Apparatus for setting multi-stage displacement resolution of a mouse

• US 7,532,200 B2
• Filed: 01/18/2005
• Issued: 05/12/2009
• 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
• Primary Examiner(s): Dharia, Prabodh M.
• Application Number:
  US11/036,127
• Publication Number:
  US 20050248533A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,575 Days
• Field of Search: 345161-167, 345156-158, 345/426, 345/520, 345/173, 345/184, 345/581, 700/83, 382/154, 250/557, 341/20, 178/18.06, 710/63, 702/64
• 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 for setting a resolution value, the switching circuit having multiple switches for being manually adjusted to generate the resolution value directly, each switch being coupled to a resolution setting pin, each resolution setting pin having a state determined by the switch coupled thereto; and

a mouse micro controller with a register, coupled to the X-Y axis plane displacement detector and the switching circuit , the mouse micro controller determining the resolution value based on the states of the resolution setting pins, setting a mouse resolution based on the resolution value and storing the resolution value in the register, 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 directly based on the resolution value stored in the register.

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

3. The apparatus as claimed in claim 2, wherein the button set has a left button and a right button.

4. The apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the switching circuit is configured on a lateral surface of the mouse.

5. The apparatus as claimed in claim 4, wherein the switching circuit is a DIP switch.

6. 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;

an N-stage switch for setting a resolution value, the N-stage switch circuit having a switching button capable of being manually switched to one of positions 1 to N, and accordingly activating a connected resolution setting pin to indicate a state, where N is a positive integer; and

a mouse micro controller with a register, coupled to the X-Y axis plane displacement detector and the switching circuit, the mouse micro controller determining the resolution value based on the state of the connected resolution setting pins, setting a mouse resolution based on the resolution value and storing the resolution value in the register, 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 directly based on the resolution value stored in the register.

7. The apparatus as claimed in claim 6, further comprising a button set for clicking an icon selected by the mouse cursor.

8. The apparatus as claimed in claim 7, wherein the button set has a left button and a right button.

9. The apparatus as claimed in claim 6, wherein the N-stage switch is configured on a lateral surface of the mouse.