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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 21, 2014
Filed:
Apr. 08, 2013
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Lakshman Rathnam, Mountain View, CA (US);
Louis Bokma, San Jose, CA (US);
Fletcher Rothkopf, Los Altos, CA (US);
Andrea Mucignat, San Francisco, CA (US);
Erturk Kocalar, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Benjamin Lyon, San Jose, CA (US);
Joseph Fisher, San Jose, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
A multi-dimensional scroll wheel is disclosed. Scroll wheel circuitry is provided to detect input gestures that traverse the center of the scroll wheel and to detect multi-touch input. The scroll wheel can include a first plurality of sensor elements arranged in a first closed loop and a second plurality of sensor elements arranged in a second closed loop, the first and second closed loops being concentrically arranged about the center of the scroll wheel.