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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 23, 2006
Filed:
Oct. 30, 2000
David L. Smith, Corvallis, OR (US);
Memphis Zhihong Yin, Corvallis, OR (US);
Michael D. Derocher, Corvallis, OR (US);
David L. Smith, Corvallis, OR (US);
Memphis Zhihong Yin, Corvallis, OR (US);
Michael D. Derocher, Corvallis, OR (US);
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A pointing device, which is capable of changing the appearance of a display, includes a housing made up of a cover and a base, a single spool cable receiver rotatably mounted to the housing, and a cable having a first end and a second end with the second end mounted to the cable receiver. The pointing device has a first mode with a first portion of the cable having a first length external to the pointing device and a second portion of the cable wound around the cable receiver. The pointing device also has a second mode with the first portion of the cable having a second length external to the pointing device less than the first length.