Method for increasing resolution of mouse movement on screen

• US 20020171622A1
• Filed: 05/16/2001
• Published: 11/21/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 05/16/2001
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Ken-Pei Hu, Yao-Sheng Shen
• Original Assignee: Ken-Pei Hu, Yao-Sheng Shen
• Inventors: Hu, Ken-Pei, Shen, Yao-Sheng
• Application Number:
  US09/855,509
• Publication Number:
  US 20020171622A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/156
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/03543 Mice or pucks G06F3/03541 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/038 Control and interface arrangements therefor, e.g. drivers or device-embedded control circuitry
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0383 Signal control means within the pointing device

Abstract

A process for increasing resolution of mouse movement on computer screen comprises the steps of moving a mouse to cause two beams of light emitted from light emitting elements to be detected by photodetectors, converting the light into two sequential sinusoidal analog signals having a phase difference therebetween, activating an analog-to-digital converter (ADC) to perform an analog-to-digital conversion on the analog signals with respect to at least three predetermined references respectively, generating a series of integer in response to each analog signal passes two adjacent ones of the references, representing the series of integer as a step wave having a plurality of steps each representing an integer, and creating a coordinate comparison table with respect to the integers of the step wave, whereby there are at least six chances to determine change of coordinate with respect to a cursor moving on the screen during one movement cycle of the mouse.

Claims

1. A process for increasing resolution of a mouse movement on a computer screen, said process comprising the steps of:

a) moving a mouse to cause two beams of light emitted from light emitting elements to be detected by photodetectors;

b) converting said light into two sequential sinusoidal analog signals having a phase difference therebetween;

c) activating an analog-to-digital converter (ADC) to perform an analog-to-digital conversion on said analog signals with respect to at least three predetermined references respectively;

d) generating a series of integer in response to each analog signal passes two adjacent ones of said references;

e) representing said series of integer as a step wave having a plurality of steps each representing an integer; and

f) creating a coordinate comparison table with respect to said integers of said step wave, whereby there are at least six chances to determine change of coordinate with respect to a cursor moving on said screen during one movement cycle of said mouse.

2. The process of claim 1, wherein said step of b) further comprises the step of b1) activating an integral circuit to convert said detected analog signals by said light emitting elements into triangular signals prior to sending said triangular signals to said ADC.

3. The process of claim 1, further comprising a control circuit for generating said references so that said ADC is capable of performing said analog-to-digital conversion on said analog signals with respect to said references.

4. The process of claim 3, wherein said control circuit comprises a setting circuit for generating a plurality of different predetermined references and a switching circuit having a plurality of switches being electrically connected to said setting circuit so that one of said switches is operative to cause said control circuit to generate a plurality of predetermined references wherein number of said references in one generation is different from that of said other generation.

5. The process of claim 1, wherein said references are voltage levels.

6. The process of claim 1, wherein values of integers of said series of integer are increased progressively.