Glove Interface Apparatus for Computer-Based Devices

摘要

A glove interface apparatus for computer-based devices includes a glove having a plurality of contacts and a thumb contact that together render a completed electrical circuit when the thumb contact touches any of the plurality of contacts. Each of the resulting circuits is configured to present a unique voltage which is coupled to a processor which determines a character signal representative of the unique voltage and transmits that signal to a compatible computer-based device.

主权项

1. A glove interface apparatus for providing wirelessly transmitted input to a computer-based device, said glove interface apparatus comprising:
a glove including a thumb, a palmar area, and a plurality of fingers; a thumb contact pad located proximally to the tip of the thumb and comprised of a flexible conductive filament; a plurality of character contact pads distributed along the sides of the fingers and the palmar area, each of said plurality of character pads comprising a flexible conductive filament; a control processor responsive to voltage signals from each of said character contact pads when said thumb contact pad completes a circuit with any of said plurality of character contact pads, and
i. wherein each said character contact pad corresponds to a unique voltage signal presented at said control processor; andii. wherein said control processor is configured with a computer-readable memory in which is stored data representing said unique voltage signals and said corresponding characters and control logic which, when executed, causes the control processor to issue a character signal as output; a radio frequency communications module responsive to said character signal from said control processor and configured with a communications protocol compatible with a communications protocol used by a remote computer-based device, such that said radio frequency communications module couples said character signal to said computer-based device.