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Computer mouse peripheral

Inactive Publication Date: 2008-01-23
SWIFTPOINT LTD
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However, the device cannot be controlled by the user's thumb for movement alone, and is also not suitable for movement within a limited working area due to its relatively large size and manipulation mode.

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[0268] Figures 1-23 show a preferred embodiment of the present invention in relation to a computer mouse input device by designing a base 2 with a completely planar lower surface (in addition to the embodiments described in Figures 6 and 20) and a protrusion 3 protruding completely upward from the bottom 2 . The embodiment exemplified in FIGS. 1-5 shows a device 1 optimized for use by right-handed users and comprising an extended thumb-engaging surface 4 on a first side of said protrusion 3 and an index fingertip engaging surface 5 and a middle fingertip engaging surface 6 on a side of the protrusion 3 opposite to said thumb engaging surface 4 . Alternative embodiments designed for left-handed users and ambidextrous embodiments are also possible as shown more fully below. Touch sensors 7, 8 are placed on the index fingertip engaging surface 5 and a middle fingertip engaging surface 6, respectively. In the embodiment shown, the sensors 7, 8 are dou...

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Abstract

A computer pointing device including: a base portion with a lower surface adapted for sliding across a work surface, a spine portion, projecting substantially upward from said base portion and having a thumb-engaging surface on a first lateral side of the spine and at least one index fingertip and / or middle fingertip-engaging surface on a second lateral side of the spine opposing said first lateral side. A keyboard with an altered arrangement of function of keys, such as an enlarged or truncated or no spacebar or capable of an altered appearance in accordance with keys being re-mapped to sensors on a pointing device. A keyboard with a virtual screen display, which may be made semi-transparent by activating a sensor on a pointing device. A computer with a recess capable of accommodating a mouse device. A locked scrolling or zooming means, using any pointing device, in which scrolling or zooming in a defined direction is proportional to the distance travelled by the device, irrespective of direction of movement of the device.

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technical field [0001] The present invention relates generally to a computer pointing device. Similar known representative devices are generally considered to be "mouse", trackballs, touch screens, touchpads and the like, and are collectively considered to be pointing devices. Background technique [0002] Although the ancestor of the modern mouse was invented by Doug Engelbart more than 40 years ago, the first major commercial application was delayed until 1983, when the Apple Macintosh TM The invention of the computer just started. After a few years, this was replaced by Windows TM Followed by the widespread use of computer interfaces, the computer mouse and the Windows TM The computer interface is combined into an integral peripheral device. Despite this protracted gestation period and subsequent widespread commercial adoption, the basic design of the mouse has remained relatively unchanged from its inception. [0003] This stagnation in design is all the more surpri...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(China)
IPC IPC(8): G06F3/033G06F3/038G06F3/02G06K11/06
CPCG06F3/03543G06F2203/0333G06F3/04886G06F3/03545G06F1/1692G06F2203/0335G06F1/169G06F1/162G06F3/041
Owner SWIFTPOINT LTD