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Position sensing computer input device

US5365461A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateApr 30, 1992
Grant dateNov 15, 1994
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Expiry dateApr 30, 2012

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01B7/004
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A position sensing computer input device including a sensor with a sensing surface including a conductive sheet on which a human touch and the touch of an inanimate object may both be sensed. The device is able to discriminate between the two types of touch for allowing input with at least one of an inanimate object and a human touch.

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