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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2014
Filed:
Apr. 30, 2010
Cho Yi Lin, Hsin-Chu, TW;
Yen Min Chang, Hsin-Chu, TW;
Yao Ching Hsu, Hsin-Chu, TW;
Yi Hsien Ko, Hsin-Chu, TW;
Cho Yi Lin, Hsin-Chu, TW;
Yen Min Chang, Hsin-Chu, TW;
Yao Ching Hsu, Hsin-Chu, TW;
Yi Hsien Ko, Hsin-Chu, TW;
Pixart Imaging Inc., Hsin-Chu, TW;
Abstract
The present invention discloses a hybrid pointing device including an optical navigation module and a pointing module. The optical navigation module is configured to replace the conventional buttons of a convention pointing device, such as an optical mouse or a trackball mouse. The optical navigation module is configured to sense gestures of at least one object operated by a user to activate commands associated with particular programs running on the host. Since the optical navigation module is only configured to sense gestures of the object but not the movement of the hybrid pointing device relative to a surface, the resolution thereof is aimed to be sufficiently high enough for sensing gestures and no need to be relatively high.