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7619612 |
Pointing device with light source for providing visible light through a moveable puck
A pointing device includes a base surface. The pointing device includes a moveable puck confined to move over the base surface within a puck field of motion. The pointing device includes a position...
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7605802 |
Operator device with haptic feedback
The invention relates to a control device ( 10 ) with haptic feedback, with at least one actuating element ( 12 ), at least one switching apparatus ( 14 ), and at least one positioning device ( 16...
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7605801 |
Portable device
A portable electronic device is provided comprising a user input device capable of adopting at least three pre-determined positions, each of which enables an associated function to be actuated, and...
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7603228 |
Haptic apparatus and coaching method for improving vehicle fuel economy
An apparatus is disclosed that includes a haptic actuator operatively associated with a pedal assembly of the vehicle, a human-machine interface (HMI) for enabling the driver to select between a...
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7602376 |
Moving dielectric, capacitive position sensor configurations
A capacitive sensor configuration is capable of determining position and/or velocity for rotary or linear translation using a movable dielectric element coupled to an elongate member. The...
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7601066 |
Game system and game information storage medium used for same
A game system includes a housing to be held by a player. The housing incorporates an XY-axis acceleration sensor to detect an acceleration in a X-axis direction and a Y-axis direction and a Z-axis...
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7598943 |
Resizable wireless pointing device with a storable receiver
The present invention relates to a resizable wireless pointing device with a storable receiver. The body housing comprises at least one inner compartment which is located next to the back of a...
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7595787 |
Secured data input device
The invention relates to the making safe of a device for inputting data to an item of equipment. The invention is of particular use in the aeronautical field, for example in order to validate data...
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7590468 |
Robot system
A robot system can grasp and take out one of a plurality of workpieces placed in a basket-like container by a hand mounted at the forward end of a robot arm. The workpiece is detected by a visual...
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7589710 |
J-key input for computer systems
Information elements such as alphanumeric characters are input into a small computing device having little or no keyboard by operating with a predetermined number of strokes on a multi-directional...
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7573461 |
Physically realistic computer simulation of medical procedures
An apparatus for interfacing the movement of a shaft with a computer includes a support, a gimbal mechanism having two degrees of freedom, and three electromechanical transducers. When a shaft is...
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7570247 |
Modular assembly for a self-indexing computer pointing device
A pointing device having a puck sub-assembly and a base sub-assembly is disclosed. The puck sub-assembly includes a moveable puck having a user sensor that detects the interaction of a user and the...
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7567701 |
Input system for orientation in a three-dimensional visualization and method for visualization of three-dimensional data sets
In a display system to display a visualization of three-dimensional data sets on a monitor, by means of values input with the aid of an input system, a three-dimensional representation is...
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7567232 |
Method of using tactile feedback to deliver silent status information to a user of an electronic device
Embodiments of the present invention use haptic feedback to deliver status information to users in environments and situations where sight and/or sound is too overt from a privacy perspective. In...
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7563169 |
Control lever device
A control lever device includes: a control lever unit including an inner frame, a control lever supported by the inner frame in a manner to be movable about a fulcrum along a first direction, and a...
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7561142 |
Vibrotactile haptic feedback devices
Method and apparatus for controlling magnitude and frequency of vibrotactile sensations for haptic feedback devices. A haptic feedback device, such as a gamepad controller, mouse, remote control,...
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7557796 |
Joystick sensor with two-dimensional image sensing
A manually-operated control for generating a vector signal comprises a handle with an elongate axis pivotally mounted to the housing for universal rotation about a pivot point on the axis of the...
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7557794 |
Filtering sensor data to reduce disturbances from force feedback
A force feedback interface and method providing a selective disturbance filter for providing selective reduction or elimination of displayed disturbances associated with output force sensations. A...
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RE40808 |
Low-cost haptic mouse implementations
Low-cost haptic interface device implementations for interfacing a user with a host computer. A haptic feedback device, such as a mouse or other device, includes a housing physically contacted by a...
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7548231 |
Devices having input controls for efficient input of data
Embodiments of the subject invention relate to systems, methods, and devices providing a reduced number of selectable inputs that enable efficient communication. One aspect of what is disclosed are...
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RE40740 |
Integrated joypad for handheld computer
A handheld computer is disclosed. The handheld computer is configured with a housing, a display supported in the housing, and computing electronics supported in the housing and configured to...
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7544924 |
Directional input device with a light directing shaft
A directional input device with a light directing shaft that avoids wear and tear caused by physical contact between a shaft and a sensor surface. A directional input device according to the...
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7542811 |
Control apparatus with a balance feedback function
A control apparatus with a balance feedback function includes a direction control module for outputting several direction signals of different directions; an operation control module outputting...
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7538282 |
Multistage switch
A multistage switch includes a switch push button. A magnet is disposed in a recess of the inner wall surface of the switch push button. The multistage switch further includes a magnetic sensor,...
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7535457 |
Force-feedback input device
In a force-feedback input device, when the cursor moves on a line parallel to a line between a center of a first button and a center of a second button, an area is determined between a first...
