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公开(公告)号:US5825350A
公开(公告)日:1998-10-20
申请号:US905841
申请日:1997-08-04
申请人: Charles Whipple Case, Jr. , Torbjorn Hovden , Gregory Clark Smith , Steven Porter Hotelling , Michael Kenneth Sabina
发明人: Charles Whipple Case, Jr. , Torbjorn Hovden , Gregory Clark Smith , Steven Porter Hotelling , Michael Kenneth Sabina
CPC分类号: G06F3/038 , G06F3/0312 , G06F3/0346 , G06F3/03543 , G06F3/0383 , G06F2203/0333
摘要: Pointing apparatus and method provide for control of cursor movement and selection of elements on a computer screen. Gyroscopic elements within the pointing apparatus indicate yaw and pitch movements in free space, and a mouse ball and mouse ball encoders indicate movement on a surface. Data indicative of the distance and direction the cursor is to be moved is generated from outputs of the gyroscopic elements and the mouse ball encoders. Certain amounts of movement are deemed unintentional, and, if necessary, the pointing apparatus adjusts the data so as not to indicate movement of such amounts. By doing so, the pointing apparatus minimizes unintentional cursor movement caused by instability of the gyroscopes and the inability of a person to hold the pointing apparatus absolutely motionless.
摘要翻译: 指点装置和方法提供控制光标移动和在计算机屏幕上选择元件。 指向装置中的陀螺仪元件表示自由空间中的偏航和俯仰运动,鼠标球和鼠标球编码器指示表面上的运动。 从陀螺仪元件和鼠标球编码器的输出产生指示光标移动的距离和方向的数据。 一定量的移动被认为是无意的,并且如果需要,指点设备调整数据,以便不指示这种量的移动。 通过这样做,指示装置使由于陀螺仪的不稳定性引起的无意的光标移动和人不能将指示装置保持静止不动地最小化。