Patent ID: 9535555
Date: 2017-01-03
CPC Classifications: G06F

Claim:
1. An apparatus, comprising a plurality of deflector devices, each deflector device having: a shaft with a distal end for protruding through a touch surface; a plurality of extensions connected to the shaft, wherein each of the plurality of extensions extends in a different direction from the shaft; a plurality of magnetic sensing devices, each magnetic sensing device to sense how close a respective extension of the plurality of extensions is to the magnetic sensing device; and a spherical pivot at a proximal end of the shaft, the shaft to pivot around the spherical pivot; wherein the plurality of magnetic sensing devices of each deflector device are to sense when the shaft of the deflector device is deflected parallel to the touch surface; wherein each deflector device is to provide an electrical signal indicating a direction of the deflection of the shaft of the deflector device along a surface of the touch surface.