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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 27, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 25, 2014
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);
Stephen E Hodges, Cambridge, GB;
Stuart Taylor, Cambridge, GB;
John Franciscus Marie Helmes, Steyl, NL;
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A removable input module for a touch-screen device is described. The input module comprises an attachment mechanism to attach the module to the touch-screen device, one or more input controls and an accelerometer and/or magnetometer. The accelerometer and/or magnetometer are configured to provide signals to be used to determine the orientation of the input module relative to the touch-screen device and/or to another input module which is attached to the same touch-screen device. In an embodiment, the input module comprises a processor arranged to analyze the output of the accelerometer and/or magnetometer and determine the orientation of the input module.