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The ball in the mouse is used to make the mouse work.

X and Y rollers grip the ball and transfer movement and from there:

Optical encoding disks include light holes and Infrared LEDs shine through the disks.

Finally:

Sensors gather light pulses to convert to X and Y vectors.

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