IP Library Granted Patent US 7,463,243
Granted Patent B1
US 7,463,243 · App. 12/164,473 · Granted Dec 9, 2008

RFID wireless computer mouse

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Patent No.
US 7,463,243
App. No.
12/164,473
Granted
Dec 9, 2008
Kind
B1
Abstract

An RFID wireless computer mouse system, comprising: a mouse having a single passive RFID circuit in signal communication with a computer having an RFID reader. The single passive RFID circuit operates the mouse such that the mouse provides signals indicative of X-Y coordinates to move a cursor on a display screen of the computer without the use of an internal or an external power source.

Claims (7)

1. An RFID wireless computer mouse system, comprising:

a mouse comprising:

a ball configured to move in an x-direction and a y-direction;

an x-axis wheel and a y-axis wheel each configured to rotate in response to the movement of the ball, the x-axis wheel translates the motion of the ball in the x-direction while the y-axis wheel translates the motion of the ball in the y-direction;

a first set of sensing devices and a second set of sensing devices, the first set of sensing devices detects the motion of the ball in the x-direction based on the movement of the x-axis wheel while the second set of sensing devices detects the motion of the ball in the y-direction based on the movement of the y-axis wheel; and

a single passive RFID circuit coupled to the first set of sensing devices and the second set of sensing devices, the single passive RFID circuit receives a plurality of sensor inputs correspondingly from the first set of sensing devices and the second set of sensing devices indicative of the motion of the ball in the x-direction and the y-direction respectively, and the single passive RFID circuit stores the plurality of sensor inputs in a shift register as a stream of bits and serially shifts and transmits the stream of bits one bit at a time over an antenna of the single passive RFID circuit; and

an RFID reader in signal communication with the single passive RFID circuit, the RFID reader decodes the stream of bits and converts the stream of bits into corresponding x-coordinates and y-coordinates used to move a cursor on a display screen of a computer, the single passive RFID circuit and the RFID reader move the cursor on the display screen of the computer, wherein the mouse operates without the use of an internal or a conventional power source.

Assignments (2)
PATENT ASSIGNMENT AND RESERVATION Recorded Sep 4, 2012
From: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
To: TOSHIBA GLOBAL COMMERCE SOLUTIONS HOLDINGS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 028895/0935 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 30, 2008
From: KANGAS, PAUL D.; THOMAS, JEFF D.
To: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 021174/0672 →