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Coordinate input apparatus

US6710767B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateSep 1, 2000
Grant dateMar 23, 2004
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Expiry dateApr 25, 2021

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F3/0386
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A first cylindrical lens and a first linear sensor are constructed on the X axis, a second cylindrical lens and a second linear sensor are constructed on the Y axis, the X and Y axes are orthogonal, and the image width of a beam spot formed by each of the first and second cylindrical lenses is larger than each pixel of the corresponding first and second linear sensors.

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