System and apparatus for providing three dimensions of input to a host processor
CA 1324424 C · Owner: Gorniak, Andrew M. · Inventors: Gorniak, Andrew M.
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A system under the hand held control of a user for providing three dimensions of input to a computer processor while operating on an essentially planar surface is disclosed The system of the invention generally comprises an apparatus operated over a substantially planar surface; a means chosen from one of a means for detecting and measuring movement of the apparatus in two perpendicular dimensions along the substantially planar surface and a means for determining the location of the apparatus in two perpendicular dimensions along the substantially planar surface and, for providing first outputs representative of either the twodimensional location or the movement of the apparatus; means for …
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- Granted November 16, 1993. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended November 16, 2010.
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