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US 2012/0256836 A1Published application
Apparatus: the hand-held pistol grip, dual functionality, keyboard-mouse hybrid emulator using the usb, or ps/2 or wireless connection to the host computer, and designed for the one-handed operation
OwnerIlia Lazar Rudinskyinventor
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Abstract
A method, apparatus, and article of manufacture are provided to support user communication to the host computer. The apparatus is a hand-held computer peripheral input device, which combines within itself functionalities of two input devices—the keyboard and the mouse—and is an emulator of both the keyboard and the mouse in one device.
Claims5
A hand-held, one-hand-operated computer input device, using the dual PS/2 cable or a single USB cable or a wireless connection to the host computer, as described above in the specification, and mechanically comprising:
- A pistol-grip handle, designed to be held with one hand, either the left or the right one—in the manner almost exactly similar to holding the handle of a pistol;
- the handle will or will not have the finger rings for an improved convenience of operation, as depicted in FIG. 4.
- At least three mechanical controls, positioned close to the top of the handle, as described above in the specification and also depicted in FIG. 4, which are:
- the thumb button (which serves as the “left” mouse), the trigger (which serves as the “right” mouse) and the trackball;
- these three controls enable the implementation of the standalone hand-held mouse functionality;
- or these three controls may enable the implementation of the dual functionality in one single device:
- i.e. both the hand-held mouse functionality (in the Mouse mode) and the PS/2 or USB or wireless keyboard functionality (in the Main and CAP keyboard modes), with the standard keyboard keys meanings corresponding to the Morse code combinations, according to the principles described above in the specification and the TABLE 1.
- Four or more mechanical controls, positioned close to the top of the handle as described above in the specification and also depicted in FIG. 4, which are:
- the thumb button (i.e. the “left” mouse), the trigger (i.e. the “right” mouse), the trackball, and the mode switch button;
- these four or more controls enable the implementation of the dual functionality in one single device:
- i.e. both the hand-held mouse functionality (in the Mouse mode) and the PS/2 or USB or wireless keyboard functionality (in the Main and CAP keyboard modes), with the standard keyboard keys meanings corresponding to the Morse code combinations, according to the principles described above in the specification and the TABLE 1.
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The device of the claim 1, electronically and/or programmatically comprising the following functional blocks:
- As per FIG. 1:
- A USB Hub;
- Three USB encoders, corresponding to the three USB channels:
- the keyboard scan code channel, the mouse channel, and the programmable interface channel;
- The Morse to Scan Code Programmable Parser and Encoder, which implements the method of the claim 3 and takes its inputs from The Mouse & Dash-Dot to PS/2 Encoder Router & Host Command Processor. Its primary function is to convert the inputs—which correspond to dash/dot combinations—into the corresponding keyboard scan codes, which are then transmitted to the host computer.
- The Mouse & Dash-Dot to PS/2 Encoder Router & Host Command Processor, which converts its inputs from the User Input Decoder & Router into PS/2 protocol digital format and routs the corresponding digital signals to The Morse to Scan Code Programmable Parser and Encoder (in the Main or CAP modes) or directly to the mouse channel USB Encoder (in the Mouse mode). It also processes the PS/2 protocol commands from the host computer.
- The User Input Decoder & Router, which converts the user inputs from the thumb button, the trigger, the trackball, and the mode switch button into the output signals, which then serve as inputs to the Mouse & Dash-Dot to PS/2 Encoder Router & Host Command Processor.
- As per FIG. 2, the above description of this Claim applies except there are now two USB channels and correspondingly two USB encoders. The USB channel for the Apparatus programmable interface is removed.
- As per FIG. 3, the above description of this Claim applies except there is no USB functionality. The Apparatus employs the PS/2 protocol only, and correspondingly there is the dual PS/2 cable connecting the Apparatus to the host computer—one PS/2 cable for the mouse channel and the other PS/2 cable for the keyboard channel. The channel for the programmable interface is removed.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.