Computer input apparatus
AssigneesHONG FU JIN PRECISION INDUSTRY (ShenZhen) CO., LTD., Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
InventorXING-CHENG LIU
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Abstract
A computer input apparatus includes a keyboard and a mouse. The keyboard includes a housing, a number of input keys, and a telephone module for responding to a call or initiating a call according to a user's input. The input keys include standard keyboard keys and standard telephone keys. The mouse includes a main body, a number of buttons mounted on the main body, and a motion detecting unit for detecting motion of the mouse. The main body includes a mouse speaker configured for converting electrical signals into sound and a mouse microphone configured for converting sound into electrical signals. The buttons include a number of standard mouse buttons and an enable telephone button configured for enabling a telephone function of the mouse to answer a call.
Claims12
A computer input apparatus, comprising:
- a keyboard, comprising:
- a housing;
- a number of input keys arranged on the housing comprising standard keyboard keys and standard telephone keys;
- and
- a telephone module in the housing configured for responding to an incoming call or making an outgoing call according to a user's input by operating the input keys;
- and
- a mouse, comprising:
- a main body comprising a mouse speaker configured for converting electrical signals into sound and a mouse microphone configured for converting sound into electrical signals.
- a plurality of buttons mounted on the main body, comprising a plurality of standard mouse buttons and an enable telephone button configured for enabling a telephone function of the mouse to answer a call;
- and
- a motion detecting unit configured for detecting the motion of the mouse and translating the motion into the motion of a cursor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.