Optical mouse

• US 20020093487A1
• Filed: 03/22/2001
• Published: 07/18/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 01/16/2001
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Armand David Rosenberg
• Original Assignee: Armand David Rosenberg
• Inventors: Rosenberg, Armand David
• Application Number:
  US09/814,113
• Publication Number:
  US 20020093487A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/166
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/03547 Touch pads, in which fingers can move on a surface
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0383 Signal control means within the pointing device
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0421 by interrupting or reflecting a light beam, e.g. optical touch-screen

Abstract

An apparatus for an optical mouse for use with control systems, which is environmentally sealed and durable and therefore, suited for industrial and/or harsh environmental uses.

Claims

1. An optical mouse comprising:

a housing having a tracking plate provided therein;

a light generation source provided within said housing and transmitting a light source through said tracking plate;

a sensor provided within said housing for receiving light from said light source reflected from objects passing over said tracking plate.

2. The optical mouse of claim 1, further comprising a band pass filter provided between said tracking plate and said sensor to attenuate ambient light passing through the tracking plate and being received by the sensor.

3. The optical mouse of claim 2, wherein said mouse is incorporated into a keyboard.

4. The optical mouse of claim 2, wherein said light generation source is an LED.

5. The optical mouse of claim 4, further including a data input switch.

6. The optical mouse of claim 5, wherein said switch is a scroll data input switch.

7. The optical mouse of claim 5, wherein said mouse is incorporated into a keyboard.

8. An optical mouse comprising:

a housing having a tracking plate provided therein;

a light generation source provided within said housing and transmitting a light source through said tracking plate;

a sensor provided within said housing for receiving light from said light source reflected from objects passing over said tracking plate; and

wherein said tracking plate is a band pass filter which attenuates ambient light passing through the tracking plate to said sensor.

9. The optical mouse of claim 8, wherein said light generation source is an LED.

10. The optical mouse of claim 9, further comprising a first data input switch.

11. The optical mouse of claim 10, further comprising a second data input switch.

12. The optical mouse of claim 11, wherein said mouse is incorporated into a keyboard.

14. The method of claim 13, further comprising the step of:

filtering said light source from said window.

15. The method of claim 14, further comprising the step of:

using an infrared filter to filter said light source.

16. The method of claim 15, further comprising the step of:

connecting mouse click inputs to said infrared filter.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein said mouse click inputs include a force activated sensor.

18. The method of claim 13, further comprising the step of:

connecting scrolling inputs to said stationary mouse device.

19. The method of claim 18, wherein said scrolling inputs comprise at least two motion sensors.

20. The method of claim 14, further comprising the steps of:

transmitting said data to said control system through a wireless transmission configuration.

21. The method of claim 20, wherein said wireless transmission configuration comprises a transponder connected to an antenna.

13. A method of providing mouse input data to a control system, comprising the steps of:

transmitting a light source through a window of a stationary mouse device;

detecting said transmitted light at a sensor in said mouse device when reflected from an object passing over said window;

tracking said object passing over said window in both the longitudinal and transverse directions; and

providing to said control system data corresponding to longitudinal and transverse movements across said window.