From: mcarrick@gara.une.oz.au (Mick Carrick)
Subject: orthogonal tri-axial control device
Date: 13 Aug 91 23:42:15 GMT
Organization: University of New England, Armidale, Australia



I am posting this in the hope of contacting people who work in 
the area of control devices (sensing gloves joy sticks etc) for
remote control or VR applications.

A friend has a patented invention which consists of an arm-mounted
device which accurately senses three orthogonal axes at the wrist
At present this is achieved by holding a pistol-grip type of joy-stick
and rotating, yawing or elevating the stick relative to the forearm. There
is presently a proportional control used as a trigger. Other button
controls can also be included.

The main virtue of the device is that, like a power glove, it is
unnecessary to look at the device to know where it is at. It was 
first conceived as a control of model fixed-wing aircraft or
helicopters but it seems to me that it may have a place in manipulating
VR systems.

Can anyone (including NASA) comment on possible applications for such
a device please?

Mick Carrick
University Partnerships
University of New England
Armidale NSW Australia