Patent ID: 6873316

Claim:
A method for controlling a cursor in a computer comprising the following steps: providing an input signal generated by the computer; providing a cursor control apparatus for receiving a user input and providing signals indicative of the user input, the cursor control apparatus connected to the computer; providing a piezo-electric tactile feedback apparatus coupled with the cursor control apparatus; providing a driver circuit coupled to the piezo-electric tactile feedback apparatus, the driver circuit operable to generate an AC signal that causes the piezo-electric tactile feedback apparatus to vibrate; providing a suppression circuit coupled to the computer and the cursor control apparatus, the suppression circuit adapted to receive the input signal and deactivate the cursor control apparatus; providing a switch circuit, the switch circuit connected to the computer and between the driver circuit and the suppression circuit and the piezo-electric tactile feedback apparatus deactivating the operation of the cursor control apparatus in response to the suppression circuit sensing the input signal; the switch circuit, in response to receiving the input signal, starting the piezo-electric tactile feedback apparatus for a first period of time, the piezo-electric tactile feedback apparatus adapted to vibrate the cursor control apparatus; stopping the piezo-electric tactile feedback apparatus after the first period of time; and the suppression circuit activating the cursor control apparatus.