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US 7,411,580 B2Granted
Input device with antenna
AssigneeFujitsu Component Limited
InventorMasahiro Yanagi
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Abstract
In an input device in that an input part for inputting information is accommodated in a housing thereof, an antenna is arranged at an upper surface inside the housing and emits a radio wave based on input information generated by the input part.
Claims22
An input device, wherein a plurality of input parts for inputting information are accommodated in a housing thereof, said input device comprising:
- an antenna arranged at an upper surface inside said housing and emitting a radio wave based on input information generated by at least one of said input parts,
- wherein said housing comprises:
- a case including a first of the plurality of the input parts, and
- a first detachable upper cover that is swappable with a second detachable upper cover,
- wherein said antenna is arranged inside each of said detachable upper covers at an uppermost portion of the housing, and a second of the plurality of said input parts is arranged on each of said detachable upper covers and detachable with the detachable upper cover from the first of the plurality of the input parts,
- wherein the input device further comprises:
- a communicating part provided to said case and supplying a transmission signal to said antenna,
- wherein said antenna is detachably connected to said communicating part by a connector and detachable from the case along with each of the detached upper covers, and
- wherein the input device is a mouse-type input device and data is input to the first of the plurality of the input parts by an interaction of the first of the plurality of the input parts and a fixed surface.
6 more elements
A wireless input device to be manipulated by a user via first input part and a second input part, the input device comprising:
- a case;
- a first detachable upper cover that is connectable to the case to form an inside volume that is swappable with a second detachable upper cover, and
- an antenna, which is located at an uppermost portion of the inside volume, to wirelessly transmit a radio wave that comprises coordinate data to a receiving unit that is connected to a processing unit and detachable from the case along with each of the detached upper covers,
- wherein said first input part is arranged on the first detachable upper cover and detachable with the first detachable upper cover from the second input part, and
- wherein the input device is a mouse-type input device and data is input to the second input part by an interaction of the second input part and a fixed surface.
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A wireless input device to be manipulated by a user via a first input part, comprising:
- a case including a second input part;
- and
- a first detachable upper cover connectable to the case with a fastener to form an inside volume and swappable with a second detachable upper cover,
- wherein the first detachable upper cover includes an antenna to wirelessly transmit data and includes said first input part, the antenna arranged within an inner volume of the first detachable upper cover or formed on a surface of the first detachable upper cover,
- wherein the first input part is detachable with the first detachable upper cover from the second input part, and
- wherein the input device is a mouse-type input device and data is input to the second input part by an interaction of the second input part and a fixed surface.
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A cover for a wireless mouse-type input device to be manipulated by a user, comprising:
- a first input part;
- and
- an antenna in a first arrangement arranged within an inner volume of the cover or formed on a surface of the cover to transmit data received from the first input part and a second input part that is not installed in the cover,
- wherein the cover is swappable with another cover having an antenna in a second arrangement and the first input part is detachable with the cover from the second input part, and
- wherein data is input to the second input part by an interaction of the second input part and a fixed surface.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.