USER INTERFACE MOUSE WITH TOUCHPAD RESPONSIVE TO GESTURES AND MULTI-TOUCH

• US 20100060607A1
• Filed: 11/16/2009
• Published: 03/11/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 02/13/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Bioram Tech LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Original Assignee: Bioram Tech LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Inventors: Ludwig, Lester F.
• Application Number:
  US12/619,678
• Publication Number:
  US 20100060607A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/173
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/266 Arrangements to supply power to external peripherals either directly from the computer or under computer control, e.g. supply of power through the communication port, computer controlled power-strips
• 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 2203/04104 Multi-touch detection in digitiser, i.e. details about the simultaneous detection of a plurality of touching locations, e.g. multiple fingers or pen and finger
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04106 Multi-sensing digitiser, i.e. digitiser using at least two different sensing technologies simultaneously or alternatively, e.g. for detecting pen and finger, for saving power or for improving position detection
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0346 with detection of the device orientation or free movement in a 3D space, e.g. 3D mice, 6-DOF [six degrees of freedom] pointers using gyroscopes, accelerometers or tilt-sensors
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/03543 Mice or pucks G06F3/03541 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/03547 Touch pads, in which fingers can move on a surface
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/03549 Trackballs 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
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04144 using an array of force sensing means position sensing using the local deformation of sensor cells G06F3/0447
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04815 Interaction with a metaphor-based environment or interaction object displayed as three-dimensional, e.g. changing the user viewpoint with respect to the environment or object
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04845 for image manipulation, e.g. dragging, rotation, expansion or change of colour
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04847 Interaction techniques to control parameter settings, e.g. interaction with sliders or dials
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text

Abstract

A computer interface device has a housing configured with a first sensor for detecting a position change of the computer interface device on a surface, a touch pad configured with the housing for generating touchpad signals, and a wireless link to transmit the first pair of parameters and the touchpad signals to a computing device. In an application, the first sensor provides a first pair of parameters to indicate the position of the housing on the surface and control cursor displayed on a screen of the computing device. The touch pad may be configured to detect gestures and provides signals responsive to the gestures over a wireless link for controlling a displayed object or attribute on the screen of the computing device. The touch pad may also be configured to detect a plurality of contacting fingers and to provide signals over a wireless link used to control a displayed object or attribute on the screen of the computing device.

Claims

1. A computer interface device comprising:

a housing;

a first sensor for detecting a position change of the computer interface device on a surface, wherein the first sensor provides a first pair of parameters to indicate the position of the housing on the surface;

a touch pad configured with the housing, wherein the touch pad is configured to detect gestures and provides gesture signals responsive to the gestures;

a wireless link to transmit the first pair of parameters and the signals to a computing device,

wherein a cursor displayed on a screen of the computing device is controlled by the first pair of parameters, and

wherein another displayed attribute of the computing device is controlled by the gesture signals.

2. A computer interface device comprising:

a housing;

a first sensor for detecting a position change of the computer interface device on a surface, wherein the first sensor positioning signals indicate the position change of the housing on the surface;

a touch pad configured with the housing, wherein the touch pad is configured to detect multiple points of contact of a plurality of contacting fingers and provides plurality touch signals responsive to the plurality of contacting fingers;

a wireless link to transmit the first pair of parameters and the signals to a computing device, and

wherein a cursor displayed on a screen of the computing device is controlled by the first pair of parameters, and

wherein another displayed attribute of the computing device is controlled by the gesture signals.