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Input interface apparatus for large screen display

US5818421A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateDec 15, 1995
Grant dateOct 6, 1998
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Expiry dateDec 15, 2015

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F3/045
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A large screen display comprising an image signal source such as a computer, an original image generator, a light-transmission screen, an on-screen pointing-position detecting means, and a light-pen built in an infra-red-ray emitting modulating means, wherein infra-red rays which are modulated by pressing force generated when the light-pen is pressed against the screen by an operator are emitted and the infrared rays are detected and amplified by an infrared-ray detector and demodulated by a demodulating means and then inputted to the image signal source, so that the tone and thickness of each stroke of a figure to be drawn and displayed can be displayed.

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