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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4899137 | Arrangement for the input and processing of characters and/or graphic patterns An apparatus for the input and processing of characters and/or graphic patterns for use with electronic data processing systems includes an input unit and a control unit which transmits the input characters and/or graphic patterns to an output unit, a gra... | 02/06/1990 |
| 4899138 | Touch panel control device with touch time and finger direction discrimination In a touch panel control device for providing control signals to select an operation mode for an electronic device according to how the finger touches a touch panel, a timer starts its operation from the time instant when the finger touches the touch pane... | 02/06/1990 |
| 4899377 | Communication terminal telephone directory with dynamic directory tabbing The names in a directory stored in a personal terminal having a display are displayed as groups of names in which illustratively the first name in each group of names serves as a displayed tab which is pointed to by the user to display the respective grou... | 02/06/1990 |
| 4896223 | Display and input device This invention is a display and input device, which is used in combined equipment incorporating a number of equipment (for example, a copier, a facsimile machine, a printer or a scanner) having independent operational functions. This display and input dev... | 01/23/1990 |
| 4886943 | Coordinates input apparatus There is provided a coordinates input apparatus for detecting the coordinates of a point indicated by an instruction pen on a vibration transmitting plate made of a transparent tablet on the basis of the vibration transmission times on this plate. This ap... | 12/12/1989 |
| 4887129 | Editing copying machine An apparatus in which an altered copy of an original document is produced. An editing device associated with an electrophotographic printing machine changes the information in the original document and generates a signal indicative of the changes therein.... | 12/12/1989 |
| 4885580 | Multi-function key input device A multi-function key input device having a touch panel serving as a key input means, which is operated separately according to different operational modes to display different symbols or matters with the aid of a central processing section, a memory secti... | 12/05/1989 |
| 4885575 | Method and means of displaying information Reprogrammable or softkeys are employed in a manner allowing significant flexibility in the display of information on a computer display means. Areas on the display corresponding to the softkeys are used to display the possible set of values of a paramete... | 12/05/1989 |
| 4882582 | Touch panel input device A transparent touch panel mounted on the screen of a display CRT of an automatic transaction device used for banking business detects push down of one of keys displayed on the screen. Among a number of keys displaying an operation manual and numbers, thos... | 11/21/1989 |
| 4880969 | Optical touch panel with heat sink A programmable touch panel comprises an interactive control/display panel having the capability of entering and updating information to a host computer via a plurality of multifunction programmable keys. An optical switch is associated with each key for o... | 11/14/1989 |
| 4875378 | Pressure sensor with a ferroelectric liquid crystal layer A new type of pressure sensor is disclosed here. The sensor is composed of a pair of glass substrates and a ferroelectric liquid crystal which is interposed between the substrates and exhibits piezoelectric effect. Because of crystalline property in liqui... | 10/24/1989 |
| 4875036 | Liquid crystal display device for both inputting and outputting information The disclosed is an input and liquid crystal display unit including a flat liquid crystal display unit allowing input of data by manual writing having a plurality of partial display areas which are divisible into multiple units. The display unit overlays ... | 10/17/1989 |
| 4870458 | Display and input combination panel To reduce the areas of a display panel and an input panel of a copying machine, for instance, the two panels are combined at the same place. The combination panel comprises a liquid crystal display panel for displaying various data thereon in response to ... | 09/26/1989 |
| 4870397 | System for producing graphic displays and programs for generating same A system for producing graphic displays includes a terminal having a display. Input devices such as a graphics tablet provide graphics input data to the system. A multilayered segmented graphics editor edits data supplied to the system. A device independe... | 09/26/1989 |
| 4862151 | Remote control device for a computer associated with a video screen The device according to the invention comprises a member (8) for selecting nd changing a data item displayed on a video screen, a switch associated with the member for selecting and modifying a data item, and means providing a connection between the remote... | 08/29/1989 |
| 4855725 | Microprocessor based simulated book A user interactive mass storage data access system includes a personal computer (10) and a simulated book (30). A mass storage device, such as a compact disk (CD) read only memory (ROM) (22), is connected to the personal computer, and the computer and the... | 08/08/1989 |
| 4845478 | Coordinate input device with display A coordinate input device with a display includes a position detecting tablet having a plurality of X-direction magnetostrictive transmission mediums and a plurality of Y-direction magnetostrictive transmission mediums superposed orthogonally, a first coi... | 07/04/1989 |
| 4839634 | Electro-optic slate for input/output of hand-entered textual and graphic information A portable interactive electro-optic data input/output, storage, processing, and display device responsive to hand printed text and hand drawn graphics. The device preferably comprises a combined flat panel display and pen sensing surface constructed from... | 06/13/1989 |
| 4833279 | Digital computer writing board A digital computer writing board making use of the piezoelectric characteristics by means of a soft piezoelectric film material to convert a physical pressure into an electrical signal, which is utilized to form fine electric polar lines of high resolutio... | 05/23/1989 |
| 4833592 | Master station apparatus for remote supervisory control system with touch panel video display The inventive master station apparatus for a remote supervisory control system makes poke points for selecting remote stations displayed on a video display (3) by an output control circuit (24), so that, when an operator touches one of the poke points on ... | 05/23/1989 |
