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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:
Mar. 20, 2007
Filed:
Jun. 28, 2002
Daan Lindhout, Seattle, WA (US);
Timothy Michael Muss, Seattle, WA (US);
Steven N. Bathiche, Redmond, WA (US);
Steven W. Fisher, Kirkland, WA (US);
Kenneth P. Hinckley, Seattle, WA (US);
Daan Lindhout, Seattle, WA (US);
Timothy Michael Muss, Seattle, WA (US);
Steven N. Bathiche, Redmond, WA (US);
Steven W. Fisher, Kirkland, WA (US);
Kenneth P. Hinckley, Seattle, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
The invention is a scrolling apparatus may be incorporated into an input device, such as a pointing device or a keyboard, for example, and operatively connected to a host computer to scroll an image along multiple axes relative to a display screen. The scrolling apparatus includes a rotatable member with the configuration of a wheel or a ball. In addition, the scrolling apparatus includes a depressible actuator located around the rotatable member. Both the rotatable member and the actuator, which scroll the image in different scrolling directions or at different scrolling velocities, for example, may be utilized for scrolling the image.