Platform for finger controls

摘要

A hand-mounted controller is provided that allows a user to manipulate individual sensors associated with one or more, and typically each, of a wearer's fingers and thumb while monitoring movement of the controller in three dimensional space. The controller includes a palm grip that may be affixed to the hand via straps. Attached to the palm grip is one or more finger actuated controls and one or more thumb actuated controls. A position sensor detects the position and orientation of the hand. The palm grip is contoured to distribute pressure across the carpals and the four finger metacarpals, while providing clearance so as not to interfere with the finger metacarpophalangeal joints and/or the thumb carpometacarpal joint.

主权项

1. A hand mounted controller, comprising:
a palm grip, having:
a forward body portion sized to extend laterally across at least a portion of a width of a palm of a wearer proximate to the distal ends of the four finger metacarpals, wherein a top surface of said forward body portion is contoured between first and second lateral edges;a rearward body portion extending longitudinally along a portion of the length of the palm of the wearer from said forward body portion to a rearward end disposed proximate to a carpus of the hand of the wearer, wherein said forward body portion and said rearward body portion collectively define a T-shaped body, wherein said forward body portion forms a top of said T-shaped body and said rearward body portion forms a leg of said T-shaped body; a first strap attached to said forward body portion for disposition around the hand of a wearer proximate to the distal ends of the four finger metacarpals; a second strap attached to the rearward body portion for disposition around the hand of the wearer proximate to the carpus of the hand of the wearer; at least one sensor connected to said forward body portion of said palm grip and extending away from said forward body portion for selective engagement with one of a finger or thumb of the wearer; a position sensor connected to said controller, wherein said position sensor generates an output indicative of a location of said sensor in three dimensional space.