Method and apparatus for computer control

A method for controlling the position of a cursor marker on a computer monitor screen and selecting the computer action such as on-screen virtual button pushing, icon positioning, and file action, such as opening or closing, comprised of the following steps:

• moving a headset with corresponding head movement
• moving a corresponding laser produced speckle pattern across the sensor surface of a properly prepared solid state optical mouse sensor
• controlling the motion of the computer cursor with the output of the solid state optical mouse sensor
• speaking computer commands into a microphone attached to the headset
• transmitting the spoken commands to a wireless receiver
• converting the wireless transmitted signals into audio signal inputs to the computer
• understanding the spoken command by the computer using voice recognition programming.

An apparatus for controlling the position of a cursor marker on a computer monitor screen by using small movements of the computer operator's finger, comprising:

• a glass plate upon which the computer operator's controlling finger is placed
• a laser beam focused onto the surface of said finger through said glass plate upon which said finger rests
• a solid state optical mouse sensor with fixed position relative to the focused laser beam and said glass plate
• an interface circuit connecting to the USB or mouse port of the computer.

A method for controlling the position of a cursor marker on a computer monitor screen by using small movements of the computer operator's finger comprised of the following steps:

• placing the controlling finger on a glass plate
• projecting a focused laser beam through the glass plate onto said finger
• projecting a scattered speckle pattern from said finger onto the sensor surface of a solid state optical mouse sensor
• moving the finger so as to move the corresponding laser speckle pattern
• converting said speckle pattern movement into cursor position movement on the computer monitor screen.