Patents Assigned to BMC Micro-Industries Ltd.
  • Multi-directional hand scanner and mouse
    Patent number: 5355146
    Abstract: A computer system incorporating a combined computer pointing device (mouse) and hand scanner is disclosed. When used as a hand scanner, the device transmits signals representing image data, position information and rotation information to the computer. The computer assembles from the received signals a unified image from possibly non-aligned and overlapping image data and stores the resulting image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 1991
    Date of Patent: October 11, 1994
    Assignee: BMC Micro-Industries Ltd.
    Inventors: Wing-Lim Chiu, Wai-Kwok Chew