G06F 3/0487
Using specific features provided by the input device
Official title: using specific features provided by the input device, e.g. functions controlled by the rotation of a mouse with dual sensing arrangements, or of the nature of the input device, e.g. tap gestures based on pressure sensed by a digitiser
G06F3/0487 (Using specific features provided by the input device) appears on 37,221 US grants and 50,604 published applications in this corpus.
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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Granted patents
Recent patents
- Nail art apparatus and nail art method using same6 Oct 2026US 12,751,536 B2Nailtoctoc Co., Ltd.
- External medical device that identifies a response activity6 Oct 2026US 12,751,674 B2ZOLL Medical Corporation
- Method for configuring a controller and orthopedic device, and computer program product6 Oct 2026US 12,751,840 B2Otto Bock Healthcare Products GmbH
- Head-mounted device input6 Oct 2026US 12,754,607 B2Apple Inc.
- Electronic device and method for processing touch input including refresh rate adjustment6 Oct 2026US 12,754,632 B2Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Wearable electronic device and method for operating same8 Oct 2026US 2026/0310256 A1Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Electronic device and method for controlling electronic device8 Oct 2026US 2026/0310287 A1Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Devices, Methods, and Graphical User Interfaces for Improving Text Content Generated Based on Decoded Brain Signals8 Oct 2026US 2026/0310294 A1Echo Neurotechnologies Corporation
- Devices, Methods, and Graphical User Interfaces for Providing a Home Button Replacement8 Oct 2026US 2026/0310305 A1Apple Inc.
- Spi keyboard module for a parking meter and a parking meter having an spi keyboard module8 Oct 2026US 2026/0310308 A1J. J. Mackay Canada Limited
Most cited
By later US patents
- Method and apparatus for integrating manual input3,711US 6,323,846 B1University of Delaware · 2001
- Multiple fingers contact sensing method for emulating mouse buttons and mouse operations on a touch sensor pad2,510US 5,825,352 ALogitech, Inc. · 1998
- Object position detector with edge motion feature and gesture recognition2,193US 5,880,411 ASynaptics Incorporated · 1999
- Paintbrush stylus for capacitive touch sensor pad2,104US 5,488,204 ASynaptics Incorporated · 1996
- Gestures for touch sensitive input devices2,066US 8,479,122 B2Apple Inc. · 2013