Optics: measuring and testing – Range or remote distance finding – With photodetection
Patent
1985-05-10
1987-08-25
Hix, L. T.
Optics: measuring and testing
Range or remote distance finding
With photodetection
356152, 340707, 340710, 178 18, 178 19, G01C 300, G06K 1106, G06F 303
Patent
active
046889337
ABSTRACT:
A position determining system for providing electrical signals representative of the positions of a light source movable within a defined area. The system may be implemented for purposes of data entry or for purposes of object location or surveying. When embodied in a data entry tablet, the invention provides signals representative of the positions of a stylus movable within the area of the tablet and comprising first and second photodetectors spaced along a base line by a predetermined distance, and means associated with each photodetector and operative to provide a movable narrow field of view for each photodetector. Means are provided for monitoring the angular position of each of the fields of view with respect to the base line and for providing a signal indication of the respective angular positions. A stylus having a light emitter at the tip thereof is movable within the area of the tablet and provides light detachable by each of the photodetectors. Each of the photodetectors provides a respective signal when the field of view of the corresponding photodetector receives light from the emitter. Means are provided which are operative in response to the signal indication of the angular position of each of the movable means at which light from the emitter is respectively detected to provide a signal representing the position of the emitter within the area of the tablet.
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Hix L. T,.
Rutledge D.
The Laitram Corporation
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