| 摘要 |
A finger-worn interaction device provides a faster, more responsive input and output streams to and from a computing or gaming device and is particularly well suited for high speed, interactive applications. The finger-worn nature relieves the user of a hand-held device that must be continually grasped or held, occupying at least one hand, and instead allows full movement of all digits on both hands to be employed for input activation. A variety of input formats are employed, and disposed as input modules or output modules on a substantially circular frame, such as a finger operated stick, trigger, action button, and roller/trackball operations. Multiple input modules and/or output modules may be disposed on each circular frame, providing a multitude of available inputs that may each be actuated by digits on the user's hand for allowing faster input sequences as users gain proficiency with actuating the multiple input modules. |
| 主权项 |
1. A user input device comprising:
a circular frame adapted to be worn by a user in conjunction with an application executing on a computing device; a plurality of interaction modules mounted linearly along an annular line running circumferentially around an outer surface of the circular frame and perpendicular to a center axis through the center of a circle defining the circular frame, each interaction module for generating an input signal responsive to an activation indicative of user input, the interaction modules including input modules disposed around a circumference of the circular frame and adapted for access by one of a thumb and middle finger when the circular frame is worn on an index finger of the user, each of the interaction modules on the circular frame adapted for control from a hand of the user on which the circular frame is worn; and an interface to the computing device, the interface responsive to the generated input signal for transmitting the input signal to the computing device, the plurality of interaction modules disposed for activation from digits of a user to generate a plurality of input signals directed to a common application on the host computing device; the interaction modules disposed adjacently on the annular line such that the interaction modules define a perpendicular to the center axis. |
