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Optical navigation device and use thereof

US9454261B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V. · DE

Inventors

Jacques Duparre · Jena, DE
Andreas Brueckner · Jena, DE
Frank Wippermann · Meiningen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jan 7, 2010
Grant date	Sep 27, 2016
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 19, 2032

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F2203/04109
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The invention relates to an optical navigation device based on production on wafer scale, in which both the illumination path and the imaging lens system are integrated on a common carrier structure. The optical navigation devices according to the invention are used for controlling a cursor on an image output device or in the field of finger navigation.

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