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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 19, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 24, 2012
Applicant:
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Inventors:
Steven Andrew Welch, Seattle, WA (US);
Takahiro Shigemitsu, Bellevue, WA (US);
Timothy Allen Wright, Redmond, WA (US);
Mark D. Vance, Sammamish, WA (US);
Steven E. Wittenberg, Snohomish, WA (US);
Assignee:
MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC., Redmond, WA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/041 (2006.01); H04N 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/041 (2013.01); H04N 17/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
Various embodiments provide an input test tool that promotes precision testing, flexibility and repeatability over a wide variety of functionality tests that are utilized in both touch and near-touch input scenarios. The input test tool enables a variety of degrees of motion, including both linear and rotational motion, so that a device under test can be tested utilizing a number of different linear and/or rotational input scenarios.