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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8049731 | System and method for implementing a control function via a sensor having a touch sensitive control input surface A method for implementing a control function via a sensor having a touch sensitive control input surface. The method includes detecting a contact with the touch sensitive control input surface, determining a pressure value corresponding to the contact, and initiatin... | 11/01/2011 |
| 7791596 | Touch input device having interleaved scroll sensors A touch input device includes two or more interleaved scroll sensors. A common area is interposed between two of the scroll sensors. A sense line snakes through the common area. Scrolling pressure applied to a sense layer causes the sense layer to contact and electr... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7772960 | Pre-loaded force sensing resistor and method A force sensing resistor (FSR) includes a substrate having separated electrically conductive traces and another substrate having a resistive layer in which the substrates are subjected to a biasing force such that the substrates contact one another with the resistiv... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7573464 | Shape adaptable resistive touchpad A touchpad includes a first substrate and a second substrate, at least one of which is flexible. A resistor on the first substrate has a narrow shape dividing the first substrate into two regions. A set of conductors in electrical contact with the resistor extend fr... | 08/11/2009 |
| 7554531 | Annular potentiometric touch sensor The present invention determines angular position using a potentiometric touch sensor. The sensor has an annular pattern of resistive material on a portion of a bottom substrate top surface. Conductive drive lines and fixed potential conductive traces radially trave... | 06/30/2009 |
| 7310089 | Annular potentiometric touch sensor The present invention determines angular position using a potentiometric touch sensor. The sensor has an annular pattern of resistive material on a bottom substrate top surface. Conductive drive lines radially traverse the resistive material so as to make electrical... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7213323 | Method of forming an electronic pressure sensitive transducer on a printed circuit board The cost and complexity of an electronic pressure sensitive transducer are decreased by constructing such a transducer directly on a printed circuit board containing support electronics. Conductive traces are formed on the printed circuit board to define a contact a... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7176889 | Force sensing pointing device with click function An input device for an electronic system includes a force sensor having conductive interdigitated traces on a bottom substrate and a flexible substrate spaced apart from the bottom substrate. The flexible substrate has a resistive layer deposited on a bottom side fa... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7113179 | Force sensing resistor with calibration element and method of manufacturing same A force sensing resistor includes two substrates. Conductive traces including first, common, and calibration fingers are on the first substrate and define a contact area. A spacer surrounds the contact area and attaches the substrates together such that a cavity sep... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7050045 | Miniature highly manufacturable mouse pointing device A pointing device may be directly soldered to a printed circuit board. In one embodiment, a bottom substrate defines a sensing region with a plurality of interdigitated conductive trace regions. Each trace region includes interdigitated common and sense traces. At l... | 05/23/2006 |
| D510928 | Receiver for a wireless remote control | 10/25/2005 |
| D509481 | Remote device | 09/13/2005 |
| D506982 | Remote device | 07/05/2005 |
| 6909354 | Electronic pressure sensitive transducer apparatus and method for manufacturing same The cost and complexity of an electronic pressure sensitive transducer are decreased by constructing such a transducer directly on a printed circuit board containing support electronics. Conductive traces are formed on the printed circuit board to define a contact a... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6850221 | Trigger operated electronic device A device particularly for use with a computer comprises a housing for location at least partly between two fingers of a user's hand and an electronic circuit mounted on a board within the housing. The circuit includes a switch responsive to pressure selectively to o... | 02/01/2005 |
| 6820804 | Method and system for performing a purchase transaction using a remote control and a television A method and system for performing purchase transactions such as credit and charge card transactions includes a home entertainment (HE) device having a display screen. A signature capturing sensor such as a remote control having a touch pad is operable for generatin... | 11/23/2004 |
| D493150 | Remote device | 07/20/2004 |
| D493149 | Remote device | 07/20/2004 |
| 6765557 | Remote control having touch pad to screen mapping A remote control for controlling a home entertainment (HE) device such as an Interactive television having a display screen. The remote control includes a touch pad mapped to the display screen of the HE device as a function of the ratio of the areas of the touch pa... | 07/20/2004 |
