Data secure digitizer control circuit and method
US5387765A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 2, 1992 |
| Grant date | Feb 7, 1995 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 2, 2012 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F21/83
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A secure digitizer control circuit and method which drives the digitizer with a random series of excitation signals. The control circuit includes a digitizer and a plurality of drivers for driving the digitizer. A controller varies the excitation signal and calculates stylus position. A stylus detects the potential at a point on the digitizer. Processing circuitry, including an analog front end and an analog-to-digital (A/D) converter, rectifies and filters the stylus signal and applies it to the A/D converter. An input/output link provides an interface between the control circuit and a host computer, such as a point-of-service terminal. A memory stores a lookup table of drive pattern sets and corresponding position equations. In a first embodiment, the controller repeatedly chooses a random sequence of patterns and applies the sequence until the controller senses liftoff of the sensing means from the digitizer. In a second embodiment, controller means repeatedly chooses and applies a sequence of patterns.
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