IT1137373B - Dispositivo sensibile al tocco per l'impiego con una sorgente di segnale sincronizzata, in partciolare un tubo a raggi catodici (crt) - Google Patents

Dispositivo sensibile al tocco per l'impiego con una sorgente di segnale sincronizzata, in partciolare un tubo a raggi catodici (crt)

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Publication number
IT1137373B
IT1137373B IT21189/81A IT2118981A IT1137373B IT 1137373 B IT1137373 B IT 1137373B IT 21189/81 A IT21189/81 A IT 21189/81A IT 2118981 A IT2118981 A IT 2118981A IT 1137373 B IT1137373 B IT 1137373B
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Prior art keywords
crt
cathode
signal source
touch sensitive
sensitive device
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IT21189/81A
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English (en)
Italian (it)
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IT8121189A0 (it
Inventor
Leonard Ralph Kasday
James Basil Mallos
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Western Electric Co
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Priority claimed from US06/140,716 external-priority patent/US4346376A/en
Application filed by Western Electric Co filed Critical Western Electric Co
Publication of IT8121189A0 publication Critical patent/IT8121189A0/it
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Publication of IT1137373B publication Critical patent/IT1137373B/it

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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06F—ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
    • G06F3/00—Input arrangements for transferring data to be processed into a form capable of being handled by the computer; Output arrangements for transferring data from processing unit to output unit, e.g. interface arrangements
    • G06F3/01—Input arrangements or combined input and output arrangements for interaction between user and computer
    • G06F3/03—Arrangements for converting the position or the displacement of a member into a coded form
    • G06F3/041—Digitisers, e.g. for touch screens or touch pads, characterised by the transducing means
    • G06F3/042—Digitisers, e.g. for touch screens or touch pads, characterised by the transducing means by opto-electronic means
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06F—ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
    • G06F3/00—Input arrangements for transferring data to be processed into a form capable of being handled by the computer; Output arrangements for transferring data from processing unit to output unit, e.g. interface arrangements
    • G06F3/01—Input arrangements or combined input and output arrangements for interaction between user and computer
    • G06F3/03—Arrangements for converting the position or the displacement of a member into a coded form
    • G06F3/033—Pointing devices displaced or positioned by the user, e.g. mice, trackballs, pens or joysticks; Accessories therefor
    • G06F3/037—Pointing devices displaced or positioned by the user, e.g. mice, trackballs, pens or joysticks; Accessories therefor using the raster scan of a cathode-ray tube [CRT] for detecting the position of the member, e.g. light pens cooperating with CRT monitors
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06F—ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
    • G06F3/00—Input arrangements for transferring data to be processed into a form capable of being handled by the computer; Output arrangements for transferring data from processing unit to output unit, e.g. interface arrangements
    • G06F3/01—Input arrangements or combined input and output arrangements for interaction between user and computer
    • G06F3/03—Arrangements for converting the position or the displacement of a member into a coded form
    • G06F3/041—Digitisers, e.g. for touch screens or touch pads, characterised by the transducing means
    • G06F3/042—Digitisers, e.g. for touch screens or touch pads, characterised by the transducing means by opto-electronic means
    • G06F3/0421—Digitisers, e.g. for touch screens or touch pads, characterised by the transducing means by opto-electronic means by interrupting or reflecting a light beam, e.g. optical touch-screen
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01J—ELECTRIC DISCHARGE TUBES OR DISCHARGE LAMPS
    • H01J29/00—Details of cathode-ray tubes or of electron-beam tubes of the types covered by group H01J31/00
    • H01J29/86—Vessels; Containers; Vacuum locks
    • H01J29/89—Optical or photographic arrangements structurally combined or co-operating with the vessel
    • H01J29/892—Optical or photographic arrangements structurally combined or co-operating with the vessel using fibre optics
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H03—ELECTRONIC CIRCUITRY
    • H03K—PULSE TECHNIQUE
    • H03K17/00—Electronic switching or gating, i.e. not by contact-making and –breaking
    • H03K17/94—Electronic switching or gating, i.e. not by contact-making and –breaking characterised by the way in which the control signals are generated
    • H03K17/96—Touch switches
    • H03K17/9627—Optical touch switches
    • H03K17/9631—Optical touch switches using a light source as part of the switch
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H03—ELECTRONIC CIRCUITRY
    • H03K—PULSE TECHNIQUE
    • H03K17/00—Electronic switching or gating, i.e. not by contact-making and –breaking
    • H03K17/94—Electronic switching or gating, i.e. not by contact-making and –breaking characterised by the way in which the control signals are generated
    • H03K17/96—Touch switches
    • H03K17/9627—Optical touch switches
    • H03K17/9638—Optical touch switches using a light guide
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H03—ELECTRONIC CIRCUITRY
    • H03K—PULSE TECHNIQUE
    • H03K17/00—Electronic switching or gating, i.e. not by contact-making and –breaking
    • H03K17/94—Electronic switching or gating, i.e. not by contact-making and –breaking characterised by the way in which the control signals are generated
    • H03K17/965—Switches controlled by moving an element forming part of the switch
    • H03K17/968—Switches controlled by moving an element forming part of the switch using opto-electronic devices
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G02—OPTICS
    • G02B—OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS
    • G02B6/00—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings
    • G02B6/24—Coupling light guides
    • G02B6/26—Optical coupling means
    • G02B6/28—Optical coupling means having data bus means, i.e. plural waveguides interconnected and providing an inherently bidirectional system by mixing and splitting signals
    • G02B6/2804—Optical coupling means having data bus means, i.e. plural waveguides interconnected and providing an inherently bidirectional system by mixing and splitting signals forming multipart couplers without wavelength selective elements, e.g. "T" couplers, star couplers
    • G02B6/2852—Optical coupling means having data bus means, i.e. plural waveguides interconnected and providing an inherently bidirectional system by mixing and splitting signals forming multipart couplers without wavelength selective elements, e.g. "T" couplers, star couplers using tapping light guides arranged sidewardly, e.g. in a non-parallel relationship with respect to the bus light guides (light extraction or launching through cladding, with or without surface discontinuities, bent structures)
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06F—ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
    • G06F2203/00—Indexing scheme relating to G06F3/00 - G06F3/048
    • G06F2203/041—Indexing scheme relating to G06F3/041 - G06F3/045
    • G06F2203/04109—FTIR in optical digitiser, i.e. touch detection by frustrating the total internal reflection within an optical waveguide due to changes of optical properties or deformation at the touch location

