Computer graphics processing and selective visual display system – Display peripheral interface input device
Patent
1997-10-05
2000-02-15
Saras, Steven J.
Computer graphics processing and selective visual display system
Display peripheral interface input device
345157, 345184, 463 37, G09G 500
Patent
active
060258306
ABSTRACT:
A computer input device or wand that may be held and controlled by an infant, a toddler, or an adult who cannot use a conventional input device. An elongated handle is provided for gripping and manipulating the input device. The handle may conform to the size of a baby's hand to allow the input device to be securely held by a baby. The input device or wand includes an omnidirectionally responsive transducer for actuating an electrical control signal in response to each unidirectional sweep of the wand in a plane perpendicular to the axis of the handle, thereby allowing the user to control a computer display by shaking the wand in the same manner as a baby might shake a rattle.
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