US 8,274,477 B2Granted

Computer mouse

AssigneesHONG FU JIN PRECISION INDUSTRY (ShenZhen) CO., LTD., Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.

InventorsXian-Wei Ma, Yu-Hao Tang

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Abstract

A wireless computer mouse includes a first operating portion, a second operating portion, a circuit board, and a switch. A pair of LEDs is mounted on the circuit board. One of the LEDs corresponds to the first operating portion, and another LED corresponds to the second operating portion. An optic member is mounted on the circuit board. The optic member includes two opposite reflecting portions. Each of the reflecting portions corresponds to one LED, and each of the reflecting portions is configured to reflect the light of the corresponding LED to highlight a surface underneath the mouse. The switch is configured for selectively enabling the first operating portion and the second operating portion. When the first operating portion is enabled, the LED corresponding to the first operating portion lights. When the second operating portion is enabled, the LED corresponding to the second operating portion lights.

Claims7

Dependent claims

A mouse comprising:

a first operating portion on one end of the mouse;
a second operating portion on an opposite end of the wireless mouse;
a circuit board, wherein a first light emitting diode (LED) and a second LED are mounted on the circuit board, the first LED corresponds to the first operating portion, and the second LED corresponds to the second operating portion;
and an optical member is mounted on the circuit board, the optical member comprises two opposite reflecting portions and a lens, the reflecting portions respectively correspond to the first LED and the second LED, and each of the reflecting portions is configured to reflect the light of the corresponding LED to highlight a surface underneath the mouse, and the lens continuously captures images of the surface underneath the mouse and transmits the captured images to an optical sensor to determine the speed and the direction of a movement of the mouse;
and
a switch mounted on the circuit board configured for selectively enabling the first operating portion and the second operating portion, wherein when the first operating portion is enabled, the first LED lights and the second LED does not light, and when the second operating portion is enabled, the second LED lights and the first LED does not light.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 12/646,861Filed 23 Dec 2009
Priority: CN 2009 1 03030899 Jun 2009
Published: US 2010/0309128 A19 Dec 2010
Granted: 25 Sep 2012
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification6 codes

G06F 3/0383
Control and interface arrangements therefor, e.g. drivers or device-embedded control circuitry: signal control means within the pointing device
G06F 3/03543
With detection of two-dimensional [2D] relative movements between the device, or an operating part thereof, and a plane or surface, e.g. 2D…
G06F 3/0362
Pointing devices displaced or positioned by the user , e.g. mice, trackballs, pens or joysticks; Accessories therefor: with detection of…
G06F 2203/0332
Indexing scheme relating to G06F3/033: ergonomic shaped mouse adjustable to suit one of both hands