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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 24, 1998
Filed:
Jul. 31, 1996
Applicant:
Inventor:
Charles Vernon Zenz, Sr, Rochester, MN (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G09G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
345163 ; 345158 ;
Abstract
An ambidextrous computer input device having a control circuit and at least one sensor to detect the presence of a human digit, such as a thumb or a finger. The sensor is unobtrusively positioned on the input device, such as a mouse or a trackball or a keyboard point device. Upon detection or lack of detection of the thumb or finger, the control circuit automatically configures the buttons on the device to activate primary or secondary software functions either for a left-handed person or a right-handed person.