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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120127076 | OPTICAL NAVIGATION WITH A DYNAMIC SQUAL THRESHOLD A system and method for tracking movement between a surface and an optical navigation device are described. In an embodiment, the optical navigation device has an image sensor that includes an array of pixels and motion tracking involves acquiring image information, the... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120127077 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETECTING DISPLACEMENT WITH SUB-PIXEL ACCURACY A method of detecting displacement with sub-pixel accuracy includes the steps of: capturing a first array image and a second array image; interpolating the first array image to form a reference image; interpolating the second array image to form a comparison image; comp... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120068931 | OPTICAL MOUSE An optical mouse is provided with a light guide. The light guide has a collecting surface, a single reflection surface and an exit surface, guiding a light of a light source to a tracking surface through three interface engagements of a refraction, a reflection and a re... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120038554 | LIFT DETECTION METHOD FOR OPTICAL MOUSE AND OPTICAL MOUSE WITH LIFT DETECTION FUNCTION A lift detection method for an optical mouse and an optical mouse with a lift detection function are presented. An average brightness value of pixels captured by part of sensing units of an image sensor is computed after each scanning, and two average brightness values ... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20120026093 | OPTICAL NAVIGATION DEVICE AND USE THEREOF The invention relates to an optical navigation device based on production on wafer scale, in which both the illumination path and the imaging lens system are integrated on a common carrier structure. The optical navigation devices according to the invention are used for... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120013532 | HYBRID POINTING DEVICE The present invention discloses a hybrid pointing device including an optical navigation module and a pointing module. The optical navigation module is configured to replace the conventional buttons of a convention pointing device, such as an optical mouse or a trackbal... | 01/19/2012 |
| 20120007806 | MULTIFUNCTIONAL MOUSE, COMPUTER SYSTEM, AND INPUT METHOD THEREOF A multifunctional optical mouse includes a first light sources, a second light source, an orientation detecting unit, a transparent touch input area, an imaging unit and a processing unit. The second light source is arranged along a side of the transparent touch input a... | 01/12/2012 |
| 20110316782 | OPTICAL MOUSE WITH LIGHT SOURCE AND LIGHT SOURCE SWITCHING METHOD THEREOF An optical mouse includes an optical sensor, a number of different light sources, a light source switching module, and a controller. The controller determines the intensity of the reflected light sensed by the optical sensor when any of the light sources is turned on. I... | 12/29/2011 |
| 20110310018 | OPTICAL NAVIGATION SYSTEM WITH LIFT DETECTION An optical navigation system with a lift detection module is provided for preventing cursor movement if the optical navigation system has been lifted from the navigation surface. The optical navigation system may include an image sensor, a controller and a lift detectio... | 12/22/2011 |
| 20110304547 | PLANARIZED LASER MOUSE A planarized laser mouse includes left and right base plates; insulative left and right plate members on the left and right base plates respectively, each plate member comprising stop and retaining grooves; left and right scissor-shaped structure assemblies each having ... | 12/15/2011 |
| 20110304548 | MOUSE PROVIDED WITH A DOT PATTERN READING FUNCTION To provide a mouse having a mousse function of being able to input relative position information and a function of being able to input absolute position information while enabling a user to accurately designate a reading position of a code by visual recognition. The mou... | 12/15/2011 |
| 20110298715 | Optical navigation apparatus An optical navigation apparatus comprises a substrate with a sensor integrated circuit and an infrared source formed thereon; a sensor cover shielding the sensor integrated circuit and the infrared source; at least one visible light source formed outside the sensor cove... | 12/08/2011 |
| 20110291932 | COMPUTER MOUSE A computer mouse includes a control module and a light emitting module connected to the control module. When the light emitting module is connected to a power supply of a computer by the control module, the control module detects intensity of ambient light around the co... | 12/01/2011 |
