The Oral Mouse
The already rapid evolution of hands free computing in the work situation,
in virtual entertainment and in everyday life of commuting and transportation
is accelerating.
On the market for disabled persons and handicap aid there is a fundamental
need to control the computer, not until now possible to fully satisfy.
The first priority for the company is to present a working model on this
handicap aid market.In tele-medicine and in dentistry, hands free computing is hands
free as long as you dont need the mouse or the touchpad.
In avionics, the quest for adequate and precisely timed information, is
urgent.
Pilots are in stressed situations using eye tracking to direct the computer
while steering the vehicle itself.
Conventional speech recognition is an other inconvenient way of controlling
the computer in a stress situation - psychologically this is dangerous
- the focus of action is disturbed.
The Oral Mouse makes it possible to keep focus on all sorts of manual
tasks while the computer discreetly is maneuvered, beneficent to disabled
as well as astronauts, pilots as well as doctors and engineers.
When you screen the websites of players on the hands free market you
find the conventional mouse (in different shapes).
The Oral Mouse finally sets the hands free.
The tongue is the most precise and flexible muscle in the human body.
We have patented a method, using an ultrasonic device, to transform the
intraoral movements of the tongue into movements of the cursor on the
computer screen, to control the computers, in a first phase, with focus
on handicap aid equpment.
Advantages and applications
Enables true hands free access to the computer.
Mouse replacement for disabled persons and for people with "carpal tunnel
syndrome".
Offer a third hand to operate a computer in situations
where the hands are needed for other tasks. This benefit professionals
like dentists, surgeons, field technicians, pilots, car drivers, soldiers, etc.
Fit the bill for being the pointing device of choice in an emerging market
of wearable computers offering full desktop access in a mobile
environment.
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Patent
The Oral Mouse
Application submitted 2001-03-15 Swedish patent: C2 519 254, granted
2003-02-04.
USPTO granted 2007-15-06.
EPO Pending.
PCT/SE02/00449
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