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Information display and entry device

US4814760A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateApr 30, 1987
Grant dateMar 21, 1989
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Expiry dateApr 30, 2007

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F3/047
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A device for both entering and displaying information includes imaging circuitry in which a plurality of elements each has a visual characteristic which is visible at a writing surface and which depends on electrically stimulating the element via conductive circuitry, the imaging circuitry is arranged to produce electrical manifestations at the conductive circuitry in response to writing stimuli, and the device also includes control circuitry which delivers electrical signals to the conductive circuitry to form an image and converts the electrical manifestations into digital form.

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