Tactile pointing stick
AssigneeDarfon Electronics Corp.
InventorJia Hung Liu
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Abstract
A tactile pointing stick is provided. A dome-shaped cap, having a convex portion, is additionally disposed between an outer cap and an adapter of a traditional pointing stick. Hence, when a user operates such tactile pointing stick, he can feel feedback, generated by the dome-shaped cap, and operate the tactile pointing stick more precisely. Furthermore, a hard plate is additionally mounted in the pointing stick to ensure the tactile function.
Claims13
A tactile pointing stick, comprising:
- a substrate;
- a post having a first end, affixed on the substrate, and a second end, being free;
- a first cap disposed, having an inner bottom surface, on the second end of the post;
- and
- a second cap, having a convex portion, disposed between the inner bottom surface and the second end of the post in a manner that the convex portion abuts the top surface of the second end of the post.
A tactile pointing stick, comprising:
- a substrate;
- a post, having a first end, affixed on the substrate, and a second end being free;
- a first cap, having an inner bottom surface, disposed on the second end of the post;
- and
- a second cap, having a convex portion, disposed between the inner bottom surface of the first cap and the second end of the post in a manner that the convex portion abuts the inner bottom surface of the first cap.
A tactile device of a pointing stick, wherein the pointing stick comprises a substrate and a post disposed on the substrate with a first end and a second end being free, and the tactile device comprises:
- a first cap having an inner bottom surface, disposed on the second end of the post;
- and
- a second cap, having a convex portion, disposed between the inner bottom surface of the first cap and the second end of the post.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.