Patent ID: 8581848

Claim:
A hybrid pointing device for being operated by a user on a surface, the hybrid pointing device comprising: a transparent touch plate on a top surface of the hybrid pointing device, the transparent touch plate comprising: a soft plate configured for being pressed by the at least one finger; a supporting plate disposed under the soft plate; and a deformable unit fixed between the soft plate and the supporting plate and having a pattern configuration, wherein the deformable unit deforms as the soft plate is pressed and restores after the at least one finger is removed; a first module configured to sense a movement of the hybrid pointing device relative to the surface; a second module, comprising: a light source configured to emit light beams to the transparent touch plate; and an image sensor arranged under the supporting plate of the transparent touch plate and configured to capture an image covering the transparent touch plate; and a processor configured to detect a deformation of the transparent touch plate when at least one finger of the user presses thereon and to identify gestures according to a position information of at least one light spot in the image caused by the at least one finger in contact with the transparent touch plate.