Combined keyboard and mouse employing conventional typing keys

Details Combined keyboard and mouse employing conventional typing keys Combined keyboard and mouse employing conventional typing keys

1998-01-23

1999-08-10

Horabik, Michael

Coded data generation or conversion

Bodily actuated code generator

Including keyboard or keypad

400489, 345163, 345168, H03M 1100

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059365552

ABSTRACT:
A combined keyboard and pointing system for use with a computer is disclosed. The system comprises a keyboard consisting of at least two keyboard parts for generating keying commands wherein substantially all keys of a standard QWERTY or DVORAK keyboard are located on the keyboard, equally distributed with about half the keys being on a first keyboard part and the other half of the keys on a second keyboard part. At least one of the first and second keyboard parts are adapted to be gripped by one hand of a user and be moved on support surface as a mobile keyboard part to generate pointing movement commands to cause movement of a pointing member on the computer. A transducer is used to detect relative movement or positioning of the mobile keyboard part relative to the support surface and a communication mens is provided for the first and second keyboard parts to send the pointing movement commands and the keying commands to the computer.

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