Optical position detecting unit, optical coordinate input unit and optical position detecting method employing a pattern having a sequence of 1's and 0's
US5502568A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 28, 1994 |
| Grant date | Mar 26, 1996 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 28, 2014 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F2203/0331
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An optical position detecting unit is configured by an image pickup unit for detecting the intensity of light, a pattern member disposed in the front of the image pickup unit and on a light path of the light and having a specific pattern, and a signal processing unit for extracting information with respect to the distance in the direction of a normal line of a pixel array region of the image pickup unit between a light-emitting source and the image pickup unit on the basis of signals with respect to the specific pattern projected to the pixel array. A distance between the pattern member and the pixel array of the image pickup unit is required to be known in advance in order to extract the information with respect to the distance. By using only one image pickup unit, the distance to the light-emitting source can be calculated.
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