Orientation-operated cursor control device

Computer graphics processing and selective visual display system – Display peripheral interface input device – Cursor mark position control device

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ABSTRACT:
An orientation-operated cursor control device having a housing which is hand-holdable by a user. The housing rotatably carries a orientation maintaining member having a center of rotation which is offset from a center of gravity. An encoder generates input information for the computer in response to relative rotation of the housing and orientation maintaining member.

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