A system and method for dictation using a peripheral device includes a voice recognition mouse. The voice recognition mouse includes a microphone, a first button, a processor coupled to the microphone and the first button, and a memory coupled to the processor. The memory stores instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to detect actuation of the first button and in response to detecting actuation of the first button, invoke the microphone for capturing audio speech from a user. The captured audio speech is streamed to a first module. The first module is configured to invoke a second module for converting the captured audio speech into text and forward the text to the first module for providing to an application expecting the text, the application being configured to display the text on a display device.

A computer peripheral device (e.g., a computer mouse) includes an optical sensor configured to generate optical data corresponding to a surface that the computer peripheral device is placed upon and a processor(s) configured to determine, based on the optical data, a relative displacement of the computer peripheral device along the surface, identify one or more characteristics of the surface based on the optical data; compare the one or more characteristics with one or more corresponding baseline characteristics stored in memory; classify, based on the comparing of the one or more characteristics with one or more corresponding baseline characteristics, a type of the surface; and adjust, based on the classified type of the surface, an aspect of the determination of the relative displacement of the peripheral device or an operation of the optical sensor that alters the generating of the optical data.

Domed input assemblies for controlling an electronic device and methods for using domed input assemblies for controlling electronic device are provided.

An ambidextrous mouse is disclosed. The ambidextrous mouse is configured for both left and right handed use. The mouse may include right handed buttons on the front side of the mouse and left handed buttons on the back side of the mouse. The user may change the handedness of the mouse by rotating the mouse about a vertical axis of the mouse such that the left hand can use the left hand buttons and the right hand can use the right hand buttons. The mouse may include a handedness selection system for configuring the mouse for right handed or left handed use even though the mouse has the capability for both right and left hands.

A two-dimensional navigation module of a cursor controller includes a top plate, a first rod, a sliding roller sleeved at the first rod, and a first OTS sensor. The top plate has an elongated groove recessed thereon. The first rod is arranged in the groove. Two opposite ends of the first rod are fastened to the top plate. The sliding roller is movable along the first rod between a first position and a second position, and the sliding roller is spinable along the first rod in a range of 0360 degrees. When the sliding roller is moved, a center segment of the first rod keeps touching the sliding roller. The first OTS sensor is arranged under the center segment of the first rod for detecting at least one of a moving distance and a spinning angle of the sliding roller.

The moving amount detection device includes: a plurality of optical sensors; a moving amount acquisition unit configured to acquire a moving amount of the moving body by using image data acquired from the optical sensors; and an arithmetic processing unit configured to detect the moving amount of the moving body in a coordinate system of a reference position on the moving body by performing arithmetic processing using the moving amount of the moving body in the predetermined coordinate systems of each of the plurality of optical sensors, wherein the plurality of optical sensors are disposed so that three or more of them are not arranged on the same straight line and the predetermined coordinate systems that are respectively set in the plurality of optical sensors have angles different from each other with respect to the coordinate system in the reference position.

A wireless mouse is disclosed. The wireless mouse includes: a mouse housing, and an electric generating device mounted in the mouse housing; wherein the electric generating device includes: a first rotation shaft mounted pivotably in the mouse housing, an eccentric wheel and a first annular conductor fixed on the first rotation shaft, and a first magnet fixed in the mouse housing, wherein the first annular conductor is arranged in a magnet field generated by the first magnet, and is configured such that magnetic flux through an annular section of the first annular conductor changes when the first rotation shaft drives the first annular conductor to rotate. The wireless mouse provided by the present disclosure is used to input operation information to a computer.

The present invention relates an input controller (100) for interacting with a virtual environment, and more specifically to an input controller comprising a first body (102) and a second body (104) connected to the first body, wherein the first body comprises a first input device (106) and the second body comprises a second input device (108). The first input device provides input control to the virtual environment with a first movement with at least 5 degrees of freedom in the virtual environment, the first movement being a relative movement, and the second input device provides input control to the virtual environment with a second movement with at least 2 degrees of freedom in the virtual environment, the second movement being an absolute movement.

One illustrative peripheral disclosed herein includes one or more sensors usable to detect a physical position of the peripheral in real space. The illustrative peripheral can use the sensor(s) to determine whether the peripheral is positioned on a surface or off the surface in real space. Responsive to determining that the peripheral is positioned on the surface, the peripheral can activate a first haptic output mode configured to provide a first set of haptic effects based on two-dimensional movement of the peripheral along the surface. Responsive to determining that the peripheral is positioned off the surface, the peripheral can activate a second haptic output mode configured to provide a second set of haptic effects based on three-dimensional movement of the peripheral in real space.

In some embodiments, an input device includes a housing having a top surface, a touch sensor disposed on the top surface of the housing, and a processor disposed in the housing. The touch sensor can be configured to detect a contact by a hand on the top surface of the housing and generate touch data corresponding to the detected contact by the hand. The processor can be configured to control operation of the touch sensor and receive the touch data, determine an orientation of the hand with respect to the housing based on the touch data, and calibrate a detected movement of the input device based on the determined orientation of the hand with respect to the housing. An image sensor and/or one or more IMUs can be used to detect 2D and/or 3D movement of the input device.