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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 11, 2022
Filed:
Jan. 10, 2018
Applicant:
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);
Inventors:
George William Bielitz, Sammamish, WA (US);
Ross Anthony Nelson, Seattle, WA (US);
Sam Michael Sarmast, Redmond, WA (US);
Assignee:
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A63F 13/24 (2014.01); A63F 13/22 (2014.01); G06F 13/38 (2006.01); G06F 13/42 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A63F 13/24 (2014.09); A63F 13/22 (2014.09); G06F 13/385 (2013.01); G06F 13/4282 (2013.01); G06F 2213/0042 (2013.01);
Abstract
Examples are disclosed that relate to computing device input systems. In one example, a computing device input system comprises an input configured to receive a connection to a control device connector comprising a plurality of conductors. The computing device input system further comprises circuitry configured to determine a presence, type, and state of a control device in communication with the control device connector based on analog voltages received from the control device connector.