The patent that Microsoft in 2008 ordered a portable controller to which electrical devices can be controlled via electromyography, is assigned. The sensor measures the electrical activity of muscles.
Microsoft has received from the US Patent & Trademark Office for a patent assigned on a wearable electromyography-based controllers for human-computer interface, either a portable controller that works on the basis of electromyografie. The sensor on the basis of the electrical activity of muscle groups in a computer or other device to control, so reads the description from Microsoft. The company indicates in the application the example of a band around the forearm of a user which sensors are processed. These measure the activity of the used muscles. The signals can be both wired and wirelessly transferred to a device. Microsoft filed the application in 2008.
Microsoft sees the technique may be used for controlling games. For example, a game like Guitar Hero be played without a plastic guitar is necessary, as consolebouwer in 2009 already showed you. The technique, however, can also be used to traditional input methods like a mouse to replace it. It can also be employed for controlling other devices in and around the house, such as opening a door or controlling a music player. Microsoft emphasized the fact that the sensor can be used while the hands of the other acts. Or the software giant a patent, soon to be concrete want to use, is unknown.
2009 Demo of control via electromyography-based controllers