ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,585,346, issued on March 24, was assigned to Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Redmond, Wash.).
"Double-wheel assembly" was invented by Masaaki Fukumoto (Shenzhen, China).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Implementations of the subject matter described herein provide a solution in which a quick and comfortable operation can be achieved while providing the improved intuitiveness. In the solution, a scroll assembly for use with a pointing device is provided. The scroll assembly comprises: a first scroll member for controlling a first movement of an object on a user interface; and at least one second scroll member for controlling a second mo...