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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8111242 | Electronic pointing device with user variable weight An electronic pointing device for a computer comprising a housing and an electronic module to detect the relative displacement over an external surface and transmit it to the computer wherein the housing comprises means to adjust the total weight of the device. Acco... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8111511 | Electronic device physical security component A portable electronic device comprises a physical security component configured to be in a retracted position and an extended position relative to a housing of the portable electronic device, the physical security component having at least two differently shaped ope... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8102370 | Mode-changeable slim mouse A mode-changeable slim mouse includes a mouse body, a battery box casing and a connecting mechanism. Via the connecting mechanism, the battery box casing is connected to the mouse body and rotatable with respect to the mouse body. By rotating the battery box casing ... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8098229 | Control device for computer Control device for a computer mouse. In order to enhance comfort as much as possible and to avoid or even cure RSI phenomena, a control device is proposed with a curved finger-supporting element and thumb-supporting element with varying curvatures. Optimum support f... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8094124 | Pointing device with customization options A pointing device that can interface with a graphical user interface of a computer or other electronic device. The pointing device includes a body having an upper portion and an underside. Also included is a tracking assembly having at least one sensor to detect mov... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8094125 | Encoding module for input device An encoding module applied to a computer input device is described, which includes an encoder and a scroll wheel. The encoder is electrically disposed on a circuit board of the computer input device and is protruded with a revolving shaft. The scroll wheel has a whe... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8089464 | Computer mouse A collapsible computer mouse includes a main cover, a collapsible portion, and a hinge assembly hinging the main cover and the collapsible portion. The hinge assembly includes a first bracket, a second bracket, a restricting member, at least one resilient member, a ... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8089461 | Touch wake for electronic devices A system to generate a wakeup signal for a low power device: The system includes a capacitor, the capacitance of which changes when a user touches the device by placing a finger or hand near a certain location on the device. The capacitor is cyclically charged to a ... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8089463 | Chargeable wireless mouse attachable to a computer host via a wireless signal receiver having a charging plate A chargeable wireless mouse includes a mouse body, a chargeable battery, a charging slot and a wireless signal receiver. A magnetic element and an electricity conducting structure are disposed within the charging slot. The wireless signal receiver includes a USB con... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8089462 | Pointer tracking across multiple overlapping coordinate input sub-regions defining a generally contiguous input region A touch system comprises overlapping coordinate input sub-regions defining a generally contiguous input surface. Each coordinate input sub-region generates pointer coordinate data in response to pointer contacts thereon. When a pointer contact is made on a region of... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8081161 | Slender wheel mouse A slender wheel mouse includes a mouse case, a base, a circuit board, a supporting member, a tilt frame, a slender wheel, an encoder, a slender ratchet, a resilience sheet and several switch elements. The slender ratchet is engaged with the slender wheel to drive th... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8081160 | Separable and shape-changeable mouse A separable and shape-changeable mouse includes a first housing, a second housing, a first connecting member and a second connecting member. The first housing includes a cursor signal generation unit, a first slant and a first connecting member. The second housing i... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8077147 | Mouse with optical sensing surface A mouse with an extended optical sensing surface is disclosed. ... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8077150 | Storable mouse A storable mouse is provided. The storable mouse includes a mouse body, a connecting element and a protective case. A connecting surface of the connecting element is coupled with a rear surface of the mouse body such that bilateral sides of the connecting element ar... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8077148 | Solar powered mouse The present invention relates to a solar powered mouse. The solar powered mouse includes a mouse body, an optical sensor, an internal light source, a secondary battery, a lens and a power management device. The lens is arranged on the mouse body for focusing the ext... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8077149 | Computer mouse with retractable cable including a circuit board within a cable reeling device A computer mouse with retractable cable is disclosed. The internal of the computer mouse contains coil spring, reeling disc, positioning bead and conductors. The lead wire once pulls, it is positioned and a second pull will restore back to its original position. The... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8059093 | Wireless mouse having storing structure for storing wireless signal receiver therein The present invention relates to a wireless mouse having a storing structure for storing a wireless signal receiver therein. The wireless mouse includes an upper housing, a wireless signal receiver, a lower housing and a torsion spring. The lower housing has a depre... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8054292 | Mouse having an exchangeable palm rest A mouse having an adjustable body size includes a mouse body having a first side and a second side; and a palm rest coupled to the mouse body, wherein the palm rest has a first size and the palm rest is configured to be removed from the mouse body to fit another pal... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8049725 | Wireless mouse The present invention relates to a wireless mouse. The wireless mouse includes a base and a slidable battery cover. The slidable battery cover is pivotally coupled to the base. After the slidable battery cover is released from the base, the slidable battery cover is... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8049723 | Wireless handheld device and method with remote GUI control A wireless handheld device is disclosed that includes a device housing, a wireless transmitter, such as a short range wireless transmitter, a local display and a housing motion detector that is operative to detect motion of the housing, for example, relative to a su... