US 2020/0089339 A1 · 3D MOUSE FOR COMPUTERS

Abstract

A computer mouse is provided which includes a housing; a lateral vertical wheel attached to the housing and configured to rotate with respect to the housing and in a first plane to control lateral vertical planar rotation of a visual object on a computer screen; a horizontal turn wheel attached to the housing and configured to rotate with respect to the housing and in a second plane which is perpendicular to the first plane to control horizontal planar rotation of the visual object on the computer screen; and a straight vertical turn wheel attached to the housing and configured to rotate with respect to the housing and in a third plane which is perpendicular to the first plane and the second plane to control rotation of the visual object on the computer screen in a direction which appears on the computer screen to be substantially perpendicular to vertical and horizontal directions. The mouse also includes a translational motion control button and resizing motion control button for motion and resizing of the visual object in horizontal, vertical and their perpendicular directions.

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Dependent claims

A computer mouse comprising

means for controlling vertical direction movement in a first dimension of a visual object on a two dimensional computer screen;
means for controlling horizontal direction movement in a second dimension of a visual object on a two dimensional computer screen;
and means for controlling movement of a visual object in a direction on the two dimensional computer screen, which appears to be in a third dimension, substantially perpendicular to the two dimensional computer screen.

A computer mouse comprising

a housing;
a lateral vertical wheel attached to the housing and configured to rotate with respect to the housing and in a first plane to control simulated lateral vertical planar rotation of a visual object on a two dimensional computer screen;
a horizontal turn wheel attached to the housing and configured to rotate with respect to the housing and in a second plane which is perpendicular to the first plane to control simulated horizontal planar rotation of the visual object on the two dimensional computer screen;
and
a straight vertical turn wheel attached to the housing and configured to rotate with respect to the housing and in a third plane which is perpendicular to the first plane and the second plane to control movement of the visual object on the computer screen in a direction which appears on the computer screen to be substantially perpendicular to the two dimensional computer screen.

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A method comprising

rotating a lateral vertical turn wheel, which is attached to the housing of a computer mouse and configured to rotate with respect to the housing and in a first plane to control simulated lateral vertical planar rotation of a visual object on a two dimensional computer screen;
rotating a horizontal turn wheel, which is attached to the housing of the computer mouse and configured to rotate with respect to the housing and in a second plane which is perpendicular to the first plane to control simulated horizontal planar rotation of the visual object on the two dimensional computer screen;
and
rotating a straight vertical turn wheel, which is attached to the housing of the computer mouse and configured to rotate with respect to the housing and in a third plane which is perpendicular to the first plane and the second plane to control simulated rotation of the visual object on the two dimensional computer screen in a plane which appears on the computer screen to be substantially perpendicular to lateral vertical and horizontal planes.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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Abstract

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