发明名称 |
Optical keyboard with geodesic optical elements |
摘要 |
An optical keyboard having a plurality of keys formed on a sheet of transparent material used as light guide. Each key is a dome-shaped element such that the light beam launched into one end of the dome-shaped element spreads over at least part of the dome-shaped element and then converges at another end. The intensity of the re-focused light beam at the converging end can be sensed by a photosensor. When a key is pressed, the deformity on the dome-shaped element changes the focusing properties of the key and thus the sensed light intensity. The dome-shaped elements can be used as individual keys or as a group of keys arranged in a two-dimensional matrix.
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申请公布号 |
US7042371(B2) |
申请公布日期 |
2006.05.09 |
申请号 |
US20040786570 |
申请日期 |
2004.02.24 |
申请人 |
NOKIA CORPORATION |
发明人 |
TERVONEN ARI;OKSANEN MARKKU A. |
分类号 |
H03M11/00;G06F1/16;G06F3/02;H03K17/94;H03K17/96 |
主分类号 |
H03M11/00 |
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