Cursor control device for use with display systems

Cursor control device for use with display systems
Country	US
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. <ref>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. </ref>

Description[edit | edit source]

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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