Method and apparatus for data entry for a liquid crystal display
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1. A touch screen display apparatus comprising:
- a liquid crystal panel having a viewing area with a periphery;
a plurality of shockwave detectors, disposed about said periphery; and
said plurality of shockwave detectors configured to use a time of arrival of a tap-generated shockwave to determine a point of origin of the tap-generated shockwave in the liquid crystal panel which results from a touch occurring at said point of origin.
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Abstract
A touch screen for LCDs which uses a plurality of shockwave detectors disposed around the periphery of the viewing area to detect the location of a touch or tap which is the point of origin of an expanding shockwave.
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1. A touch screen display apparatus comprising:
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a liquid crystal panel having a viewing area with a periphery; a plurality of shockwave detectors, disposed about said periphery; and said plurality of shockwave detectors configured to use a time of arrival of a tap-generated shockwave to determine a point of origin of the tap-generated shockwave in the liquid crystal panel which results from a touch occurring at said point of origin. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method of detecting a touch on a viewing panel of a liquid crystal display, comprising the steps of:
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providing a display panel comprising a liquid crystal material, said display having a viewing area; tapping a first location on said viewing area and thereby generating a shockwave as a result of such tapping; providing a plurality of shockwave detectors which are not located at a single location; detecting an arrival of said shockwave at each of said plurality of shockwave detectors; determining a time of arrival of said shockwave at each of said plurality of shockwave detectors; and
,locating said first location in response to said step of determining a time of arrival of said shockwave. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. An apparatus for detecting a tactile stimuli upon a viewing area of a liquid crystal display comprising:
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a liquid crystal material having a viewing surface; a plurality of shockwave detectors disposed about a periphery of said viewing surface; and means for performing a triangulation computation to determine a location of a point of tactile stimulation on said viewing surface, said means for performing being responsive to signals representative of a detection of a tap-generated shockwave, generated at said point of tactile stimulation, by said plurality of detectors. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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