# US 2021/0278911 A1 · Dual mode mouse device

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- Number: US 2021/0278911 A1
- Document ID: US20210278911A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 17/004,002
- Filed: 2020-08-27
- Published: 2021-09-09
- Earliest claimed: 2020-03-09
- Assignees: Dexin Electronic Ltd.; Dexin Corporation
- Applicants: Dexin Electronic Ltd.; Dexin Corporation
- Inventors: HO-LUNG LU; YUAN-JUNG CHANG
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20210278911A1

## CPC

- G06F 3/03543: {Mice or pucks (G06F3/03541 takes precedence)}
- G06F 3/0383: {Signal control means within the pointing device}
- G06F 13/4022: {using switching circuits, e.g. switching matrix, connection or expansion network (G06F13/4009 takes precedence)}
- G06F 13/4282: {on a serial bus, e.g. I2C bus, SPI bus (on daisy chain buses G06F13/4247)}
- H04W 4/80: Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication
- G06F 2203/0382: Plural input, i.e. interface arrangements in which a plurality of input device of the same type are in communication with a PC
- G06F 2203/0384: Wireless input, i.e. hardware and software details of wireless interface arrangements for pointing devices
- G06F 2213/0042: Universal serial bus [USB]
- G06F 2213/3814: Wireless link with a computer system port
- G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)
- H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72)

## Abstract

A dual mode mouse device including a first mouse and a wireless signal transceiver is provided. When the first mouse is electrically connected to the wireless signal transceiver through a first wire, a first mouse control signal of the first mouse is transmitted to the wireless signal transceiver through the first wire. A USB signal processing module of the wireless signal transceiver converts the first mouse control signal into a USB communication protocol control signal that is provided to an electronic device. When the first mouse is not electrically connected to the wireless signal transceiver through the first wire, the first mouse control signal of the control module of the first mouse is transmitted to the wireless communication module of the wireless signal transceiver to control the electronic device through the first mouse communication module.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A dual mode mouse device, which is adapted to utilizing a first port to electrically connect to an electronic device and utilizing a mouse wireless communication module to wirelessly connect to the electronic device, the dual mode mouse device comprising:
a first mouse including;
a control module;
a cursor positioning sensing module electrically connected to the control module;
a power module electrically connected to the control module;
the mouse wireless communication module electrically connected to the control module; and
a mouse port electrically connected to the control module;
wherein the control module transmits a plurality of control signals, and the control module is electrically connected to the cursor positioning sensing module, the power module and the mouse wireless communication module of the first mouse; and
a wireless signal transceiver including:
a processing module;
the first port;
a second port;
a wireless communication module; and
a USB signal processing module electrically connected to the first port, the second port, and the processing module;
wherein the wireless communication module is electrically connected to the processing module;
wherein when the first mouse is electrically connected to the second port of the wireless signal transceiver through a first wire, a first mouse control signal of the control module of the first mouse is transmitted to the wireless signal transceiver through the first wire, and the wireless signal transceiver utilizes the USB signal processing module to convert the first mouse control signal into a USB communication protocol control signal that is provided to the electronic device;
wherein when the first mouse is not electrically connected to the second port of the wireless signal transceiver through the first wire, the first mouse control signal of the control module of the first mouse is transmitted to the wireless communication module of the wireless signal transceiver by the mouse wireless communication module, and the first mouse control signal is then provided to the electronic device, through the USB signal processing module, by the processing module of the wireless signal transceiver.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The dual mode mouse device according to claim 1, wherein the first mouse control signal of the control module of the first mouse is a Serial Peripheral Interface Bus (SPI) signal, or an Inter-Integrated Circuit Bus (I2C) signal.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The dual mode mouse device according to claim 1, wherein the first wire includes one or more unit wires, and a wire diameter of the unit wire is smaller than or equal to 28 American wire gauge (AWG).

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The dual mode mouse device according to claim 1, wherein the communication signals between the control module of the first mouse and the cursor positioning sensing module, the communication signals between the control module of the first mouse and the first mouse wireless communication module, and the communication signals between the control module of the first mouse and the first mouse port are each one of a Serial Peripheral Interface Bus (SPI) signal and an Inter-Integrated Circuit Bus (I2C) signal.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The dual mode mouse device according to claim 1, wherein the first mouse further includes a mouse storing module, the control module of the first mouse is electrically connected to the mouse storing module, the wireless signal transceiver further includes a storing module, the wireless communication module of the wireless signal transceiver is electrically connected to the storing module, and wherein a mouse configuration setting data of the first mouse and a mouse motion signal correspondence table are stored in the mouse storing module of the first mouse and the storing module of the wireless signal transceiver, the first mouse transmits a motion trigger signal to the wireless signal transceiver, and then the wireless transceiver transmits a mouse motion signal corresponding to the motion trigger signal to the electronic device according to the motion trigger signal and the mouse motion signal correspondence table.

### Claim 6 (depends on 5)

The dual mode mouse device according to claim 5, wherein when a second mouse is wirelessly and communicatively connected to the wireless signal transceiver, or when the second mouse is wiredly and electrically connected to the wireless signal transceiver, the second mouse provides a configuration download request signal and a second device code to the wireless signal transceiver, and then the wireless signal transceiver determines whether or not to provide the mouse configuration setting data to the second mouse according to the configuration download request signal and the second device code.

### Claim 7 (depends on 6)

The dual mode mouse device according to claim 6, wherein after the second mouse downloads the mouse configuration setting data, the second mouse provides a second mouse control signal to the electronic device through the wireless signal transceiver to conduct a motion control of a cursor of the electronic device.

### Claim 8 (depends on 7)

The dual mode mouse device according to claim 7, wherein the first mouse and the second mouse respectively transmit the first mouse control signal and the second mouse control signal through the wireless signal transceiver to conduct the motion control of the cursor.

### Claim 9 (depends on 5)

The dual mode mouse device according to claim 5, wherein a keyboard configuration setting data is stored in the storing module of the wireless signal transceiver.