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6281883 |
Data entry device
A hand held data entry controller includes a chassis having a handle portion which is shaped to fit in the user's hand, and a cursor controller, such as a track ball, attached to the chassis for...
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6281879 |
Timing and velocity control for displaying graphical information
Time and velocity metrics are used to control when information about a graphical object to which a cursor points is displayed on a video display. The time metric is used to ensure that a...
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6278443 |
Touch screen with random finger placement and rolling on screen to control the movement of information on-screen
A computer controlled display system with a user interactive touch screen is provided with an on-screen mouse to which user input may be applied by rolling of the touch finger to thereby move...
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6278439 |
Method and apparatus for shaping force signals for a force feedback device
A method and apparatus for shaping force signals for a force feedback device. A source wave is provided and is defined by a set of control parameters (including a steady state magnitude, a...
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6271854 |
Method and apparatus for facilitating navigation in three-dimensional graphic scenes
A method and apparatus for facilitating navigation in three-dimensional graphics scenes. As a user changes from one viewing position to another within these 3D scenes, an opportunistic control...
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6271834 |
Integrated pointing device having tactile feedback
An integrated manual control input device is provided for use in a computer system having a graphical user interface. The device comprises a pointing actuator mounted to a computer keyboard between...
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6271830 |
Three- point capacitor trackpoint
A capacitive trackpoint device employs three capacitive sensors rather than four to increase sensitivity while reducing power consumption. Use of capacitive rather than resistive sensors provides a...
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6270414 |
Exoskeletal platform for controlling multi-directional avatar kinetics in a virtual environment
A system, apparatus and method enabling a participant to control the multi-dimensional kinetics of their avatar in a virtual environment. The participant accomplishes this control by selectably...
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6266047 |
Thumb-little-finger controlled computer mouse
A computer mouse which eliminates the function and involvement of the forefinger, middle finger and ring finger comprises a shell whose inclined back top surface is so contoured to position the...
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6266046 |
Pointing device for moving and positioning a pointer on a display of a computer
A pointing device for moving a display pointer by tilting a center shaft including a magnet and using Hall elements fixed near the magnet. The center shaft is sustained by a pivot sustainer fixed...
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6265993 |
Furlable keyboard
A furlable keyboard apparatus includes a generally cylindrical housing and a flexible keyboard mounted to the housing such that the keyboard is furlable around the housing when the keyboard...
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6262711 |
Computerized interactor systems and method for providing same
A computerized interactor system uses physical, three-dimensional objects as metaphors for input of user intent to a computer system. When one or more interactors are engaged with a detection...
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6259431 |
Image processor, game machine, image display method, and recording medium
Image processing technology is provided that makes it possible to easily judge whether or not lock-on is necessary in games that are deployed in virtual space defined in three dimensions, such as...
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6256014 |
Mouse ranking system for multiple users
A multi-user KVM switch system is disclosed in which the KVM switch utilizes a pre-determined routine to determine which types of mice are connected to the KVM switch user ports. When the multiple...
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6256011 |
Multi-function control device with force feedback
A control device including a housing and a carrier moveable with respect to the housing in a first rotary degree of freedom. A first sensor senses the movement of the carrier and outputs a first...
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6255643 |
Method and apparatus for generating a control signal
A method and apparatus for generating a control signal which corresponds to movement of an object in contact with a first surface are described. The apparatus includes a platen having the first...
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6252582 |
Ergonomic pointing device
An ergonomic pointing device comprises an orb controller coupled to a resilient return member which is supported on a substrate to move relative to an upper substrate surface of the substrate. The...
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6252579 |
Interface device and method for providing enhanced cursor control with force feedback
An interface device and method for providing enhanced cursor control with force feedback. A force feedback interface device includes a manipulandum, such as a mouse, that is moveable in a local...
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6249277 |
Finger-mounted stylus for computer touch screen
A finger stylus for a touch screen includes a flexible non-metallic elastic ring or a flexible, fabric-like strap having distal ends, each of the distal ends includes parts of an interconnect...
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6247075 |
Mouse interface converter for connecting mouse to computers with different types of connecting ports
A mouse interface converter is provided, which allows a mouse to be connectable to a computer system, such as a personal computer (PC), installed with either an RS-232 serial port or a PS/2 port....
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6246391 |
Three-dimensional tactile feedback computer input device
A three-dimensional computer input device includes at least three elastic members which elastically support a movable object in a frame. A two-dimensional position detector is connected to one end...
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6243096 |
Instruction input system with changeable cursor
An instruction input that permits convenient input of instructions for moving an object in three-dimensional space. A desired instruction is entered by an input device and displayed on the screen...
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6243080 |
Touch-sensitive panel with selector
A wireless communications device, such as a cellular telephone, is provided with a touch-sensitive panel that is moveable between a normal position and a select position. The display on the...
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6243077 |
Sensor and circuit architecture for three axis strain gauge pointing device and force transducer
A pointing device for use with computers and other electronic systems incorporates an array of resistive strain gauges on the surface of a substrate. The strain gauges exhibit resistance changes in...
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6239784 |
Exo-skeletal haptic computer human/computer interface device
To facilitate the monitoring of spatial and haptic movement and to provide tactile feedback, the invention replaces sheath-like glove human/computer interface devices with a manually operable...
