# US 2018/0024655 A1 · Light sensor > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2018/0024655 A1 - Document ID: US20180024655A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 15/717,218 - Filed: 2017-09-27 - Published: 2018-01-25 - Earliest claimed: 2013-01-28 - Assignees: Pixart Imaging Inc. - Applicants: Pixart Imaging Inc. - Inventors: Chun-Wei CHEN; Yen-Min CHANG; Shih-Wei KUO; Ching-Lin CHUNG - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20180024655A1 ## CPC - G06F 3/0383: {Signal control means within the pointing device} - G06F 3/03543: {Mice or pucks (G06F3/03541 takes precedence)} - H04B 10/00: Transmission systems employing electromagnetic waves other than radio-waves, e.g. infrared, visible or ultraviolet light, or employing corpuscular radiation, e.g. quantum communication - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) - H04B: TRANSMISSION ## Abstract A control system, a mouse and a control method thereof are provided. The control system comprises a dongle and the mouse. The dongle is wiredly connected to a host and has a first light source for emitting a first light. The mouse is wirelessly connected to the dongle and has a transmitter, a second light source for emitting a second light, an optical sensor and a processor. The optical sensor senses the first light at a first time interval to generate a first sensing signal and then also, senses the second light at a second time interval to generate a second sensing signal. The processor generates a first control signal and a second control signal according to the first sensing signal and the second sensing signal, respectively, and transmits them to the dongle via the transmitter so that the host receives the first and second control signals via the dongle. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A light sensor for a control system, being configured to, according to a schedule defining a first time interval and a second time interval, sense a first light through a first light guide path to generate a first sensing signal at the first time interval and sense a second light through a second light guide path to generate a second sensing signal at the second time interval, wherein the first time interval and the second time interval are not overlapped to each other. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The light sensor as claimed in claim 1, wherein the light sensor is included in a mouse comprising a processor and a transmitter, the first sensing signal is used for the processor to generate a first control signal, the second sensing signal is used for the processor to generate a second control signal, whereby the processor transmits the first control signal and the second control signal to a dongle wiredly connected a host via the transmitter and the host receives the first control signal and the second control signal via the dongle. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The light sensor as claimed in claim 2, wherein the first light is emitted by a first light source of the dongle and the second light is emitted by a second light source of the mouse. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The light sensor as claimed in claim 3, wherein the first sensing signal is used for the processor to calculate range information between the mouse and the dongle so as to adjust an RF power of the transmitter according to the range information. ### Claim 5 (depends on 3) The light sensor as claimed in claim 3, wherein the first sensing signal is used for the processor to calculate range information between the mouse and the dongle so as to generate the first control signal according to the range information, whereby the host adjusts a window size of a program running on the host according to the first control signal. ### Claim 6 (depends on 3) The light sensor as claimed in claim 3, wherein the first sensing signal is used for the processor to calculate displacement information according to the second sensing signal so as to generate the second control signal according to displacement information, whereby the host calculates a display position of a cursor according to the second control signal. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The light sensor as claimed in claim 1, wherein the schedule further defines a third time interval, the light sensor further senses an environment luminous intensity through a third light guide path to generate a third sensing signal at the third time interval, and the first time interval, the second time interval and the third time interval are not overlapped to each other. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The light sensor as claimed in claim 7, wherein the light sensor is included in a mouse comprising a processor and a transmitter, and the third sensing signal is used for the processor to calculate illuminance information so as to generate a third control signal and transmit the third control signal to a host via the transmitter so that the host adjusts a backlight brightness of a monitor connected to the host according to the third control signal. ### Claim 9 (depends on 7) The light sensor as claimed in claim 7, wherein the light sensor is included in a mouse comprising a processor and a transmitter, and the third sensing signal is used for the processor to calculate illuminance information so as to generate a third control signal and transmit the third control signal to a monitor via the transmitter so that the monitor adjusts a backlight brightness according to the third control signal. ### Claim 10 (depends on 7) The light sensor as claimed in claim 7, wherein the light sensor is included in a mouse comprising a processor and a transmitter, and the third sensing signal is used for the processor to calculate illuminance information so as to generate a third control signal and transmit the third control signal to a lamp via the transmitter so that the lamp adjusts a light source brightness according to the third control signal.