Abstract: An optical mouse scanner allows users to perform quick scans of paper documents (or of some other surface) without requiring a separate, standalone scanner. Scanning functionality may be provided to an optical mouse, such as a wireless optical mouse. The scanning sensor and/or the scanning light source could be same as that used for the optical motion detection for the mouse. Alternatively, a separate light source and/or imaging element could be provided for purposes of scanning. Image stitching software could use a number of captured images (e.g., a stream of captured frames) alone, or in association with mouse orientation and/or position information, to assemble a larger image from smaller captured image frames.