Telegraphy – Systems – Position coordinate determination for writing
Patent
1986-01-16
1987-04-28
Schreyer, Stafford D.
Telegraphy
Systems
Position coordinate determination for writing
G08C 2100
Patent
active
046616560
ABSTRACT:
A graphic tablet and method is described having a plurality of orthogonally related sensing conductors imbedded in the surface of a tablet. The imbedded sensing conductors thus form an X and Y grid for receiving signals from a signal radiating pen. The signals induced in the imbedded sensing conductors are detected, operated upon, and digitized to form an address of the radiating pen. The sensing conductors are formed of three conductors for each of the X and Y directions; the conductors extend across the pad in a given direction and are then redirected back across the pad in the opposite direction. Each of the X and Y sensing conductors thus extend back and forth across the pad forming parallel adjacent segments. A plurality of auxiliary conductors are each connected through resistors to a respective sensing conductor at spaced points along the sensing conductors length. Signals induced in the sensing conductor thus result in auxiliary signals in the auxiliary conductor. The position of a radiating pen on the surface of the tablet is determined by sensing the signals induced in the respective conductors, then determining the position of the pen with respect to the segments closest to the pen, and then determining the position of those segments on the tablet by reference to the auxiliary signals on the auxiliary conductors.
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Fowler Billy C.
Rodgers James L.
Kurta Corporation
Schreyer Stafford D.
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