# US 2013/0154927 A1 · Hand integrated operations platform > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2013/0154927 A1 - Document ID: US20130154927A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 13/764,458 - Filed: 2013-02-11 - Published: 2013-06-20 - Earliest claimed: 2007-07-16 - Assignees: NorStar Asset Management, Inc.; Walter Urbach IV Trust; Walter Urbach III Trust - Inventors: Walter Urbach, III - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20130154927A1 ## CPC - G06F 3/033: Pointing devices displaced or positioned by the user {, e.g. mice, trackballs, pens or joysticks}; Accessories therefor (digitisers characterised by the transducing means G06F3/041) - G06F 3/0338: with detection of limited linear or angular displacement of an operating part of the device from a neutral position, e.g. isotonic or isometric joysticks - G06F 3/03547: {Touch pads, in which fingers can move on a surface} - G06F 3/03549: {Trackballs (G06F3/03541 takes precedence)} - G06F 3/0362: with detection of one-dimensional [1D] translations or rotations of an operating part of the device, e.g. scroll wheels, sliders, knobs, rollers or belts - G06F 2203/0331: Finger worn pointing device - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) ## Abstract One embodiment of a hand integrated mouse or operations platform remotely operates one or more computer applications while worn on the user's hand and the hand is also free to do other things such as keyboarding, driving, and flying. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A hand integrated mouse platform for incorporating single or multiple computer input devices, comprising: a single unitary housing wearable on at least one of a user's fingers and including at least one opening therethrough, each said opening configured to at least partially surround a proximal or intermediate phalanx of at least one finger other than a thumb, of said user when said hand integrated mouse platform is worn on said user's hand, and a plurality of operable input devices disposed therein or thereon, said user's thumb disposed outside said housing and said single unitary housing including an outwardly facing end face facing said user's thumb when said hand integrated mouse platform is worn on said user's hand, said outwardly facing end face including at least one said operable input device disposed therein or thereon and operable by said user's thumb when said hand integrated mouse platform is worn on said user's hand, wherein no portion said hand integrated mouse platform is worn on said user's thumb and inner surfaces of said openings comprise proximal or intermediate phalanx facing surfaces when said hand integrated mouse platform is worn on said user's hand. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The hand integrated mouse platform of claim 1 wherein said outwardly facing end face includes a plurality of contours, and a plurality of stages defined by said contours, each said stage including one said operable input device disposed therein or thereon and operable by said user's thumb when said hand integrated mouse platform is worn on said user's hand. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The hand integrated mouse platform of claim 1 wherein said platform is constructed of easily formed and molded material(s) such as plastic or composites and said housing is wearable on said at least one proximal phalanx of said user wherein said user's intermediate and distal phalanges are disposed outside said housing and said housing is further wearable on said at least one intermediate phalanx of said user, wherein said user's distal phalanges are disposed outside said housing. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The hand integrated mouse platform of claim 1 wherein said operable input device comprises at least one of: a dial, a wheel, a joystick touch screen, camera, scanner, phone, speaker, microphone, switches, signal-strength bar, power bar, sensitivity control, security screener, and sensors, said operable input device interfacing with one or multiple program applications and devices via a wire. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The hand integrated mouse platform of claim 1 wherein said platform includes its own power source. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The hand integrated mouse platform of claim 5, wherein said power source is a rechargeable power source. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The hand integrated mouse platform of claim 6, wherein said power source is a battery. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The hand integrated mouse platform of claim 1, wherein said plurality of operable input device comprises a speaker and a microphone. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The hand integrated mouse platform of claim 1, wherein said at least one opening therethrough comprises one opening that completely surrounds a plurality of fingers of said at least one finger other than a thumb, of said user, and said associated inner surface of said one opening has at least one ridge disposed at location between fingers of said plurality of fingers when said hand integrated mouse platform is worn on said user's hand. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The hand integrated mouse platform of claim 9, wherein said one opening completely surrounds two of said fingers other than a thumb, of said user. ### Claim 11 (depends on 9) The hand integrated mouse platform of claim 9, wherein said one opening is circumferentially surrounded by said housing and further comprising a second opening that said housing only partially encircles. ### Claim 12 (depends on 9) The hand integrated mouse platform of claim 9, wherein said one opening completely surrounds at least three of said fingers other than a thumb, of said user. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The hand integrated mouse platform of claim 1, wherein said at least one opening comprises a first opening that is circumferentially surrounded by said housing and a second opening that said housing only partially encircles. ### Claim 14 A hand integrated operations platform for accommodating multiple controls that interface with one or multiple program applications or devices, said hand integrated operations platform comprising: a single unitary housing wearable on at least one of a user's fingers and including an opening therethrough that surrounds a proximal phalanx of at least one finger other than a thumb, of said user when said hand integrated mouse platform is worn on said user's hand, an end face having contoured, non-planar surfaces defining a plurality of stages, and at least one operable input device disposed on each of said plurality of stages and operable by said user's thumb when said hand integrated mouse platform is worn on said user's proximal phalanges, said user's thumb disposed outside said housing and said user's intermediate and distal phalanges disposed outside said housing when said hand integrated mouse platform is worn on said user's hand, wherein no portion said hand integrated mouse platform is worn on said user's thumb and said end face is disposed generally orthogonal to a longitudinal direction of said single unitary housing. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The hand integrated operations platform of claim 14, wherein said one opening is a first opening adapted to circumferentially surround said proximal phalanx of an index finger of said user's hand and further comprising a second opening adapted to receive and only partially encircle an adjacent middle finger of said user's hand, each of said first and second openings including proximal phalanx facing inner surfaces. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The hand integrated operations platform of claim 15, wherein said housing includes a concave portion to receive thereon a ring finger of said user's hand and said second opening is at least partially defined by a ridge disposed between said adjacent middle finger and said ring finger of said user's hand. ### Claim 17 A hand integrated operations platform for accommodating one or multiple input devices that interface with one or multiple program applications or devices, said hand integrated operations platform comprising: a single unitary housing including at least one opening therethrough adapted to at least partially surround a proximal phalanx or an intermediate phalanx of at least one finger other than a thumb, of a user when said hand integrated mouse platform is worn on said user's hand, said user's thumb disposed outside said housing when said hand integrated mouse platform is disposed on said user's hand, wherein no portion said hand integrated mouse platform is worn on said user's thumb or on distal phalanges of said user's fingers, wherein said single unitary housing includes an outwardly facing end face facing said user's thumb when said hand integrated mouse platform is worn on said user's hand, said outwardly facing end face disposed generally orthogonal to a longitudinal direction of said single unitary housing and including a plurality of contours and a plurality of stages defined by said contours and at least one an operable input device disposed therein or thereon, said at least one operable input device comprising a microphone and a speaker; and a rechargeable power source disposed within said housing. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The hand integrated operations platform of claim 17, wherein each of said plurality of stages includes one said operable input device disposed therein or thereon and operable by said user's thumb when said hand integrated mouse platform is worn on said user's hand. ### Claim 19 (depends on 17) The hand integrated operations platform of claim 17, wherein said at least one opening comprises a first opening that is adapted to surround a plurality of said fingers other than said user's thumb. ### Claim 20 (depends on 19) The hand integrated operations platform of claim 19, wherein said first opening is circumferentially surrounded by said housing and has at least one inwardly extending ridge disposed at location between fingers of said plurality of fingers when said hand integrated mouse platform is worn on said user's hand, and wherein said at least one opening further comprises a second opening that said housing only partially encircles.