Appeal No. 2002-1995
Application No. 09/071,488
navigational input tools that comprise a mouse including a force
actuated pointer integrated within the housing of the device such
that a user may grasp the housing while simultaneously operating
the navigational input tools.
Representative independent claim 1 is reproduced as follows:
1. A computer apparatus comprising:
a computer processing unit, the computer processing unit
including a processor device for operating upon data and
providing data for display; and
a handheld input/output display unit, the display unit
comprising:
a housing sized to be grasped by a user’s single hand,
wherein the housing includes an upper surface, a lower surface,
and an eyepiece,
a computer display located within the housing at a position
to allow the user to view the computer display through the
eyepiece,
a display driver for presenting data from the processing
unit on the computer display, and
navigational input tools for navigating in computer program
applications integrated with the computer display in the housing
and operatively connected to provide user input to the processing
unit, wherein the navigational input tools comprise a mouse
including a force actuated pointer integrated within the housing
for operation at the upper surface thereof, and further wherein
the navigational input tools including the mouse are positioned
for operation by one or more fingers of the user’s single hand
such that the user’s single hand can simultaneously grasp the
housing and operate the navigational input tools.
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