Touch scroll mouse with orientation sensation

• US 20080150904A1
• Filed: 12/22/2006
• Published: 06/26/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 12/22/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Elan Microelectronics Corporation
• Original Assignee: Elan Microelectronics Corporation
• Inventors: Yang, Tso-Chieh, Yang, Chen-Yao, Chiu, Yen-Chang, Lii, Jia-Yih
• Application Number:
  US11/643,852
• Publication Number:
  US 20080150904A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/173
• 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

Abstract

A touch scroll mouse with orientation sensation comprises a touchpad providing a scroll bar function. The touchpad comprising a plurality of orientation structures, these orientation structures including barriers, protuberant or concave lump structures, protuberant transverse structures or transverse nicks, supplying the users to tell if their finger touch the auto-scrolling regions or determine their slide distance and direction.

Claims

1. A touch scroll mouse with orientation sensation, comprising:

a mouse body; and

a touchpad, set on the mouse body to provide a scroll bar function, the touchpad has a plurality of auto-scrolling regions and orientation structures, these orientation structures are supplying the users to tell if their finger touch the auto-scrolling region or not.

2. The touch scroll mouse of claim 1, wherein the orientation structure comprises a barrier set on the edge of the touchpad.

3. The touch scroll mouse of claim 1, wherein the orientation structure comprises a protuberant structure.

4. The touch scroll mouse of claim 1, wherein the orientation structure comprises a concave structure.

5. A touch scroll mouse with orientation sensation, comprising:

a mouse body; and

a touchpad, set on the mouse body to provide a scroll bar function, the touchpad has a plurality of orientation structures supplying the users to determine their slide distance and direction.

6. The touch scroll mouse of claim 5, wherein the orientation structure comprises a protuberant transverse structure.

7. The touch scroll mouse of claim 5, wherein the orientation structure comprises a transverse nicks.