A pointing device comprises a substrate with an electrically conductive surface and a resilient boot. The resilient boot resiliently supports a resistive surface to contact the electrically conductive surface in a pressed mode when a force is applied to push and deform the resilient boot against the electrically conductive surface. The resilient boot is made of a resistive rubber material. The resistive surface has a voltage variance and is curved to be rocked on the electrically conductive surf...

When keyboard 1 is set on the upper side, ball 10 is inserted between stopper 8 and the coordinate converting unit 4. As a result, the coordinate converting unit 4 is fixed by ball 10. When the user moves the pointing device on the flat surface, the ball 6 then moves according to the user's operation. Furthermore, when the user pushes keyboard 1, detecting switch 7 is pressed by protrusion 3, and then detecting switch 7 is switched to the ON state. On the other hand, when the pointing device is ...

A pointing device includes a light source, an aperture member, and a detector. The light source provides incident light for illuminating an obverse surface of a plate at a predetermined incident angle. The plate has the obverse surface and a reverse surface and is transparent to the wavelength of the incident light. The aperture member has an opening through which speckle light from the obverse surface and speckle light from the reverse surface pass. The speckle light results from the incident l...

A pointing device is communicated with a computer system for controlling movement of a cursor shown on a display screen of the computer system. The pointing device includes a housing and a scroll wheel assembly. The housing has an opening therein. The scroll wheel assembly is positioned within the opening of the housing and a portion thereof protrudes away from the outer surface of the housing. The scroll wheel assembly includes a rotatable member, a soft member covering the rotatable member, an...

A pointing device including a base section, an operating section shiftably supported on the base section, a magnet carried on one of the base section and the operating section, and a magneto-electro transducer carried on the other of the base section and the operating section at a location close to the magnet. The operating section includes a first part securely holding one of the magnet and the magneto-electro transducer and supported on the base section shiftably in a desired horizontal direct...

A pointing device including a base section, an operating section shiftably supported on the base section, a magnet carried on one of the base section and the operating section, and a magneto-electro transducer carried on the other of the base section and the operating section at a location close to the magnet. The operating section includes a first part securely holding one of the magnet and the magneto-electro transducer and supported on the base section shiftably in a desired horizontal direct...

A pointing device including a base section, an operating section shiftably supported on the base section, a magnet carried on one of the base section and the operating section, and a magneto-electro transducer carried on the other of the base section and the operating section at a location close to the magnet. The operating section includes a first part securely holding one of the magnet and the magneto-electro transducer and supported on the base section shiftably in a desired horizontal direct...

A pointing device includes hall elements that detect inclinations of a magnet in first, second and third directions, and a control unit that determines a pointing direction with output voltages of the hall elements depending on the inclinations of the magnet.

A pointing device including an operating section shiftably supported on a base section, a magnet carried on the base section or the operating section, and a magneto-electro transducer carried on the other close to the magnet. A first part securely holding one of the magnet and the magneto-electro transducer and shiftably supported on the base section in a horizontal direction relative to the base section, and a second part connected to and elastically biasing the first part towards a home positi...

A pointing device including: a base part; an operating part shiftably supported on the base part; a magnet carried on the operating part; magneto-electro transducers carried on the base part at a location close to the magnet; and a switch mechanism arranged between the base part and the operating part. The operating part includes a first member carrying the magnet and a second member connected to the first member in a mutually shiftable manner. The first member is provided with a rocking center ...