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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. 25, 2008
Filed:
Dec. 23, 2004
Applicants:
Todd S. Sachs, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Jonah Harley, Mountain View, CA (US);
Dale Schroeder, Scotts Valley, CA (US);
Inventors:
Todd S. Sachs, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Jonah Harley, Mountain View, CA (US);
Dale Schroeder, Scotts Valley, CA (US);
Assignee:
Avago Technologies ECBU IP Pte Ltd., Singapore, SG;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/00 (2006.01); G09G 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method performed by a slide pad system is provided. The method includes generating a first direction measurement using a first capacitance measurement, generating a calibration measurement using a second capacitance measurement, and computing a first position using the first direction measurement and the calibration measurement. A system including a slide pad including a slide disk, a sense module, and a control module is also provided.