Patent ID: 7760184
Filing Date: 2010-07-20
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. An apparatus comprising: a pointing device configured: to control a pointer on a user interface linearly in accordance with an amount of movement of the pointing device when said pointing device is in a first position, and when said pointing device is in a second position, to control the pointer so that the pointer is configured to move with a speed, which speed is relative to a movement, which movement the pointing device is deflected from a central position of the pointing device wherein a pair of centering springs are configured to create, in said second position, an opposing force to the movement the pointing device is deflected and tending to bring the pointing device back to the central position in order to provide tactile feedback to aid in user control of the speed of the pointer, wherein whether the pointing device is in the first or second position is determined by whether the pointing device is in either a depressed position or a stand-by position.