US 12,223,123 B2 · Teeth-operated mouth mouse and uses thereof

Abstract

Disclosed herein are teeth-operated mouth mouses and methods of using the same. In some embodiments, the teeth-operated mouth mouse includes a mounting conforming to a row of upper teeth in the oral cavity of a user; and a plurality of sensors independently disposed at a position corresponding to an individual tooth along the mounting and wirelessly coupled to the computer for transmitting and receiving signals therebetween; wherein, each of the plurality sensors is capable of performing at least one teeth-activating task selected from the group consisting of “moving to the right”, “moving to the left”, “moving forward”, “moving backward”, and “enter”. Also provided herein are methods of operating a computer with the aid of the disclosed teeth-operated mouth mouse. The method includes selectively clicking one of the plurality of sensors respectively disposed on the mounting by the lower teeth once or twice to instruct the single or double-clicked sensor to perform one of the teeth-activating tasks associated therewith.

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Dependent claims

A teeth-operated mouth mouse mounted in an oral cavity of a user for operating a computer comprising,

a mounting conforming to a row of upper teeth in the oral cavity of the user;
and
four sensors mounted on the mounting and wirelessly coupled to the computer for transmitting and receiving signals therebetween, in which two of the sensors are disposed at the positions corresponding to upper and lower areas of a tooth of the center of the mounting or at the positions corresponding to the two adjacent teeth of the center of the mounting, while the other two sensors are respectively disposed at the positions corresponding to the teeth at the left and right of the center tooth of the mounting;
wherein, each of the four sensors is capable of performing at least one teeth-activating task selected from the group consisting of “moving to the right”, “moving to the left”, “moving forward”, “moving backward”, and “enter”.

1 more element

A teeth-operated mouth mouse mounted in an oral cavity of a user for operating a computer comprising,

first, second and third mountings, in which the first mounting conforms to one upper tooth or two adjacent upper teeth of the center of the mounting, while the second and third mountings are respectively disposed at the left and right of the first mounting and independently conforms to one upper tooth in the oral cavity of the use;
and
four sensors respectively disposed on the first, second and third mountings and wirelessly coupled to the computer for transmitting and receiving signals therebetween;
wherein,
the first and second sensors are disposed on the first mounting and each of the first and second sensors is capable of performing two teeth-activating tasks selected from the group consisting of “moving forward”, “moving backward”, and “enter”;
the third sensor is disposed on the second mounting and is capable of performing two teeth-activating tasks that consist of “moving to the left” and “enter”;
and
the fourth sensor is disposed on the third mounting and is capable of performing two teeth-activating tasks that consist of “moving to the right” and “enter”.

5 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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Abstract

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