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Remote scroll wheel sensing using a cable

  • US 7,098,892 B2
  • Filed: 02/05/2003
  • Issued: 08/29/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/05/2003
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An input device for scrolling an image relative to a display screen, the input device comprising:

  • a scroll wheel;

    a flexible cable; and

    an encoder wheel mechanically coupled to the scroll wheel by the flexible cable to induce rotation of the encoder wheel in response to the rotation of the scroll wheel, wherein the scroll wheel is mounted on a first axle and the encoder wheel is mounted on a second axle, a rotational axis of the first axle being offset in a range of 45°

    to 135°

    from a rotational axis of the second axle.

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