Patent ID: 7194702

Claim:
A system for minimizing unintended cursor movement comprising: a cursor control device for controlling movement of a cursor on a computer, the cursor control device being connectable to and disconnectable from the computer, the cursor control device comprising: a housing freely movable by a hand of a user to indicate desired movement of a cursor; a monitoring device configured to monitor an information signal indicative of movement of the cursor along an intended path; a comparing device configured to determine whether any portions of said monitored information signal are not indicative of said intended path; and a correcting device configured to remove said portions which are not indicative of said intended path to form a corrected information signal; wherein the monitoring device, comparing device, and the correcting device are located in the housing of said cursor control device so that said cursor control device is configured to send the corrected information signal to any computer to which said cursor control device is connected for processing to move the cursor on the computer.