ERGONOMIC ADAPTIVE MOUSE WITHOUT ORIENTATION LIMITATION

• US 20100295787A1
• Filed: 05/04/2010
• Published: 11/25/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 05/20/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: ASUSTek Computer, Inc.
• Original Assignee: ASUSTek Computer, Inc.
• Inventors: Tang, Sheng-Kai
• Granted Patent: US 8,698,748 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/166
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/0332 Ergonomic shaped mouse adjustable to suit one of both hands
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/0333 Ergonomic shaped mouse for one hand
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/03543 Mice or pucks G06F3/03541 takes precedence

Abstract

An adaptive mouse is disclosed. In the adaptive mouse, a cover layer made of a moldable material covers a mouse body, and a plurality of sensors is disposed between the mouse body and the cover layer. The sensors are used to sense a hand shape of a user when the user holds the cover layer. The sensors under the left and right finger predicting areas are defined as a left button and a right buttons to allow the user to operate the mouse normally. Then, the displacement signal of the mouse is adjusted. The adaptive mouse may increase comfortableness and relieve fatigue, and it also may be adapted to any holding states without orientation limitation.

Claims

1. An adaptive mouse comprising:

a mouse body;

a cover layer made of a moldable material and covering a surface of the mouse body; and

a plurality of sensors, disposed between the cover layer and the mouse body, for sensing deformation of the cover layer to define a signal detected by one of the sensors as an input button signal.

2. The adaptive mouse according to claim 1, wherein the sensors are Hall sensors.

3. The adaptive mouse according to claim 2, wherein a magnetic layer is disposed outside the mouse body and used for allowing the Hall sensors to sense the deformation of the cover layer.

4. The adaptive mouse according to claim 3, wherein when the cover layer is deformed, relative distances between the Hall sensors and the magnetic layer are changed, and the change of a magnetic field is sensed by the Hall sensors.

5. The adaptive mouse according to claim 1, wherein the input button signal is from a left button signal, a right button signal or a wheel signal.

6. The adaptive mouse according to claim 1, wherein the mouse body has a displacement sensing module and a microprocessor unit, the displacement sensing module detects displacement of the mouse body, and the displacement is transformed to be a displacement signal by the microprocessor unit.

7. The adaptive mouse according to claim 6, wherein the microprocessor unit adjusts the displacement sensing module according to the deformation of the cover layer sensed by the sensors.