Coupled Input and Information System
AssigneesEric Provost, Pen O'Tick
InventorEric PROVOST
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Abstract
The invention provides the user with a means of information via a display and a device for determining areas able to serve for the input of commands, text or elements having a graphic representation. The device has a detection of 8 or 9 areas marked by guides including an optional central guide. The area detection sensor is positioned in the extension of the palm and the display necessary for the input is made within the extension of the bracelet. This device will be particularly suitable for communication devices usable in a pair with other electronic or mechanical products available for the arms of users in order to enable an input of information limiting problems of musculoskeletal disorders.
Claims5
1-11. (canceled)
A coupled information and input device, comprising:
- a contact location sensor comprising:
- at least eight tactile zones, wherein the at least eight tactile zones are arranged on an elliptical crown segmented radially into eight, and wherein one tactile zone will be assigned to each segment on the elliptical crown characterised in that the touch location sensor is placed on or in a bracelet at the forearm and at the palm side of the hand;
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- a central tactile zone is placed at the centre of the elliptical crown, and the internal periphery of the elliptical crown has eight pins discernible to the touch or that can be felt under a finger and placed at the eight separations of the segments of the elliptical crown.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.