Computer graphics processing and selective visual display system – Display peripheral interface input device – Mechanical control
Patent
1996-09-20
1998-11-24
Liang, Regina
Computer graphics processing and selective visual display system
Display peripheral interface input device
Mechanical control
345156, G09G 500
Patent
active
058414282
ABSTRACT:
An electrical circuit control of the type having a knob which is turned by an operator to vary a circuit condition is affixed to the face of an electronic image display device and at least a portion of the knob overlays the image display area. This enables display of instantly changeable calibration marks and/or other graphics in close proximity to the circuit control including at locations immediately adjacent to the perimeter of the knob. Electronic components of the control are contained within the knob and a base member at the front of the panel. Components of this kind may be embedded in or attached to the knob itself enabling easy repair by simply replacing the knob and/or may be contained in an easily replaced carrier that fits within the base. Knob motion sensors include radio frequency sensors, capacitive sensors, Hall effect sensors and photoelectric sensors among others and enable the controls to be compact, durable and enable economic manufacture. A signal processor can convert initial values of the control signal produced at successive settings of a control to differing assigned values. The conversion method is applicable to sliding knob controls as well as rotary controls and enables imparting of any desired response curve to a circuit control without regard to the actual response of the knob motion sensor.
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Jaeger Denny
Twain Kenneth M.
Intertactile Technologies Corporation
Liang Regina
Zimmeran Harris
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