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Combined device for screen display and for the detection of the position of a location marker in relation to the screen with an infrared surfaced detector

US5440114A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateSep 27, 1994
Grant dateAug 8, 1995
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Expiry dateSep 27, 2014

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F3/0386
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The disclosure relates to the display, by projection on a screen, of an image managed by a computer system and to the input of data into the data-processing system by the shifting of a location marker in relation to the screen. A device for display by the projection of an image on a screen incorporates a surface detector of infrared radiation positioned behind the projection objective by means of a mirror separating the visible radiation and the infrared radiation. This display device is complemented by an infrared emitter with directional radiation, with which the observer traces a location marker on the screen which may take the form of a visible pointer overprinted on the image.

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