US 12,105,896 B2
Computer mouse module
John Franciscus Marie Helmes, Steijl (NL); Paul Kos, Shenzhen (CN); Nicholas Yen-Cherng Chen, Cambridge (GB); Michael Hall, Emsworth (GB); Stephen Edward Hodges, Cambridge (GB); James Alexander Devine, Lancaster (GB); Qing Feng, Shenzhen (CN); and Masaaki Fukumoto, Shenzhen (CN)
Assigned to Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC., Redmond, WA (US)
Appl. No. 18/042,664
Filed by Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US)
PCT Filed Sep. 29, 2020, PCT No. PCT/CN2020/118654
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Feb. 23, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/067459, PCT Pub. Date Apr. 7, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0376127 A1, Nov. 23, 2023
Int. Cl. G06F 3/0354 (2013.01); G06F 3/0362 (2013.01); G06F 3/039 (2013.01)
CPC G06F 3/03543 (2013.01) [G06F 3/0362 (2013.01); G06F 3/039 (2013.01); G06F 2203/0333 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computer mouse module comprising:
a power supply component;
a movement sensor configured to detect movement of the computer mouse module on a surface;
an encoder operable to encode data collected by the movement sensor;
a transmitter for transmitting the encoded data to a computer; and
a physical connector for detachably attaching a handle portion to the computer mouse module such that a length of the computer mouse module is supported by the handle portion at a non-parallel angle with the surface, wherein the handle portion is moved in a lateral direction relative to the length of the computer mouse module to detachably attach the handle portion to the computer mouse module.