| 20110291931 | COMPUTER MOUSE A computer mouse includes a driver module, a plurality of wheels, a control module, and a plurality of sensors. The control module is electrically connected to the driver module and the sensors, and is capable of controlling the driver module to drive the wheels. The dr... | 12/01/2011 |
| 20110273370 | DEVICE FOR ENTERING CONTROL SIGNALS TO A PERIPHERAL UNIT The invention pertains to a device for entering control signals to a peripheral unit. The device contains means which sense movements of the device relative to an essentially flat surface, such that movements of the device on the essentially flat surface fills the same ... | 11/10/2011 |
| 20110273628 | OPTICAL DEVICE AND PROJECTION SYSTEM An optical device for controlling a projector is provided. The projector projects a projection image. The optical device includes a receiving module, a mode switching module, and a transmission module. The receiving module is capable of sensing a reflected signal of the... | 11/10/2011 |
| 20110260975 | MOUSE A mouse includes a base (100), function keys (110) arranged on the base (100), an optical transmitting and receiving device (300) used for transmitting and receiving data information and a finger-back pressure plate (200) movably conne... | 10/27/2011 |
| 20110261177 | SAMPLE AND HOLD CIRCUIT A sample and hold circuit includes a plurality of capacitors, a network of switches and a control circuit. The control circuit is operable to control the network of switches so as to sample an incoming signal onto at least some of the plurality of capacitors. In such an... | 10/27/2011 |
| 20110254770 | OPTICAL DEVICE An optical device comprises an outer case including a light transmitting work area, an optical lens inside the outer case, and an optical sensor device inside the outer case, wherein an imaging pathway from the work area through the optical lens to the optical sensor de... | 10/20/2011 |
| 20110234497 | COMPUTER PERIPHERAL FOR SCANNING A computer peripheral that may operate as a hand-held scanner and, in some embodiments, also as a conventional computer mouse. The components incorporated in the device to support scanning may be compact and may be positioned to allow flexibility in shaping a housing of... | 09/29/2011 |
| 20110221676 | OPTICAL MOUSE WITH TOUCH SENSITIVE TOP An optical mouse with touch sensitive top includes a curved top including front clickable right and left buttons and a touch sensitive member extending rearward from the buttons, the touch sensitive member including a plurality of virtual buttons which are sensitive to ... | 09/15/2011 |
| 20110205159 | DEVICE THAT MANAGES POWER PROVIDED TO AN OBJECT SENSOR A hand-held device with a sensor for providing a signal indicative of a position of the hand-held device relative to an object surface enables power to the sensor at a first time interval when the hand-held device is indicated to be in a position that is stationary and ... | 08/25/2011 |
| 20110193781 | MOUSE DEVICE Provided is a convenient mouse device having low power consumption. The mouse device has a configuration in which an optical sensor for light shielding detection is provided in a region where a hand blocks light when the hand handles the mouse device so that the mouse d... | 08/11/2011 |
| 20110169739 | OPTICAL NAVIGATION DEVICES An assembly is adapted for being employed in an optical navigation device, such as that used on a computer or mobile communications device. The assembly includes a housing device and an optical device, wherein the housing device includes a receiving section for receivin... | 07/14/2011 |
| 20110169738 | OPTICAL NAVIGATION DEVICES An imaging device may have illumination paths directed to an imaging area to thereby illuminate the whole of the imaging surface. The imaging area may be adapted to generate frustrated total internal reflection of the illumination from the imaging surface, in the presen... | 07/14/2011 |
| 20110163959 | COMPUTER MOUSE WITH VIRTUAL KEYS A computer mouse in one embodiment includes an arcuate cover comprising a plurality of projections on a top surface; a capacitance trigger assembly aligned with the projections thereabove and comprising a flexible arcuate first capacitive film and a flexible arcuate sec... | 07/07/2011 |
| 20110148765 | OPTICAL MOUSE SOC WITH 8-PINS SOC (System On Chip) for optical mouse with 8-pins is provided. The SOC of the invention has three power pins for coupling a first power voltage, a second power voltage and ground voltage, a driving pin for controlling a light source, an optical sensing array for receiv... | 06/23/2011 |
