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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 23, 2003
Filed:
Apr. 30, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Bruce Tognazzini, Woodside, CA (US);
Jakob Nielsen, Atherton, CA (US);
Bob Glass, Los Gatoes, CA (US);
Assignee:
Sun Microsystems, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G09G 5/34 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G09G 5/34 ;
Abstract
Scrolling techniques for computing devices are disclosed which respond to the amount of tilt, measured against a reference, experienced by a control unit. The user set the reference by activating a switch while the control unit is in an orientation selected by the user. Once the reference is set, the direction and rate of scrolling is determined by the direction and amount of tilt. The control unit may be built into a hand held computing device such as the Sun Pad.