body and inputs a command into a controller, the input device comprising:
a sensor that obtains angular velocities and an acceleration in a first coordinate system fixed in the input device;
a processor that performs:
setting a second coordinate system for a reference posture of the user;
converting the angular velocities in the first coordinate system into second angular velocities in the second coordinate system using the acceleration in the first coordinate system; and
specifying the command on the basis of feature amounts that are calculated by using the second angular velocities; and

a transmitter that transmits the command to the controller.

2. The input device according to claim 1 , further comprising a switch that specifies a timing of setting the reference posture.

3. The input device according to claim 1 , wherein the processor sets the reference posture when the user starts a motion.

4. The input device according to claim 1 , wherein one axis of the second coordinate system matches a gravity direction.

5. The input device according to claim 1 , wherein the feature amounts are calculated on the basis of a first rotation angle and a second rotation angle that correspond to rotation angles around two axes of the second coordinate system.

6. The input device according to claim 1 , wherein the processor calculates the rotation matrix using Euler angles around respective axes of the first coordinate system with respect to the second coordinate system.

7. The input device according to claim 1 , wherein the processor calculates amounts related to rotation angles around axes of the second coordinate system as feature amounts, using the angular velocities in the second coordinate system.

8. The input device according to claim 1 , wherein the processor specifies the command by selecting one of an arbitrary number of command candidates using the feature amounts.

9. The input device according to claim 1 , wherein the processor dynamically changes the number of command candidates.

10. The input device according to claim 1 , wherein the portion of the user's body is one of a hand, a leg, and a neck.

11. An input method for inputting a command into a controller that is performed by a computer, the input method comprising:
obtaining, by the computer, angular velocities and an acceleration in a first coordinate system fixed in an input device that is worn on a portion of a user's body;
setting, by the computer, a second coordinate system for a reference posture of the user;
converting, by the computer, the angular velocities in the first coordinate system into second angular velocities in the second coordinate system using the acceleration in the first coordinate system;
specifying, by the computer, the command on the basis of feature amounts that are calculated by using the second angular velocities; and
transmitting, by the computer, the command to the controller.

12. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium having stored therein an input program for causing a computer to execute a process for inputting a command into a controller, the process comprising:
obtaining angular velocities and an acceleration in a first coordinate system fixed in an input device that is worn on a portion of a user's body;
setting a second coordinate system for a reference posture of the user;
converting the angular velocities in the first coordinate system into second angular velocities in the second coordinate system using the acceleration in the first coordinate system;
specifying the command on the basis of feature amounts that are calculated by using the second angular velocities; and
transmitting the command to the controller.

Assignees

• Fujitsu Ltd

Inventors

• Yamada Moyuru

Classifications

• A63F13/212

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• G06F3/011

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

• G06F3/038

  Control and interface arrangements therefor, e.g. drivers or device-embedded control circuitry · CPC title

• G06F3/012

  Head tracking input arrangements · CPC title

• G06F3/017 Primary

  Gesture based interaction, e.g. based on a set of recognized hand gestures (interaction based on gestures traced on a digitiser G06F3/04883) · CPC title