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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 13, 2006
Filed:
Apr. 04, 2002
Guy Tiphane, Atherton, CA (US);
Jan Edbrooke, Cupertino, CA (US);
Laurent Plancherel, Lausanne, CH;
Florian Max Kehlstadt, Aclens, CH;
Guy Tiphane, Atherton, CA (US);
Jan Edbrooke, Cupertino, CA (US);
Laurent Plancherel, Lausanne, CH;
Florian Max Kehlstadt, Aclens, CH;
Logitech Europe S.A., , CH;
Abstract
An input device having a housing; a pointing device coupled with the housing having a plurality of buttons; a scrolling element coupled with the housing; and a module for detecting user input for operating the input device in at least a first mode and a second mode, where in the first mode, the input device operates as a tabletop computer pointing device, and where in the second mode, the input device operates as a hand-held presentation device used to control a computer-based presentation.