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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 12, 2019
Filed:
Jun. 01, 2017
Applicant:
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);
Inventors:
Aaron Schmitz, Redmond, WA (US);
Gabriel Michael Rask Gassoway, Issaquah, WA (US);
Jonathan Shea Robinson, Kirkland, WA (US);
Assignee:
MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B25J 13/02 (2006.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01); A63F 13/24 (2014.01); F41A 19/10 (2006.01); G06F 3/041 (2006.01); A63F 13/285 (2014.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A63F 13/285 (2014.09); A63F 13/24 (2014.09); F41A 19/10 (2013.01); G06F 3/016 (2013.01); A63F 2250/488 (2013.01); A63F 2300/1037 (2013.01); B25J 13/025 (2013.01); G06F 3/041 (2013.01); G06F 2203/013 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04105 (2013.01);
Abstract
A user-input device includes a user-actuatable trigger configured to pivot about a trigger axis, the user-actuatable trigger including a sector gear, a posture sensor configured to determine a posture of the user-actuatable trigger about the trigger axis, and a force-feedback motor configured to drive the sector gear based on a force-feedback signal.