Hand microphone interfaced to game controller port of personal computer
AssigneeDictaphone Corporation
InventorsJohn Sheffield, Frederic Schneider, Betsy Hipp
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Abstract
A hand microphone and an adaptor module form an assembly which is a peripheral device for a personal computer. The hand microphone is used to control dictation functions to be carried out by the PC. Two separate analog control signal channels are output from the hand microphone and applied, respectively, as X- and Y-axis inputs for the game port on the PC. Control signals carried in the two signal channels are generated by actuating control switches mounted on the hand microphone.
Claims17
1-14. (canceled)
A method of controlling dictation functions performed by a personal computer, the method comprising the steps of:
- providing a hand microphone;
- using the hand microphone to generate a first analog control signal level and a second analog control signal level that is separate from the first analog control signal level;
- applying the first analog control signal level as an X-axis input to a game port of the personal computer;
- and
- applying the second analog control signal level as a Y-axis input to the game port of the personal computer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.