Patent ID: 7295181

Claim:
A method of entering data into a computer device, comprising: providing a wearable device ( 10 ) and attaching the wearable device ( 10 ) to a hand ( 12 ), the device ( 10 ) having a lower unit ( 14 ) placed in a palm ( 106 ) of the hand and an upper unit ( 16 ) placed behind knuckles ( 17 ) of the hand and connected to the lower unit ( 14 ), the device ( 10 ) having sensors ( 49 , 51 , 53 , 55 , 57 ) in operative engagement therewith to register movements; moving a first bone segment ( 100 ) relative to a second bone segment ( 103 ) at the metacarpophalangeal joint ( 98 ); the movement of the bone segment ( 100 ) activating at least one of the sensors ( 49 , 51 , 53 , 55 , 57 ); the device ( 10 ) generating and sending an activation signal ( 125 , 127 ) to a computer device ( 132 ) in operative engagement with the device ( 10 ); the computer device ( 132 ) interpreting and converting the activation signal ( 125 , 127 ) to a first command; and the device ( 10 ) memorizing the movements of the first bone segment ( 100 ) and the second bone segment ( 103 ) that generated the first command.