Patent ID: 8199105
Filing Date: 2012-06-12
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A system for controlling movement of a cursor relative to an image, the system comprising: a video screen display for displaying the image; an operating element operatively coupled with the video screen display to control movement of the cursor, the operating element being rotatable about its longitudinal axis and moveable transversely with respect to the longitudinal axis in two additional degrees of freedom; and wherein, beginning from an initial position, movement of the operating element transversely with respect to the longitudinal axis in the two additional degrees of freedom controls movement of the cursor in two mutually perpendicular directions, respectively, on the video screen display; and wherein, during transverse movement of the cursor, rotation of the operating element angularly changes the two mutually perpendicular directions corresponding to the two additional degrees of freedom such that, following said rotation of the operating element, additional transverse movement of the operating element in either of said two additional degrees of freedom controls the movement of the cursor in a diagonal direction on the video screen display wherein the transverse movement(s) of the operating element occurs via a tilting of the operating element or a parallel displacement of the operating element relative to the initial position.