Logitech Europe S.a.

Andrew Coonrad

Jacob Kottage

Mark Starrett

Andrew Durrer

Christine Flores

Chris Hughes

Curtis W Brown

Thomas Luc Rouvinez

François Morier

Richard Peter Perring

Florian Jeannerat

Junghyun Kim

Christopher Ian Hughes

Adam Michael Schmackpfeffer

Zoe Su

Keson Tsao

David Farcy

Techniques for device lighting control are disclosed. These techniques include obtaining exclusive access to a device driver for a dynamic lighting device and instructing the device driver to create a virtual device instance for the dynamic lighting device. The techniques further include controlling dynamic lighting for the dynamic lighting device using the device driver and the virtual device instance. This includes receiving at the virtual device instance dynamic lighting data from one or more operating system (OS) dynamic lighting controls and translating OS dynamic lighting commands for a device specific interface relating to the dynamic lighting device.

Operating system level dynamic lighting control

A method comprising receiving a first control signal indicating that a first key on a keyboard is being pressed, the first key functionally assigned as a (logical) modifier; sending a first make command indicating that the modifier is active; receiving a second control signal indicating that a second key on the keyboard is contemporaneously being pressed, the second key functionally assigned as a non-modifier, alphanumeric character; accessing a key remapping database stored on the keyboard that includes key triggers and remapped key targets; in response to determining that the combination of the first key and second keys are included as a key trigger in the key remapping database: sending a first break command indicating that the modifier is inactive; and sending a second make command corresponding to a key target of the remapping database that is associated with the combination of the first and second keys being pressed.

Full key customization on an input device

A computer-implemented method comprising: receiving, by one or more processors of a keyboard device from a host computing device communicatively coupled thereto, a request to switch to a first key input profile for a plurality of keys on the keyboard device; determining whether the first key input profile is locally stored on the keyboard device in a persistent memory; in response to determining that the first key input profile is stored in persistent memory, programming the plurality of keys using the first key input profile stored in the persistent memory; and in response to determining that the first key input profile is not stored in persistent memory: writing the first key input profile to persistent memory when the first key input profile is at least n bytes in size and programming the plurality of keys using the first key input profile.

Profile caching for a peripheral device

A computer-implemented method includes receiving first and second movement data corresponding to a movement of a first and second computer mouse, respectively, wherein the first and second computer mice are oriented in a same direction are moving in unison over a same trajectory while the first and second movement data is contemporaneously received; determining a movement distance for the first and second computer mice based on the first and second movement data, respectively; determining a performance characteristic for the first computer mouse based on the determined first movement distance; determining the performance characteristic for the second computer mouse based on the determined second movement distance; determining a difference in the performance characteristic for the first computer mouse with respect to the second computer mouse; and calibrating the performance characteristic of the second computer mouse to match the performance characteristic of the first computer mouse.

Input device configuration cloning

A method includes determining a physical location of each of a plurality of peripheral devices communicatively coupled to a host computing device, the each of the plurality of peripheral devices including a computer mouse; generating a lighting sequence configured to activate visual output elements on the each of the plurality of peripheral devices; and modifying the lighting sequence based on the physical location of the computer mouse relative to at least one of the other plurality of peripheral devices. In some aspects, the plurality of peripheral devices further includes a mouse pad, and modifying the lighting sequence for the computer mouse is based on the location of the computer mouse relative to its position on the mouse pad. In some cases, modifying the lighting sequence for the computer mouse is based on the location of the computer mouse relative to its position to the other plurality of peripheral devices.

Multi-peripheral position-based synchronous lighting

A method includes detecting an object in in proximity with the a peripheral device such that the object is located in a position indicative of light generated by one or more visual output elements of the peripheral device being obfuscated from a user; determining an obfuscation area defining a boundary of an area being obfuscated; determining a current output schema displayed on a set of visual output elements; determining a current visual output area defining a boundary of the current output schema; determining a location of the obfuscation area; determining a location of the current visual output area; determining an amount of overlap between the obfuscation area and the current visual output area based on their corresponding determined locations; and in response to the amount of overlap being greater than an overlap threshold value: reconfiguring the current output schema to be displayed on a different set of visual output elements.

Display adaptation on a peripheral device

A method can include intercepting a command generated by a computer peripheral device; determining a function corresponding to the command; generating a lighting output schema configured to be output on one or more visual output elements on the computer peripheral device based on the determined function; identifying, based on the determined function, whether a second software component can accept the command; and in response to determining that the second software component can accept the command, sending the intercepted command to the second software component. The method can further include requesting confirmation data from the second software component that indicates whether the second software component can perform the determined function; receiving the confirmation data; and in response to the confirmation data indicating that the second software component cannot perform the determined function, preventing the intercepted command from being sent to the second software component at the intended destination.

System and method for function-based lighting output schemas for peripheral devices

A method can include: determining a physical location of each of a plurality of peripheral devices communicatively coupled to a host computing device; generating a lighting sequence configured to activate visual output elements on the each of the plurality of peripheral devices, wherein the lighting sequence is a time based sequence that traverses the plurality of peripheral devices; and modifying a timing parameter of the lighting sequence based on the respective physical location of each of the plurality of peripheral devices. In some cases, modifying the lighting sequence can include: determining a distance between at least two of the plurality of peripheral devices and modifying the timing parameter of the sequential pattern based on the distance between the at least two of the plurality of peripheral devices.

A keyboard includes a communication module configured to communicatively couple the keyboard to a host computer. The keyboard includes a plurality of keys that are configured to be physically actuated by a user. The plurality of keys can be remapped such that a signal transmitted to the host for a specific key can be changed to a different signal corresponding to a different key. The keyboard can also include an administrative mode that can be accessed in response to the user depressing a series of predetermined keys. While in the administrative mode the user can reconfigure keyboard settings, access debug functions of the keyboard and/or reset memory locations.

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Newark, CA, United States of America

Andrew Coonrad