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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5696537 | Mouse for data entry and control with control of ball friction force A mouse system is disclosed for data entry and control and wherein a rolling force of the ball is made adjustable to suit an operator's preference. A friction pad or a magnetic force may be applied to the ball to change and adjust the ball rolling force. ... | 12/09/1997 |
| 5691747 | Electronic pointing device A compact, miniaturized pointing device for use with an electronic apparatus, such as a computer, personal data assistant (PDA), or digital watch display screen, is provided to indicate the position of a cursor mark on the display screen. The pointing dev... | 11/25/1997 |
| 5675360 | Information processing apparatus having a keyboard with a pointing device An information processing apparatus includes a main case body having installed thereon a key group at a key installation region thereof, a track ball and a selection switch (including a right switch and a left switch) are separately provided, respectively... | 10/07/1997 |
| 5668574 | Palm-top wireless trackball A palm-top wireless trackball including a mainframe to hold a circuit board on the inside, a hand-hold portion defined within said mainframe and having two smoothly curved opposite sides fitting the palm and the finger cushions, an operation area in the h... | 09/16/1997 |
| 5661505 | Single hand-controlled computer input device A single-hand controlled computer input device can be used as a keyboard or a pointing device. When used as a keyboard, a housing is mounted for rocking movements between three stable positions, including two angular end positions and one intermediate pos... | 08/26/1997 |
| 5652604 | Hollow track ball and method for manufacturing same The present invention provides a hollow track ball which includes a first hemispherical shell having a first annular end having thereon a plurality of positioning studs, and a second hemispherical shell having a second annular end having thereon a plurali... | 07/29/1997 |
| 5648798 | Universal ergonomic computer mouse/trackball The present invention, functioning as either a mouse, trackball, or combination of both, allows the user to achieve a truly neutral operating position. This positioning, preferred by occupational therapists, forms the basis of the numerous ergonomic advan... | 07/15/1997 |
| 5646821 | Portable computer with trackball keys mounted on an edge of a computer housing A portable computer includes a computer housing which has a top wall and a front wall, a pointing device which is mounted on the top wall and adjacent to the front wall, a concavity which is formed adjacent to the pointing device and which is open at the ... | 07/08/1997 |
| 5644337 | Trackball having single emitter-detector detecting chopper wheel direction A simplified trackball arrangement utilizes a single IR emitter-detector combination for determining the distance and direction of movement of a chopper wheel. The chopper wheel has a plurality of slots for interrupting the infrared path between the emitt... | 07/01/1997 |
| 5635957 | Cursor control apparatus having foot operated pedal and method for same An apparatus for use with a computer having a display. The computer is programmed to provide an indicia on the display. The apparatus includes a control device adapted to be electrically connected to the computer and having an indicia control element for ... | 06/03/1997 |
| 5620371 | Computer trackball A computer trackball comprises a transparent outer sphere inside of which is disposed a second inner sphere. The outer diameter of the inner sphere is a little bit smaller than the inner diameter of the outer sphere. Disposed on the outer surface of the i... | 04/15/1997 |
| 5621436 | Keyboard with integrated mouse for data entry and control A computer keyboard mouse system wherein a mouse assembly is integrated into a front or side wall of a keyboard of the computer. A control ball of the mouse assembly protrudes from the front or side wall for control by the operator. To protect against for... | 04/15/1997 |
| 5589893 | On-screen remote control of a television receiver A television remote control system includes an on-screen cursor that is controllable by a viewer-operated remote transmitter. The remote transmitter includes a trackball that yields X,Y coordinate information responsive to rotational movement thereof and ... | 12/31/1996 |
| 5583541 | Mouse and trackball design with contact-less roller sensor A mouse or track ball has a roller ball mounted within a housing by three free rollers in contact with an outer peripheral surface of the roller ball. An inner core of the roller ball is provided of a magnetic material having either bumps or holes at an o... | 12/10/1996 |
| 5576734 | Keyboard emulator system A keyboard emulator system (10) is provided for transmitting simulated keyboard and track ball entries to a control console (100) of a real time data processing system. The simulated keyboard and track ball entries are stored in a script file and sequenti... | 11/19/1996 |
| 5574480 | Computer pointing device The present invention provides an improved computer pointing device such as a trackball or mouse, for example. The improved computer pointing device allows a user to set a communications protocol for use with a particular computer system by using a user-f... | 11/12/1996 |
| 5572237 | Pointing device for a portable computer A pointing device according to the present invention includes a trackball embedded in the case of a computer display. The trackball is placed adjacent to the display and the select buttons for the trackball are located on the backside of the display case ... | 11/05/1996 |
| 5565891 | Six degrees of freedom graphics controller A hand manipulated six degree of freedom controller wherein a partially exposed freely rotatable trackball within a carriage is movable in all linear directions relative to a stationary housing. The controller sends information describing rotation of the ... | 10/15/1996 |
| 5565890 | Cursor control device The present invention is related to a cursor control device which includes a ball housing for accommodating therein a ball, a grid wheel device driven by the ball for intermittently passing therethrough a light to control a movement of a cursor, a wheel s... | 10/15/1996 |
| 5565889 | Pointing devices for a portable computer A pointing device according to the present invention includes a trackball embedded in the case of a computer display. The trackball is placed adjacent to the display and the select buttons for the trackball are located on the backside of the display case ... | 10/15/1996 |
