US 6,983,445 B2
System for controlling a parameter
Konstantin Youdenko, Eindhoven (Netherlands); and Bartel Marinus Van De Sluis, Eindhoven (Netherlands)
Assigned to Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V., Eindhoven (Netherlands)
Filed on Jun. 20, 2001, as Appl. No. 9/885,708.
Claims priority of application No. 00202170 (EP), filed on Jun. 22, 2000.
Prior Publication US 2002/0054075 A1, May 09, 2002
Int. Cl. G06F 9/44 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 717—111 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for controlling a parameter, comprising programming means for programming said parameter, characterized in that the system comprises:
drawing means for enabling a user to create a drawing;
the programming means being arranged for converting said drawing to a programming of said parameter, each point of said drawing having an x-coordinate and a y-coordinate with respect to two orthogonal coordinate axes, said x-coordinate determining a point of time in said programming, the programming means being arranged for identifying a stroke in said drawing, and programming said parameter in accordance with at least one property of said stroke, the programming means being arranged for deriving a value of said parameter from a thickness and/or a color of said stroke at a certain point of time corresponding to the x-coordinate.