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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 13, 2002
Filed:
Aug. 22, 2000
TMSUK Co., Ltd., Fukuoka-ken, JP;
Abstract
The invention is to provide a finger operating apparatus by which operations of a robot apparatus can be easily carried out comfortably, wherein the finger operating joystick includes a joystick shaft rotatably attached to the signal reaction generator ; a roughly cylindrical body attached onto the upper part of the joystick shaft; a tongue-shaped thumb flexing instruction portion , which rotatably attached to the side of the cylinder body; a rectangular projection forefinger flexing instruction portion , which attached at the front upper part of the cylindrical body so as to freely advance and retreat; and a rectangular projection middle finger flexing instruction portion , attached at the front lower part of the cylindrical body so as to freely advance and retreat; and wherein the signal reaction generator includes the first, second and third detectors which detect movements of the first, second and third wires in line with rotation of the thumb flexing instruction portion, advance and retreat of the forefinger flexing instruction portion, and advance and retreat of the middle finger flexing instruction portion; and a wrist rotation detector which detects the rotation of the joystick shaft.