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Electrical sensing writing pen

US4034155A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateApr 19, 1976
Grant dateJul 5, 1977
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Expiry dateApr 19, 1996

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F3/03545
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A writing pen capacitively detects and amplifies signals generated by a writing table that produces a varying electrostatic field near its writing surface. The pen cartridge, which senses the signal, is capacitively coupled to a concentric electrode, from which the signal which has been detected may be obtained for amplification.

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