An accessory (40) for a computer mouse (18) includes a multistrand accessory conductor (42) for transmitting location signals and acceptance signals having a first coupling (44) for coupling a first end of the conductor (42) to the coupling (26) of a computer mouse assembly (19) and a second coupling (46) for coupling a second end of the conductor (42) to a coupling (22) of a computer (10). The accessory further includes a remote acceptance switch (54) coupled to the strands of the multistrand accessory conductor including a hand-operated button (56) for producing an acceptance signal similar to the acceptance signal produced by an acceptance switch (38) of the computer mouse (18). Thus, a cursor location generated by movement of the computer mouse can be accepted in a memory of the computer either by activation of the mouse acceptance switch or the remote acceptance switch.
A computer terminal user interface control is provided for allowing input from an operators non-dominant hand. Force sensitive transducers are provided at right angles to one another. Forces applied to these transducers move a tool set to various sub-portions of a video display device. The user's dominant hand is then free to select from various sub-areas of the tool window positioned by the non-dominant hand in a simple and efficient manner.
An operational input apparatus having an internal input apparatus and an external additional input apparatus wherein the internal data obtained by the operation of the internal input apparatus and the external data obtained by the operation of the external additional input apparatus are selectively transferred to an equipment main body and including: a changeover circuit for changing over the connection to the equipment main body; a data detector for detecting the change in the internal data and the external data separately; an internal data counter and an external data counter which start counting at the detection of the respective changes in the internal and the external data and clear the count values after a predetermined period of time; and a changeover controller which controls a switch to change over periodically and alternately when the count values of the internal data counter and the external data counter are both zero, and when a count value is obtained, controls the switch to change over to the side wherein the count value is obtained.
A home computer system having a single input-output which is modified by a identifying circuit to identify a joystick or a mouse the identifying circuit utilizes potentiometers from the joystick which are connected to monostable circuits. The computer automatically recognizes that a joystick is present due to the triggering of the monostable circuits and the reading of the outputs from those monostable circuits.
The invention relates to an operator's communication unit (1) comprising a mouse (4) and an annunciator (3) that interacts electrically therewith, and a cable arrangement (2) for connection to the input (5.1') of an operator's communication unit for a computer. The structure of the inventive device is simple and it is easy to handle by virtue of the fact that the mouse (4) is connected via a single mouse cable (2.1) and the annunciator (3) is connected via a single annunciator cable (2.2) to a common connection element (2.9'), whereby the mouse cable (2.1) and the annunciator cable (2.2) can be joined together either directly or via an additional connection element (2.5) or an additional transition cable (2.9) and a connection element to the input (5.1') to the operator's communication unit for a computer (5).
A controller for a video game console includes first and second handheld control units. Each of the handheld control units has a housing with a finger operating surface that is provided with a control button, and a transmitting unit for transmitting signals to the video game console when the control button unit is operated. An interconnecting unit is provided for releasably interconnecting the housings of the control units.
