SE8102252L - SOUND SENSITIVE DEVICE - Google Patents

SOUND SENSITIVE DEVICE

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Publication number
SE8102252L
SE8102252L SE8102252A SE8102252A SE8102252L SE 8102252 L SE8102252 L SE 8102252L SE 8102252 A SE8102252 A SE 8102252A SE 8102252 A SE8102252 A SE 8102252A SE 8102252 L SE8102252 L SE 8102252L
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Sweden
Prior art keywords
light
sensitive device
finger
guide
crt
Prior art date
Application number
SE8102252A
Other languages
Swedish (sv)
Other versions
SE441870B (en
Inventor
L R Kasday
J B Mallos
Original Assignee
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 SE8102252L publication Critical patent/SE8102252L/en
Publication of SE441870B publication Critical patent/SE441870B/en

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    • GPHYSICS
    • G06COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06FELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
    • G06F3/00Input 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
    • G06F3/01Input arrangements or combined input and output arrangements for interaction between user and computer
    • G06F3/03Arrangements for converting the position or the displacement of a member into a coded form
    • G06F3/041Digitisers, e.g. for touch screens or touch pads, characterised by the transducing means
    • G06F3/042Digitisers, e.g. for touch screens or touch pads, characterised by the transducing means by opto-electronic means
    • GPHYSICS
    • G06COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06FELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
    • G06F3/00Input 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
    • G06F3/01Input arrangements or combined input and output arrangements for interaction between user and computer
    • G06F3/03Arrangements for converting the position or the displacement of a member into a coded form
    • G06F3/033Pointing devices displaced or positioned by the user, e.g. mice, trackballs, pens or joysticks; Accessories therefor
    • G06F3/037Pointing 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
    • GPHYSICS
    • G06COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06FELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
    • G06F3/00Input 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
    • G06F3/01Input arrangements or combined input and output arrangements for interaction between user and computer
    • G06F3/03Arrangements for converting the position or the displacement of a member into a coded form
    • G06F3/041Digitisers, e.g. for touch screens or touch pads, characterised by the transducing means
    • G06F3/042Digitisers, e.g. for touch screens or touch pads, characterised by the transducing means by opto-electronic means
    • G06F3/0421Digitisers, 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
    • HELECTRICITY
    • H01ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01JELECTRIC DISCHARGE TUBES OR DISCHARGE LAMPS
    • H01J29/00Details of cathode-ray tubes or of electron-beam tubes of the types covered by group H01J31/00
    • H01J29/86Vessels; Containers; Vacuum locks
    • H01J29/89Optical or photographic arrangements structurally combined or co-operating with the vessel
    • H01J29/892Optical or photographic arrangements structurally combined or co-operating with the vessel using fibre optics
    • HELECTRICITY
    • H03ELECTRONIC CIRCUITRY
    • H03KPULSE TECHNIQUE
    • H03K17/00Electronic switching or gating, i.e. not by contact-making and –breaking
    • H03K17/94Electronic switching or gating, i.e. not by contact-making and –breaking characterised by the way in which the control signals are generated
    • H03K17/96Touch switches
    • H03K17/9627Optical touch switches
    • H03K17/9631Optical touch switches using a light source as part of the switch
    • HELECTRICITY
    • H03ELECTRONIC CIRCUITRY
    • H03KPULSE TECHNIQUE
    • H03K17/00Electronic switching or gating, i.e. not by contact-making and –breaking
    • H03K17/94Electronic switching or gating, i.e. not by contact-making and –breaking characterised by the way in which the control signals are generated
    • H03K17/96Touch switches
    • H03K17/9627Optical touch switches
    • H03K17/9638Optical touch switches using a light guide
    • HELECTRICITY
    • H03ELECTRONIC CIRCUITRY
    • H03KPULSE TECHNIQUE
    • H03K17/00Electronic switching or gating, i.e. not by contact-making and –breaking
    • H03K17/94Electronic switching or gating, i.e. not by contact-making and –breaking characterised by the way in which the control signals are generated
    • H03K17/965Switches controlled by moving an element forming part of the switch
    • H03K17/968Switches controlled by moving an element forming part of the switch using opto-electronic devices
    • GPHYSICS
    • G02OPTICS
    • G02BOPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS
    • G02B6/00Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings
    • G02B6/24Coupling light guides
    • G02B6/26Optical coupling means
    • G02B6/28Optical coupling means having data bus means, i.e. plural waveguides interconnected and providing an inherently bidirectional system by mixing and splitting signals
    • G02B6/2804Optical 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
    • G02B6/2852Optical 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)
    • GPHYSICS
    • G06COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06FELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
    • G06F2203/00Indexing scheme relating to G06F3/00 - G06F3/048
    • G06F2203/041Indexing scheme relating to G06F3/041 - G06F3/045
    • G06F2203/04109FTIR 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

Abstract

A touch sensitive device is provided having a laminar light guide 10, inside which light from source, such as the screen of a CRT 20 can become trapped by total internal reflection after reflection from a finger. The edges of the guide 10 are fitted with photodetectors 101 which respond to the entrapment of light between the surfaces. It is possible, by comparing the photodetector output with the CRT raster position, to determine the exact surface position of the touch. Alternatively a flexible transparent membrane over the light guide may be pressed in contact therewith by the finger. Other wave energy may replace light. <IMAGE>
SE8102252A 1980-04-16 1981-04-08 SOUND SENSITIVE DEVICE FOR USE WITH A SIGNAL CELL SE441870B (en)

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

Publications (2)

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SE8102252L true SE8102252L (en) 1981-10-17
SE441870B SE441870B (en) 1985-11-11

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SE8102252A SE441870B (en) 1980-04-16 1981-04-08 SOUND SENSITIVE DEVICE FOR USE WITH A SIGNAL CELL

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AU (1) AU541152B2 (en)
DE (1) DE3114354A1 (en)
ES (1) ES8205078A1 (en)
FR (1) FR2480967B1 (en)
GB (1) GB2074428B (en)
HK (1) HK69884A (en)
IT (1) IT1137373B (en)
NL (1) NL8101878A (en)
SE (1) SE441870B (en)
SG (1) SG33184G (en)

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SG33184G (en) 1985-02-08
AU541152B2 (en) 1984-12-20
HK69884A (en) 1984-09-14
GB2074428A (en) 1981-10-28
ES501358A0 (en) 1982-06-16
NL8101878A (en) 1981-11-16
FR2480967B1 (en) 1988-04-29
IT1137373B (en) 1986-09-10
DE3114354A1 (en) 1982-06-24
SE441870B (en) 1985-11-11
GB2074428B (en) 1983-11-09
ES8205078A1 (en) 1982-06-16
IT8121189A0 (en) 1981-04-15
FR2480967A1 (en) 1981-10-23
AU6947081A (en) 1981-10-22

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