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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. 04, 2012
Filed:
Nov. 16, 2009
Applicants:
Pierre Touma, Austin, TX (US);
Hadi Murr, Beirut, LB;
Elias Bachaalany, Beirut, LB;
Imad Maalouf, Beirut, LB;
Inventors:
Pierre Touma, Austin, TX (US);
Hadi Murr, Beirut, LB;
Elias Bachaalany, Beirut, LB;
Imad Maalouf, Beirut, LB;
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/033 (2006.01); G09G 5/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A hand-held pointing device for manipulating an object on a display is disclosed. The device is constructed from at least one accelerometer and at least one linear input element. The accelerometer or accelerometers generate a pitch signal and a roll signal. These pitch and roll signals are used to determine a position on a display.