Hand positioned mouse

DETAILED DESCRIPTION To accomplish the foregoing and other objects of this invention there is provided a hand positioned mouse and more particularly to a glove like article having a tracking ball positioned to be operated by the thumb with switch functions or buttons positioned on the palm of the hand.
Briefly the hand positioned mouse of this invention includes a glove like article positioned on a computer users hand, a tracking ball attached to the side of the article such that the tracking ball can be operated by the thumb, and switching functions positioned on the palm of the article such that they can be operated by a finger.
A tracking means is used to monitor the movement of the tracking ball to control cursor location.
A transmission means, such as a connector cord or radio transmitter, relays the electrical signals from the hand positioned mouse to the computer.
A support means, such as a tracking ball socket, is attached to the article for supporting the tracking ball.
The tracking means is typically contained within the support adjacent to the tracking ball.
All mouse operations are in the hand.
As such the mouse operations can be used in conjunction with a keyboard operation or removed for a remote operation.
The hand positioned mouse of this invention can be used as a control for computer games and for such applications as web TV.
The above mentioned and other objects and features of the present invention will be better understood and appreciated from the following detailed description of the main embodiment thereof, selected for purposes of illustration and shown in the accompanying drawings.