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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 08, 2020
Filed:
Jan. 17, 2017
Applicant:
Hewlett-packard Development Company, L.p., Houston, TX (US);
Inventors:
Hiroshi Horii, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Kevin Smathers, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Ian N. Robinson, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Assignee:
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Spring, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0354 (2013.01); G06F 3/0362 (2013.01); G06F 3/0484 (2013.01); G06F 3/0487 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/03549 (2013.01); G06F 3/0354 (2013.01); G06F 3/0362 (2013.01); G06F 3/0487 (2013.01); G06F 3/04845 (2013.01);
Abstract
A model controller includes a trackball, a first sensor adjacent to the trackball to detect a first coordinate movement of the trackball, and a second sensor adjacent to the trackball to detect a second and a third coordinate movement of the trackball. The model controller further includes a third sensor to detect movement of the model controller along a surface, and a fourth sensor to detect movement of a wheel coupled to the model controller.