This application is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 08/359,306, filed on Dec. 19, 1994, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,650,608, which is a continuation-in-part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 08/280,699, "Position Sensing Controller And Method For Generating Control Signals" filed Jul. 26, 1994, abandoned, which is a continuation-in-part of (i) U.S. Patent application Ser. No. 08/076,032 "Handheld Electronic Remote Control Device" filed Jun. 15, 1993, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,459,489, (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, (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 in their entirety. The above-identified U.S. patent application Ser. No. 08/359,306 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, aandoned which is also incorporated herein in its entirety. This application is also related to concurrently filed, commonly owned and copending U.S. patent application Ser. No. 08/359,307 "Position Sensing Method and Apparatus" that is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.
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