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US 2024/0201799 A1Published application
Computer mouse
AssigneeLenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
InventorsScott Li, Igor Stolbikov, Rafael Rodrigues Machado, Navneet Keshav
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Abstract
A computer mouse can include a scroll wheel assembly that includes a scroll wheel rotatable about a scroll wheel axis; and a motor assembly that includes a rotor aligned with the scroll wheel axis and operatively coupled to the scroll wheel.
Claims21
A computer mouse comprising:
- a scroll wheel assembly that comprises a scroll wheel rotatable about a scroll wheel axis;
- a motor assembly that comprises a rotor aligned with the scroll wheel axis and operatively coupled to the scroll wheel, wherein the motor assembly comprises a brushless DC motor;
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- motor control circuitry for control of the brushless DC motor, wherein the motor control circuitry comprises a rotation mode to rotate the scroll wheel via rotation of the rotor by the brushless DC motor and a haptic feedback mode to generate haptic feedback via the scroll wheel via application of force to the rotor by the brushless DC motor.
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A method comprising:
- sensing scrolling by rotation of a scroll wheel of a computer mouse that generates a scroll command to navigate a graphical user interface;
- receiving feedback as to a position of a boundary in the graphical user interface;
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- responsive to the feedback, causing a rotor of a motor assembly to apply force to the scroll wheel, wherein the rotor is aligned with a rotational axis of the scroll wheel.
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A method comprising:
- receiving an utterance by a microphone of a computer mouse;
- decoding the utterance;
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- issuing a control signal based on the decoding, wherein the control signal comprises a motor control signal that controls a motor assembly of the computer mouse, wherein the motor assembly comprises a rotor operative coupled to a scroll wheel of the computer mouse.
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A computer mouse comprising:
- a scroll wheel assembly that comprises a scroll wheel rotatable about a scroll wheel axis;
- a motor assembly that comprises a rotor aligned with the scroll wheel axis and operatively coupled to the scroll wheel;
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- voice recognition circuitry that comprises one or more microphones, wherein the voice recognition circuitry generates motor control commands responsive to decoded utterances, wherein the utterances are received by at least one of the one or more microphones.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.