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Title:
POINTING DEVICE AND ITS CHARGING METHOD
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2000137574
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:

To deal with the run-down of the battery of a pointing device driven by the battery by constituting a system so that the other pointing device can be used while one pointing device main body is charged.

A setting means for setting the other device to a power supply mode supplying power from a battery and one device to a charging mode charging the battery with respect to a first and second pointing device and a charging means charging a pointing device main body where the charging mode is set are installed. When the battery runs down while the mouse 1 is used in a mouse mode, a user removes a mouse 2 from a mouse holder and places the mouse whose battery runs down on the mouse holder 3. Then, the mouse 2 in a full charged state is operated. Namely, the mouse 2 is used in the mouse mode and the mouse 1 is used in a holder mode.


Inventors:
KIKUKAWA NORIYUKI
Application Number:
JP30910698A
Publication Date:
May 16, 2000
Filing Date:
October 29, 1998
Export Citation:
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Assignee:
CANON KK
International Classes:
G06F1/26; G06F3/0354; (IPC1-7): G06F3/033; G06F1/26
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Yoshikazu Tani (1 person outside)



 
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