Apparatus for remotely controlling a digital processing system
First Claim
1. An apparatus for remotely controlling a digital processing system, comprising:
- a housing having a wall with an outer scrolling surface over which a finger of a person'"'"'s hand is movable in a scrolling movement, wherein the finger is moved back and forth over the scrolling surface;
a scrolling detector located within the housing, detecting the scrolling movement remotely through the wall, and generating a scrolling signal, wherein the scrolling detector includes a plurality of capacitor terminals adjacent one another and within the housing, and disposed along an arc such that the capacitor terminals are equidistantly spaced from the outer scrolling surface, the capacitor terminals detecting a change in capacitance as the finger moves in the scrolling movement;
a cursor positioning detector secured to the housing, being actuable by the hand to generate a position signal; and
a transmitter which transmits the scrolling signal and the position signal to the digital processing system.
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Abstract
According to one aspect of the invention an apparatus is provided for remotely controlling a digital processing system, comprising a housing, a scrolling detector, a cursor positioning detector, and a transmitter. The housing has a wall having an outer scrolling surface over which a finger of a person'"'"'s hand is movable in a scrolling movement. The scrolling detector is located within the housing. The scrolling detector detects the scrolling movement remotely through the wall and generates a scrolling signal. The cursor positioning detector is secured to the housing and is actuable by the hand to generate a position signal. The transmitter transmits the scrolling signal and the position signal to the digital processing system.
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15 Claims
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1. An apparatus for remotely controlling a digital processing system, comprising:
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a housing having a wall with an outer scrolling surface over which a finger of a person'"'"'s hand is movable in a scrolling movement, wherein the finger is moved back and forth over the scrolling surface;
a scrolling detector located within the housing, detecting the scrolling movement remotely through the wall, and generating a scrolling signal, wherein the scrolling detector includes a plurality of capacitor terminals adjacent one another and within the housing, and disposed along an arc such that the capacitor terminals are equidistantly spaced from the outer scrolling surface, the capacitor terminals detecting a change in capacitance as the finger moves in the scrolling movement;
a cursor positioning detector secured to the housing, being actuable by the hand to generate a position signal; and
a transmitter which transmits the scrolling signal and the position signal to the digital processing system. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. Apparatus for remotely controlling a digital processing system, comprising:
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a housing for positioning on a working surface, the housing having an outer holding surface which is shaped to be held within a cup of a hand, at least part of the housing being a wall having an outer scrolling surface over which a finger of the hand is movable in a scrolling movement, wherein the finger is moved back and forth over the scrolling surface;
a scrolling detector located within the housing, the scrolling detector detecting the scrolling movement of the finger remotely through the wall, and generating a scrolling signal which includes information indicative of the scrolling movement, wherein the scrolling detector includes a plurality of capacitor terminals located adjacent one another within the housing, and disposed along an arc such that the capacitor terminals are equidistantly spaced from the outer scrolling surface, the capacitor terminals detecting a change in capacitance as the finger moves in the scrolling movement;
a cursor positioning detector secured to the housing, the housing being movable by the hand over the working surface, the cursor positioning detector detecting cursor positioning movement of the housing over the working surface and generating a position signal which includes information indicative of the cursor positioning movement; and
a transmitter which transmits the scrolling signal and the position signal to the digital processing system.
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15. A method of remotely controlling a digital processing system, comprising:
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scrolling a finger in a scrolling movement, wherein the finger is moved back and forth over a scrolling surface of a wall of a housing, the scrolling movement being detected by a scrolling detector remotely through the wall, the scrolling detector generating a scrolling signal which is transmitted to the digital processing system, wherein the scrolling detector includes a plurality of capacitor terminals located adjacent one another, and disposed along an arc such that the capacitor terminals are equidistantly spaced from the scrolling surface, the capacitor terminals detecting a change in capacitance as the finger moves in the scrolling movement; and
actuating a cursor positioning controller, secured to the housing, with the hand, the cursor positioning controller generating a position signal which is transmitted to the digital processing system.
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