US 11,775,091 B2
Computer mouse and method for operating a computer mouse, remote control, smart device
Stefan Battlogg, St. Anton i.M. (AT)
Assigned to INVENTUS Engineering GmbH, St. Anton i.M. (AT)
Appl. No. 17/799,794
Filed by INVENTUS Engineering GmbH, St. Anton i.M. (AT)
PCT Filed Feb. 15, 2021, PCT No. PCT/EP2021/053688
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Aug. 15, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/160896, PCT Pub. Date Aug. 19, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2020 104 011.3 (DE), filed on Feb. 14, 2020; application No. 10 2020 104 705.3 (DE), filed on Feb. 21, 2020; application No. 10 2020 116 941.8 (DE), filed on Jun. 26, 2020; and application No. 10 2020 117 075.0 (DE), filed on Jun. 29, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0087434 A1, Mar. 23, 2023
Int. Cl. G06F 3/038 (2013.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G06F 3/0354 (2013.01); G06F 3/0362 (2013.01)
CPC G06F 3/0383 (2013.01) [G06F 3/016 (2013.01); G06F 3/0362 (2013.01); G06F 3/03543 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computer mouse, comprising:
a mouse body to be manually gripped;
a mouse wheel rotatably mounted to said mouse body and configured to be rotated for carrying out an input to a computer device coupled to the computer mouse;
said mouse wheel having at least two actuation zones,
a controllable magnetorheological braking device configured to control a movement of said mouse wheel and selectively damping the movement in dependence on the actuation zone from which said mouse wheel is being actuated or in dependence on which actuation zone had been previously activated.