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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 20, 2020
Filed:
Jun. 28, 2018
Applicant:
Elan Microelectronics Corporation, HsinChu, TW;
Inventors:
Assignee:
ELAN MICROELECTRONICS CORPORATION, Hsinchu, TW;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0354 (2013.01); G06F 3/038 (2013.01); G06F 3/0338 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0383 (2013.01); G06F 3/0338 (2013.01); G06F 3/03545 (2013.01);
Abstract
A pointing stick module comprising: a sensing device; a rank unit; a transmission device and a controller. The transmission device is coupled to the sensing device and the rank unit. Also, the controller is coupled to the transmission device and coupled to the rank unit via the transmission device. The controller obtains a rank signal via detecting the rank unit, and determines a rank of the sensing device according to the rank signal.