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US 7,071,920 B2Granted
Method and apparatus for indicating an operating mode of a computer-pointing device
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorDavid D. Bohn
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Abstract
A computer-pointing device may comprise a first illumination apparatus and a second illumination apparatus. The first illumination apparatus is operatively associated with the computer-pointing device and generates light when the computer-pointing device is in a first operating mode. The second illumination apparatus is operatively associated with the computer-pointing device and generates light when the computer-pointing device is in a second operating mode.
Claims20
A computer-pointing device, comprising:
- a first illumination apparatus operatively associated with the computer-pointing device, said first illumination apparatus generating light when the computer-pointing device is in a standby mode, the light generated by said first illumination apparatus providing for a user a visual indication of the standby mode of the computer-pointing device;
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- a second illumination apparatus operatively associated with the computer-pointing device, said second illumination apparatus generating light when the computer-pointing device is in an input operating mode, the light generated by said second illumination apparatus providing for the user a visual indication of the input operating mode of the computer-pointing device.
A method, comprising:
- providing a computer-pointing device with a first illumination apparatus and a second illumination apparatus;
- determining whether the computer-pointing device is in a standby mode;
- illuminating said first illumination apparatus if it is determined that the computer-pointing device is in the standby mode, the illumination of the first illumination apparatus providing for a user a visual indication of the standby mode of the computer-pointing device;
- determining whether the computer-pointing device is in an input operating mode;
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- illuminating said second illumination apparatus if it is determined that the computer-pointing device is in the input operating mode, the illumination of the second illumination apparatus providing for the user a visual indication of the input operating mode of the computer-pointing device.
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A computer-pointing device, comprising:
- means for providing for a user a first visual indication that the computer-pointing device is in a standby mode;
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- means for providing the user a second visual indication that the computer-pointing device is in input operating mode.
A computer-pointing device, comprising:
- a cursor movement control device, said cursor movement control device allowing a user to move a cursor on display apparatus operatively associated with the computer-pointing device;
- a first illumination apparatus, said first illumination apparatus generating light when the computer-pointing device is in a standby mode, the light generated by said first illumination apparatus providing for a user a visual indication of the standby mode of the computer-pointing device;
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- a second illumination apparatus, said second illumination apparatus generating light when the computer-pointing device is in an input operating mode, the light generated by said second illumination apparatus providing for the user a visual indication of the input operating mode of the computer-pointing device.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.