Position detection apparatus using area image sensor
US8330726B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Apr 23, 2004 |
| Grant date | Dec 11, 2012 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 17, 2025 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F3/0428
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A position detection apparatus, with which the setting position adjustment of imaging sections is not required and the maintenance can be made easily, structuring of which can be realized with low-cost components, is provided. In the position detection apparatus, imaging sections (7), each of those which includes an area image sensor (70), in which light-sensitive elements are arrayed in a two-dimensional pattern, and an image formation lens (71), are placed to the lateral two points of a detection plane (1), respectively. A selection device (10) selects particular pixels corresponding to a particular field of view of a reflex reflection frame (4) or the like from the light-sensitive elements within a range of a given field of view having been imaged by the imaging sections (7). An image processing device (11) image-processes a particular image signal corresponding to the selected particular pixels and then outputs an indicating position coordinate of a pointing device (2).
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