Patent ID: 8581841

Claim:
A method for generating either a scroll command or an up-down-left-right (UDLR) command using a single control element of a 3D pointing device, the method comprising: detecting movement of an object across a surface of said single control element of said 3D pointing device; generating, when in a scroll mode, a scroll command responsive to said detected movement; and generating, when in an UDLR mode, an UDLR command wherein said UDLR command is one of: an up command, a down command, a left command and a right command wherein said one of said up command, said down command, said left command and said right command are generated based upon a direction of said detected movement, and further wherein said one of said up command, said down command, said left command and said right command are generated when a distance of said detected movement exceeds a predetermined distance threshold in a direction which corresponds to a respective one of said UDLR commands.