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Input method and apparatus

  • US 10,004,981 B2
  • Filed: 12/04/2017
  • Issued: 06/26/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/05/2005
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A handheld device comprising:

  • a housing shaped and dimensioned for being held by a hand;

    a touch sensitive screen disposed on the housing;

    a graphics processor operatively connected to the touch sensitive screen, the graphics processor generating display of a virtual object on the touch sensitive screen; and

    a processor operatively connected to the touch sensitive screen and to the graphics processor, the processor being responsive to input sensed by the touch sensitive screen to detect movements along a multiplicity of paths on the screen, the processor defining vectors in response to said detected touch movements and causing the orientation of the displayed virtual object to change in response to the defined vectors.

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