Patent ID: 8537115
Filing Date: 2013-09-17
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A user configurable mouse, comprising: a housing having a touch sensitive surface divided into an array of independent and spatially distinct sensing regions wherein at least some of the sensing regions are positioned around a periphery of the housing, each sensing region being configured to generate a signal when the sensing region detects that at least a portion of a user's hand is touching the sensing region, the signal including information identifying a particular location of the sensing region in the housing; wherein signals from one or more sensing regions of the array of sensing regions form a hand signal that defines a pixilated image of a contact produced by the portion of the user's hand touching the housing; and wherein a plurality of hand signals representing the portion of the user's hand touching and moving across the surface of the are compared to generate a function signal associated with detected movement of the portion of the user's hand across the surface of the housing, the function signal for implementing a user-intended operation of the mouse.