| 4831359 | Four quadrant touch pad A manually operable touch pad for generating steering signals and enable signals for manipulating an image on a CRT display or for controlling the operation of plural motors whereby the image or object being driven can be positioned using appropriate hand... | 05/16/1989 |
| 4831568 | Handwritten-image input apparatus A handwritten-image input apparatus comprises a pen, a controller, a display device, and a tablet. The tablet detects the position of the pen thereon. The display device displays a trace made by the pen on the tablet, under the control of the controller. ... | 05/16/1989 |
| 4827410 | Computer system user interface A computer system is provided with a computer having a communications input port and circuitry for controlling a display, a planar work surface, a display connected to the computer display control circuitry and having a screen disposed substantially in th... | 05/02/1989 |
| 4821029 | Touch screen computer-operated video display process and apparatus The invention provides a novel computer-operated touch screen video display system in which the human operator by first touching a sub-area or chamber of the screen containing predetermined graphic information and then pointing on the screen to a differen... | 04/11/1989 |
| 4821030 | Touchscreen feedback system A computer-based digital oscilloscope includes a touchscreen mechanism for generating output signals indicating when an operator has touched the oscilloscope's screen and identifying a particular touch zone area that the operator has touched from among a ... | 04/11/1989 |
| 4818048 | Holographic head-up control panel A head-up holographic display for providing a display on a vehicle windshield of a control panel and indications of the vehicle operator's manual movements and manual selection operations on the control panel. The display includes a number of edge-illumin... | 04/04/1989 |
| 4816811 | Compliant overlay for use as an optically-based touch-sensitive screen A resilient and deformable touch screen that is adapted to be overlaid on the surface of a CRT screen is formed from a semi-rigid plastic frame attached to a flexible plastic pouch filled with a soft resilient material which adheres to the surface of the ... | 03/28/1989 |
| 4817034 | Computerized handwriting duplication system A computerized handwriting duplication system includes a general purpose, programmable, digital microcomputer having a buffer memory, a program memory for a computer program, and a memory for storing the digital representation of the coordinates of a sign... | 03/28/1989 |
| 4814760 | Information display and entry device A device for both entering and displaying information includes imaging circuitry in which a plurality of elements each has a visual characteristic which is visible at a writing surface and which depends on electrically stimulating the element via conducti... | 03/21/1989 |
| 4804950 | Table driven multichannel data acquisition and display for signal monitoring A method and system for patient monitoring wherein data acquired by parameter measuring modules is downloaded to an information processing and display station. Table data structures resident within the modules are downloaded to the display station during ... | 02/14/1989 |
| 4790028 | Method and apparatus for generating variably scaled displays Portions of an image generated on an electronic display device are magnified for closer examination while other areas are compressed so that no material is lost from the total viewing area. To achieve this, the image is divided into segments with some ass... | 12/06/1988 |
| 4789858 | Multifunction switch incorporating NCAP liquid crystal A switch apparatus comprising a nematic curvilinearly aligned phases liquid crystal material located between a pair of electrode means wherein a flexible substrate having a conductive segment formed therein may be positioned in a spaced substantially para... | 12/06/1988 |
| 4786896 | Input mechanism for word processor This invention is an input device that enables the user to take symbol sequences such as whole words, phrases, sentences, paragraphs, or other multi-symbol sequences from a computer's memory and have these symbol sequences printed out or displayed by some... | 11/22/1988 |
| 4779025 | Computer touch panel filter A computer touch panel filter assembly that absorbs and grounds radiation induced currents. The panel assembly is used in combination with a computer screen having light beams that intersect in front of touchable regions to provide an indication of the lo... | 10/18/1988 |
| 4775765 | Coordinate input apparatus A coordinate input apparatus including transparent upper and lower strip electrodes arranged to confront each other intersectionally with a transparent press-conductive member being placed between the upper and lower electrodes. The electrode arrangement ... | 10/04/1988 |
| 4771276 | Electromagnetic touch sensor input system in a cathode ray tube display device A cathode ray tube display device has conductive plates mounted adjacent the four sides of the CRT faceplate. These plates are positioned to sense electromagnetic noise radiation generated by the CRT. The plates are coupled to differential circuits so tha... | 09/13/1988 |
| 4771277 | Modular touch sensitive data input device A touch sensitive data input device is provided for use with the screen of a cathode ray tube. The device has an annular bezel that loosely supports a firm clear backing plate. A rear transparent sheet element that has a coefficient of thermal expansion d... | 09/13/1988 |
| 4764885 | Minimum parallax stylus detection subsystem for a display device A minimum parallax stylus detection subsystem is disclosed for use with a graphic input grid overlay which is positioned on the viewing surface of a display device. The invention has a three phase operation wherein, during the first phase, the stylus is a... | 08/16/1988 |
| 4763356 | Touch screen form entry system A personal computer connected to a display and touch screen panel is provided with a form entry system integrated therewith. The form entry system is adapted to display a predefined form and to automatically display a predefined tool, such as a keyboard, ... | 08/09/1988 |
| 4755811 | Touch controlled zoom of waveform displays Touch controlled zoom of a waveform display uses a touch screen for the display surface. Function buttons for moving or expanding the waveform display and for determining the axis of such movement or expansion operate in conjunction with a rotary encoder.... | 07/05/1988 |