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6232958 |
Input device with multiplexed switches
An input device for a computer system includes a detection circuit with first and second inputs capable of carrying first and second input signals. A user depressible switch adapted to allow a user...
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6229527 |
Computer pointing device and method of use
A hand operated computer pointing device (120) such as a "mouse" includes at least one control button (130) which is selectively positionable to a plurality of desired locations on the surface...
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6229526 |
Method and system for simultaneous operation of multiple handheld IR control devices in a data processing system
A method and system for controlling a display of a data processing system uses first and second wireless position control devices, and a control base unit. The first wireless position control...
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6229525 |
System and method for efficient hit-testing in a computer-based system
A hit-test system and methodology for use in a computer-based system having a display for searching a display pixel map in successively-increasing distances from a selected pixel location...
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6229524 |
User interface for interaction with video
A user interface is presented for the interaction, by a viewer, with the content of a multi media presentation and functions related to this content. The user interface enables the navigation, by a...
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6225980 |
Multi-functional, rotary dial input device for portable computers
A multiple switch assembly acts as an input device for computers. The switch assembly is comprised of a first input device which defines a circumference. A second input device is positioned within...
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6225979 |
Cursor display method and apparatus for perceiving cursor as stereoscopic image in stereoscopic display region, and recording medium recorded with cursor display program that can be read out by computer
When a CPU of a computer in which a cursor display apparatus is incorporated reads out the position of a cursor in a display which is input through an input operation unit, determination is made...
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6225978 |
Video processing system for movement simulation
A video processing system for use in creating apparent three dimensional movement of a two dimensional video image on a display screen 20. At least one set of axes is displayed on the image to be...
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6222524 |
Mouth operated input device for an electronically responsive device
A mouth mounted pointing device for use with an element to be moved on a computer. A control element having a surface for tongue interaction causes the control element to interact with a transducer...
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6219730 |
Method and apparatus for producing a combined data stream and recovering therefrom the respective user input stream and at least one additional input signal
An apparatus, functioning as a user-input device (UID) to a computer by using a communication link, receives/transmits additional I/O signals via the same link. The I/O signals may be analog or...
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6219037 |
Pointing device provided with two types of input means for a computer system
A pointing device mounted in a portable computer having a system unit for data processing, wherein the pointing device comprises a housing detachably attached to the portable computer, and a first...
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6219036 |
Electronic equipment with pointing device
Disclosed herein is electronic equipment including a housing and a joystick unit. The housing accommodates an electronic circuit. The joystick unit is provided on the housing and electrically...
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6219033 |
Method and apparatus for controlling force feedback interface systems utilizing a host computer
A method and apparatus for controlling and providing force feedback using an interface device manipulated by a user. A microprocessor is provided local to the interface device and reads sensor data...
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6219032 |
Method for providing force feedback to a user of an interface device based on interactions of a controlled cursor with graphical elements in a graphical user interface
A method and apparatus for providing force feedback to a user operating a human/computer interface device in conjunction with a graphical user interface (GUI) displayed by a host computer system. A...
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6219028 |
Removing a cursor from over new content
Methods and apparatus implementing a technique for displaying content on a display device of a computer system and removing a cursor so it does not obscure the content as it is being displayed. In...
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6215473 |
Data input apparatus
When one of rollers Xa and Xb rotating about the X axis rotates, an image on the screen moves in the X direction; when both rollers rotate in the same direction at the same time, the image rotates...
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6215472 |
Direction control device of a joystick
A direction control device of a joystick includes a joystick seat, a hemispherical joystick structure, a U shape piece, a substrate, and two fan-shaped encoder structures. At least two infrared...
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6215417 |
Electronic equipment interface with command preselection indication
A user input having a first mode of operation relating to the entry of a command is indicated on a display device prior to the actual execution of the command, afterwhich a second mode of operation...
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6211860 |
Pressure sensitive electronic device
A pressure sensitive electronic device has a display, a case, a processor, and a pressure sensor, such as one or more force sensitive resistors. When the pressure sensor detects pressure on the...
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6208328 |
Manipulative pointing device, and portable information processing apparatus
A pointing device makes groping manipulation possible with a single finger and comprises a stick, a vector detection mechanism placed away from the stick by a predetermined distance so as to turn...
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6204839 |
Capacitive sensing keyboard and pointing device
A combination keyboard and pointing device is incorporated in a portable computer and includes a dielectric base member on a top side of which a spaced series of electrically conductive pad member...
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6204837 |
Computing apparatus having multiple pointing devices
An apparatus and method for configuring a computing device to support a plurality of pointing devices or a singular pointing device that can provide a plurality of functions. The computing device...
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6204828 |
Integrated gaze/manual cursor positioning system
A computer-driven system aids operator positioning of a cursor by integrating eye gaze and manual operator input, thus reducing pointing time and operator fatigue. A gaze tracking apparatus...
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6202212 |
System for changing modalities
A method and apparatus allows users to quickly effect a modal change in an appliance having first and second modes. The apparatus captures a user actuation indicative of a modal change. The user...
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6201534 |
Trackball for single digit control of wireless terminal
A side-mounted cursor pointing device 108 for a wireless terminal 100 including a sliding cover 110. The sliding cover 110 slides over the cursor pointing device 108 in an off position. When the...
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