Patent ID: 9182841
Filing Date: 2015-11-10
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. An input apparatus comprising: a pointing device which has a main unit and an operation unit; a fixing unit which fixes the pointing device to a hand; a click button disposed at a position shifted toward the root of the thumb of the hand from the operation unit when the input apparatus is attached to the hand, the click button having a larger surface area on a surface of the pointing device than a surface area of the operation unit; and a shift mechanism disposed between the pointing device and the fixing unit, the shift mechanism being configured to rotate the pointing device only on a plane parallel to a surface of the pointing device on which the operation unit is located, wherein the pointing device is attached to the hand via the fixing unit when the input apparatus is used, and the fixing unit fixes the main unit to the thumb side or the back side of the hand when the input apparatus is attached to the hand.