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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 28, 2013
Filed:
Dec. 13, 2007
Applicants:
David D Bohn, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Glen C Larsen, Issaquah, WA (US);
Inventors:
David D Bohn, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Glen C Larsen, Issaquah, WA (US);
Assignee:
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/033 (2006.01); G09G 5/08 (2006.01); G06F 3/03 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0317 (2013.01);
Abstract
A user input device for use with a computing device is provided. The user input device may include a housing with a bottom portion including a substrate that includes a transparent portion. The user input device may further include an optical tracking engine mounted in the housing proximate the substrate and being configured to transmit and/or detect light for tracking movement of the user input device through the transparent portion of the substrate.