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Human interface device and method

US9971442B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Microchip Technology Germany GmbH · DE

Inventors

Axel Heim · Munich, DE
Joao Ferreira · Porto Alegre, BR

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 27, 2015
Grant date	May 15, 2018
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 11, 2035

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F3/04883
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method for detecting a continuous circular gesture performed by an object, may have the steps of: detecting a movement of an object performing a circular movement by scanning the movement and determining subsequent position points of the object, wherein a reference position of a virtual circular movement is adapted depending on the history of scanned position points.

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