ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,542,455, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to Logitech Europe S.A. (Lausanne, Switzerland).
"Power management system for an input device" was invented by Laurent Plancherel (Lausanne, Switzerland) and Thomas Marriott-Dodington (Geneva).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A computer mouse includes a power interface circuit (PIC) electrically and communicatively coupled to a processor(s), the power interface circuit operable to electrically couple to and receive power from a plurality of different types of external power sources including at least a first type of external wireless power source operable to wirelessly provide power to the computer mou...