Patent ID: 7554528

Claim:
A computer input device for providing input control to a computer, the input device comprising: rotation identification components for identifying a change in the rotation of the computer input device about a vertical axis; translation identification components for identifying a change in the x-y translation of the computer input device, wherein the x-y translation comprises translation along an x-axis and along a y-axis, wherein the x-axis and the y-axis form a plane, and wherein the vertical axis is perpendicular to the plane; a processor capable of communicating changes in the orientation of the computer input device, the processor communicating that there is no change in the rotation of the computer input device when the rotation identification components indicate a change in the rotation of the computer input device, the processor communicating that there is no change in the rotation of the computer input device based in part on a determination that the translation identification components indicate a change in the translation of the computer input device.