Coordinates input apparatus
US5097415A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 29, 1990 |
| Grant date | Mar 17, 1992 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 29, 2010 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F3/0433
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A coordinates input apparatus for detecting coordinates of an instructed position from a vibration progagation time on a vibration propagation plate is provided. This apparatus comprises; a vibration pen to generate a vibration; a vibration propagation plate with which the vibration pen is come into contact and which transmits the vibration; a sensor which is arranged in contact relation with the vibration propagation plate and detects the vibration; a vibration-proof material attached to the periphery of the vibration propagation plate so as to have a width of 1/2 of a wavelength of the elastic wave of the vibration; and an operation controller to calculate the contact position of the vibration pen on the vibration propagation plate from the detection time when the vibration was detected by the sensor. The sensor detects the surface wave of the vibration-proof material. With this apparatus, the coordinates of the instructed point can be accurately detected using the vibration with being hardly influenced by the reflected waves from the periphery of the plate.
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