Input device

US6300939A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Nokia Mobile Phones Ltd. · FI

Inventors

• Peter Decker · Marl, DE
• Thomas Fuhrmann · Eningen unter Achalm, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 20, 1998
• Grant date: Oct 9, 2001
• Expiry date: Oct 20, 2018

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60K2360/782
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

The present invention discloses an input device for providing data input comprising a moveable element, the moveable element is capable of rotating about an axis of rotation and displacement orthogonal to the direction of rotational movement, means for detecting said rotation and means for detecting said orthogonal displacement and means for translating said rotation and said orthogonal displacement into signals indicative of respective data inputs.