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Coordinates input apparatus

Assignee: Canon Inc
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Filing: 1991-07-16
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Granted: 1992-08-25
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Expires: 2011-07-16
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Abstract

Abstract In a coordinates input apparatus in which a vibration input from a vibration pen is detected by a plurality of vibration sensors attached to a transparent vibration propagating plate such as an acrylic or glass plate and the coordinate position of the vibration pen is detected from the vibration propagation times until the vibration sensors, the sensors and the vibration proof material are arranged in a manner such that a distance between the attaching boundary surface of the vibration proof material attached to the peripheral portion of the vibration propagating plate and the center of each sensor which is attached to the input side than the attaching boundary surface of the vibration proof material lies within a range from 0.5 time to a value less than 1.0 time as large as the diameter of the sensor, preferably, within a range from 1.0 mm to a value less than 2.0 mm.

Inventors

  • 👤 Yuichiro Yoshimura
  • 👤 Shinnosuke Taniishi
  • 👤 Katsuyuki Kobayashi
  • 👤 Ryozo Yanagisawa
  • 👤 Kiyoshi Kaneko
  • 👤 Takeshi Kamono
  • 👤 Atsushi Tanaka

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
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Last Synchronized 2026-10-28 14:25
CPC Classifications
G; G06; G06F; G06F3/00; G06F3/01; G06F3/03; G06F3/041; G06F3/043; G06F3/0433; G03; G03B; G03B2217/00; G03B2217/005; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S367/00; Y10S367/907

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 3
Claim 1
Independent Claim 103 words
A coordinates input apparatus in which a vibration which has been input from a vibration pen is detected by a plurality of vibration sensors attached to a vibration propagating plate and a position of the vibration pen is detected from vibration propagation times until the vibration sensors, wherein a distance between an attaching boundary surface of a vibration proof material which is attached to a peripheral portion of the vibration propagating plate and the center of each of the vibration sensors lies within a range from 0.5 time to a value less than 1.0 time as large as a diameter of the sensor.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 103 words
A coordinates input apparatus in which a vibration which has been input from a vibration pen is detected by a plurality of vibration sensors attached to a vibration propagating plate and a position of the vibration pen is detected from vibration propagation times until the vibration sensors, wherein a distance between an attaching boundary surface of a vibration proof material which is attached to a peripheral portion of the vibration propagating plate and the center of each of the vibration sensors lies within a range from 0.5 time to a value less than 1.0 time as large as a diameter of the sensor.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 69 words
An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the distance between the attaching boundary surface of the vibration proof material which is attached to the peripheral portion of the vibration propagating plate and the center of the vibration sensor which is attached to the input side than the attaching boundary surface of the vibration proof material lies within a range from 1.0 mm to a value less than 2.0 mm.

References Cited (Backward Citations)

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