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System and method of adjusting display characteristics of a displayable data file using an ergonomic computer input device

  • US 6,097,371 A
  • Filed: 03/12/1996
  • Issued: 08/01/2000
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/02/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A pointing device for inputting commands into a computer comprising:

  • a body having a front end, a back end, an upper surface, the upper surface having a high point thereon; and

    a wheel coupled to the body, the wheel extending above the upper surface of the body and being positioned in a front region of the body such that when a user places a metacarpal-phalangeal joint ridge of the user'"'"'s right hand or left hand on the high point, a size of the user'"'"'s right hand or left hand falling within a range of a 5th percentile female to a 95th percentile male of North American adults, the user may rotate and depress the wheel with an index finger while maintaining the index finger in a biomechanically neutral position.

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