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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 22, 2022
Filed:
Sep. 04, 2020
Grayhill, Inc., La Grange, IL (US);
Matt Huner, La Grange, IL (US);
Kevin Dooley, Chicago, IL (US);
Torsten Chase, Medina, OH (US);
Robert Kerner, Chicago, IL (US);
Kenneth G. Mages, Chicago, IL (US);
Robert Piotr Obrochta, Burbank, IL (US);
Andrew Wood Polk, IV, Chicago, IL (US);
Patrick Charles Leighton, Barrington, IL (US);
Cheng-Yu Hsu, Chupei, TW;
Grayhill, Inc., LaGrange, IL (US);
Abstract
An encoder may be configured to receive a first input from a user. The encoder may include a first user input area. A configurator may be configured to communicate with the encoder and the encoder may be configured to communicate with a CPU. The encoder may receive the first input from the user at the first user input area based on an encoder configuration defined by the configurator. The encoder may communicate the first input to the CPU based on the encoder configuration defined by the configurator. A panel may be configured to receive a first input from a user. The panel may include a plurality of input areas. A portable computing device may comprise a configurator. The portable computing device may be configured to communicate with a CPU.