Coordinate inputting/detecting apparatus and method designed to avoid a trailing phenomenon
First Claim
1. A coordinate input-detecting apparatus including a touch panel to be touched by a pointer, said coordinate input-detecting apparatus comprising:
- a substantially flat two-dimensional coordinate input-detecting area configured to receive insertion of the pointer, said substantially flat two-dimensional coordinate input-detecting area being formed in front of the touch panel and having a prescribed depth;
an optical unit configured to convert a light intensity distribution signal to digital data; and
a controller configured to detect the pointer inserted into the coordinate input-detecting area when the digital data detected by the optical unit exceeds a first threshold value;
wherein said controller calculates a distance between the optical unit and the pointer from the digital data, and sets a second threshold value higher than that of the first threshold in accordance with the distance calculated, and wherein said controller calculates coordinates from the digital data when the digital data exceeds the second threshold value.
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Abstract
A coordinate inputting/detecting apparatus in which a designating device for designating a position in a flat or substantially flat two-dimensional coordinate inputting/detecting area of the coordinate inputting/detecting apparatus is judged as located in a predetermined range of the coordinate inputting/detecting area when an optical detection signal of an optical unit, that optically detects the designating device inserted into the predetermined range of the coordinate inputting/detecting area, exceeds a first predetermined threshold value. Whether or not the designating device has been inserted into the predetermined range of the coordinate inputting/detecting area is judged and coordinates of the position in the coordinate inputting/detecting area, designated by the designating device inserted in the predetermined range of the coordinate inputting/detecting area, are recognized in accordance with the optical detection signal of the optical unit. A second threshold value is used in recognizing the coordinates of the position in the coordinate inputting/detecting area, designated by the designating device inserted in the predetermined range of the coordinate inputting/detecting area. The second threshold value is set to be higher than the first threshold value used in judging if the designating device has been inserted into the predetermined range of the coordinate inputting/detecting area.
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17 Claims
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1. A coordinate input-detecting apparatus including a touch panel to be touched by a pointer, said coordinate input-detecting apparatus comprising:
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a substantially flat two-dimensional coordinate input-detecting area configured to receive insertion of the pointer, said substantially flat two-dimensional coordinate input-detecting area being formed in front of the touch panel and having a prescribed depth; an optical unit configured to convert a light intensity distribution signal to digital data; and a controller configured to detect the pointer inserted into the coordinate input-detecting area when the digital data detected by the optical unit exceeds a first threshold value; wherein said controller calculates a distance between the optical unit and the pointer from the digital data, and sets a second threshold value higher than that of the first threshold in accordance with the distance calculated, and wherein said controller calculates coordinates from the digital data when the digital data exceeds the second threshold value. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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