Computer graphics processing and selective visual display system – Display peripheral interface input device
Patent
1996-11-18
1999-03-09
Hofsass, Jeffery A.
Computer graphics processing and selective visual display system
Display peripheral interface input device
361679, 211 601, 211 691, D19 77, D19 81, D19 83, D14113, D14114, D14115, G09G 500
Patent
active
058807136
ABSTRACT:
The present invention features a paper handling instrument storage unit for use with a computer. The unit, fabricated from plastic, wood, metal, or other suitable material, has a tray that is mountable to a computer monitor near a computer keyboard, or to any other vertical wall, face, or upright on, in, or near a computer workstation. The mounted tray has assigned wells located in it, for containing pencils, pens, scissors, rulers, paper clips and other desk accessories. The wells are conveniently shaped to accommodate the various office items. In one embodiment, a photocell is positioned within the unit. Found within the unit's wells are a number of light passages. The light beam is interrupted when an instrument (e.g., a pencil or pen) rests within its assigned well. Removal of the instrument from its well allows the light beam in that passage to travel through the passage and reach a photocell detector. The photodetector provides a signal to the computer that initiates a data-saving program routine. Thus, when work on the computer keyboard is interrupted by an office worker reaching for a pencil or pen, for example, the data on the computer monitor screen is automatically saved.
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Hofsass Jeffery A.
Lieu Julie
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