Architecture for Variable Pressure Mouse

摘要

User input devices with variable pressure buttons are configured. A user may specify a range of pressure to be associated with a pressure level. In some embodiments, a user may also associate a command or other instruction to an application with an identity of a variable pressure button and a pressure level of the button. In some embodiments, the associations may be represented in a configuration profile. In further embodiments, a microcontroller for a mouse may translate signals from variable pressure buttons into pressure levels based upon the configuration file. In many embodiments, a user may associate a reporting rate with a variable pressure button. A legacy application may receive reports of the state of the variable pressure button at the associated reporting rate.

主权项

1. An information handling system comprising:
a user input device, including a variable pressure button (VPB); an application; a VPB-translation module; and a VPB configuration module to:
provide an application programming interface to the application and to provide a graphical user interface (GUI) to a user, to enable the user through the GUI to assign amounts of pressure applied to the VPB to pressure levels and to assign the pressure levels in combination with an identity of the VPB to commands or other inputs to the application;create a configuration profile to represent the user assignments of pressure ranges to pressure levels and the user assignment of pressure levels to the commands or other inputs to the application;provide to the application through the application programming interface information about the assignment by the user of pressure levels in combination with the identity of the VPB to commands or other inputs to the application; andprovide the configuration profile to the VPB-translation module, wherein:
the VPB is to generate signals regarding amounts of pressure applied to the VPB; andthe VPB-translation module is to translate the amounts of pressure into pressure levels as specified by the configuration profile and to broadcast the commands or other inputs corresponding to the pressure levels to the application.