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Date of Patent:
Feb. 17, 2015

Filed:

Apr. 12, 2011
Applicants:

Kim Phan Le, Eindhoven, NL;

Sebastien Mouy, Eindhoven, NL;

Inventors:

Kim Phan Le, Eindhoven, NL;

Sebastien Mouy, Eindhoven, NL;

Assignee:

NXP, B.V., Eindhoven, NL;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/033 (2013.01); G06F 3/038 (2013.01); G06F 3/0338 (2013.01); G06F 3/042 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/038 (2013.01); G06F 3/0338 (2013.01); G06F 3/042 (2013.01);
Abstract

An apparatus for misalignment compensation in optical joysticks is described. The optical joystick includes a light source, a plurality of photodetectors, and circuitry for controlling operation of the optical joystick. In some embodiments, each of the photodetectors may partitioned into a plurality of photodetector elements and select photodetector elements are configured to be individually activated in order to cause an electrical shifting of the selected photodetector elements to achieve a different operational alignment position of optical components of the optical joystick. In some embodiments, the light source may be similarly be calibrated by individually activating portions of a light-source array to cause an electrical shift. Various other embodiments and methods of operation are also described.


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Phan Le, Kim. (2015). Method and apparatus for misalignment compensation in optical joysticks (U.S. Patent No. 8957859). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/8957859

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