Mouse pen device having remote-control function

• US 20040032392A1
• Filed: 08/19/2002
• Published: 02/19/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 08/19/2002
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Topseed Technology Corp.
• Original Assignee: Topseed Technology Corp.
• Inventors: Wu, Kun Chan, Chien, Chao-Wu, Chi, Chung Ping, Tsai, Sheng An
• Application Number:
  US10/222,802
• Publication Number:
  US 20040032392A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/156
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/03546 using a rotatable ball at the tip as position detecting member
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0383 Signal control means within the pointing device

Abstract

A mouse pen device having remote-control function comprises an optical detection unit, a control unit, an operation unit, and a wireless emission unit. The optical detection unit is used to emit light and receive the reflected light signal so as to detect the motion of the mouse. Whether the control unit operates in the mouse mode or the remote-controller mode is based on the intensity of the reflected light signal. The operation unit provides corresponding key definitions of mouse and remote controller. The wireless emission unit is used to emit the signal processed by the control unit. Thereby, an operational mode of mouse is achieved when the mouse pen is pressed close to the desk in use, while an operational mode of remote controller is achieved when the mouse pen stands off the desk in use.

Claims

1. A mouse pen device having remote-control function comprising:

an optical detection unit for emitting light and receiving a reflected light signal;

a control unit electrically connected to the optical detection unit, said control unit comparing the reflected light signal received by said optical detection unit with a preset value, whether said control unit operates in the mouse or remote controller mode being determined according to the comparison result;

an operation unit electrically connected to said control unit; and

a wireless emission unit electrically connected to said control unit, said wireless emission unit being used to emit a signal processed by said control unit.

2. The mouse pen device having remote-control function as claimed in claim 1, wherein said control unit operates in the mouse mode when the reflected light signal is larger than the preset value.

3. The mouse pen device having remote-control function as claimed in claim 1, wherein said control unit operates in the remote controller mode when the reflected light signal is smaller than the preset value.

4. The mouse pen device having remote-control function as claimed in claim 1, wherein said control unit can further be switched to operate in the mouse or the remote controller mode by manually switching switches.

5. The mouse pen device having remote-control function as claimed in claim 1, wherein said operation unit comprises several keys, and said keys are defined as mouse keys or remote controller keys according to whether said control unit operates in the mouse or the remote controller mode.

6. The mouse pen device having remote-control function as claimed in claim 5, wherein when said keys are defined as the mouse keys, they are a mouse left key, a mouse wheel key, and a mouse right key, respectively.

7. The mouse pen device having remote-control function as claimed in claim 5, wherein when said keys are defined as the remote controller keys, they are a page up key, a scroll key, and a page down key, respectively.

8. The mouse pen device having remote-control function as claimed in claim 1, wherein a front end of said mouse pen is connected with a detection head for detecting the motion of said mouse pen through a rotation mechanism.