System with optical beam pointer for initiating functions

摘要

The invention concerns a system (Fig. 1), which is structured and extended to enable very handicapped people, for example, to initiate or control functions which can be preset, and in particular to work with a computer, PC, etc. The system includes a beam pointer (101), and a menu field (4) to which it can point. Pointing to the individual menu field elements (135) is detected. For use by people with appropriate handicaps, a mouth contact (111, 211) of special form is described. <IMAGE>