PEN TYPE POINTING DEVICE

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a pointing device which can reduce a device configuration and can be operated with one hand like a mouse. SOLUTION: This device is composed of a pen 10 and a tablet 12. The pen 10 is provided with a top end part 14 and a ball-shaped main body. The top end part 14 is...

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Main Author SAIKI MAKOTO
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 12.05.2000
Edition7
Subjects
CALCULATING
COMPUTING
COUNTING
ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
PHYSICS
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Summary:PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a pointing device which can reduce a device configuration and can be operated with one hand like a mouse. SOLUTION: This device is composed of a pen 10 and a tablet 12. The pen 10 is provided with a top end part 14 and a ball-shaped main body. The top end part 14 is provided with an electric bulb 16 as a light source, lens 18 for transmitting light to a tablet 12, an electrode 20 on the side of the electric bulb, power source 22 for supplying electricity to the electric bulb 16, main body side electrode 24 connected to the power source 22 for supplying electricity to the electric bulb 16 only at the time of contact with the electrode 20 on the side of the electric bulb and spring 26 to be extended/contracted by power applied from an operator to the pen point. The tablet is provided with a pen detector 30 for detecting the contact/non-contact of the tablet 12 and a change in the position of the pen 10 after the contact of pen 10 and tablet 12, photodetector 32 for detecting light emitted from the pen 10, and control circuit 34 for reporting information from the pen detector 30 and photodetector 32 to a computer system 28.
Bibliography:Application Number: JP19980300760