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Position coordinate input device

US4558757A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMay 31, 1984
Grant dateDec 17, 1985
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Expiry dateMay 31, 2004

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01H2239/052
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A position coordinate input device including an input plate subjected, at a point, to an external force with a finger, etc. so as to input data of coordinates of the point into a computer and the like. The device further includes four elastic support members for supporting the input plate, a pair of two first detectors yielding outputs of temperature characteristics of a first sign and a pair of two second detectors yielding outputs of temperature characteristics of a second sign opposite to the first sign so as to enable accurate detection of the coordinates of the point of application of the external force in a simplified construction.

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