Patent ID: 6657613
Filing Date: 2003-12-02
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
A pointing device comprising:a position determination device configured to determine an indicated position on the display screen pointed with a pointing means by a user, to thereby generate a position signal representing the indicated position; an acoustic input device configured to generate an input operation signal responsive to a sound made by the user, the input operation signal representing operations of a specific input device; and a pointing signal output device configured to supply the pointing signal including the position signal and the input operation signal to a computer, the acoustic input device including: a tapping sound detector configured to detect a tapping sound made by the user on the display screen to generate a tapping sound detection signal; a converter configured to convert the tapping sound detection signal into the input operation signal; an operation signal output device configured to supply the input operation signal to the pointing signal output device, where the input operation signal is transmitted using a transmitter and a receiver, wherein the specific input device is a mouse, and the operations represented by the input operation signal include on/off of a mouse button.