Inertial mouse system

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1986-05-16

1988-11-22

Harkcom, Gary V.

Boots, shoes, and leggings

340710, 378 18, G09G 100

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047870516

ABSTRACT:
A hand-held inertial mouse provides input data to a computer from which the computer can determine the translational and angular displacement of the mouse. The mouse includes accelerometers for producing output signals of magnitudes proportional to the translational acceleration of the mouse in three non-parallel directions. Pairs of these accelerometers are positioned to detect acceleration along each axis of a cartesian coordinate system such that an angular acceleration of the mouse about any axis of rotation causes representative differences in the magnitudes of the output signals of one or more of these accelerometer pairs. The translational velocity and displacement of the mouse is determined by integrating the accelerometer output signals and the angular velocity and displacement of the mouse is determined by integrating the difference between the output signals of the accelerometer pairs.

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patent: 4679159 (1987-07-01), Yamazaki et al.
patent: 4695831 (1987-09-01), Shinn

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