Operating device
First Claim
1. An operating device which is operable by one finger of a user hand and is designed for control of functions in a functional apparatus that is equipped with a display screen or that communicates with a remote display screen, the operating device having a ring body and a control element, said control element formed as rotatable wheel or roller body rotatably mounted about a circumference region of the ring body, wherein said control element is stepwise movable about said ring body, and wherein said control element is sideways tiltable and/or depressible at any detectable step position thereof relative to the ring body, thereby enabling operation of a respective switch related function.
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Abstract
An operating device, where the device is actuatable by the fingers of a hand and is designed for control of functions in a functional apparatus that is equipped with a display screen or that communicates with a remote display screen. The operating device has a control element and a mounting ring designed for placing on a finger and designed for manipulation of said control element by using another finger on the same hand.
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19 Claims
- 1. An operating device which is operable by one finger of a user hand and is designed for control of functions in a functional apparatus that is equipped with a display screen or that communicates with a remote display screen, the operating device having a ring body and a control element, said control element formed as rotatable wheel or roller body rotatably mounted about a circumference region of the ring body, wherein said control element is stepwise movable about said ring body, and wherein said control element is sideways tiltable and/or depressible at any detectable step position thereof relative to the ring body, thereby enabling operation of a respective switch related function.
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2. An operating device which is operable by one finger of a user hand and is designed for control of functions in a functional apparatus that is equipped with a display screen or that communicates with a remote display screen, the operating device having a ring body and a control element, said control element formed as rotatable wheel or roller body rotatably mounted about a circumference region of the ring body,
wherein the control element is stepwise movable about the ring body, wherein a pair of side-switches is located on either side of the control element, and wherein said control element is depressible at any detectable step position thereof relative to the ring body, thereby enabling operation of a respective switch related function, or one or the other of said side switches operable at any detectable step position of the control element.
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15. An operating device which is operable by one finger of a user hand and is designed for control of functions in a functional apparatus that is equipped with a display screen or that communicates with a remote display screen, the operating device having a ring body and a control element, said ring body being dimensioned so as to be located on one finger on a hand of a device user, and the device being so designed that manipulation of said control element is made by using another finger on said hand,
wherein said control element is formed as a forward and backwards stepwise movable sliding key, said key at any stepwise position being selectively operable through action elected from: - central depression, forward tilting, backwards tilting and sideways titling, to cause a respective switch function.
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16. An operating device which is actuatable by one finger of a user hand and is designed for control of functions in a functional apparatus that is equipped with a display screen or that communicates with a remote display screen, the operating device having a ring body and a control element, said ring body being dimensioned so as to be located on one finger on a hand of a device user, and the device being so designed that manipulation of said control element is made by using another finger on said hand,
wherein said control element is formed as a stepwise rotatable ring member being depressible at specific points thereat to cause a respective switch function, said ring member surrounding a non-rotatable key which has deviation sensing means for sensing displacement away from its centre position.
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