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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 19, 2022
Filed:
Feb. 05, 2018
Applicant:
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);
Inventor:
Masaaki Fukumoto, Shenzhen, CN;
Assignee:
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0362 (2013.01); G06F 3/0354 (2013.01); G06F 3/0485 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0362 (2013.01); G06F 3/03543 (2013.01); G06F 3/0485 (2013.01);
Abstract
A scroll assembly () for use with a pointing device (), comprises: a first scroll member () for controlling a first movement of an object on a user interface; and at least one second scroll member () for controlling a second movement of the object on the user interface, the second scroll member () being adapted to, in response to an operation applied substantially in the first direction (Y), rotate and provide a haptic feedback in a second direction (X) that is substantially perpendicular to the first direction (Y).