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Automatic calibration of a capacitive touch screen used with a fixed element flat screen display panel

US5283559A · kind A · utility

178Cited by
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19Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateSep 21, 1992
Grant dateFeb 1, 1994
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Expiry dateSep 21, 2012

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F3/04186
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A touch screen display is automatically calibrated during periods of active use or extended periods of non-use. Calibration contacts are cemented or embedded to the surface of a touch sensitive panel, and electrically connected to a reference during calibration. The reference is either electrical ground or a resistive, capacitive, or inductive load.

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