| CPC H04N 23/66 (2023.01) [G06F 3/023 (2013.01); H04R 1/08 (2013.01)] | 11 Claims |
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1. An audiovisual controller for use with an audiovisual application executed on a computing device, the computing device has an RF receiver and is operably linked to a video camera and a microphone, the audiovisual application has a video function utilizing video captured by the video camera, and a microphone function utilizing audio captured by the microphone, the audiovisual application is further configured to recognize a first keypress combination and a second keypress combination, the audiovisual controller comprising:
a housing having a first end, a distally oriented second end, a first portion at the first end, and a second portion at the second end;
a plurality of switches comprising a first switch located within the first portion of the housing and a second switch located within the second portion of the housing; and
a communication module operably linked to the switches, the communication module is adapted to wirelessly transmit a first control signal and a second control signal to the computing device via a wireless communication protocol, the first control signal contains the first keypress combination which activates or deactivates the microphone function of the audiovisual application, and the second control signal contains the second keypress combination which activates or deactivates the video function of the audiovisual application, the first control signal and the second control signal are each assigned to either the first switch or the second switch, allowing the first control signal or the second control signal to be transmitted upon activation of the corresponding switch,
wherein: the first portion of the housing and the first switch are enlarged relative to the second portion of the housing and the second switch to provide tactile differentiation between the first switch and the second switch.
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