Patent · US Expired

Manually controlled imput device for a computer

US5767843A · kind A · utility

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10References

7Claims

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Assignee

Daimler-Benz Aerospace AG · DE

Inventors

Dieter Wagner · Oberriexingen, DE
Wolfgang Eisfeld · Unterhaching, DE
Robert Rieger

Key dates

Filing date	Aug 25, 1995
Grant date	Jun 16, 1998
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Aug 25, 2015

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F3/03542
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The invention relates to a manually controlled input device for a computer which comprises a graph! graphics card for controlling a monitor video screen by means of! via a video signal, as a simulation and in the form! of a mechanical small-size spraying device (air brush) whose operating parameters are composed of three space coordinates, the air pressure of the ink spraying jet and the ink quantity therein. Synchronization signals from the video card are used in conjunction with an optical coupling between the input device and the video screen, to determine the spacial coordinates of the input device relative to the video screen.

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