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US 7,030,864 B2Granted
Pen base mouse
OwnerWen Hsiang Yuehinventor
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Abstract
A pen base mouse is constructed to include a penholder holding a circuit board, the circuit board having a wireless transmitter for signal output to a computer, a cursor control unit mounted in one end of the penholder and adapted to control a pointer on a computer screen, and three button units including a left button unit, an intermediate button unit, and a right button unit, each button unit having a roller peripherally extended out of the penholder for rotating and pressing by the user to produce a respective control signal to the circuit board.
Claims13
A pen-shaped mouse comprising:
- a tubular penholder, said penholder having a front and a rear end;
- a circuit board mounted inside said penholder, said circuit board including a wireless transmitter;
- a cursor control unit mounted in said front end of said penholder and electrically coupled said circuit board for movement with said penholder relative to a surface to control a pointer on a computer screen responsive to said movement;
- a visible light source coupled to said circuit board to emit visible light out from said penholder through a central through hole formed at said rear end of said penholder, for illuminating an object;
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- three button units including a left button unit, an intermediate button unit, and a right button unit, each of said button units including a roller peripherally extended out of said penholder for rotating about an axis of said roller and for pressing in a radially inward direction with respect to said tubular penholder to produce a a plurality of first signals responsive to said rotation of said roller and a second signal responsive to said pressing of said roller for output to said circuit board.
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A pen-shaped mouse comprising:
- a tubular penholder, said penholder having a front and a rear end, said rear end having an internal thread formed therein;
- an end cap threadedly coupled to said rear end of said penholder, said end cap having a central through hole formed therein;
- a circuit board mounted inside said penholder, said circuit board including a wireless transmitter;
- a cursor control unit mounted in said front end of said penholder and electrically coupled said circuit board for movement with said penholder relative to a surface to control a pointer on a computer screen responsive to said movement;
- a visible light source coupled to said circuit board to emit visible light out from said penholder through said central through hole of said end cap for illuminating an object;
- a light source control switch extending through an opening in said penholder, said light source control switch being coupled to said circuit board and connected to said visible light source for controlling operation of said visible light source responsive to a manual operation of said light source control switch;
- and,
- three button units including a left button unit, an intermediate button unit, and a right button unit, said button units each including a roller peripherally extending out of said penholder and being rotatable about an axis of said roller and being depressible in a radially inward with respect to said tubular penholder to produce a respective first and second signals to said circuit board.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.