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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:
Jun. 15, 2010
Filed:
Jul. 28, 2006
Applicants:
Jennifer D. West, Cary, NC (US);
Thomas Snyder, Cary, NC (US);
Inventors:
Jennifer D. West, Cary, NC (US);
Thomas Snyder, Cary, NC (US);
Assignee:
Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB, Lund, SE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/033 (2006.01); G09G 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Disclosed is a pointing device for facilitating user interaction with an electronic device. The pointing device includes a magnetic disc, a magnetic field over which the magnetic disc laterally travels in response to force applied by a user, and a plurality of sensors to detect the location of the magnetic disc relative to the magnetic field.