89 results about "Pointing stick" patented technology

One embodiment of the present invention provides a portable computing device comprising a housing including a keyboard. The embodiment also includes a first pointing device coupled to the housing, as well as a second pointing device coupled to the housing between the keyboard and a first edge of the housing. The embodiment additionally includes a plurality of buttons disposed on the housing so that at least one button is located between the first pointing device and the second pointing device, and at least one button is located between the glide point and the first edge of the housing. In another embodiment, the plurality of buttons is movably disposed on the housing so that when buttons are located in a first position, at least one button is located between the first pointing device and the second pointing device, and when buttons are located in a second position, at least one button is located between the second pointing device and the first edge of the housing. The term pointing devices refers to any manually operated input device that can be used to move a cursor around a computer display, such as a mouse, a track ball, a pointing stick or a glide point.

A pointing stick used to control the cursor's movement on a display device is provided. The pointing stick includes a substrate and a stick. The stick has one end connected to the substrate and a portion of the stick is in form of cylinder. A plurality of sensors are disposed over the circular surface of the cylinder of the stick.

An integrated mouse and pad pointing device is thin and compact that can be built into a laptop computer or other portable computational devices such as a personal data assistant (PDA) or a cell phone with a cursor to replace the cursor control devices such as the touch pad or the pointing stick. This integrated mouse and pad pointing device has a mouse sliding in a slot of a pad plate while the pad plate slides relative to or rotates about a stationary base plate. By sensing the movement of the mouse in the slot relative to the pad plate and the movement of the pad plate relative to the stationary base plate, the movement of the mouse and hence the cursor is determined. This mouse works like a conventional mouse so it is ergonomically easy and accurate to use to control the movement of the cursor. This integrated mouse and pad pointing device with the built-in click buttons in a portable computational device such as a laptop computer allows a convenient operation of controlling the cursor movement and the clicking of the buttons at the same time. A stand-alone version of this device may be plugged in to a desktop computer and will work on any condition.

A biology inside total reflection near field scanning microscope is consisted of four parts. The first is excitation part comprising laser maser, collimation and reflector of optical system, the second is wave creation part comprising inverse trapezoidal prism and sample to be tested on its top surface, the third is collection, storage and disposal of information comprising optical fiber probe, driving scanning part and second photoelectric probe head and computer, and the fourth is fiber probe height controller comprising optical information colleting part and first photoelectric probe head, and the fourth one has the property of having a fluorescent dye macromolecule or enzyme or quantum point sticking to needle tip or near that of the fiber probe. Being a optical total reflection near field scanning microscope used in testing biological cell microstructure and single element, the invention can also uncover the discipline, which can create the most effective spatial resolution.

A computer system has a plurality of input pointing devices, such as a mouse, a track ball, a pointing stick, a tablet or a touch screen. Each of the plurality of input devices connected to the computer system has different parameters associated with a double-click operation, which different parameters are stored in separate registers under control of the operating system. Separate device drivers are associated with each input device, each device driver using the associated double-click parameters as stored by the operating system.

An apparatus for providing a tactile feedback to a user of a computer cursor control device such as a pointing stick is provided. A pzt material is first mounted to a semi-rigid material such as by bonding the pzt material to a metal substrate. When an ac signal is applied to this assembly it vibrates. By coupling this mechanical vibration to the pointing stick, the user can sense the feedback. This can be used, for example, to provide a tactile feedback when the user depresses the pointing stick to cause a “mouse click.”

A keyboard includes allotment keys to which the functions of operation buttons of a game controller are assigned, a pointing stick, and an Fn key. When the pointing stick is operated with the Fn key being operated, the keyboard outputs an operation signal of an analog stick of the game controller. When an allotment key is operated with the Fn key being operated, the keyboard outputs an operation signal of an operation button of the game controller.

