Telegraphy – Systems – Position coordinate determination for writing
Patent
1990-11-16
1992-11-10
Schreyer, Stafford D.
Telegraphy
Systems
Position coordinate determination for writing
367907, G08C 2100
Patent
active
051626187
ABSTRACT:
An acoustic touch position sensor is shown wherein a Lamb wave is imparted into a substrate by a transducer mounted on the substrate, the Lamb wave propagating along a first axis. Top and bottom reflecting arrays are disposed along the first axis to reflect portions of one mode of the Lamb wave along a plurality of parallel paths extending across a touch surface of the substrate to a second pair of top and bottom reflect arrays. The second pair of top and bottom reflecting arrays reflect the Lamb waves incident thereto along an axis parallel to the first axis to a receiving transducer that provides a signal representative of the received Lamb waves. A touch on the substrate results in a partial absorption of the energy in the Lamb wave propagating along a path intersection the touch position so as to produce a perturbation therein which is sensed to determine the axial position of the touch on the substrate. In a second embodiment a single transducer and reflective array is provided for each axis, a coordinate on which is to be determined. In a third embodiment of the present invention, a single transducer is provided for two axes.
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