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5164714 Modulated touch entry system and method with synchronous detection  
A modulated touch entry system and corresponding method for detecting the presence and location of a member within an irradiated field. A touch entry system and corresponding method are disclosed...
5164722 Method of calibrating an electric remote control device of the manipulator type, and device adapted for implementing this method  
An electric remote control device (20) includes sliding pushers (27) associated two by two and actuated from an actuating member. Each pusher is associated with a converter for generating an...
5160928 System for regulating the mean current flowing through the load of an electric remote control device  
System for regulating the mean current flowing through a load (1), particularly an electric device controlling the phenomenon to be regulated, from initial variable control information (α), a DC...
5153364 Operated position detecting apparatus and electronic musical instruments provided therewith  
A detecting device for detecting the positions where strings are operated, and an electronic musical instrument using the detecting device, such as an electronic stringed instrument or an...
5149986 Electronic control button operated by sound absorption  
An electronic control or touch button, with no moving button parts and operated by sound absorption, including in a first embodiment (FIG. 1) a cylindrical, metal, outer casing (1) of comparable...
5144302 Modular keyboard  
A modular keyboard apparatus allowing users to reconfigure the keyboard for their particular applications and convenience. The modular keyboard allows the user to place modules such as alphanumeric...
5140320 Electric remote control device including pairs of sliding pushers  
An electric remote control device (20), includes a metal body (25) containing sliding pushers (27) associated two by two and actuated from an actuating member (22). Each pusher is associated with a...
5134395 Joystick/switch interface to computer serial port  
An interface circuit for use between a control point equipped with joysticks and switches and a standard serial input port of a personal type computer. The interface circuitry includes an analog to...
5128671 Control device having multiple degrees of freedom  
A hand-held joystick has spaced-apart groups of accelerometers and is free to move or rotate on multiple axes. Each group has, for example, three mutually perpendicular accelerometers, with each...
5097252 Motion sensor which produces an asymmetrical signal in response to symmetrical movement  
In one embodiment of the invention, a plurality of sensors are placed over the joints of a hand. Each motion sensor comprises an optical fiber disposed between a light source and a light sensor. An...
5047952 Communication system for deaf, deaf-blind, or non-vocal individuals using instrumented glove  
A communication system for deaf, deaf-blind, or non-vocal individuals includes an instrumented glove for obtaining electrical signals indicative of a hand configuration of a first individual....
5016213 Method and apparatus for controlling an electrical device using electrodermal response  
A method and apparatus utilizing electrodermal response as a control mechanism. A specific embodiment of the method and apparatus utilizing a personal computer having a game paddle input port is...
4992779 Information input device  
In an information input device for inputting information in an information processing apparatus by means of contact on an input surface provided on a display picture, an input-prohibiting area is...
4990900 Touch panel  
A touch panel having a panel body formed by transparent upper and lower electrodes spaced a predetermined distance. The touch panel is mounted on a front surface of a display device to detect a...
4970512 Printed circuit rotary switch with decoder  
A rotary switch which cooperates with a printed circuit board employs a knob member having a handle portion that protrudes through an opening in a panel of an equipment housing. The printed circuit...
4963859 Method and apparatus for capturing information in drawing or writing  
Where a signature is to be automatically verified, or data is to be entered into a computer, a special pen is usually employed but this pen is liable to be stolen or vandalized. In the present...
4953120 Data processing apparatus having repeat function suppression for continuously depressed data entry keys  
A data processing apparatus for processing text, words or characters has a key entry device, a memory for saving key data from the key entry device and processing means for sequentially processing...
4945357 Joystick assembly  
A joystick assembly for converting push-button keys to joystick actuation comprises a handle and a multi-arm member, the multi-arm member includes arms located for contact with keys of a computer...
4926172 Joystick controller  
A joystick controller apparatus comprises a lever mounted for pivotal motion in at least two directions, a guide defining a preselected shift pattern for the lever, and an indicating arrangement...
4912466 Audio frequency based data capture tablet  
An audio frequency based data capture tablet (26) includes a working surface (210) upon which a data collection document having marked responses is placed. A movable cursor (212, 222), which is...
4905001 Hand-held finger movement actuated communication devices and systems employing such devices  
Disclosed are various forms of hand-held communication devices which serve as alternatives to a keyboard and which, in addition, allow the user to receive communications via the sense of touch....
4897649 Keyboard for data entry on control purposes  
A keyboard for data entry or control purposes includes a plurality of sets of two or more keys arranged for receving the tips of the finger of a hand of an operator, the keys of each set have such...
RE33151 Touch control system for controllable apparatus  
A system for recognizing touch positions along an axis on a surface associated with a touch control apparatus comprises a substrate having a surface capable of propagating surface acoustic waves...
4879556 Joystick control unit using multiple substrates  
A joystick control unit. The control unit includes a controller, such as a handle, transmitting coil, plurality of receiving coils, and plurality of substrates. The handle may be subjected to...
