Patent ID: 8730169
Filing Date: 2014-05-20
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A hybrid pointing device configured to be operated by a user on a working surface, the hybrid pointing device comprising: an operation field located only at a front portion of a top surface of the hybrid pointing device and configured to accommodate a plurality of fingers of the user moving thereon for activating a clicking operation, a scrolling operation and a multi-touch operation; a first module configured to sense a movement of the hybrid pointing device relative to the working surface; a second module including a wall extending between a rear end of the operation field and the plane, the wall configured to block a part of a field of view of the at least one image sensor in such a manner that the field of view optically covers the front portion of the top surface of the hybrid pointing device without optically covering a rear portion of the top surface of the hybrid pointing device; and a processor configured to identify gestures of the plurality of fingers associated with the clicking operation, the scrolling operation and the multi-touch operation according to position information of the at least one light spot on the image.