Computer system with passive wireless mouse
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1. A wireless mouse and reader combination, comprising:
- a source of an interrogating field;
a wireless mouse having a movable XY encoder, a plurality of mouse control buttons, at least one antenna, and one or more passive transponder circuits coupled to the at least one antenna and associated with the XY encoder and plurality of mouse control buttons and providing a response to the interrogating field identifying XY encoder motion and mouse control button activation; and
a reader including a decoder for determining the response from the passive transponder circuits.
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Abstract
A passive wireless mouse and reader combination comprises a source of an interrogating field and a wireless mouse having a movable XY encoder, a plurality of mouse control buttons, at least one antenna, and one or more passive transponder circuits coupled to the at least one antenna and associated with the XY encoder and plurality of mouse control buttons and providing a response to the interrogating field identifying XY encoder motion and mouse control button activation. The reader includes a decoder for determining the response from the passive transponder circuits.
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1. A wireless mouse and reader combination, comprising:
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a source of an interrogating field; a wireless mouse having a movable XY encoder, a plurality of mouse control buttons, at least one antenna, and one or more passive transponder circuits coupled to the at least one antenna and associated with the XY encoder and plurality of mouse control buttons and providing a response to the interrogating field identifying XY encoder motion and mouse control button activation; and a reader including a decoder for determining the response from the passive transponder circuits. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A computer system, comprising:
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a monitor; a processor; a wireless mouse having an XY encoder, a plurality of mouse control buttons, at least one antenna, and one or more passive transponder circuits coupled to the at least one antenna and associated with the XY encoder and plurality of mouse control buttons and providing a response to the interrogating field identifying XY encoder motion and mouse control button activation; and a reader including a source of an interrogating field applied to the antenna of the mouse and a decoder for determining the response from the passive transponder circuits.
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9. A method for wireless transmission of data between a
wireless mouse and a reader, comprising: -
providing an interrogating field from the reader to the wireless mouse; receiving the interrogating field at one or more antennas configured in the wireless mouse; and modulating a return field in response to movement of an XY encoder in the mouse forming part of a tuned circuit including the one or more antennas configured in the wireless mouse to thereby encode XY mouse movement information in the modulated return field. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12)
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