G06F 3/0304
Detection arrangements using opto-electronic means
Official title: {Detection arrangements using opto-electronic means (constructional details of pointing devices not related to the detection arrangement using opto-electronic means G06F3/033; optical digitisers G06F3/042)}
G06F3/0304 (Detection arrangements using opto-electronic means) appears on 8,250 US grants and 10,164 published applications in this corpus.
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- G06F 3/0317In co-operation with a patterned surface2,010
- G06F 3/0325Using a plurality of light emitters or reflectors or a plurality of839
- G06F 3/0312For tracking the rotation of a spherical or circular member424
- G06F 3/0308Comprising a plurality of distinctive and separately oriented light emitters or reflectors305
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