Touch panel device
US6633280B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 15, 2000 |
| Grant date | Oct 14, 2003 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 14, 2021 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F3/03545
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
There are provided microphones 11A, 11B arranged at least any two different locations of edge portions of a touch panel 10, for sensing a ultrasonic signal propagated through a space, an input pen 12 containing a piezoelectric loudspeaker 12G, for oscillating a ultrasonic wave that is output from the piezoelectric loudspeaker 12G, and a touch position sensor 13 for calculating a coordinate of a touch position P by calculating distances between the microphones 11A, 11B and the touch position P of the input pen 12 on the touch panel 10 based on the ultrasonic wave sensed by the microphones 11A, 11B, whereby the microphones 11A, 11B have a sound collecting directivity characteristic in response to fitted positions of the edge portions of the touch panel 10.
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