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US 2006/0132440 A1Published application
Mouse input device with secondary input device
OwnerMax Safaiinventor
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Abstract
A mouse input device includes a tracking device and a secondary input device. The tracking device tracks movement of the mouse input device over an underlying surface. The secondary input device is located on a surface of the mouse input device. The secondary input device has a sliding structure. A magnitude and a direction of motion of the sliding structure with respect to the surface of the mouse input device is monitored.
Claims20
A mouse input device comprising:
- a tracking device that tracks movement of the mouse input device over an underlying surface;
- and,
- a secondary input device located on a surface of the mouse input device, the secondary input device having a sliding structure, wherein a magnitude and a direction of motion of the sliding structure with respect to the surface of the mouse input device is monitored.
A mouse input device comprising:
- means for tracking movement of the mouse input device over an underlying surface;
- and,
- means for providing a secondary input based on a magnitude and a direction of motion of a sliding structure with respect to a surface of the mouse input device.
A method comprising:
- tracking movement of the mouse input device over an underlying surface;
- and,
- providing a secondary input based on a magnitude and a direction of motion of a sliding structure with respect to a surface of the mouse input device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.