Patent ID: 7024784

Claim:
A device ( 10 ) with a sensor for detecting data, wherein the device is guided with one hand ( 20 , 22 ) over a surface ( 14 ) by a thumb and at least one other finger of an operator and in which the data detected are displayed by a display unit ( 38 ), characterized in that grasping surfaces ( 40 , 42 ) for be hand ( 20 , 22 ) are positioned on two approximately diametrically opposed sides of a grip ( 12 ), at least one of which sides has a sensor ( 26 , 28 , 30 , 32 ) that detects the number of fingers ( 20 , 22 ) resting against this grasping surface ( 40 , 42 ), wherein at least one of the grasping surfaces has a further sensor, wherein the further sensor is activatable by the thumb of the operator, wherein the device switches between left-handed and right-handed manipulation, wherein the device ( 10 ) switches the content of the display device ( 28 ) between a left-handed and right-handed representation depending on the number of the fingers ( 20 , 22 ) identified.