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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 04, 2020
Filed:
Aug. 30, 2017
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);
Jonathan Shea Robinson, Kirkland, WA (US);
Aaron Schmitz, Redmond, WA (US);
Gabriel Michael Rask Gassoway, Issaquah, WA (US);
Andrew McKinley Schroeder, Redmond, WA (US);
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Examples are disclosed that relate to handheld input devices having pressable user input mechanisms configured to move in a manner that adapts to different hands. One disclosed example provides a handheld input device comprising a body configured to be held by a hand such that one or more fingers of the hand are curved at least partially toward a palm of the hand, a pressable user input mechanism positioned on the body at such a location as to be in contact with a palm-side surface of a finger when the handheld input device is held, and a hinge coupling between the body and the pressable user input mechanism, the hinge coupling comprising an axis of rotation that varies based upon a characteristic of force applied to the pressable user input mechanism.