| 20110141022 | METHOD AND ARRANGEMENT FOR TRACKING MOVEMENT RELATIVE TO A SURFACE In an embodiment, a method of tracking movement relative to a surface involves comparing at least some data elements of a first array with at least some of data elements of a second array if it is determined, from an examination of the first array of data elements, that... | 06/16/2011 |
| 20110141020 | OPTICAL NAVIGATION DEVICE A pointing device includes a light source which is detected to determine the motion of the pointing device. The pointing device further includes a sensor which is adapted to detect light from the light source in one type of operation to thereby determine the motion and ... | 06/16/2011 |
| 20110141021 | HIGH PRECISION OPTICAL NAVIGATION DEVICE A handheld optical navigation device may include a first radiation source configured to produce a first beam of radiation onto a surface below the device, a first sensor configured to receive a first image based upon reflected radiation from the surface below the device... | 06/16/2011 |
| 20110141023 | INTRODUCED DISPOSITION IN OPTICAL MOUSE, WITH VOICE CAPTURE, TO SEND IN AUDIO FILES The introduced disposition in optical mouse, with voice capture to send as audio file (FIGS. 1, 2,3,4,5,6), joining the functions of recording, storing and sending (email) MP3 audio files, using a voice capture board (FIG. 6) through a system adapted to th... | 06/16/2011 |
| 20110134040 | OPTICAL NAVIGATION DEVICE A device for optical navigation, containing an image sensor which has a large number of image sensor units which are disposed in an array-like manner with respectively at least one light-sensitive surface and at least one lens which is disposed between an object to be i... | 06/09/2011 |
| 20110109554 | INTERACTIVE DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD, USING A DETECTION CAMERA AND OPTICAL POINTER In an interactive display device and method, a video projector projects an image on a screen. An optical pointer includes a mouse click signal input button and a light source emitting a light beam for pointing to the screen to form a light mark. A detection camera acqui... | 05/12/2011 |
| 20110095982 | COMPUTER MOUSE A computer mouse includes a housing and two wheels that are capable of rolling on a supporting surface. A first pair of light sources and a second pair of light sources are arranged at one side of the two wheels, respectively. A light sensor changes from a first state t... | 04/28/2011 |
| 20110095984 | OPTICAL NAVIGATION SYSTEM AND METHOD OF ESTIMATING MOTION WITH OPTICAL LIFT DETECTION An optical navigation system and method of estimating motion uses a plate with an aperture, a photodetector and an optical system for optical lift detection. The optical system is configured to direct an input light to a target surface through the aperture of the plate ... | 04/28/2011 |
| 20110095983 | OPTICAL INPUT DEVICE AND IMAGE SYSTEM An optical input device includes at least two bodies for being moved on a surface, and a processing unit for obtaining a relative motion between the bodies and for updating the picture shown by the image display according to the relative motion. The present invention fu... | 04/28/2011 |
| 20110074684 | DUST-PROOF COMPUTER MOUSE A dust-proof computer mouse with scroll function is disclosed. The computer mouse contains a housing having an upper surface and a lower surface, at least one depressible button on the upper surface, a scrolling area on the upper surface, an optical sensor dimple on the... | 03/31/2011 |
| 20110074683 | INCORPORATING CHROMATIC SENSORS IN COMPUTER MICE Methods and apparatuses are disclosed that incorporate chromatic sensors in a mouse to vary the operation of the mouse. Some embodiments may include a method of modifying the programming of a mouse that includes sampling, with the chromatic sensor, an optical property o... | 03/31/2011 |
| 20110069009 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH CURSOR CONTROLLING APPARATUS An apparatus includes an electronic device. The electronic device includes a cursor controlling apparatus which is detachably mounted to the electronic device. The cursor controlling apparatus includes a touchpad mounted on a top portion of the cursor controlling appara... | 03/24/2011 |
| 20110063221 | COMPUTER MOUSE A computer mouse includes a housing; a sliding plate is slidably connected to the housing; a first sub-switch and a second sub-switch arranged within the housing; a first operating portion mounted on one end of the computer mouse; a second operating portion mounted on a... | 03/17/2011 |
