The earliest mouse in the world was born in 1964. It was invented by American Doug Engelbass (the father of the mouse). IEEE, the world's largest professional and technical society, lists the invention of the mouse as one of the most important events in the 50 years since the birth of the computer.
5 1 years ago today, 1968 12.9, Engelbarth showed the world's first mouse, a small wooden box and a button, with two wheels perpendicular to each other. The working principle is that the roller drives the shaft to rotate, the rheostat changes the resistance, and the change of the resistance generates displacement signals, which are processed by the computer on the screen. Dr Engelbarth and his colleagues nicknamed him "mouse" because he dragged a long tail connection. Later, Dr. Engelbass applied for a patent and named it "X-Y position indicator of display system", so it was also called "father of mouse".
Douglas engelbart died on July 2, 20 13 at the age of 88. * * * has obtained dozens of patented inventions in his life, the most famous of which is the mouse patent. But because the invention was too advanced, it didn't make a fortune because of this patent.
Achievement and honors of Doug Engelbass, fath of mice.
The mouse patent application number is 1967, the authorization number is 1970, and the serial number is 3,54 1, 541. The definition of this patent is: "Move the cursor on the cathode ray tube display by manually controlling the movement of the X-Y position indicator of the display system on any surface;" The signal generated by pointer control indicates its position, so that the cursor is displayed at the corresponding position on the display screen. "