| 5566087 | Gimbal control system using a trackball A gimbal control system including a hand controller having a trackball and a mode select switch for determining the mode of gimbal control. The mode control switch is capable of selecting between four different control modes. The trackball is enabled to c... | 10/15/1996 |
| 5563631 | Portable information apparatus A portable information displaying apparatus includes an information display unit provided on a first surface of a casing and including a pointer displayed thereon. The apparatus further includes a controller for controlling the movement of the pointer. In... | 10/08/1996 |
| 5561445 | Three-dimensional movement specifying apparatus and method and observational position and orientation changing apparatus A three-dimensional movement specifying apparatus consists of a track ball member, an annular ring, a first sensor for detecting the rotation of the track ball member about an X-axis, a second sensor for detecting the rotation of the track ball member abo... | 10/01/1996 |
| 5550561 | Display cursor controlling device for reading card information from an information bearing credit or debit card A cursor control unit for controlling the position of a cursor on a display that has a magnetic stripe or smart card reader for reading information from an information bearing credit or debit card. The cursor control unit has a device for communicating in... | 08/27/1996 |
| 5546334 | Notebook computer system with a separable trackball A notebook computer system with an easily separable trackball to give the system flexibility. The system makes use of a separable keyboard to achieve the goal of installing and separating the trackball. To this end the notebook computer comprises a keyboa... | 08/13/1996 |
| 5543821 | Track ball mounted on keyboard An improved track ball which can be conveniently manipulated with a single hand is disclosed. The track ball protrudes through a circular opening in a housing, with the top edge of the housing having a rounded switch. The switch can thus be manipulated wi... | 08/06/1996 |
| 5541621 | Mouse or trackball system A position indicating mouse or trackball device is provided which includes first and second sensors for detecting rotation of the ball, the first and second sensors being arranged orthogonal to one another and mounted inside of the rotatable ball. In cert... | 07/30/1996 |
| 5539478 | Video receiver display and three axis remote control A video display, which may be a television receiver with associated set top device, an intelligent television receiver, or a personal computer system enabled for television display, has associated therewith a remote control of the three axis type which co... | 07/23/1996 |
| 5528523 | Track ball mechanism A track ball mechanism for an information processing apparatus is assembled integrally with a palm rest member and is attached to an input device of the information processing apparatus.... | 06/18/1996 |
| 5521617 | Three-dimensional image special effect apparatus A three-dimensional image special effect apparatus wherein operation for setting a parameter can be performed simply and a special image can be moved smoothly to a distance only by a single manual operation of a track ball or a rotary ring is disclosed. A... | 05/28/1996 |
| 5512920 | Locator device for control of graphical objects A three degree-of-freedom locator device for the control of graphical objects on a computer display mimics natural two-dimensional movement of the user's hand by providing for simultaneous translation and rotation of the graphical object. In one embodimen... | 04/30/1996 |
| 5491477 | Anti-rotation mechanism for direct manipulation position input controller for computer An apparatus for inputting and controlling the position of a pointer on a computer screen without permitting any rotation of the apparatus relative to the marker is described. The apparatus comprises a pantagraph device, namely a plate, connect by two arm... | 02/13/1996 |
| 5486845 | Non-linting ball gasket for computer mouse devices and method A lint-free gasket including an absorbent pad and a lint-free netting. The gasket engages a ball within a computer mouse device to substantially reduce amounts of debris, moisture, and oil that adheres to the ball's surface and any lint from that my be re... | 01/23/1996 |
| 5473345 | Device incorporating a mouse, for indicating position on a display screen A position indication device, e.g., for controlling the position of a cursor or other object on the screen of a display monitor of an information processing system, includes a position plate that is translationally movable by a user to indicate a correspo... | 12/05/1995 |
| 5469194 | Apparatus and method for providing different input device orientations of a computer system In a computer system having an input device for controlling a position of a cursor on a display screen, a method of compensating for a physical orientation of the input device relative to the display screen. Initially, the physical orientation of the inpu... | 11/21/1995 |
| 5463409 | Tracker balls A trackerball arrangement includes a ball rotatably mounted with respect to a housing; a plurality of supports arranged to locate the ball in a predetermined operable position relative to the housing, at least one of the supports being mounted for movemen... | 10/31/1995 |
| 5457479 | Apparatus having dual modes for controlling cursor on display screen An apparatus having dual modes and adapted to control a position of a cursor on a display screen comprises a ball capable of being put in a rotation for determining the position, a roller device in contact with the ball to detect the rotation of the ball,... | 10/10/1995 |
| 5448023 | Track ball coordinate data inputting device A track ball coordinate data inputting device includes a coordinate data inputting ball rotatably accommodated in an accommodating portion of a frame; a pair of drivers abutted against the ball in two directions forming right angles, the drivers respectiv... | 09/05/1995 |
| 5428368 | Combination mouse and track ball unit A combined mouse and track ball are contained within an ergonomically designed housing or shell. The shell is curved to fit comfortably within the palm of the hand of an operator so that the forefinger and thumb are opposed to each other in a prehensile p... | 06/27/1995 |
| 5428369 | Computer pointing device The present invention provides for an improved computer pointing device such as a trackball or mouse, for example. The improved computer pointing device allows a user to set a communications protocol for use with a particular computer system by using a us... | 06/27/1995 |
