DocumentCode :
3547555
Title :
A 3D mouse for interacting with virtual objects
Author :
Chen, Liang ; Brown, Charles Grant
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci., Northern British Columbia Univ., Vancouver, BC, Canada
fYear :
2005
fDate :
23-26 May 2005
Firstpage :
5011
Abstract :
The paper describes a 3D mouse for interacting with virtual objects appearing on a computer display. The 3D mouse consists of a body configured to be moveable on a surface, representing the reference plane of 3D graphics, and has a position sensor for producing a main position signal. A number of probe members are connected to the body, each of which are coupled with a transducer for producing probe position signals representative of the position of the probe member. An actuator is coupled to each probe member to apply force selectively to the probe member. A control system is coupled to the position sensor, the transducers and the actuators, and configured to provide the processor with the main position signal and the probe position signals and to receive information from the processor relating to a surface displayed in order to produce control signals for controlling the force applied to each of the probe members.
Keywords :
actuators; computer graphic equipment; computer graphics; mouse controllers (computers); transducers; 3D mouse; actuator; computer display; main position signal; position sensor; probe position signals; transducers; virtual objects; Actuators; Computer displays; Computer graphics; Control systems; Force control; Force sensors; Mice; Probes; Signal processing; Transducers;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Circuits and Systems, 2005. ISCAS 2005. IEEE International Symposium on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8834-8
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/ISCAS.2005.1465759
Filename :
1465759
Link To Document :
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