Additional Touch-Gesture Sensors for Rear or Sides of Mobile Devices
Patent Information
- Authority / Receiving Office
- US · United States
- Patent Type
- Applications(United States)
- Current Assignee / Owner
- LUDWIG LESTER
- Publication Date
- 2013-12-05
- Estimated Expiration
- Not applicable · inactive patent
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Abstract
Description
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application is a continuation of U.S. application Ser. No. 12 / 541,948 filed Aug. 15, 2009, which claims priority from U.S. Provisional Application 61 / 089386, filed Aug. 15, 2008, the contents of which are incorporated herein.FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0002] It is well known that conventional, low-dimensional pointing devices like the mouse, which have only two independent ways of moving or degrees of freedom (DOFs), can be tedious and inefficient to use. The small size of cell phones and many other consumer electronic devices exacerbates the problem, making them even less efficient, and more difficult, to use. Contributing to the solution of these problems will help address the larger problem of improving the usability of computing systems and devices -- that is, to provide interfaces that make operating such systems intuitive, efficient and appealing.DESCRIPTION OF THE RELATED ART
[0003] The need the technology disclosed herein addresses i...