ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,282,616, issued on April 22, was assigned to Contour Innovations LLC (Wilmington, Del.).
"Multiple optical-sensor pointing device systems" was invented by Marco Vito Maria Laurenzano (Wilmington, Del.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Aspects discussed herein are directed to ergonomic pointing device systems. In one example, a pointing device system includes an elongate base member, a sleeve disposed to fit over at least a portion of the elongate base member, the sleeve configured to rotate about the elongate base member in a first direction and slide about the elongate base member in a second direction substantially orthogonal to the first ...