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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 27, 2012
Filed:
Jul. 30, 2010
Applicant:
Mark A. Unkrich, Emerald Hills, CA (US);
Inventor:
Mark A. Unkrich, Emerald Hills, CA (US);
Assignee:
Avago Technologies Wireless IP (Singapore) Pte. Ltd., Singapore, SG;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 1/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/043 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A navigation device for navigating a user interface of a processor-controlled device includes an acoustic transmitter adapted to transmit an acoustic signal, an acoustic receiver adapted to receive the acoustic signal and located at a fixed position with respect to the acoustic transmitter, and a measurement circuit coupled to an output of the acoustic receiver and adapted to determine a distance traversed by the navigation device as a function of time.