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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 01, 2021
Filed:
Nov. 11, 2016
Contour Innovations Llc, Wilmington, DE (US);
Hanning LU, Guangzhou, CN;
Steven Wang, Windham, NH (US);
HanNing Lu, Guangzhou, CN;
ChengCai Tan, Guangzhou, CN;
Changjun Zhao, Henan, CN;
Marco Vito Maria Laurenzano, Asker, NO;
CONTOUR INNOVATIONS LLC, Wilmington, DE (US);
Abstract
Aspects discussed herein are directed to ergonomic pointing device systems. In one example, a pointing device system includes an elongate base member, a sleeve disposed to fit over at least a portion of the elongate base member, the sleeve configured to rotate about the elongate base member in a first direction and slide about the elongate base member in a second direction substantially orthogonal to the first direction, where the sleeve includes a pattern on a surface thereof, and a sensor disposed within the elongate base member and positioned to detect at least one of a rotational movement of the sleeve relative to the sensor and an axial movement of the sleeve relative to the sensor based at least in part on a variation of the pattern within a field of view of the sensor.