Apparatus with one or more capacitive touchpads as interface
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1. An apparatus comprising:
- a mouse case;
a capacitive touchpad mounted on the mouse case, and for generating a signal representative of capacitance change in response to a touch thereon; and
a microprocessor within the mouse case, and connected to the capacitive touchpad for generating a Z-axis signal in response to the signal representative of capacitance change.
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Abstract
An apparatus comprises a case, one or more capacitive touchpads mounted on the case for serving as the input interface of the apparatus, and a microprocessor within the case connected to the capacitive touchpads. Each of the capacitive pads generates a signal representative of capacitance change in response to a touch thereon, and the microprocessor determines the displacement, moving speed, relative position, or continuing and discontinuing time of the touch from the signal representative of capacitance change, to accordingly generate corresponding output as a button, Z-axis or scrolling signal.
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1. An apparatus comprising:
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a mouse case;
a capacitive touchpad mounted on the mouse case, and for generating a signal representative of capacitance change in response to a touch thereon; and
a microprocessor within the mouse case, and connected to the capacitive touchpad for generating a Z-axis signal in response to the signal representative of capacitance change. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. An apparatus comprising:
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a mouse case;
a first capacitive touchpad mounted on the mouse case, and for generating a first signal representative of capacitance change in response to a first touch thereon;
a second capacitive touchpad mounted on the mouse case, and for generating a second signal representative of capacitance change in response to a second touch thereon; and
a microprocessor within the mouse case, and connected to the first and second capacitive touchpads for generating a first Z-axis signal in response to the first signal representative of capacitance change and a second Z-axis signal in response to the second signal representative of capacitance change, respectively. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. An apparatus comprising:
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a keyboard case;
a capacitive touchpad mounted on the keyboard case, and for generating a signal representative of capacitance change in response to a touch thereon; and
a microprocessor within the keyboard case, and connected to the capacitive touchpad for generating a scrolling signal in response to the signal representative of capacitance change. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. An apparatus comprising:
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a keyboard case;
a first capacitive touchpad mounted on the keyboard case, and for generating a first signal representative of capacitance change in response to a first touch thereon;
a second capacitive touchpad mounted on the keyboard case, and for generating a second signal representative of capacitance change in response to a second touch thereon; and
a microprocessor within the keyboard case, and connected to the first and second capacitive touchpads for generating a vertical scrolling signal in response to the first signal representative of capacitance change and a horizontal scrolling signal in response to the second signal representative of capacitance change, respectively. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36)
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37. An apparatus comprising:
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a mouse case;
a first capacitive touchpad mounted on the mouse case, and for generating a first signal representative of capacitance change in response to a first touch thereon;
a second capacitive touchpad mounted on the mouse case, and for generating a second signal representative of capacitance change in response to a second touch thereon; and
a microprocessor within the mouse case, and connected to the first and second capacitive touchpads for generating a first button signal in response to the first signal representative of capacitance change and a second button signal in response to the second signal representative of capacitance change, respectively. - View Dependent Claims (38, 39, 40)
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41. A apparatus comprising:
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a mouse case;
a capacitive touchpad mounted on the mouse case, and having one or more patterns thereon, each of the patterns defined to be a button or a Z-axis for generating a signal representative of capacitance change in response to a touch thereon; and
a microprocessor within the mouse case, and connected to the capacitive touchpad for generating a button signal or a Z-axis signal in response to the signal representative of capacitance change. - View Dependent Claims (42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48)
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49. An apparatus comprising:
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a keyboard case;
a capacitive touchpad mounted on the keyboard case, and having one or more patterns thereon, each of the patterns defined to be a scrolling mechanism for generating a signal representative of capacitance change in response to a touch thereon; and
a microprocessor within the keyboard case, and connected to the capacitive touchpads for generating a scrolling signal in response to the signal representative of capacitance change. - View Dependent Claims (50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55)
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56. An apparatus comprising:
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a case;
a capacitive touchpad mounted on the case, and serving as an input interface of the apparatus for generating a signal representative of capacitance change in response to a touch thereon; and
a microprocessor within the case, and connected to the capacitive touchpad for generating a Z-axis signal in response to the signal representative of capacitance change. - View Dependent Claims (57, 58, 59, 60, 61)
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