Cursor control device for use with display systems
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| Country | US |
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| Patent number | 4464652 |
| Issued on | 7 August 1984 |
| Inventor |
William F. Lapson William D. Atkinson |
| Assignee | Apple Computer, Inc. |
| Reference | US4464652 |
Cursor control device for use with display systems is a motion detector two dimensional cursor control device invented by William F. Lapson and William D. Atkinson. Its patent number 4464652 was granted on 1984. [1]
Description
Cursor control device for use with display systems
- Inventor: William F. Lapson
- Inventor: William D. Atkinson
- Patent number: 4464652
- Filing date: 19 July 1982
- Issue date: 7 August 1984
- Assigned to Apple Computer, Inc.
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References
- ↑ US patent 4464652, William F. Lapson; William D. Atkinson, "Cursor control device for use with display systems", issued 7 August 1984, assigned to Apple Computer, Inc.
