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Date of Patent:
Nov. 24, 2020

Filed:

Jul. 11, 2019
Applicant:

Facebook Technologies, Llc, Menlo Park, CA (US);

Inventors:

Lorenz Henric Jentz, Seattle, WA (US);

Chun Li Chen, Seattle, WA (US);

Khaled Boulos, Seattle, WA (US);

Assignee:

Facebook Technologies, LLC, Menlo Park, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0346 (2013.01); G06F 3/03 (2006.01); G06F 3/0354 (2013.01); G06T 19/00 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0346 (2013.01); G06F 3/0304 (2013.01); G06F 3/03544 (2013.01); G06T 19/006 (2013.01);
Abstract

The disclosed handheld controllers may include a multi-degree of freedom sensor module, a mouse module, and a switch. The mouse module may include a mouse sensor and a proximity sensor. The switch may be configured to activate the mouse sensor and deactivate the multi-degree of freedom sensor module when the proximity sensor indicates that the mouse sensor is proximate to a physical surface and to deactivate the mouse sensor and activate the multi-degree of freedom sensor when the proximity sensor indicates that the mouse sensor is not proximate to the physical surface. Various other related methods, systems, and devices are also disclosed.


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