Input devices, methods for providing an input to a computing system and computer readable media

A method for providing an input to a computing system, the method comprising:

• providing a height sensor output indicative of whether a gap between a computer mouse and a reference surface is larger than a threshold value, wherein the threshold value is initially at an existing threshold value;
• controlling tracking of a movement of the computer mouse in a plane defined by the reference surface, based on the height output;
• providing a motion detector output indicative of a rate of change of a vertical displacement and a direction of an at least substantially vertical motion of the computer mouse;
• and
• maintaining the existing threshold value or adjusting the threshold value for unintentional movement and different accelerations of the computer mouse based on the motion detector output, wherein the threshold value is adjusted higher to a first threshold value when the direction of the at least substantially vertical motion by the computer mouse is upward to disable tracking and lower to a second threshold value when the direction of the at least substantially vertical motion by the computer mouse is downward to resume tracking and wherein the first and second threshold values are customizable for different accelerations.

A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a program executable to cause a processor to execute a process comprising:

• provide a height sensor output indicative of whether a gap between a computer mouse and a reference surface is larger than a threshold value, wherein the threshold value is initially at an existing threshold value;
• control tracking of a movement of the computer mouse in a plane defined by the reference surface, based on the height output;
• provide a motion adjistput indicative of a rate of change of a vertical displacement and a direction of an at least substantially vertical motion of the computer mouse;
• and
• maintain the existing threshold value or adjust the threshold value for unintentional movement and different accelerations of the computer mouse based on the motion detector output, wherein the threshold value is adjusted higher to a first threshold value when the direction of the at least substantially vertical motion by the computer mouse is upward to disable tracking and lower to a second threshold value when the direction of the at least substantially vertical motion by the computer mouse is downward to resume tracking and wherein the first and second threshold values are customizable for different accelerations.