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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:
May. 02, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 15, 2013
Applicants:
Volkswagen Ag, Wolfsburg, DE;
Audi Ag, Ingolstadt, DE;
Inventors:
Megan McClain, San Francisco, CA (US);
Aaron Rudolph, Montara, CA (US);
Ulrich Mueller, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Heiko Maiwand, Foster City, CA (US);
Assignees:
Volkswagen AG, Wolfsburg, DE;
Audi AG, Ingolstadt, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/033 (2013.01); G06F 3/0354 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/03549 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system includes a graphical user interface and a trackball device configured to provide controlling input to the graphical user interface. The trackball device includes a trackball configured to allow a rocking motion along an axis of the trackball.