Three degree of freedom graphic object controller
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| Country | US |
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| Patent number | 5313230 |
| Issued on | 17 May 1994 |
| Inventor |
Daniel S. Venolia Shinpei Ishikawa |
| Assignee | Apple Computer, Inc. |
| Reference | US5313230 |
Three degree of freedom graphic object controller is a two motion detector unbounded and independent manipulable control device that converts the motion of an object to output signals on the display of a computer, and controls the translational motion to a third translational axis. Its patent number 5313230 was granted on 1994. [1]
Description
Three degree of freedom graphic object controller
- Inventor: Daniel S. Venolia (Later Gina Danielle Venolia)
- Inventor: Shinpei Ishikawa
- Patent number: 5313230
- Filing date: 24 July 1992
- Issue date: 17 May 1994
- Assigned to Apple Computer, Inc.
Context
This patent shows one of the first examples of a scroll wheel on a mouse. It had been invented independently by multiple people, but it is probable that Venolia and Ishikawa had been first to do so. A earlier incarnation had been shown by Venolia at the ACM SIGCHI conference in 1989.[2]
Apple did however not sell a mouse with scrolling function until the Apple A1152 "Mighty Mouse" in 2005, which instead had a miniature ball.
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References
- ↑ US patent 5313230, Daniel S. Venolia; Shinpei Ishikawa, "Three degree of freedom graphic object controller", issued 17 May 1994, assigned to Apple Computer, Inc.
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