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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 25, 2022
Filed:
Sep. 12, 2018
Applicant:
Hewlett-packard Development Company, L.p., Spring, TX (US);
Inventor:
David H. Hanes, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Assignee:
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Spring, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/039 (2013.01); G06F 3/03 (2006.01); G06F 3/147 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0395 (2013.01); G06F 3/0317 (2013.01); G06F 3/147 (2013.01); G06F 2203/0337 (2013.01); G06F 2203/0384 (2013.01);
Abstract
An input device that includes a mouse; a mousepad, that includes a sensor to detect a position of the mouse on a surface of the mousepad; a processor; an array of light-emitting diodes (LEDs) to, when activated by the processor, indicate a position of the mouse on the surface of the mousepad; wherein the mouse comprises a button that, when activated, causes the processor to initiate an action based on the detected position of the mouse relative to the surface of the mousepad.