WO1999014650A3 - Single touch dual axis input device - Google Patents

Single touch dual axis input device Download PDF

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WO1999014650A3
WO1999014650A3 PCT/US1998/019010 US9819010W WO9914650A3 WO 1999014650 A3 WO1999014650 A3 WO 1999014650A3 US 9819010 W US9819010 W US 9819010W WO 9914650 A3 WO9914650 A3 WO 9914650A3
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input device
rollers
dual axis
axis
ball
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PCT/US1998/019010
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Veijo Matias Tuoriniemi
Cornelia Frances Tuoriniemi
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Veijo Matias Tuoriniemi
Cornelia Frances Tuoriniemi
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Priority to AU94803/98A priority Critical patent/AU9480398A/en
Publication of WO1999014650A2 publication Critical patent/WO1999014650A2/en
Publication of WO1999014650A3 publication Critical patent/WO1999014650A3/en
Publication of WO1999014650B1 publication Critical patent/WO1999014650B1/en
Priority to US09/525,502 priority patent/US6731267B1/en

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Abstract

A dual axis display input device having a first axis roller (14) and a second axis roller (18) located so close that both axis rollers can be rotated simultaneously by one finger touch to simultaneously change positional information in a first and second axes. Both rollers are connected to interface electronics by a transducer. A spring-loaded momentary contact switch (44), preferably connected to rollers, provides a first switch signal. Optional second spring-loaded momentary contact switch (48) is included to provide a second switch signal. Further handheld embodiment comprises a microphone (26) able to receive audio speech and converting it to audio speech signal and forwarding it to a host device. One embodiment comprises a pair of rollers at the end of an elongated housing (10) connected to a ball (19). The combination of a dual axis display input device with the second embodiment's ball (19) at the end of the housing (10) provides a four dimension input device.
PCT/US1998/019010 1997-09-15 1998-09-14 Single touch dual axis input device WO1999014650A2 (en)

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AU94803/98A AU9480398A (en) 1997-09-15 1998-09-14 Single touch dual axis input device
US09/525,502 US6731267B1 (en) 1997-09-15 2000-03-15 Single touch dual axis input device

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US5893497P 1997-09-15 1997-09-15
US60/058,934 1997-09-15

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WO1999014650A3 true WO1999014650A3 (en) 1999-05-14
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US5473344A (en) * 1994-01-06 1995-12-05 Microsoft Corporation 3-D cursor positioning device
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US5473344A (en) * 1994-01-06 1995-12-05 Microsoft Corporation 3-D cursor positioning device
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