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Portable input apparatus

US5701187A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateDec 13, 1995
Grant dateDec 23, 1997
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Expiry dateDec 13, 2015

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04B10/1141
  • WIPO fieldTelecommunications
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A portable input apparatus used in conjunction with a controllable information processing apparatus which comprises a light receiving element receiving a base light emitted from a light emitting section of the controllable information processing apparatus and being composed of a first detector light receiving element, a second detector light receiving element and a reference light receiving element arranged therebetween, each being of a non-split type; an optical signal transmitting section transmitting an optical signal to the controllable information processing apparatus side; signal conversion sections converting an output current of the non-split type light receiving element and generating a time shared output voltage; a signal processing section processing the time shared output voltage to generate relative angle data; and a control section performing operation and calculation of the relative angle data to form a coordinate signal and transmitting the optical signal including the coordinate signal to the controllable information processing apparatus side.

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