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • General Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Theoretical Computer Science (AREA)
  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Human Computer Interaction (AREA)
  • General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Optics & Photonics (AREA)
  • Position Input By Displaying (AREA)
IT21189/81A 1980-04-16 1981-04-15 Dispositivo sensibile al tocco per l'impiego con una sorgente di segnale sincronizzata, in partciolare un tubo a raggi catodici (crt) IT1137373B (it)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
US14071580A 1980-04-16 1980-04-16
US06/140,716 US4346376A (en) 1980-04-16 1980-04-16 Touch position sensitive surface

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IT8121189A0 IT8121189A0 (it) 1981-04-15
IT1137373B true IT1137373B (it) 1986-09-10

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AU (1) AU541152B2 (nl)
DE (1) DE3114354A1 (nl)
ES (1) ES501358A0 (nl)
FR (1) FR2480967B1 (nl)
GB (1) GB2074428B (nl)
HK (1) HK69884A (nl)
IT (1) IT1137373B (nl)
NL (1) NL8101878A (nl)
SE (1) SE441870B (nl)
SG (1) SG33184G (nl)

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GB2126054A (en) * 1982-08-11 1984-03-14 Philips Electronic Associated Display system with nested information display
US4567480A (en) * 1982-12-13 1986-01-28 John Fluke Mfg. Co., Inc. Touch-sensitive overlay
US4593191A (en) * 1982-12-29 1986-06-03 At&T Bell Laboratories Pressure and optical sensitive device with deformable protrusions
FR2554261B1 (fr) * 1983-10-28 1987-04-30 Thomson Csf Dispositif sensitif d'affichage comportant un ecran a balayage
AU3237384A (en) * 1983-12-01 1985-06-06 Wang Laboratories, Inc. Display pointing device
FR2557997B1 (fr) * 1984-01-10 1987-11-27 Thomson Csf Dispositif interactif d'affichage comprenant un ecran a balayage.
US4816811A (en) * 1985-03-25 1989-03-28 American Telephone And Telegraph Company Compliant overlay for use as an optically-based touch-sensitive screen
US5243332A (en) * 1991-10-31 1993-09-07 Massachusetts Institute Of Technology Information entry and display
DE4408737A1 (de) * 1994-03-15 1995-09-21 Sel Alcatel Ag Telekommunikationsendgerät
DE10047920A1 (de) * 2000-09-27 2002-04-18 Siemens Ag Vorrichtung zum Erkennen einer Berührungsposition auf einem Bedienfeld
US20060279558A1 (en) * 2003-09-22 2006-12-14 Koninklike Phillips Electronics N.V. Touc input screen using a light guide
FR2915591A1 (fr) * 2007-04-27 2008-10-31 Thomson Licensing Sas Procede de detection d'une flexion exercee sur un ecran flexible, et appareil dote d'un tel ecran pour la mise en oeuvre du procede
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FR2480967B1 (fr) 1988-04-29
AU6947081A (en) 1981-10-22
NL8101878A (nl) 1981-11-16
ES8205078A1 (es) 1982-06-16
SE8102252L (sv) 1981-10-17
SG33184G (en) 1985-02-08
HK69884A (en) 1984-09-14
FR2480967A1 (fr) 1981-10-23
AU541152B2 (en) 1984-12-20
IT8121189A0 (it) 1981-04-15
GB2074428B (en) 1983-11-09
DE3114354A1 (de) 1982-06-24
SE441870B (sv) 1985-11-11
GB2074428A (en) 1981-10-28
ES501358A0 (es) 1982-06-16

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