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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 08, 2003
Filed:
May. 30, 2000
Jason H. Culler, Livermore, CO (US);
Agilent Technologies, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Abstract
Devices, systems and methods for positioning a cursor on a display device are provided. For example, an input device is provided which includes a stepper device configured to electrically communicate with a computer. The stepper device incorporates a stepper-enable switch configured to prevent movement information provided by a mouse-type input device from influencing movement of a cursor on a display device and to enable functional information, provided by the mouse-type input device, to provide selected functionality of the cursor. A plurality of cursor repositioning keys also are provided and are configured to reposition the cursor when movement information provided by the mouse-type input device is prevented from influencing movement of the cursor on the display device.