Patent ID: 7888822

Claim:
A power-saving laser pointer mouse operating in multi-stage power-saving modes comprising: a battery as a voltage source and having a battery capacity; a micro-controller electrically connected to said battery for detecting a plurality of voltage values of said battery and outputting a switching signal, wherein a duty cycle of said switching signal is determined and varied by said micro-controller according to said detected voltage value being within a first of a plurality of voltage value ranges, wherein as said battery capacity decreases and said detected voltage value is outside said first voltage value range and within a second voltage value range, then said micro-controller varies said duty cycle of said switching signal to a second duty cycle; and a laser diode electrically connected to said micro-controller for emitting a light beam in response to said switching signal, wherein said duty cycle of said switching signal represents a proportion of high-level duration laser diode illumination for a given signal period.