Apple Patents: Optical Touch Pad Mouse?
Wednesday March 17, 2004 04:23 PM EST
Written by Arnold Kim
A peripheral input device for controlling movements on a display screen, the peripheral input device comprising: a housing; and an optical touch pad carried by the housing, the optical touch pad being configured to translate finger motion into movements on the display screen.
Essentially, the new patent appears to be for a mouse with touchpad in place of the button. This appears to be an update to a previous concept patented by Apple -- the rotary mouse.
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