| 摘要 |
<p>The invention provides a computer mouse/magnetic card reader device, including a computer mouse having a housing at least partially enclosing means for performing standard computer mouse functions when the device is connected to a computer; a slot traversing at least a major portion of a surface of the housing, the slot being configured to smoothly guide a magnetic card slid therethrough; a magnetic head located at least in close proximity to the slot; a switch disposed in, or adjacent to, the slot for detecting the insertion of a card in the slot and for switching the device from a standard mouse mode to a magnetic card-reading mode, and a microcontroller for controlling the functioning of the device in these modes.</p> |
