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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.

Date of Patent:
Nov. 24, 2015

Filed:

Aug. 19, 2010
Applicants:

Aaron Michael Stewart, Raleigh, NC (US);

Harriss Christopher Neil Ganey, Cary, NC (US);

Yang Jinping, Beijing, CN;

Jay Wesley Johnson, Raleigh, NC (US);

Julie Anne Morris, Raleigh, NC (US);

James Stephen Rutledge, Durham, NC (US);

Bradley Park Strazisar, Cary, NC (US);

Inventors:

Aaron Michael Stewart, Raleigh, NC (US);

Harriss Christopher Neil Ganey, Cary, NC (US);

Yang Jinping, Beijing, CN;

Jay Wesley Johnson, Raleigh, NC (US);

Julie Anne Morris, Raleigh, NC (US);

James Stephen Rutledge, Durham, NC (US);

Bradley Park Strazisar, Cary, NC (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/16 (2006.01); G06F 3/02 (2006.01); G06F 3/042 (2006.01); G06F 3/0481 (2013.01); G06F 3/0484 (2013.01); G06F 3/0488 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/169 (2013.01); G06F 3/0213 (2013.01); G06F 3/042 (2013.01); G06F 3/0481 (2013.01); G06F 3/04845 (2013.01); G06F 3/04883 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04806 (2013.01);
Abstract

Embodiments provisioning various electronic devices with optical user input devices having one or more optical sensors are described. Embodiments broadly contemplate expanding the functionality of current user input devices through use of a variety of optical sensors in a variety of configurations, as described further herein.


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