4862165 Ergonomically-shaped hand controller  
An ergonomically-shaped hand controller of the type commonly referred to as a "mouse", is specially configured to prevent or reduce hand muscle fatigue despite continuous use over a protracted...
4855704 Joystick for generating electric control signals  
A joystick for generating electric control signals comprises the following components: a housing, an operating rod, a universal joint for the operating rod, sensors and an element acting upon these...
4849732 One hand key shell  
A self-contained data terminal or typewriter keyboard completely operable by a single human hand for the input of information into a computer or other electronic device. The keyboard comprises five...
4806745 IC card with fewer input keys  
An IC card has a preregistered password and a display section which displays numerals and a cursor. An operator enters a password by moving the cursor to the desired numeral and presses a key....
4786892 X-Y direction input device having changeable orientation of input axes and switch activation  
An X-Y direction input device includes a ball, a switchboard carrying push switches, first and second follower rollers rotated by the ball having axes perpendicular to each other, and rotation...
4755634 Conductive electrode arrays and arrays of resistive elements for use in touch panels and for producing electric fields  
Selected touch point locating apparatus has an array of two or more electrical touch members constituted by conductive electrodes or impedance elements coupled to a circuit for causing electric...
4736191 Touch activated control method and apparatus  
A cursor control device (10) is provided which has a touch pad (14) formed of individual conductive plates (16) forming sectors of a circle. A user's touch on a dielectric layer (18) overlying the...
4725827 Hand held remote control device  
A hand held remote control device having enhanced range capability includes a radio transmitter for transmitting encoded signals at a frequency between 1 MHz to 1 GHz, a battery and switch for...
4722625 Remote control device for powered painting system  
A powered painting system includes a motor driven paint pump controlled by a radio signal receiver associated with it. A radio frequency transmitter mounts to the wrist of the painter, and a small...
4716399 Optomechanical control apparatus  
A control apparatus for use in a fly-by-wire flight control system. The apparatus comprises a support structure, a tube (22) mounted to the support structure for rotation about the tube lengthwise...
4700176 Tough control arrangement for graphics display apparatus  
A system for recognizing touch positions along a coordinate axis on a surface associated with a touch control apparatus comprises a substrate having a surface capable of propagating surface...
4689743 Method and an apparatus for validating the electronic encoding of an ideographic character  
A method and apparatus for validating the electronic and coding of an incoming ideographic character, having a particular complexity and encoded according to a group of predetermined basic stroke...
4673918 Light guide having focusing element and internal reflector on same face  
An improved light collector for use in a touch panel device which has a plurality of substantially parallel light beams directed across a display surface thereof, which collector collects the light...
4672364 Touch input device having power profiling  
An infrared touch input system having bezel glare compensation via power profiling is taught. Briefly stated, a touch input system is utilized having a four-sided frame and having an infrared...
4670738 Computer input technique  
A technique is provided for entering certain information into a computer without the use of hands. A touch screen system which utilizes a grid of light beams across a display surface is modified....
4662261 Electronic musical instrument with autoplay function  
When key-off information is given after the start of an operation of generating a predetermined tone according to key-on information, a predetermined period of time is counted from the instant the...
4661005 Spittable keyboard for word processing, typing and other information input systems  
A keyboard arrangement for reducing stress and tension experienced by a human operator during communication with an information processing machine. The keyboard, which may have the actuators...
4655621 Combinatorial keyboards which encode characters and a space  
A keyboard for a typewriter or a computer comprises two groups of keys for operation by the digits of the two hands of an operator. Each group has five home keys, and also some non-home keys,...
4656461 Control handle for remotely controlling a hydraulically operated apparatus  
A control handle for remotely controlling a hydraulically operated apparatus. The handle comprises a flexible foil, conductor paths comprised of a pair of independent condensor plates arranged on...
4631525 Digital fader or like device  
A digital fader or like device having slidably operable means, such as a touch-sensitive strip, which is manually operable to different settings that are represented by a digital signal. Manual...
4613739 Microcomputer control for microwave oven  
A microwave oven control utilizing a microcomputer. The control permits changing or adding to previously inputted parameters without requiring the cancellation of the entire program and without...
4607251 Matrix switch apparatus including pull-up resistors for sense lines  
A system is provided for detecting closed contacts in a matrix switch made by using, for example, transparent conductive sheets. According to the present invention, switching elements are...
4575591 Joystick attachment for a computer keyboard  
A joystick attachment for a computer keyboard which includes a bracket on which is supported a housing for a joystick assembly, the bracket being detachably mounted on a computer keyboard having a...
4536746 Transducer for converting three dimensional mechanical input displacements into a corresponding electrical output signal  
The present invention can be used either as a joystick controller having three dimensions of control or as a three dimensional pressure sensor for signature verification or other purposes. The...
4521870 Audio/video system having touch responsive function display screen  
An audio/video editing system presents different menus of editing functions on a display screen and changes the menus as well as performing different editing functions in response to the touching...
4509138 Word processor  
A portable word processor incorporates a keyboard for typing-in data relating to a textual document, a microprocessor for processing the data, and a microcassette recorder for storing each page of...
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