KEYBOARD WITH POSITION INFORMATION INPUT FUNCTION, SPECIAL MOUSE AND PRIVATE PAD

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a keyboard with a position information input function, which can designate an input position without releasing a hand from a keyboard. ;SOLUTION: A user moves the keyboard 10 to an arbitrary direction. A track ball 14 arranged under the keyboard 10 rotates with the movement. A control part 18 detects the rotation direction and the rotational amount of the track ball 14 and outputs them as input information of a mouse through a mouse input line 16.;COPYRIGHT: (C)1998,JPO