Multiple axis data input apparatus and method employing position

Details Multiple axis data input apparatus and method employing position Multiple axis data input apparatus and method employing position

1998-07-24

1999-09-28

Grant, William

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73862043, 361290, G05B 902

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059598638

ABSTRACT:
A multiple axis joystick employs positionable and fixed electrode assemblies having mutually orthogonal sets of spaced apart electrodes. The electrode spacings depend on the rotational and translational movements of the positional electrodes relative to the fixed electrodes. A signal generator applies an electromagnetic signal to one set of the electrodes. The signal is coupled to the closest associated electrodes of the other set of electrodes to a degree dependent on the rotation- and translation-induced spacings. A controller sequentially detects and processes each coupled signal voltage to determine a degree of deflection in the X-, Y-, Z-, roll-, pitch-, and yaw-axis directions of one set of the electrodes relative to the other set of electrodes.

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