Patent ID: 7924267

Claim:
A pointing device for a computer system comprising: a first movement sensor, for detecting movements of said device along a first axis and a second axis, which are not aligned; a second movement sensor, for detecting movements of said device along a third axis not aligned to said first and second axes; and a processor coupled to said first and second movement sensors for producing a plurality of movement signals indicating the movement of said device along said first, second and third axes, said processor comprising a control stage for controlling a mode of production of said movement signals based on a response of said second movement sensor, wherein; said processor comprises a first calculation line and a second calculation line associated with said first movement sensor for producing a first set of said movement signals indicative of the movement of said device along said first and second axes; and said control stage is configured to selectively enable and disable said first and second calculation lines based on said response of said second movement sensor.