Abstract: Provided herein are systems and methods directed to using motion to issue input control commands to control a device. In particular, the systems and methods disclose providing tap motion and/or rotational motion input at a human interface device, such input being sensed by one or more gyroscopic sensors and/or accelerometers, which in turn transmit an input signal that correlates to the direction and/or magnitude of the input to a processor. The processor executes program code to modify and/or accept data values relating to active commands presented by a user interface at the display in response to the input signals sent by the one or more sensors.