Appeal No. 1997-0800
Application No. 08/382,926
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal from the final
rejection of claims 21 through 30, all claims pending in this
application. The invention relates to a computer
mouse glove. In one embodiment of the invention, left-right
movement of the wrist controls the horizontal component of a
cursor movement in a video display, while up-down movement of
an index finger controls the vertical component of a cursor
movement. Additional sensors permit other fingers to control
“click” buttons on the hand-worn device for implementing the
select and drag functions.
Representative independent claim 21 is reproduced as
follows:
21. A computer mouse for controlling movement of a
cursor in a video display in at least first and second
opposing directions, comprising:
a glove-like apparel having at least one finger
joint and a finger, said finger being rotatable about said
joint from an initial rotational position in opposing first
and second directions through first and second rotated
positions respectively;
a microswitch apparatus mounted on said glove-
like apparel near said finger joint and having first and
second ON states occuring while said finger remains rotated
from said initial rotational position through at least a
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