ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,293,028, issued on May 6.
"Electronic devices with extended input-output capabilities" was invented by Paul X. Wang (Cupertino, Calif.), Benjamin G. Jackson (Piedmont, Calif.) and Richard G. Huizar (San Diego).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic pointing device such as a computer mouse may be used in gathering user input from a user. The electronic pointing device may be provided with a light source that illuminates a portion of a surface that is overlapped by the mouse and a light sensor configured to monitor movement of the electronic pointing device across the surface based on reflected light from the illuminated portion. The ...