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8049724 | AEE (articulated, elevated, ergonomic) computer mouse An ergonomic computer mouse whose design and function is solely dedicated to ergonomic benefit and optimal operator comfort for improved operator efficiency and avoided injury. The ergonomically formed mouse body is elevated from a fixed base structure via a short r... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8044935 | Scroll wheel device for a computer mouse having a breaking mechanism A scroll wheel device for computer mouse is disclosed, which comprises: a scroll wheel, having a scraggly structure formed in the interior thereof; and an adjusting unit. In an exemplary embodiment, the scraggly structure can be a sawtooth-like structure patterned o... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8035615 | User input device with ring-shaped scroll wheel A user input device including a ring-shaped scroll wheel for use with a computing device is provided. The user input device includes a housing and a scroll wheel assembly coupled to the housing. The scroll wheel assembly includes a scroll wheel having a ring-shaped ... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8035616 | Capacitive mouse A pointing device some or all of whose elements are made from capacitive sensors. Such elements may include a rotary motion detector which includes a rotating member and a plurality of fixed capacitive detecting members; a rolling ball with patterned conductive surf... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8026899 | Computer input device having movable light pervious plate A computer input device includes a housing, a move tracking module, and a light pervious plate. The move tracking module is disposed in the housing, and emits a sensing light. The light pervious plate is movably disposed between the housing and the move tracking mod... | 09/27/2011 |
| 8026898 | Low power optical mouse including independent movement detection module A wireless mouse comprises a movement detection module that detects movement of the wireless mouse. A detection module detects at least one of movement and usage of the wireless mouse during operation. The detection module consumes power at a slower rate than the mo... | 09/27/2011 |
| 8022930 | Ergonomic input device An ergonomic mouse is described. A computer mouse may include a position tracking engine and a housing to encapsulate the position tracking engine. The housing may have a bottom portion with a substantially flat surface and an aperture for the position tracking engi... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8018436 | 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 ... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8013840 | User notification system with an illuminated computer input device A user notification system and a computer input device, such as a mouse. The computer input device includes an illumination member that enables a user to quickly and accurately position the input device during poor lighting conditions and determine whether the compu... | 09/06/2011 |
| 7995034 | Input device having a presence sensor A system and method for reducing power consumption of a wireless input device is disclosed. The input device may convert between a high power state and a low power state. In the high power state, a transmitter and light sources are activated, whereas both the transm... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7995035 | Mouse with adjustable button activating pressure A mouse with adjustable button activating pressure includes a body, two circuit boards, two switch sets and at least one adjusting means. The body is provided with two adjacent buttons. The two switch sets are provided in the body and electrically connected to the c... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7990366 | Foot-operated input device A foot operated data input pad has a plurality of foot-operated buttons that may be used to enter data, information, or instructions, including but not limited to numbers, symbols, words, or phrases, separately or in combination. In some embodiments, each button is ... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7986304 | System, device, and method for extending a stroke of a computer pointing device With respect to a system, device, and method for moving a graphical object, a computer system may include a display device, a processor configured to control movement of a graphical object in the display device, and an input device that includes a sensor for sensing... | 07/26/2011 |
| 7986303 | Textures and other spatial sensations for a relative haptic interface device Methods and systems for textures and other spatial sensations for a relative haptic interface device are described. One embodiment includes a method comprising the steps of receiving a signal from a sensor, the sensor signal associated with a change in a position of... | 07/26/2011 |
| 7982714 | Puck-based input device with rotation detection The present invention includes a pointing device having a first surface on which a puck field of motion is defined, a moveable puck, and a position detector. The moveable puck is confined to move on the first surface within the puck field of motion. The position det... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7978177 | Scrolling behavior-influenced algorithm selection to facilitate adaptive scrolling Methods, apparatuses, and articles for receiving one or more input factors associated with scrolling behavior of a user are described herein. Based on the received one or more input factors, at least one of (1) a tunable scrolling algorithm and (2) one or more non-l... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7973767 | Manual pointing device for a computer system with inertial click-event detection and corresponding click-event detection method A manual pointing device for a computer system, the device having at least one key that can be actuated manually by a user, and a click-event detection module coupled to the key for detecting actuation thereof. The click-event detection module is provided with an in... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7969418 | 3-D computer input device and method A 3-D computer input device to provide position information to a computer system in three dimensions is disclosed. Said 3-D computer input device is comprised of five buttons each one capable of generating one signal when it is touched by the user's finger, each two... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7965277 | Optical navigation system and method of controlling the light output power of the system An optical navigation system and method of controlling the light output power of the system uses an optical feedback system to control the driving signal being applied to a light source of the optical navigation system. ... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7948472 | Personal computer mouse A scroll function is performed by a horizontally rotating disk-shaped or ring-shaped scroll plate. when the peripheral portion is pressed down, the scroll plate is inclined such that the pressure portion becomes the lowest level and it is possible to assign a fixed ... | 05/24/2011 |