Squeezable computer control device

Claim 1

A control mouse for providing control signals to a computer comprising a motion transducer affixed in said mouse in a position to engage an engagement surface against which said mouse is positioned, said transducer generating a motion signal indicative of the motion of said mouse relative to said engagement surface, and a communications channel connected to communicate said motion signal to a computer, said mouse having two opposed outward facing digit-engaging portions, said mouse being sized and shaped to be grasped by squeezing force applied by one hand of an operator with a digit engaging each of said digit-engaging portions to effect movement relative to said surface, said mouse including pressure operated switch means installed so as to be switched to a first state by squeezing force below a predetermined threshold force applied between two digits positioned respectively at said opposed digit-engaging portions and switched to a second state by squeezing force above said threshold force applied between two digits positioned respectively at said opposed digit engaging portions, said mouse including means connected to said switch means for communicating a signal discriminating the states of said switch means to said computer.