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Low-profile pointing stick

A pointing device and gel technology, which is applied in the fields of instruments, calculations, electrical digital data processing, etc., can solve the problems of lack of automatic centering mechanism, etc.

Active Publication Date: 2016-10-05
MICROSOFT TECH LICENSING LLC
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However, optical sensor type pointing devices lack an automatic centering mechanism and thus require repositioning by the user of the device

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[0035] This article describes a low profile, small footprint gel-based pointing device. In various embodiments, a gel-based pointing device described herein includes a gel-based body, a tactile surface attached to a first side of the gel-based body, and a second side attached to the gel-based body. The base surface of the second side opposite to one side. The tactile surface is configured to receive input from a user. The substrate surface attaches the gel-based body to the sensor surface. In some embodiments, a gel-based pointing device described herein further includes a sensor for receiving the gel-based pointing device and for detecting resistance, capacitance, pressure, lateral position, and / or A detector of a change in at least one of the vertical positions.

[0036] The devices, techniques and systems described herein can be implemented in many ways. Example embodiments are provided below with reference to the accompanying figures.

[0037] Illustrative gel-based p...

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A low-profile, small-footprint gel-based pointing device is described herein. The gel-based pointing device described herein includes a gel-based body, a tactile surface affixed to a first side of the gel-based body, and a base surface affixed to a second side of the gel-based body that is opposite the first side. The tactile surface is configured to receive an input from a user and the base surface couples the gel-based body to a sensor surface. In at least one embodiment, the gel-based pointing device described herein further includes a sensor for receiving the gel-based pointing device and a detector for detecting changes in at least one of resistance, capacity, pressure, or lateral or vertical position of the gel-based pointing device.

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Background technique [0001] A pointing device is an input interface that allows a user to enter continuous and multi-dimensional data into a computer. Pointing devices can facilitate user input with gestures such as pointing, clicking, or dragging. Gestures are translated and used by a computing device in response to user input to modify the user interface, often through movement of the relative position of a pointer or cursor on the user interface. For example, if a user interacts with an input interface such as a touchpad by moving two fingers in a downward or upward motion, the user interface may show a scrolling motion on the currently active page. Two commonly used pointing devices are a touchpad (also known as a trackpad) and a pointing stick. [0002] A touchpad is a pointing device commonly used on laptop computers. Typically, a touchpad has a touch sensor for receiving user input. The touch sensor is configured to enable translation of the position of the user's f...

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IPC IPC(8): G06F3/033G06F3/0338G06F3/0354
CPCG06F3/033G06F3/0354G06F3/0338
Inventor 福本正明
Owner MICROSOFT TECH LICENSING LLC