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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 11, 2013
Filed:
Oct. 03, 2008
Peter G. Fairweather, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
Sharon Mary Trewin, Croton-on-Hudson, NY (US);
Peter G. Fairweather, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
Sharon Mary Trewin, Croton-on-Hudson, NY (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A pointing device and method include a pad occupying a region, a raised border at a perimeter of the region and an object slidably movable on the pad for contacting the border. A detecting device is configured to detect a physical contact by the object at any position on the border wherein contact with the border generates a signal indicating a contact position on the border.
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