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7616188 Mouse roller with horizontal scrolling and horizontal tilting switch  
A number of embodiments of a rotatable member or wheel that can be mounted in a mouse or other input device that allows both rotation and response to lateral pressure for horizontal or other...
7598943 Resizable wireless pointing device with a storable receiver  
The present invention relates to a resizable wireless pointing device with a storable receiver. The body housing comprises at least one inner compartment which is located next to the back of a...
7595722 Bidirectional rotary device for menu navigation  
In a multifunction operating device, e.g., for a vehicle, for selecting function groups and functions in a menu structure that may be represented on a display device, the operating device includes...
7592998 System and method for inputting characters using a directional pad  
A system and method for enabling a user to input characters using a directional pad of a computing device. The directional pad is configured to generate directional inputs. The invention creates...
7586482 Method and related wireless mouse for decreasing delay time of data packet transmission system  
A method for increasing a report rate of a wireless mouse for decreasing delay time of the wireless mouse includes selecting a packet mode, inputting data corresponding to the selected packet mode...
7567701 Input system for orientation in a three-dimensional visualization and method for visualization of three-dimensional data sets  
In a display system to display a visualization of three-dimensional data sets on a monitor, by means of values input with the aid of an input system, a three-dimensional representation is...
7557798 Wireless input device  
A first wireless input device includes a body, a case, a structure and a button. The button, connected to the body, activates the structure to make the case detach from the body when being...
7557797 Mouse-based user interface device providing multiple parameters and modalities  
The notion of a conventional mouse is extended to provide an extended number of simultaneously adjustable user interface parameters. In one family of realizations, one or more trackballs,...
7554527 Sensing apparatus and method  
There is described an apparatus which monitors the orientation of or the rotational movement of a substantially spherical body. The apparatus comprises a substantially spherical body with at least...
7532200 Apparatus for setting multi-stage displacement resolution of a mouse  
An apparatus for setting multi-stage displacement resolution of a mouse is disclosed, which has a X-Y axis plane displacement detector, a switching circuit and a mouse micro controller. The X-Y...
7532198 Handheld electronic device with roller ball input  
An improved handheld electronic device includes an input apparatus, an output apparatus, and a processor apparatus. The input apparatus includes a reduced keyboard and a roller ball input. The...
7511698 RFID wireless computer mouse  
An RFID wireless computer mouse system, comprising: a mouse having a single passive RFID circuit in signal communication with a computer having an RFID reader. The single passive RFID circuit...
7508373 Form factor and input method for language input  
An input method and apparatus is provided for use in various computer and mobile devices. The input device utilizes a rotating dial in which four arrows printed on the dial are rotated to select...
7477235 Display apparatus having a scroll feature  
A display apparatus includes a display memory for storing an image of a first area forming a portion of an entire image; a display section including a display screen having a display area usable...
7429980 Oscillation and rotation metric controller  
An oscillation and rotation metric controller comprised of a scrolling wheel mechanism to oscillate for driving magnetic poles of a permanent magnet to displace thus to generate signals of changed...
7429975 Magnetic oscillation metric controller  
A magnetic oscillation metric controller with return design comprised of a scrolling wheel mechanism, a dancer, a permanent magnet, a Hall sensor and a return structure to drive the permanent...
7414615 System and method for inputting characters using a directional pad  
A system and method for enabling a user to input characters using a directional pad of a computing device. The directional pad is configured to generate directional inputs. The invention creates...
7389454 Error detection in user input device using general purpose input-output  
A method and apparatus are disclosed for using a general purpose input-output (GPIO) interface to test a user input device such as a wireless keyboard or mouse. Operation of key-scan logic can be...
7388575 Mechanical wheel instruction apparatus  
A mechanical wheel instruction apparatus to replace the conventional wheel structure that uses a grating switch to output signal. The invention has a mechanical conductive terminal set to output...
7385587 Asymmetrical computer mouse design with extended thumb button  
An ergonomic computer mouse has an arcuate top surface, a front end, a rear end, and left and right sidewalls. The top surface has a circular side view profile that extends from the front end to...
7378990 Laser locus ball apparatus for a wireless keyboard  
A laser locus ball apparatus for a wireless keyboard includes a base, a laser source generator, a locus ball, a light sensing element and a key cover. The base provides a lateral plate with a...
7369120 Input pointer and input device  
An input pointer includes two top-surface switches and a rotary switch on the top surface of the main body, a protrusion on an imaginary center line on the bottom surface of the main body, and two...
7365740 Scroll wheel device with a thin film type command switch  
A scroll wheel device with a thin film type command switch mainly replaces conventional optical grating switch during rotation of a wheel for outputting a signal. The thin film type command switch...
7362309 Pointing device with flexible shape  
A pointing device includes a housing, a main body and an input section. The housing contains an upper cover and two extending arms, which extended from the upper cover. The main body is housed...
