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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:
Oct. 08, 2002
Filed:
Jun. 11, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
Noah J. Ternullo, Endicott, NY (US);
Assignee:
Lockheed Martin Corporation, Owego, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/312 ; G06F 1/328 ; G06F 1/300 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/312 ; G06F 1/328 ; G06F 1/300 ;
Abstract
A device enables a joystick to be connected to a PS/2® port converts signals from the joystick to mouse-like signals so that neither the software nor the hardware needs to be changed in order to use the joystick instead of the mouse. The directional signals of the joystick are converted to mouse-equivalent signals and discrete signals from the joystick are translated by a device formed and configured to a PS/2® port.