US 12,326,986 B2
Input device for users with limited mobility
Donnacha Costello, Dublin (IE); Nicolas Jinkinson, St-Sulpice (CH); Christophe Dayer, Geneva (CH); Nicolas Chauvin, Chexbres (CH); Riccardo Chianella, Lausanne (CH); Eoin McNally, Dublin (IE); Bayden Filleul, County Wicklow (IE); Jenni Toriseva, Vantaa (FI); Greg Dizac, Lausanne (CH); and Michael Richards, Lausanne (CH)
Assigned to Logitech Europe S.A., Lausanne (CH)
Filed by Logitech Europe S.A., Lausanne (CH)
Filed on Jan. 25, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/159,403.
Prior Publication US 2024/0248549 A1, Jul. 25, 2024
Int. Cl. G06F 3/0354 (2013.01); G06F 3/0362 (2013.01)
CPC G06F 3/03543 (2013.01) [G06F 3/03549 (2013.01); G06F 3/0362 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computer mouse comprising:
a housing having:
a top side; and
a bottom side;
one or more processors disposed in the housing;
a trackball configured on the top side of the housing and controlled by the one or more processors; and
a scroll bar disposed in the top side of the housing and controlled by the one or more processors,
wherein a width of the scroll bar is at least twice a diameter of the scroll bar,
wherein the bottom side of the housing is configured to be placed on a surface while the computer mouse is being operated,
wherein the housing has a triangular shape defined by three corners and three sides, each of the three sides coupled to a corresponding two of the three corners,
wherein a center of the trackball is configured on the top side of the housing at a location between a center point of the top side of the housing and a first corner of the three corners,
wherein the scroll bar is configured on the top side of the housing at a location between the center point of the top side of the housing and a first side of the three sides, the first side being opposite the first corner of the three corners,
wherein a distance between the trackball and the scroll bar is 15-25 mm, and
wherein a distance between the trackball and one of the three sides is 10-20 mm.