U.S. Patent number: 4,754,268
Filed: Jun. Aug. 23, 1985
Issued: Jun. 28, 1988
Inventor: Akira Mori
Asignee: Mitsuboshi Belting Ltd.
Unlike Baker, Bantz, and Flurry's earlier wireless mouse design, Mori's mouse was designed to functioned more like modern day wireless mouse. The mouse body carried a power source, means to calculate its position and movement, and send that information to the computer. The system would use radio signals to carry the information.
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Computer mouse evolution: Patent designs from the 1970s and 1980s
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