The invention relates to a multi-touch resistance-type touch panel and a method for detecting multiple pointing sticks. The multi-touch resistance-type touch panel comprises a first base plate, a second base plate, a spacing element, wherein the spacing element is arranged between the first base plate and the second base plate. The first base plate is provided with a transparent electrode, two first conductive electrodes and two second conductive electrodes; wherein the first conductive electrodes are mutually arranged in parallel at two edges of the first transparent electrode; the second conductive electrodes are mutually arranged in parallel at two other edges of the first transparent electrode and are vertical to the first conductive electrodes. The second base plate is provided with a plurality of second transparent electrodes, wherein the transparent electrodes are fully distributed on a surface of the second base plate which faces the first transparent electrode along the first axis direction, while the second transparent electrode extends along the second axis direction; in addition the second axis direction is vertical to the first axis direction.

A pointing device and method for providing both translational and rotational input to a computer, to manipulate graphical objects. In one embodiment, a pointing stick is cantilevered to a base. One or more translational sensors are coupled to the pointing stick to generate translational signals in response to lateral forces applied to the pointing stick. One or more rotational sensors are coupled to the pointing stick to generate rotational signals in response to rotational forces applied to the pointing stick. The rotational sensor may sense torque, such as with a piezoelectric sensor configured to detect rotational strain on a fixed pointing stick. The rotational sensor may alternatively sense rotational displacement, such as with a potentiometer configured to detect rotation of a rotatable sleeve about a fixed shaft.

The invention belongs to the field of pressurized water reactor nuclear power plants and particularly discloses a pressurized water reactor nuclear power plant control rod position detector coil overall winding method, which comprises the following steps: (1) using an NC winding machine wind out the primary windings at one time; (2) setting the start-up circle number and winding speed of the NC winding machine, and winding out each phase secondary winding at one time in accordance with the A-B-F-E-C-D or A-B-E-F-C-D phase order; (3) adopting the entire dual-vacuum impregnating process to impregnate the entire rod position detector coil winding; (4), welding the coil winding with the coil lengthening leading wire through resistance melting welding; (5),and carrying out dual-vacuum impregnating on the connecting points between the coil winding and the coil lengthening leading wire after an organosilicon casing is sleeved. The method solves the problems of insulation reduction and coil breaking of the rod position detector in the high-temperature and high-radiation environment and enables the service life of the detector to reach 40 years.

A secondary input system for a pen-based computer allows users to control a graphical user interface without the use of a stylus. The secondary input system may be in the form of a pointing system. A display surface may be attached to a housing in which the display surface is sensitive to input of a pen device. The pointing system includes a secondary input system on housing in which the input device is responsive to movement of a finger of a user for controlling the graphical user interface. The input device may be a point stick device, a touchpad, or other device that provides two-dimensional movement of a graphical object on the display surface. The secondary input system may be automatically activated or deactivated based on proximity sensing of a stylus or pen with respect of the display surface.

A notebook computer force-controlled pointing stick device incorporates a more comfortable cap with enhanced ergonomic features. The device is generally cylindrical in shape and is located between the G, H, and B keys on the computer keyboard. The upper end of the device has a donut-like shape with a concave or crown-shaped central portion that forms well to the user's finger and provides better control, but does not interfere with typing. The upper end preferably has a rubber tip that provides improved control for a finger of a user. In an alternate version, the device is similar in shape to a bicycle saddle.

The invention discloses a manufacturing method of occupational trouser templates suitable for production activities. The method comprises the following steps: (1) for the surface of the human body andthe surface of worn well-fitting trousers, carrying out Marker ball point sticking at the key positions including the waistline, the hip circumference and the like; (2) simulating the activity posture when the occupational trousers are used in one certain specific production activity, and acquiring the movement loci under the activity and the relative location data under the static state of the Marker balls by using a three-dimensional dynamic capturing instrument; and (3) analyzing the measured data under the movement state, thus obtaining the change rule of the same key point under different postures, and carrying out parameterization adjustment on a static template according to the change rule, thus establishing the trouser templates under the different movement states. The occupational trouser templates are obtained aiming at the trousers under the different postures in one certain specific production activity, the parts needing support and fixing of muscles, the key injury-preventing parts and the relaxing parts of the occupational trousers in the production activity are obtained, and thus the movement protection property and free comfort during the production activities of occupational workers are satisfied.

