Title:
POINTING DEVICE FOR USE WITH A COMPUTER
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO2002099616
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
By computer work the operator has to move the hand many times a day for placing the cursor correctly on the computer display by means of a pointer tool with consequent possible tensions in wrist, shoulder, neck etc, which can result in the commonly denoted "mouse injuries". For counteracting said "mouse injuries", there is indicated a pointer tool (2) for a computer which appears in pad-shape and appears as a flattish body (4), where a touch-sensitiveplate (12) is placed close to the front end (6) of the flattish body (4) for manipulating a cursor on a computer screen (9), and where a scroll function (18) and at least two ergonomically suitably shaped pushbuttons or groups of same (20, 20', 20'') are disposed in an ergonomically suitable way on the flattish body (4) around the touch sensitive plate (12), whereby simultaneous manual operation of all functions are enabled with minimal movements of the user's fingers. The pointer tool (2) may furthermore include an ergonomic wrist support (10) for placing at the rear edge (8) o
Inventors:
KACZMAREK ALLAN (DK)
Application Number:
PCT/DK2002/000383
Publication Date:
April 24, 2003
Filing Date:
June 06, 2002
Export Citation:
Assignee:
IDD APS (DK)
KACZMAREK ALLAN (DK)
KACZMAREK ALLAN (DK)
International Classes:
G06F3/0354; (IPC1-7): G06F3/023; G06F3/033; G06K11/18
Domestic Patent References:
| WO1998043202A1 | 1998-10-01 | |||
| WO2000058819A1 | 2000-10-05 |
Foreign References:
| GB2309009A | 1997-07-16 | |||
| US6396478B1 | 2002-05-28 | |||
| US5920306A | 1999-07-06 |
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