Invention Application
- Patent Title: MULTI-DIMENSIONAL SCROLL WHEEL
- Patent Title (中): 多维滚轮
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Application No.: US13858603Application Date: 2013-04-08
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Publication No.: US20140092057A1Publication Date: 2014-04-03
- Inventor: Lakshman RATHNAM , Louis W. BOKMA , Fletcher R. ROTHKOPF , Andrea MUCIGNAT , Erturk KOCALAR , Benjamin LYON , Joseph R. FISHER
- Applicant: Apple Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Cupertino
- Assignee: APPLE INC.
- Current Assignee: APPLE INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Cupertino
- Main IPC: G06F3/041
- IPC: G06F3/041 ; G06F3/01 ; G06F3/044

Abstract:
A multi-dimensional scroll wheel is disclosed. Scroll wheel circuitry is provided to detect input gestures that traverse the center of the scroll wheel and to detect multi-touch input. The scroll wheel can include a first plurality of sensor elements arranged in a first closed loop and a second plurality of sensor elements arranged in a second closed loop, the first and second closed loops being concentrically arranged about the center of the scroll wheel.
Public/Granted literature
- US08866780B2 Multi-dimensional scroll wheel Public/Granted day:2014-10-21
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