Power Management Device for a Wireless Input Device and Related Wireless Input Device

• US 20100060579A1
• Filed: 09/05/2008
• Published: 03/11/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 09/05/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Aevoe Corporation
• Original Assignee: Aevoe Corporation
• Inventors: Huang, Cheng-Su
• Application Number:
  US12/204,804
• Publication Number:
  US 20100060579A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/163
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/3215 Monitoring of peripheral devices
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/3231 Monitoring the presence, absence or movement of users
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/3259 Power saving in cursor control device, e.g. mouse, joystick, trackball
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/0384 Wireless input, i.e. hardware and software details of wireless interface arrangements for pointing devices
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/038 Control and interface arrangements therefor, e.g. drivers or device-embedded control circuitry
• CPC Class Codes: Y02D 10/00 Energy efficient computing, e.g. low power processors, power management or thermal management

Abstract

A power management device for a wireless input device includes a sensor, built on a housing of the wireless input device, for sensing a distance between the housing and an object to generate a sensing result, and a control module, coupled to the sensor, for controlling an operating mode of the wireless input device based on the sensing result.

Claims

1. A power management device for a wireless input device comprising:

a sensor, built on a housing of the wireless input device, for sensing a distance between the housing and an object to generate a sensing result; and

a control module, coupled to the sensor, for controlling an operating mode of the wireless input device based on the sensing result.

2. The power management device of claim 1, wherein the sensor is an infrared sensor.

3. The power management device of claim 1, wherein the sensor is a light sensor.

4. The power management device of claim 1, wherein the sensor is utilized for starting to sense the distance between the housing and the object when the wireless input device operates in a standby mode, so as to generate the sensing result.

5. The power management device of claim 1, wherein the control module is utilized for controlling the wireless input device to operate in a normal mode when the sensing result indicates that the distance between the housing and the object is smaller than a predefined value.

6. The power management device of claim 1, wherein the control module is utilized for controlling the wireless input device to operate in a standby mode when the sensing result indicates that the distance between the housing and the object is greater than a predefined value.

7. The power management device of claim 1, wherein the wireless input device is a wireless mouse.

8. The power management device of claim 1, wherein the wireless input device is a wireless keyboard.

9. A wireless input device for enhancing utilization convenience comprising:

a housing;

a data receiving module, built in the housing for receiving a control data;

a wireless transmitting module, electrically connected to the data receiving module, for outputting wireless signals corresponding to the control data via wireless transmission;

a radio-frequency (RF) receiving module, electrically connected to a computer system, for receiving the wireless signals output from the wireless transmitting module and transmitting to the computer system;

a driving module, electrically connected to the data receiving module and the wireless transmitting module, for supplying electric power to the data receiving module and the wireless transmitting module; and

a power management device comprising;

a sensor, built on the housing, for sensing a distance between the housing and an object to generate a sensing result; and

a control module, coupled to the sensor and the driving module, for controlling operations of the driving module according to the sensing result, in order to control an operating mode of the wireless input device.

10. The wireless input device of claim 9, wherein the sensor is an infrared sensor.

11. The wireless input device of claim 9, wherein the sensor is a light sensor.

12. The wireless input device of claim 9, wherein the sensor is utilized for starting to sense the distance between the housing and the object when the wireless input device operates in a standby mode, so as to generate the sensing result.

13. The wireless input device of claim 9, wherein the control module is utilized for controlling the wireless input device to operate in a normal mode when the sensing result indicates that the distance between the housing and the object is less than a predefined value in order to control the operation of the driving module.

14. The wireless input device of claim 9, wherein the control module is utilized for controlling the wireless input device to operate in a standby mode when the sensing result indicates that the distance between the housing and the object is greater than a predefined value in order to control the operation of the driving module.

15. The wireless input device of claim 9, wherein the wireless input device is a wireless mouse.

16. The wireless input device of claim 9, wherein the wireless input device is a wireless keyboard.

17. The wireless input device of claim 9, wherein the wireless transmitting module outputs the wireless signals to the RF receiving module via a bluetooth technology.

18. The wireless input device of claim 9, wherein the wireless transmitting module outputs the wireless signals to the RF receiving module via an infrared transmission technology.

19. The wireless input device of claim 9, wherein the wireless transmitting module outputs the wireless signals to the RF receiving module via an RF transmission technology.