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Multimodal touch sensitive peripheral device

US6037930A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateApr 23, 1997
Grant dateMar 14, 2000
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Expiry dateApr 23, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F3/03547
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The present invention is to a touch sensitive intelligent multimodal peripheral device which includes a touch sensitive pad to which the operator applies a light pressure in a prescribed manner to effect cursor movement on a CRT screen or to input data to a computer. The device has four operating modes which are defined as the mouse mode, the absolute mode, the joystick mode and the numeric keypad mode.

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