The invention relates to a desktop and handheld dual-purpose mouse and a using method of the desktop and handheld dual-purpose mouse. The desktop and handheld dual-purpose mouse comprises a handheld track control device, an upper cover 2, a roller device 3, a desktop right key button 4, a desktop left key button 5, a handheld left key button 6, a signal transmission device, a circuit board 8, a lower cover 9, a handheld right key button 10 and a desktop track control device. The desktop track control device may be an optical sensor 11 or a track ball; the handheld track control device may be a track ball 1, a touch plate 12 or a point rod 14, and the signal transmission device may be a signal wire 7 or infrared and Bluetooth wireless transmission device 13. The desktop and handheld dual-purpose mouse is completely consistent with the existing mouse when being used as a desktop mouse, can casually and comfortably achieve information exchange with the computer when being handheld to use, accords with the existing operational habits in use, can effectively reduce fatigues of arms, prevents an occupational disease of a mouse hand and is wide in application prospect.

The illuminated keyboard includes a base plate, a backlight module, a plurality of input keys and a mask layer. The backlight module and the plurality of input keys are disposed on opposite sides of the base plate. The mask layer is disposed between the base plate and the backlight module. A pointing stick cursor key includes a holding structure, an opening and a masking portion. The holding structure with a hole is disposed on the base plate. The opening is formed on the mask layer in a position corresponding to the holding structure. The holding structure is extended into the backlight module via the opening. The at least one masking portion is connected to a periphery of the opening for bendably attaching against the holding structure for covering the hole when the holding structure is extended into the backlight module via the opening.

A portable information handling system keyboard cable integrates keyboard and point stick conductors in a common membrane to communicate user inputs from a keyboard and point stick to processing components. The cable terminates at a motherboard end with a ZIF connector to connect with processing components at the motherboard and terminates at keyboard end with a connector for keyboard and point stick conductors. In one embodiment, the keyboard and point stick conductors terminate in a common connector having conductive pads arranged in a V shape to connect with conductors extending from a keyboard membrane. In alternative embodiments, the point stick conductors extend out from the common membrane to align with point stick conductors extending from a keyboard assembly.

A test system for performing a test of strain gauge resistors used on a pointing stick. The test system has a mechanical load applicator that holds the resistor and applies a mechanical force to the resistor. An electrical contactor makes and breaks an electrical connection with the resistor. An electrical tester is connected to the electrical contactor to measure electrical parameters of the resistor with and without the mechanical force. A calculator is connected to the tester and calculates several resistor parameters. The resistor parameters are indicative of the operation of the pointing stick.

Disclosed is an apparatus and method for controlling driving of an auxiliary device in a computer. The computer would include an operating system (OS) having at least one of a keyboard controller driver and a system BIOS that controls the enabled/disabled status of an internal auxiliary device based on the attachment status of an external auxiliary device. The internal auxiliary device may be a keyboard, a touch pad, or a pointing stick. The external auxiliary device may be a USB mouse. A method embodying the invention may include the steps of: periodically checking whether an external auxiliary device has been attached/detached to/from the computer, and disabling or enabling driving of the internal device or the external device depending on the checking results.

A dartboard has board member, and the board member has a plurality of target blocks to be stuck by darts. The back side of the board member has an induction layer and a magnetic member. The magnetic member provides a fixed magnetic field, and the induction layer has a substrate and a circuit on the substrate. A dart with a steel, iron or iron alloy point sticks into the board member, and disturbs the distribution of the magnetic field provided by the magnetic member, causing electromagnetic induction and inducing a current in the circuit of the induction layer to provide an automatic score.