Apparatus for setting multi-stage displacement resolution of a mouse

• US 20050248533A1
• Filed: 01/18/2005
• Published: 11/10/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 05/05/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Better Mouse Company LLC
• Original Assignee: Sunplus Technology Co., Ltd
• Inventors: Chu, Chi-Chun
• Granted Patent: US 7,532,200 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/163
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/03543 Mice or pucks G06F3/03541 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0383 Signal control means within the pointing device

Abstract

An apparatus for setting multi-stage displacement resolution of a mouse is disclosed, which has a X-Y axis plane displacement detector, a switching circuit and a mouse micro controller. The X-Y axis plane displacement detector senses a distance and a moving direction generated by the mouse. The switching circuit has at least one switch. The mouse micro controller is coupled to the X-Y axis plane displacement detector and the switching circuit. The mouse micro controller sets the mouse resolution based on each switch, and responds to the distance and moving direction sensed by the X-Y axis plane displacement detector to provide a control signal to a computer connected to the mouse, thereby moving the mouse cursor on the screen of the computer, wherein the mouse cursor is moved based on the mouse resolution.

Claims

1. An apparatus for setting multi-stage displacement resolution of a mouse, comprising:

a X-Y axis plane displacement detector, for sensing a distance and a moving direction generated by the mouse in a two-dimensional space;

a switching circuit, having at least one switch; and

a mouse micro controller, coupled to the X-Y axis plane displacement detector and the switching circuit, the mouse micro controller setting a mouse resolution based on each switch, the mouse micro controller responding to the distance and moving direction sensed by the X-Y axis plane displacement detector to provide a control signal to a computer connected to the mouse, thereby moving the mouse cursor on a screen of the computer, the mouse cursor being moved based on the mouse resolution.

2. The apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the mouse resolution is stored in a register of the mouse micro controller.

3. The apparatus as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a button set for clicking an icon selected by the mouse cursor.

4. The apparatus as claimed in claim 3, wherein the button set has a left button and a right button.

5. The apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the switching circuit is configured on an external position of the mouse.

6. The apparatus as claimed in claim 5, where the switching circuit is a DIP switch.

7. An apparatus for setting multi-stage displacement resolution of a mouse, comprising:

a X-Y axis plane displacement detector, for sensing a distance and a moving direction generated by the mouse in a two-dimensional space;

a N-stage switch, having a switching button capable of being switched to position 1 to N, where N is a positive integer; and

a mouse micro controller, coupled to the X-Y axis plane displacement detector and the switching circuit, the mouse micro controller setting a mouse resolution based on the position of the N-stage switch, the mouse micro controller responding to the distance and moving direction sensed by the X-Y axis plane displacement detector to provide a control signal to a computer connected to the mouse, thereby moving the mouse cursor on a screen of the computer, the mouse cursor being moved based on the mouse resolution.

8. The apparatus as claimed in claim 7, wherein the mouse resolution is stored in a register of the mouse micro controller.

9. The apparatus as claimed in claim 7, further comprising a button set for clicking an icon selected by the mouse cursor.

10. The apparatus as claimed in claim 9, wherein the button set has a left button and a right button.

11. The apparatus as claimed in claim 7, wherein the N-stage switch is configured on an external position of the mouse.