Illuminated bezel and touch system incorporating the same
DCFirst Claim
1. In a touch system including a touch surface and at least one optical sensor looking along the touch surface to acquire images of a pointer in proximity thereto, an illumination source to provide backlighting to said at least one optical sensor comprising:
- at least one light source; and
a diffuser disposed between said at least one light source and said at least one optical sensor, said diffuser diffusing light projected by said at least one light source prior to said light being directed across the touch surface to said at least one optical sensor.
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Abstract
A passive touch system includes a touch surface and at least one source of backlight illumination projecting backlighting across the touch surface. At least two image sensors are associated with the touch surface and acquire images of the touch surface from different locations. A digital signal processor is associated with each image sensor. The digital signal processors select pixel subsets of images acquired by the image sensors and process pixel data acquired by the selected pixel subsets to generate pointer characteristic data when a pointer exists in the acquired images. A master digital signal processor in communication with the digital signal processors triangulates the pointer characteristic data to determine the location of the pointer relative to the touch surface.
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1. In a touch system including a touch surface and at least one optical sensor looking along the touch surface to acquire images of a pointer in proximity thereto, an illumination source to provide backlighting to said at least one optical sensor comprising:
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at least one light source; and a diffuser disposed between said at least one light source and said at least one optical sensor, said diffuser diffusing light projected by said at least one light source prior to said light being directed across the touch surface to said at least one optical sensor. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. A touch system comprising:
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at least one optical sensor associated with a touch surface and having a field of view encompassing and looking across at least a portion of said touch surface; at least one source of backlight illumination directing light into the field of view of said at least one optical sensor, said at least one illumination source including at least one light source and a diffusion medium to expand light projected by said at least one light source prior to said light being directed into said field of view; and a pass filter associated with said at least one optical sensor to pass the light directed by said source of backlight illumination to said at least one optical sensor. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40)
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41. A passive touch system comprising:
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a touch surface; at least one source of backlight illumination projecting backlighting across said touch surface; at least two image sensors associated with said touch surface, said at least two image sensors acquiring images of said touch surface from different locations and having overlapping fields of view; a pass filter associated with each of said image sensors generally to blind said image sensors except to said projected backlighting; a digital signal processor associated with each image sensor, the digital signal processors associated with said at least two image sensors selecting pixel subsets of images acquired by said at least two image sensors and processing pixel data acquired by the selected pixel subsets to generate pointer characteristic data when a pointer exists in said acquired images; and a master digital signal processor in communication with said digital signal processors, said master digital signal processor receiving pointer characteristic data from said digital signal processors and triangulating the pointer characteristic data to determine the location of said pointer relative to said touch surface. - View Dependent Claims (42, 43, 44, 45, 46)
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47. A touch system comprising:
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at least two CMOS image sensors associated with a touch surface, said at least two CMOS image sensors acquiring images of said touch surface from different locations and having overlapping fields of view; at least one source of backlight illumination projecting backlighting across said touch surface through a diffuser; a pass filter associated with each of said image sensors generally to blind said image sensors except to said projected backlighting; and at least one processor receiving and processing image data acquired by said at least two CMOS image sensors to detect the existence of a pointer in said images and to determine the location of said pointer relative to said touch surface. - View Dependent Claims (48, 49, 50, 51, 52)
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53. A touch system comprising:
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at least two optical recording devices associated with a touch surface, said at least two optical recording devices acquiring images of said touch surface from different locations and having overlapping fields of view; at least one source of backlight illumination projecting backlighting across said touch surface; a pass filter associated with said optical recording devices generally to blind said optical recording devices except to said projected backlighting; and a processor receiving and processing image data acquired by said at least two optical recording devices to detect the existence of a pointer in said images and to determine the location of said pointer relative to said touch surface, wherein said processor includes first and second processing stages, said first processing stage including a plurality of digital signal processors each associated with a respective one of said optical recording devices, said digital signal processors processing pixel data from pixel subsets of said optical recording devices and generating pointer parameter data, said second processing stage processing said pointer parameter data from said first processing stage to determine the location of the pointer. - View Dependent Claims (54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60)
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61. An imaging assembly comprising:
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a substantially rectangular bezel to surround a display surface; at least one optical sensor mounted on said bezel, said at least one optical sensor being oriented to have a field of view looking along said display surface; at least one source of backlight illumination within said bezel projecting backlight illumination through a diffuser into said field of view; and a pass filter associated with said at least one optical sensor to pass the light directed by said source of backlight illumination to said at least one optical sensor. - View Dependent Claims (62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68)
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69. A method of detecting the position of a pointer relative to a touch surface comprising the steps of:
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acquiring multiple images of a pointer relative to said touch surface; selecting pixel subsets of said acquired images; processing pixel data acquired by the pixel subsets to detect the existence of said pointer therein and to determine the location of the pointer relative to the touch surface using triangulation; and during said acquiring providing backlight illumination across said touch surface and acquiring said images based on said backlight illumination.
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