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Filing Information

Inventor(s)	Peter J. Mikan ·
Assignee(s)	None listed in document.  View assignee updates
Attorney/Agent(s)	Our Pal LLC · Pal Asija ·
Primary Examiner	Bipin Shalwala ·
Assistant Examiner	Vince E Kovalick ·
Application Number	US11108112
Filing date	04/18/2005
Issue date	03/03/2009
Predicted expiration date	10/08/2023
Patent term adjustment	628
U.S. Classifications	345/172  · 345/168  · 345/163  · 345/157  · 345/173  · 345/156  ·
International Classifications	G09G500 ·
Related U.S. Application Data	RELATED DOCUMENT This application is a Continuation-In-Part Application to Ser. No. 10/051,810 filed Jan. 18, 2002 now abandoned filed by the same inventor bearing the same title, “Keypad Computer Mouse Emulation System” which in turn is tangentially related to Non-Provisional application Ser. No. 09/547,946 filed Apr. 12, 2000 titled, “Mouse Emulation Keyboard System” by the same inventor which claimed priority from provisional application No. 60/129,018 filed Apr. 13, 1999 by the same inventor bearing the same title. This application is also related to a design patent application entitled Industrial Mouse Keypad Ser. No. 29/133,804 filed Dec. 8, 2000 by the same inventor.

Patent Family

Abstract

A keypad of six keys connected to a circuit that includes a microprocessor and interface driver connected to cable which plugs directly into a computer mouse port. The keypad has four arrow keys, which allow for cursor control in eight directions, and two other keys, which provide the left and right mouse button functions. The keypad is made of molded silicone rubber, is waterproof, and has translucent key legends which allow for back-lighting, that is provided by six LED's that are controlled by the microprocessor allowing the light intensity to be adjusted by the user.

Independent Claims | See all claims (1)

1. 1. A process of emulating a pointing device through a microprocessor with embedded firmware keypad for pointing device data entry into a standard personal computer comprising the steps of: a) assembling a microprocessor with embedded firmware keypad comprising at least four back lit arrow keys bearing the legend left, right, up and down symbolically and two back lit keys firmware programmed to emulate left and right buttons of a pointing device and bearing the legend of left and right mouse buttons symbolically of said pointing device; b) emulating a pointing device through said microprocessor with embedded firmware keypad; and wherein c) said emulation is in part accomplished through firmware programmed into said keypad comprising programmed microprocessor with embedded firmware wherein said firmware program comprises a power on reset, a subroutine program to control back lit lighting, a subroutine program to control cursor rate, a subroutine program to emulate left right mouse functions; and a plurality of decision blocks to check status of arrow keys.