The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
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:
Oct. 11, 2011
Filed:
Nov. 21, 2007
Applicant:
Jari O. Nousiainen, Espoo, FI;
Inventor:
Jari O. Nousiainen, Espoo, FI;
Assignee:
Nokia Corporation, Espoo, FI;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03M 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An apparatus includes a force sensor configured to be activated by a user and a control unit connected to an output of the force sensor. The control unit is configurable to operate in response to receipt of an m-bit value representing a measurement from the force sensor to transform the m-bit value to an n-bit transformed value, where n<m, and where the transformed value encodes an identification of one of a plurality of force ranges and contains a force measurement value within the identified one of the plurality of force ranges.