7362308 Modular scroll wheel with integral detent-engaging spring tab  
A single-piece component rotatably supports a scroll wheel and includes an integral follower arm extending into a well within which the scroll wheel rotates. Formed on a circumferential surface of...
7358958 Method for locating a light source relative to optics in an optical mouse  
An optical tracking assembly for an optical mouse includes a light source, an optical sensor chip, and an integral optics assembly. The integral optics assembly includes lenses and alignment...
7330923 Input devices and methods of operating same  
Input devices and methods of operating the same are described. In one aspect, an apparatus includes a housing, a display screen, a main input device, a wireless receiver, a carrier bay, and an...
7312789 Input device with extendible body  
An input device having an extendible body or housing suitable for a hand-held operation. The input device includes a housing assembly including a palm-rest section and a base section opposite to...
7302350 Selection of software and hardware functions with a force/torque sensor  
A force-moment sensor ( 1 ) is used as a switch, with which, depending on the introduction of forces and moments onto an operating part ( 5 ) of the force-moment sensor ( 1 ), software or hardware...
7298362 Pointing device with finger-contact control  
A pointing device includes a first convex lens on a housing of the pointing device and arranged such that when a user's finger slides over the lens, an image of the user's finger is sensed to...
7295187 Electronic apparatus  
An electronic apparatus disclosed facilitates the replacement of an input device. In the electronic apparatus equipped with the input device allowing various input operations, the input device...
7295185 Input device with multi-directional roller assembly  
A multi-directional roller assembly for an input device includes a housing and a carrier supported within the housing. The carrier has a roller that can be rotated so as to scroll an image...
7283122 Input device including a scroll wheel assembly  
An input device including a scroll wheel assembly for moving an image in multiple directions on a display screen. The scroll wheel assembly may include a finger-engagable control member that may be...
7277084 Accelerated data navigation  
A method and system uses an acceleration curve to enhance data navigation. In a preferred embodiment, the scrolling algorithm of an input device with a rotational member accelerates a resultant...
7271797 Optical window for generating a waveforms  
An optical window is disclosed through which light can be shone to generate a waveform. Windows are hourglass-shaped, to better conform the shape of the windows to the distribution of light...
7245289 Force-applying input device  
A force-applying input device includes a mechanical section including a tilting lever; an operation section mounted to an end of the tilting lever; first and second actuators which apply a force to...
7236158 Trackball and in-vehicle device controller using the trackball  
The present invention provides a trackball and an in-vehicle device controller using the trackball. The trackball provides a stable operational feel and is easy to operate even in an environment in...
7233315 Haptic feedback devices and methods for simulating an orifice  
An apparatus comprises an input device and an actuator. The input device has an interface portion. The interface portion defines a selectively adjustable orifice having a range of sizes. The...
7208942 Magnetism metric controller  
A precise, consistent, reliable, and high resolution magnetism metric controller applied in electronic and information devices is comprised of a scrolling wheel mechanism to drive by rotation a...
7196690 Input device off table switch  
According to one aspect of the invention, a movable cursor control device is provided for controlling a cursor on a display screen of a digital processing system. One exemplary cursor control...
7193618 Electronic ink ball point pen with memory  
An electronic pen for recording motion data relating to use of the pen. It includes a pen body and a ball mounted in the pen body. A sensor in the pen body, located proximate the ball, detects...
7193612 Scrolling apparatus providing multi-directional movement of an image  
The invention is a scrolling apparatus may be incorporated into an input device, such as a pointing device or a keyboard, for example, and operatively connected to a host computer to scroll an...
7170491 Accelerated scrolling  
A system and method for accelerating scrolling of a display is disclosed. When a wheel of a wheeled pointing device is actuated by a user at a first rotational rate, the display in a window scrolls...
7164412 Key free mouse  
A key-free mouse includes a top cover and a bottom cover connected to each other through a pivotal connection of locking pins to locking slots. The locking pins and the locking slots are...
7158119 Track ball device and electronic apparatus using the same  
Relating to a track ball device for manipulating a cursor moving on a display screen of an electronic apparatus, a track ball device being manipulated precisely while generating a click feel when a...
7154474 Computer mouse with fragrance emitting means  
A computer mouse having a housing with a bottom surface which rests upon a horizontal operating surface. A tracking device is positioned in the housing for generating pointer control data. A...
7145548 Biomechanically low load computer mouse  
A mouse which truly performs at a low load level, significantly reducing high statistics rates of damaged muscle tissue and severe injury. The mouse does not require lifting to get back into sync...
7085584 Portable telephone set  
A portable telephone set equipped with a telephone function equivalent to that of a mobile phone includes a display section, on which one or more selection items in addition to various displays are...
7084858 System and method for inputting characters using a directional pad  
A system and method for enabling a user to input characters using a directional pad of a computing device. The directional pad is configured to generate directional inputs. The invention creates...
7071922 Optical mouse with rolling ball  
An optical mouse is operated on a work surface and includes at least one light emitter for emitting a light beam; a light receiver contained by a casing; a rolling ball arranged on the casing and...
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