G06F 3/0354
With detection of two-dimensional [2d] relative movements between the device, or an
Official title: with detection of two-dimensional [2D] relative movements between the device, or an operating part thereof, and a plane or surface, e.g. 2D mice, trackballs, pens or pucks
G06F3/0354 (With detection of two-dimensional [2d] relative movements between the device, or an) appears on 14,219 US grants and 17,861 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 3/03545Pens or stylus6,564
- G06F 3/03547Touch pads, in which fingers can move on a surface4,305
- G06F 3/03543Mice or pucks2,891
- G06F 3/03542Light pens for emitting or receiving light606
- G06F 3/03549Trackballs468
- G06F 3/03548Sliders, in which the moving part moves in a plane315
- G06F 3/03541Mouse/trackball convertible devices, in which the same ball is used to track109
Recent patents
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- Information transmission method, and apparatus6 Oct 2026US 12,754,622 B2Honor Device Co., Ltd.
- Active capacitive stylus and wireless charging system6 Oct 2026US 12,754,623 B2EMRight Technology Co., Ltd.
- Calibration of touch operation for controlling a head-mounted display apparatus6 Oct 2026US 12,754,624 B2Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Rotary input device6 Oct 2026US 12,754,625 B2Alps Alpine Co., Ltd.
- Non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having information processing program stored therein, information processing method, and information processing system8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306938 A1Nintendo Co., Ltd.
- Information processing system and information processing method8 Oct 2026US 2026/0310311 A1Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
- Electronic apparatus8 Oct 2026US 2026/0310312 A1Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Pressure mouse wheel8 Oct 2026US 2026/0310313 A1Azoteq Holdings Limited
- Touch driving integrated circuit and operation method thereof and touch device8 Oct 2026US 2026/0310314 A1Novatek Microelectronics Corp.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Object position detector with edge motion feature and gesture recognition2,193US 5,880,411 ASynaptics Incorporated · 1999
- Information input and output system, method, storage medium, and carrier wave1,676US 7,015,894 B2Ricoh Company, Ltd. · 2006
- Pen and paper information recording system using an imaging pen1,180US 5,661,506 ASIA Technology Corporation · 1997
- Touch pad handheld device1,123US 7,046,230 B2Apple Computer, Inc. · 2006
- Absolute optical position determination1,082US 5,852,434 A1998