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- Patent Title: Apparatuses, systems, and methods for representing user interactions with real-world input devices in a virtual space
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Application No.: US15717725Application Date: 2017-09-27
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Publication No.: US10394342B2Publication Date: 2019-08-27
- Inventor: Andrew Harrison Imm , Grantland Lee Lim Chew
- Applicant: FACEBOOK TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
- Applicant Address: US CA Menlo Park
- Assignee: Facebook Technologies, LLC
- Current Assignee: Facebook Technologies, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Menlo Park
- Agency: FisherBroyles, LLP
- Main IPC: G06F3/02
- IPC: G06F3/02 ; G06F3/01 ; G06F3/041 ; G06F3/038 ; G06F3/0354 ; G06F3/045 ; G06F3/044 ; G06F1/16 ; G06T19/00 ; G06F3/042 ; G02B27/01 ; H01H13/70 ; H01H3/02 ; H01H11/00

Abstract:
A key assembly for a keyboard may include a key cap that includes a touch sensor that is communicatively coupled to a control device. When the touch sensor senses a touch event, the touch sensor may send a touch signal to the control device, and when the touch sensor senses an absence of touch, the touch sensor may send a control signal to the control device. The key assembly may further include a switch that is communicatively coupled to the control device and that is movable between a pressed position and an un-pressed position. When the switch is in the pressed position, the switch may send a closed signal to the control device, and when the switch is in the un-pressed position, the switch may send an open signal to the control device. Various other apparatuses, systems, and methods are also disclosed.
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