Analog controls housed with electronic displays
May 10, 2020. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.Patent ReferencesMicrowave oven control system Electronic pressure sensitive transducer apparatus Coffee maker Microwave oven with food weight measurement Multi-screen setting condition display system Digitally controlled system for scanning and reading bar codes D342740 Photocopier Electronic device designed to permit detachable attachment of an external memory device thereto Radio alarm clock with reminder capability InventorApplicationNo. 568662 filed on 05/10/2000US Classes:463/37Hand manipulated (e.g., keyboard, mouse, touch panel, etc.)ExaminersPrimary: Smith, Scott A.Assistant: Paradiso, John Foreign Patent References
International ClassG09G 005/00AbstractDevices for controlling imagery shown by a display, and including an analog sensor for creating a varying analog value according to varying depression applied by a finger of a human user to the analog sensor. Multiple analog sensors are sometimes utilized. In one preferred embodiment the analog sensor(s) includes a resilient dome cap for providing tactile feedback to the finger depressing the analog sensor. Circuitry within a housing is connected to the analog sensor for reading the varying analog value from the analog sensor and causing representative varying the imagery shown by the display. The devices can be individually structured as electronic game controllers/systems, telephones, pagers, electronic books, web browsers, global positioning receivers, ovens, coffee makers and personal digital assistants (PDA) to name a few. | |
