Optical navigation system using a single-package motion sensor
US8031176B1 · kind B1 · utility
Assignee
Inventors
Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 22, 2008 |
| Grant date | Oct 4, 2011 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 21, 2030 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F3/0383
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An optical navigation apparatus including a package incorporating a light source and a single die of silicon. The single die of silicon includes a photodiode array configured at the detection plane to receive the speckle pattern of the scattered light from the collection optics, circuitry configured to process signals from the photodiode array to determine changes in position of the apparatus relative to the tracking surface, analog circuitry configured to control and drive current through the light source, interface circuitry configured to communicate position data by outputting the position data via a data interface, a microcontroller comprising a processor core and memory for storing computer-readable code and data, and a system bus configured to communicate instructions and data between the microcontroller and said digital, analog, and interface circuitries. Other embodiments, aspects and features are also disclosed.
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.