optical mouse
noun[C]
ITukusacomputermousethat useslightratherthan arollingballtoknowwhen themouseis beingmoved:
Thecomputersall come with anopticalmouseand akeyboard.
Examplesofoptical mouse
optical mouse
A laser mouse is anopticalmousethat uses coherent (laser) light.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Anopticalmousemight use an image sensor having an 18 18 pixel array of monochromatic pixels.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.An example of this is a genericopticalmousesensor used in anopticalmouse.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.He invented and owns a patent on an early version of theopticalmouse.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Another common mouse is theopticalmouse.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Examples are using a dot matrix impact printer to produce musical notes, using a flatbed scanner to take ultra-high-resolution photographs or using anopticalmouseas barcode reader.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Since this mouse is anopticalmouse, the mouse fails when sufficient sunlight leaks into the trackball.
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Optical flow sensors are used extensively in computer optical mice, as the main sensing component for measuring the motion of the mouse across a surface.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Modern optical mice can function to an acceptable degree of accuracy on plain paper and other surfaces.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.To understand how optical mice work, imagine two photographs of the same object except slightly offset from each other.
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