Patent ID: 6680728
Filing Date: 2004-01-20
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
A cursor control device comprising:a body shaped to fit in a user hand so a user can operate said device in desk-top and in off the desk-top manners, said shape consisting of a slight swell to fit a palm of a user, a width less than the width of the hand of the average user and a length allowing the fingers of the hand of a user to occupy the frontal curvature of said device while said swell fits in the palm of a user; a cursor control at about a front corner of said body such that a thumb of the user rests on said cursor control and the swell fits a palm of a user when the device is operated in desk-top and off the desk-top manners; at least one button on said body positioned such that a finger of the user rests on said at least one button and the swell fits a palm of a user when the device is operated in desk-top and off the desk-top manners; a control circuit inside said body connected to said at least one button and said cursor control; and a communication link connectable between said control circuit and a processing unit.