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Multi-function control device with force feedback

  • US 6,256,011 B1
  • Filed: 12/01/1998
  • Issued: 07/03/2001
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/03/1997
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A control device comprising:

  • a housing;

    a carrier coupled to said housing and operative to move with respect to said housing in a first rotary degree of freedom about a carrier rotary axis;

    a first sensor coupled to said carrier and operative to sense said movement of said carrier, said first sensor outputting a first control signal;

    a roller rotatably coupled to said carrier, wherein said roller moves with said carrier in said first rotary degree of freedom about said carrier rotary axis, said roller operative to rotate with respect to said carrier in a second rotary degree of freedom about a rotary axis of said roller; and

    a second sensor coupled to said roller and operative to sense said rotation of said roller in said second rotary degree of freedom about said rotary axis of said roller, said second sensor outputting a second control signal.

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