Abstract: A wired/wireless chargeable mouse, within which is configured a coil winding mechanism that is used to rewind a connecting wire and a connector into the mouse. When using the mouse in wired mode, a charging circuit of a circuit board charges a battery within the mouse using electric power transmitted from a host computer through the connector and the connecting wire. Furthermore, light-emitting diodes of the circuit board produce different luminescent displays corresponding to different states of the mouse.
Abstract: A light emitting element drive apparatus capable of always outputting the lowest voltage satisfying the drive conditions and having a high light emitting efficiency and a low power loss, and a portable apparatus using the same, comprising a LED drive apparatus 10 to which LEDs 20-1 to 20-n of different drive voltages required for emitting light are connected in parallel and driving one or more LEDs, wherein the LED drive apparatus 10 has drive circuits 13-1 to 13-n connected to the corresponding LEDs among a plurality of LEDs and driving the corresponding LEDs with luminances based on set values and power supply circuits 14 and 15 for deciding a drive voltage value required for the highest light emission among one or more LEDs driven to emit light based on drive states of drive circuits (for example terminal voltages of the current source) and supplying a drive voltage having at least the decided value to a plurality of LEDs in parallel.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
May 29, 2003
Date of Patent:
April 29, 2008
Assignees:
Sony Corporation, Sony Ericsson Mobile Communication Japan, Inc.
Abstract: This invention describes a method for a haptic (tactile) feedback to a user of an electronic device having a touch display (screen) by utilizing an electrostrictive polymer as a combined haptic-seal actuator attached to the touch screen. In addition, the combined seal-actuator also makes a shock absorber. The electrostrictive polymer is a suitable material for haptic-seal-shock absorbing actuator because of its robustness and large stroke.