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Device equipped with a sensor

  • US 7,024,784 B2
  • Filed: 04/17/2002
  • Issued: 04/11/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/15/2001
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A device (10) with a sensor for detecting data, wherein the device is guided with one hand (20, 22) over a surface (14) by a thumb and at least one other finger of an operator and in which the data detected are displayed by a display unit (38), characterized in that grasping surfaces (40, 42) for be hand (20, 22) are positioned on two approximately diametrically opposed sides of a grip (12), at least one of which sides has a sensor (26, 28, 30, 32) that detects the number of fingers (20, 22) resting against this grasping surface (40, 42), wherein at least one of the grasping surfaces has a further sensor, wherein the further sensor is activatable by the thumb of the operator, wherein the device switches between left-handed and right-handed manipulation, wherein the device (10) switches the content of the display device (28) between a left-handed and right-handed representation depending on the number of the fingers (20, 22) identified.

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