Title:
INPUT DEVICE USING SENSORS MOUNTED ON FINGER TIPS
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2007/129663
Kind Code:
A1
Abstract:
It is possible to perform a key entry or a click and a drag operation by using finger
ends of both hands without operating a keyboard. A user puts on a glove (7) (including
a glove covering only finger tips) with fingers, each having a motion detection
sensor (4) (having the similar principle as the laser mouse or the optical mouse)
and a tactile sensor (5) (such as a conductive rubber and a piezoelectric element)
at each of the finger tips on both hands (like mounting a small-size laser mouse
or an optical mouse on each of the finger tips). Motion information on each of the
finger tips is transmitted to various information devices such as a personal
computer (PC), a PDA, and a cellular phone so that the positions of the respective
finger tips are displayed on a virtual keyboard (2) displayed on a display (3)
of the information processing devices. When a user presses his/her finger tip
against an arbitrary object such as a desk, the tactile sensor (5) detects the
pressure applied to the finger tip so that a key entry corresponding to the finger
tip pressed against the arbitrary object is performed.
Inventors:
IWATA HARUYUKI (JP)
Application Number:
PCT/JP2007/059378
Publication Date:
November 15, 2007
Filing Date:
May 02, 2007
Export Citation:
Assignee:
IWATA HARUYUKI (JP)
International Classes:
G06F3/023; G06F3/033; G06F3/0354; H03M11/04
Domestic Patent References:
| WO2005027356A2 | 2005-03-24 |
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