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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:
Dec. 14, 2010
Filed:
Dec. 19, 2008
Applicants:
Hironori Motoe, Ome, JP;
Takashi Iwai, Hamura, JP;
Inventors:
Hironori Motoe, Ome, JP;
Takashi Iwai, Hamura, JP;
Assignee:
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G09G 5/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
According to one embodiment, an optical position detection IC outputs, in accordance with movement of an object on a detection area including a light-transmissive area which is disposed on a top surface of a housing. A control module controls a movement direction and a movement amount of a cursor, which is displayed on a display screen of a display device, based on an attitude signal which indicates in which of two directions the optical position detection IC is disposed, and movement amount information which is output from the optical position detection IC.