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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 12, 2021
Filed:
Apr. 16, 2019
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Philipp Schoessler, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Link Huang, San Jose, CA (US);
Dane Mason, San Francisco, CA (US);
Sergio Perdices-Gonzalez, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Jun Yeon Cho, San Jose, CA (US);
Nigel Clarke, Mountain View, CA (US);
Jose Marcel Santos, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Brian Harms, San Jose, CA (US);
Jiawei Zhang, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Curtis Aumiller, San Jose, CA (US);
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Abstract
A system and method for a hybrid multimode input device includes a multimode input device capable of a two-dimensional (2D) mode of operation and a three-dimensional (3D) mode of operation. The device includes a two-dimensional (2D) position sensor, a three-dimensional (3D) position sensor, and a processor. The processor is configured to enter a 3D input mode when the processor detects that the input device is in a first orientation, and enter a 2D input mode when the processor detects that the input device is in a second orientation. The 2D input mode is configured to provide 2D position data to a connected computer system, and wherein the 3D input mode is configured to provide 3D position data to the connected computer system.