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US 2007/0165000 A1Published application
Universal Input Device and System
OwnerMark Vaydainventor
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Abstract
The present invention relates to input devices and particularly to input devices for use with computer and telecommunications systems and/or other object systems and/or devices. More particularly, the present invention relates to a universal input device for inputting data.
Claims20
An input device for generating signals indicating input requests by a user, the device comprising:
- a base portion;
- a control portion;
- a plurality of input means disposed on said control portion for permitting a user to input a request;
- a universal connection means for connecting said control portion to said base portion and for permitting a user to move said control portion
- universally with respect to the base portion;
- and
- a signal generating means, operatively connected to the plurality of input means and the universal connection means, for generating a first plurality of signals indicating a position of the control portion and for generating a second plurality of signals indicating user data input requests.
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A computer system comprising:
- at least one input device comprising:
- a base portion;
- at least one control portion;
- a plurality of input means disposed on said control portion for permitting a user to request a data input to the processor means;
- at least one universal connection means for connecting each control portion to said base portion and for permitting a user to move each control portion universally with respect to the base portion;
- and
- a signal generating means, operatively connected to the plurality of input means and the universal connection means, for generating a first plurality of signals indicating a position of the control portion and for generating a second plurality of signals indicating user data input requests;
- and
- a processor means operatively connected to said signal generating means for receiving and processing the first and second plurality of signals.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.