Device for detecting a key switch operation
CA 1086539 A · Owner: Nippon Gakki Seizo Kabushiki Kaisha · Inventors: Tomisawa, Norio
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A device for detecting a key switch operation capable of detecting an operating state of a plurality of key switches which are commonly connected with respect to each row line (block line) at one terminal thereof and commonly connected with respect to each column line at the other terminal thereof thereby constituting a switch matrix. If a signal is provided on all column lines, the signal is transmitted to a block line through a key switch which is in operation and thereby a block including the key switch in operation is detected. A signal is then supplied from the detected block line to a column line only through the key switch in operation in the detected block. The position of the key …
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- Granted September 30, 1980. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended September 30, 1997.
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