This application is a continuation-in-part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 08/280,699 now abandoned "Position Sensing Controller and Method for Generating Control Signals" filed Jul. 26, 1994, which is a continuation-in-part of (i) U.S. Pat. application Ser. No. 08/076,032 "Handheld Electronic Remote Control Device filed Jun. 15, 1993, now U.S. Pat. 5,459,489 issued on Oct. 17, 1995, (ii) U.S. patent application Ser. No. 07/804,240 "Multimedia Pointing Device" filed Dec. 5, 1991 and issued as U.S. Pat. No. 5,339,095 on Aug. 16, 1994 and (iii) U.S. patent application Ser. No. 07/868,835 "Orientation Sensing Apparatus" filed Apr. 15, 1992 and issued as U.S. Pat. No. 5,218,771 on Jun. 15, 1993, all of which are incorporated herein by reference in their entirety. This application is also a continuation-in-part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 08/298,648 "Infrared Communication Apparatus And Method Between A Controller And A Controlled Device", filed Aug. 31, 1994, now abandoned which is also incorporated herein by reference in its entirety. This application is also related to concurrently filed, commonly owned U.S. patent application Ser. No. 08/359,306 now U.S. Pat. No. 5,650,608 issued Jul. 22, 1997 and, entitled "Method and Apparatus for Generating Ratiometric Control Signals" by Peter M. Redford and Donald S. Stern that is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.
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