US 12,140,916 B2
Wearable computer pointing apparatus
Aryeh Haim Katz, Safed (IL); and Miri Berger Katz, Ramat Gan (IL)
Assigned to 6DEGREES LTD., Tel-Aviv (IL)
Filed by 6Degrees Ltd., Tel-Aviv (IL)
Filed on May 17, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/319,150.
Application 18/319,150 is a continuation of application No. 14/426,131, granted, now 11,662,699, previously published as PCT/IB2012/056081, filed on Nov. 1, 2012.
Prior Publication US 2024/0126226 A1, Apr. 18, 2024
Int. Cl. G05B 15/02 (2006.01); A61B 5/103 (2006.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G06F 3/0346 (2013.01); A61B 5/11 (2006.01)
CPC G05B 15/02 (2013.01) [A61B 5/103 (2013.01); G06F 3/011 (2013.01); G06F 3/0346 (2013.01); A61B 5/11 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A wearable computer pointing apparatus, comprising:
a wearable apparatus adapted for placement about a body portion of a user comprising:
at least one orientation measurer, deployable over muscle of the body portion of the user, configured to electromechanically measure orientation of the body portion;
a computer processor physically attached to the wearable apparatus, associated with the orientation measurer, configured to (i) derive control data from the measured orientation and (ii) translate at least one of an angular orientation change or a movement in a predefined direction measured by the orientation measurer into input data included in the control data; and
a data transmitter physically attached to the wearable apparatus, associated with the computer processor, configured to transmit the control data to a computing device in communication with the wearable computer pointing apparatus, wherein:
the computing device is different than the computer processor, located physically apart from the wearable apparatus and externally connected to the wearable computer pointing apparatus;
the wearable computer pointing apparatus is configured to control an operation of the computing device based on the control data, thereby allowing the user to remotely control the computing device; and
the input data is configured to provide a selection operation at the computing device.