| 6758689 | Wireless adapter having foldable geometrically loop-like antenna A system and a method for protecting a connector and a body of a wireless adapter with a geometrical loop antenna. The loop antenna folds over the body of the wireless adapter to protect the connector and the body. The wireless adapter may be used to connect a perip... | 07/06/2004 |
| 6750803 | Transformer remote control A remote control includes a touch pad operable in two or more touch pad modes and a switching mechanism for controlling devices having display screens such as home entertainment (HE) devices, slide projectors, and computers. The switching mechanism is operable with ... | 06/15/2004 |
| D489361 | Remote control | 05/04/2004 |
| 6538643 | Remote control having a touch pad operable in a pad-to-screen mapping mode for highlighting preselected parts of a slide displayed on a display screen A method and system for presenting slides and images includes a display screen for displaying the slides one at a time, and a software program operable for enabling an operator to associate highlighting with preselected parts of the slides. A remote contr... | 03/25/2003 |
| 6396523 | Home entertainment device remote control A remote control for controlling a home entertainment device having a display screen provided with a movable object includes a touch pad. The touch pad is operable with the display screen such that the display screen is mapped to the touch pad area. The t... | 05/28/2002 |
| 6239790 | Force sensing semiconductive touchpad A touchpad assembly and method for providing a signal to a computer indicative of the location and applied pressure of an object touching the touchpad assembly is provided. The touchpad assembly includes X and Y position and pressure sensitive semiconduct... | 05/29/2001 |
| 6225976 | Remote computer input peripheral A hand-held remote computer input peripheral is operable to be held by a human operator with one hand while both hands harmoniously manipulate a touch pad, function keys, and a click button provided with the input peripheral. The touch pad is positioned i... | 05/01/2001 |
| 6084572 | Isometric pointing device with integrated click and method therefor A computer input device that has the click function incorporated into a pointing device, rather than as a separate switch. The pointing device implements the operations of pointing, clicking and dragging based solely upon an evaluation of the pressure app... | 07/04/2000 |
| 5982519 | Infrared communications scheme Infrared communications scheme for an infrared transmitting device having a light emitting diode (LED) ramps up the power of a carrier frequency signal applied to the LED in a given time interval to a given value. The carrier frequency signal is then freq... | 11/09/1999 |
| 5943044 | Force sensing semiconductive touchpad A touchpad assembly and method for providing a signal to a computer indicative of the location and applied pressure of an object touching the touchpad assembly is provided. The touchpad assembly includes X and Y position and pressure sensitive semiconduct... | 08/24/1999 |
| 5907419 | Infrared communications scheme Infrared communications scheme for an infrared transmitting device having a light emitting diode (LED) ramps up the power of a carrier frequency signal applied to the LED in a given time interval to a given value. The carrier frequency signal is then freq... | 05/25/1999 |
| 5828363 | Force-sensing pointing device A thermally stable, mass-producible pointing device (10) producing an analog signal proportional to an applied force comprises actuator (20), including an arm (22) and a force transfer member (26), a connector (44), and a sensor (50). The connector mainta... | 10/27/1998 |
| 5670988 | Trigger operated electronic device A device particularly for use with a computer comprises a housing for location at least partly between two fingers of a user's hand and an electronic circuit mounted on a board within the housing. The circuit includes a switch responsive to pressure selec... | 09/23/1997 |
| 5659334 | Force-sensing pointing device A thermally stable, mass-producible pointing device (10) producing an analog signal proportional to an applied force comprises actuator (20), including an arm (22) and a force transfer member (26), a connector (44), and a sensor (50). The connector mainta... | 08/19/1997 |
| 5365671 | Inclinometer A two-axis tilt sensor, or inclinometer (10), uses a spherical reference element (18) floating in an inert fluid (20) and including a magnet (42) to produce an asymmetrical weight distribution. The asymmetrical weight distribution maintains the spherical ... | 11/22/1994 |
| 5302936 | Conductive particulate force transducer A pressure transducer includes a base ply, a resistance ply disposed on the base ply and at least two spaced apart contacts juxtaposed in relation to the resistance ply whereby at least one of the contacts may be pressed against the surface of the resista... | 04/12/1994 |
| 5296837 | Stannous oxide force transducer and composition A pressure transducer includes a base ply, a resistance ply disposed on the base ply and at least two spaced apart conductors juxtaposed in relation to the resistance ply whereby at least one of the conductors may be pressed against the resistance ply. Th... | 03/22/1994 |
