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US 11,231,794 B2Granted
Mousepads with sensors
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorDavid H. Hanes
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Abstract
An input device that includes a mouse; a mousepad, that includes a sensor to detect a position of the mouse on a surface of the mousepad; a processor; an array of light-emitting diodes (LEDs) to, when activated by the processor, indicate a position of the mouse on the surface of the mousepad; wherein the mouse comprises a button that, when activated, causes the processor to initiate an action based on the detected position of the mouse relative to the surface of the mousepad.
Claims20
An input device, comprising:
- a mouse;
- a mousepad, comprising:
- a sensor to detect a position of the mouse on a surface of the mousepad;
- a processor;
- an array of light-emitting diodes (LEDs) to, when activated by the processor, indicate a position of the mouse on the surface of the mousepad;
- wherein the mouse comprises a button that, when activated, causes the processor to initiate an action based on the detected position of the mouse relative to the surface of the mousepad.
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A method of interfacing with a computing device, comprising:
- detecting, with a sensor in a mousepad, a position a of mouse on the mousepad to create mouse positional data;
- and
- with the mouse positional data:
- indicating a position of the mouse on the surface of the mousepad by illuminating an array of light-emitting diode (LEDs);
- and
- initiating, via a processor of the mousepad and upon receipt of a signal indicating a detection of a button press on the mouse, the execution of computer readable program code defining an application on a computing device.
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A mousepad, comprising:
- a processor;
- a sensor, to sense a location of a mouse on a surface of the mousepad;
- and
- an array of light-emitting diodes (LEDs) to indicate visually the position of the mouse on the mousepad;
- wherein the processor receives input from the mouse to initiate the execution of computer readable program code defining an application on a computing device.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.