Pointer tool

• US 7,308,121 B2
• Filed: 06/08/2001
• Issued: 12/11/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 06/09/2000
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: IDEX Biometrics ASA
• Original Assignee: Idex ASA
• Inventors: Mathiassen, Stig, Mathiassen, Svein, Nysaether, Jon
• Primary Examiner(s): Desire, Gregory M
• Application Number:
  US10/297,747
• Publication Number:
  US 20030169229A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,377 Days
• Field of Search: 345/157, 345/163, 345/173, 345/174, 345/175, 382/115, 382/124, 382/323, 382/126, 382/315
• US Class Current: 382/124
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/0338 Fingerprint track pad, i.e. fingerprint sensor used as pointing device tracking the fingertip image
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/0339 Touch strips, e.g. orthogonal touch strips to control cursor movement or scrolling; single touch strip to adjust parameter or to implement a row of soft keys
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/03547 Touch pads, in which fingers can move on a surface
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0362 with detection of 1D translations or rotations of an operating part of the device, e.g. scroll wheels, sliders, knobs, rollers or belts

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