Cursor position device
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| Country | US |
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| Patent number | 3987685 |
| Inventor | Willard J. Opocensky |
| Assignee | Xerox |
| Reference | US3987685 |
Cursor position device is a radial sphere coupled with rotatable shafts that translate its movement into Cartesian coordinates. The device generates signals that control the cursor over a display. Its patent number 3987685 was granted on 1976. [1]
Description
Cursor position device
- Inventor: Willard J. Opocensky
- Patent number: 3987685
- Filing date: Dec 16, 1974
- Issue date: Oct 26, 1976
- Assigned to Xerox
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References
- ↑ US patent 3987685, Willard J. Opocensky, "Cursor position device", issued 26 October 1976, assigned to Xerox
