Patent ID: 7498956
Filing Date: 2009-03-03
Classification: G06F,H01H

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for inputting information, the apparatus comprising: a first sensor operably configured to be mounted proximate a tip of a user's thumb; a plurality of sensors operably configured to be mounted on the user's fingers, such that the user can move the user's thumb and/or fingers to cause contact between said first sensor and at least one of said plurality of sensors, wherein at least one of the plurality of sensors is positioned proximate a tip of a distal phalange of one of the user's fingers, wherein at least one of the plurality of sensors is positioned on a side of one of the user's fingers, and wherein at least one of the plurality of sensors is positioned on a distal phalange of one of the user's fingers, on a palm side of the user's hand and spaced inwardly from the tip of the distal phalange; and an interface in communication with said first sensor and said plurality of sensors, said interface being operably configured to associate contact between said first sensor and sensors of said plurality of sensors with respective data items and to produce data signals representing said data items, such that frequently used data items are associated with the contacts between said first sensor and the sensors of said plurality of sensors which are positioned proximate the tips of the distal phalanges of the user's fingers, which are positioned on the sides of the user's fingers, and which are positioned on the distal phalanges of the user's fingers, on the palm side of the user's hand and spaced inwardly from the tips of the distal phalanges.