User Notification System with an Illuminated Computer Input Device

• Main Authors: KANEKO STEVEN T, LEDBETTER CARL J, MCDONOUGH TIMOTHY A, PLANK ROBERT SCOTT, BATHICHE STEVEN, FISHER STEVEN W
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 12.04.2012
• Subjects: ADVERTISING; ARRANGEMENTS OR CIRCUITS FOR CONTROL OF INDICATING DEVICESUSING STATIC MEANS TO PRESENT VARIABLE INFORMATION; CRYPTOGRAPHY; DISPLAY; EDUCATION; PHYSICS; SEALS

A user notification system and a computer input device, such as a mouse. The computer input device includes an illumination member that enables a user to quickly and accurately position the input device during poor lighting conditions and determine whether the computer is ON. The input device includ...