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7532199 |
Input apparatus
An input apparatus compact and superior in operability is disclosed wherein, in either a folded or unfolded position, a joystick control can exhibit the same operations and an optical signal from a...
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7522152 |
Products and processes for providing haptic feedback in resistive interface devices
Products and processes for providing haptic feedback in a user interface are disclosed. One exemplary embodiment of an apparatus comprises a first element comprising a first surface, a second...
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7509152 |
Mast-based detachable controller device
A self-contained controller device for electronic devices is described herein. The controller device includes a fixed central mast that extends into the controller and acts as the core structural...
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7508377 |
Control and a control arrangement
Control signals for a process displaying graphical objects in a display are generated with a first control surface, a second control surface and detector means. The first control surface is...
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7508376 |
Key sheet for pointing device and pointing device
Provided is a pointing device that can be reduced in thickness even if a magnetic field sensor is mounted to a front face of a printed circuit board. When a support portion laterally moves, a...
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7505797 |
Joystick apparatus for portable terminal
Disclosed is a joystick apparatus for a portable terminal of which a housing can be used as a joystick apparatus. The joystick apparatus includes a first hinge module having a first permanent...
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7499022 |
User input device with vertical grip and scroll wheel
A device for providing user input to a computer includes a base member with a tracking sensor for detecting motion of the base member and a vertical grip member that extends upward from the base...
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7495656 |
Actuator that provides tactile information
An actuator that provides tactile information includes a stator formed in a plane plate, a translationally movable element disposed to oppose each other on one of main surfaces of the stator to...
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7492353 |
Joystick switching device
A fixed shaft mounted to a lower casing holds a tiltable component used for operating tilt-detecting switches. At the upper portion of the tiltable component, a tilt-operation feel providing member...
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7492352 |
Optical computer pointer and optical cursor/frame control method
An optical pointer includes a housing, a movable plate, a manipulable member and a displacement detecting unit. The movable plate is disposed in the housing and has a recognizable pattern. The...
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7490530 |
Haptic feedback input device
A haptic feedback input device includes a pair of driving levers journaled at a frame such that rotary shafts thereof are perpendicular to each other, an operating lever coupled to an intersection...
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7489309 |
Control knob with multiple degrees of freedom and force feedback
The present invention provides a control knob on a device that allows a user to control functions of the device. In one embodiment, the knob is rotatable in a rotary degree of freedom and moveable...
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7477235 |
Display apparatus having a scroll feature
A display apparatus includes a display memory for storing an image of a first area forming a portion of an entire image; a display section including a display screen having a display area usable...
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7463242 |
Stationary ergonomic mouse
The present invention comprises a stationary wireless mouse for a computer system. The wireless mouse further comprises a casing defined by an upper surface, a left side, fight side, and a flat...
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7463241 |
Joystick input device
A joystick input device includes a casing having a tiltable-component supporter, a tiltable component held in the tiltable-component supporter, tilt-detecting means for detecting a state of tilting...
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7463240 |
Haptic input device
On two buttons displayed adjacent to each other on a display means, when a cursor moves from the center position of a first button to the center position of a second button, an attractive force...
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7456821 |
User interface device
A device comprises a manipulandum moveable in at least two degrees of freedom including a first link rotatably moveable about a pivot axis and a second link rotatably moveable about a pivot axis....
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7456759 |
Keyboard integrated navigation pad
A key arrangement that includes a plurality of keys arranged in a pattern including a first column, a last column, and one or more middle columns. At least one of the middle columns includes a...
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7450108 |
Operating unit, especially for operating a multimedia system in a motor vehicle
The invention relates to an operating unit, especially for operating a multimedia system in a motor vehicle, comprising an operating element that can be rotated about an axis (z), that can be moved...
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7446755 |
Input device and method for entering data employing a toggle input control
Embodiments of the subject invention relate to systems, methods, and devices providing a reduced number of selectable inputs that enable efficient communication. One aspect of what is disclosed are...
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7440807 |
Control system provided with virtual power monitor and thereby provided with function of evaluating and analyzing stability of object to be controlled
A system configuration can evaluate the stability of an output from a user's control system including all effects of unknown dynamic characteristics and disturbances and can guarantee the stability...
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7436400 |
Interface apparatus combining display panel and shaft
The interface apparatus includes a base, a shaft installed on the base in a moveable way, a detecting module for detecting movement of the shaft, and a display panel with at least a handle...
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7436398 |
Operating device
An operating device for controlling a display screen, which includes a rotatable operating member of cylindrical shape, and a slidable operating member having a cylindrical tip portion located...
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7436391 |
Navigation switch
The present invention relates to a navigational button including an actuating element which is displaceable at least in two directions and controls the navigation button. The present actuating...
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7432910 |
Haptic interface device and actuator assembly providing linear haptic sensations
An interface device and method providing haptic sensations to a user. A user physically contacts a housing of the interface device, and a sensor device detects the manipulation of the interface...
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