# US 12,111,987 B2 · Input device and electronic device input system

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- Number: US 12,111,987 B2
- Document ID: US12111987B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 17/968,977
- Filed: 2022-10-19
- Published: 2023-02-09
- Granted: 2024-10-08
- Earliest claimed: 2020-04-24
- Assignees: Vivo Mobile Communication Co., Ltd.
- Applicants: Vivo Mobile Communication Co., Ltd.
- Inventors: Youfei Wang; Lingfei Xie; Weili An; Wei Wang
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12111987B2

## CPC

- G06F 3/03547: {Touch pads, in which fingers can move on a surface}
- G06F 3/03543: {Mice or pucks (G06F3/03541 takes precedence)}
- G06F 3/038: Control and interface arrangements therefor, e.g. drivers or device-embedded control circuitry
- G06F 2203/0333: Ergonomic shaped mouse for one hand
- G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)

## Abstract

This application discloses an input device and an electronic device input system. The input device includes a device body, a touchpad (400), and a first key (300); the device body includes a handheld part, the first key (300) and the touchpad (400) are arranged on the device body and located on the same side of the device body, and in a case that the handheld part is in a first state, a curvature of the handheld part is a first curvature; and in a case that the handheld part is in a second state, the curvature of the handheld part is a second curvature, and the first curvature is greater than the second curvature.

## Claims

### Claim 1

An input device, comprising:
a device body,
a touchpad (400),
a first key (300), and
a second key (500);
wherein the device body comprises a handheld part, the first key (300) and the touchpad (400) are arranged on the device body and located on the same side of the device body, and in a case that the handheld part is in a first state, a curvature of the handheld part is a first curvature; and in a case that the handheld part is in a second state, the curvature of the handheld part is a second curvature, and the first curvature is greater than the second curvature;
the second key (500) is arranged on the device body;
the second key (500) and the touchpad (400) are located on the same side of the device body or the second key (500) and the touchpad (400) are located on adjacent two sides of the device body;
wherein
in a case that the handheld part is in the first state, the first key (300) is in an active state and the second key (500) is in an inactive state; and in a case that the handheld part is in the second state, the second key (500) is in the active state and the touchpad (400) is in the active state.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The input device according to claim 1, wherein in a case that the handheld part is in the first state, the touchpad (400) is in an inactive state; and in a case that the handheld part is in the second state, the first key (300) is in the inactive state.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

An electronic device input system, comprising an electronic device and the input device according to claim 2.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The input device according to claim 1, wherein in a case that the handheld part is in the first state, the input device is a mouse, and in a case that the handheld part is in the second state, the input device is an operating handle.

### Claim 5 (depends on 4)

An electronic device input system, comprising an electronic device and the input device according to claim 4.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The input device according to claim 1, wherein the device body comprises a device housing (100), the handheld part comprises at least one part of the device housing (100), a bottom surface of the device housing (100) comprises a first sensing support surface (110) and a second sensing support surface (120), the first sensing support surface (110) and the second sensing support surface (120) are both planar, the first sensing support surface (110) and the second sensing support surface (120) are located at two ends of the device housing respectively, and in a case that the handheld part is in the first state, the first sensing support surface (110) and the second sensing support surface (120) are coplanar.

### Claim 7 (depends on 6)

The input device according to claim 6, wherein the input device further comprises a first non-slip pad (210), and the first non-slip pad (210) covers at least one part of the first sensing support surface (110); and/or
the input device further comprises a second non-slip pad (220), and the second non-slip pad (220) covers at least one part of the second sensing support surface (120).

### Claim 8 (depends on 7)

An electronic device input system, comprising an electronic device and the input device according to claim 7.

### Claim 9 (depends on 6)

An electronic device input system, comprising an electronic device and the input device according to claim 6.

### Claim 10 (depends on 1)

The input device according to claim 1, wherein the handheld part is a memory alloy member.

### Claim 11 (depends on 1)

The input device according to claim 1, wherein the first key (300) comprises a first sub-key (310), a second sub-key (320), and a scroll wheel (330), a part of the scroll wheel (330) is arranged in an assembly gap between the first sub-key (310) and the second sub-key (320), and the scroll wheel (330) protrudes from an outer surface of the device body.

### Claim 12 (depends on 1)

An electronic device input system, comprising an electronic device and the input device according to claim 1.