Control device with mobile component mounted on a ball pivot
US6737632B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 18, 2002 |
| Grant date | May 18, 2004 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 18, 2022 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F3/0317
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A control device comprising a mobile component such as a lever mounted on a ball pivot, wherein the lever is displaceable in rotation around three different axes and the device comprises two arrays of photodetectors for detecting points uniformly distributed over supports with the shape of a portion of a sphere, the arrays being fixed and the supports being borne by the lever.
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