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US 7,584,064 B2Granted
Method and device to control a computer system utilizing a fluid flow
AssigneeInputive Corporation
InventorPierre Bonnat
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Abstract
A device, to facilitate a user control of a computer system, includes a movable portion movable by a fluid flow of a generated by a user of the device, and a converter to convert movement of the movable portion into an electrical signal to facilitate control of the computer system.
Claims18
A method comprising:
- converting each of first and second movements of at least one movable portion of a user input device into at least one electrical signal utilizing at least one conversion device, each of the first and second movements of the at least one movable portion of the user input device caused by fluid flow generated by a user;
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- controlling first and second actions of an item viewable on a screen, the first and second actions of the item being directly responsive, respectively, to the first and second movements of the at least one movable portion of the user input device, wherein the first and second actions are proportional to the fluid flow generated by the user, wherein the first action comprises movement of the item along a first direction on the screen, and wherein the second action comprises movement of the item along a second direction on the screen.
A device comprising:
- at least one movable portion movable by fluid flow generated by a user of the device,
- at least one converter to convert each of first and second movements of the at least one movable portion into at least one electrical signal;
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- an interface to translate the at least one electrical signal, the translated at least one electrical signal controlling first and second actions of an item viewable on a screen, the first and second actions of the item being directly responsive, respectively, to the first and second movements of the at least one movable portion, wherein the first and second actions are proportional to the fluid flow generated by the user, wherein the first action comprises movement of the item along a first direction on the screen, and wherein the second action comprises movement of the item along a second direction on the screen.
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A method to interact with a graphical user interface, the method comprising:
- converting each of first and second movements of at least one movable portion of a user input device into at least one electrical signal utilizing at least one conversion device, each of the first and second movements of the at least one movable portion of the user input device responsive to fluid flow generated by a user;
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- performing first and second actions of an item associated with the graphical user interface responsive to the at least one electrical signal, the first and second actions being directly responsive, respectively, to the first and second movements, wherein the first and second actions are proportional to the fluid flow generated by the user.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.