US 12,223,123 B2
Teeth-operated mouth mouse and uses thereof
Yu-Jen Chen, Taipei (TW)
Assigned to Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taipei (TW)
Appl. No. 18/571,756
Filed by MacKay Memorial Hospital, Taipei (TW)
PCT Filed Jun. 22, 2021, PCT No. PCT/CN2021/101393
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Dec. 19, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/266823, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 29, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0288950 A1, Aug. 29, 2024
Int. Cl. G09G 5/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/033 (2013.01)
CPC G06F 3/033 (2013.01) 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A teeth-operated mouth mouse mounted in an oral cavity of a user for operating a computer comprising,
a mounting conforming to a row of upper teeth in the oral cavity of the user; and
four sensors mounted on the mounting and wirelessly coupled to the computer for transmitting and receiving signals therebetween, in which two of the sensors are disposed at the positions corresponding to upper and lower areas of a tooth of the center of the mounting or at the positions corresponding to the two adjacent teeth of the center of the mounting, while the other two sensors are respectively disposed at the positions corresponding to the teeth at the left and right of the center tooth of the mounting;
wherein, each of the four sensors is capable of performing at least one teeth-activating task selected from the group consisting of “moving to the right”, “moving to the left”, “moving forward”, “moving backward”, and “enter”.