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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 20, 2006
Filed:
Apr. 16, 2004
Applicants:
Kuei-jen Yen, Tucheng, TW;
Xiw-jie Peng, Houlong, TW;
Dong-liang Chen, Sansia, TW;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Forward Electronics Co., Ltd., Taipei, TW;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G09G 5/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An optical induction/trackball dual-mode mouse is disclosed to include a mouse body, a trackball module installed in the top of the mouse body, a cursor control optical induction module installed in the bottom of the mouse body, and an induction switch mounted inside the mouse body, the induction switch adapted to switch to use the cursor control optical induction module when the mouse body is put on a flat surface, and the induction switch adapted to switch to use the trackball module when the user holding the mouse body in midair.