Patent ID: 6795055
Filing Date: 2004-09-21
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
An input device for interfacing with a computer application, the computer application being adapted to display a cursor within a display area of a display device of a computer, the computer having a mouse-type input device associated therewith for providing movement information and functional information corresponding to the cursor such that the cursor is movable about the display area in response to the movement information and is adapted to provide selected functionality in response to the functional information, said input device comprising:a shifter configured to electrically communicate with the computer, said shifter being configured to enable functional information, provided by the mouse-type input device, to provide selected functionality of the cursor, said shifter having a shift-disable mode and a shift-enable mode, in said shift-disable mode said shifter being configured to enable the mouse-type input device to influence movement of the cursor on the display device such that a movement of the mouse-type input device in a first direction and a first distance results in the cursor moving in the first direction and a corresponding second distance, said second distance corresponding to default cursor speed/sensitivity settings, and in said shift-enable mode said shifter being configured to enable altering of movement of the cursor such that movement of the mouse-type input device in the first direction and the first distance results in the cursor moving in the first direction and a corresponding third distance, the third distance being unequal to the second distance, said third distance corresponding to operator-modified cursor speed/sensitivity settings.