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Touch panel apparatus

CA 1289216 C · Owner: Tamaru, Hideshi · Inventors: Tamaru, Hideshi

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A touch panel apparatus which when attached to a, display having a substantially cylindrical display surface, reduces the effects of parallax by having a first set of plural light source - photo-detector pairs provided adjacent the cylindrical display surface for generating and detecting a first set of parallel light beams passing across the cylindrical display surface of the display, a second set of plural light source photo-detector pairs provided adjacent the cylindrical display surface for generating and detecting a second set of parallel light beams passing across the cylindrical display surface of the display wherein the, first and second sets of light beams are non-parallel relative …

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  • Granted September 17, 1991. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended September 17, 2008.
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FiledJanuary 23, 1989
GrantedSeptember 17, 1991
Term endedSeptember 17, 2008
Patent numberCA 1289216 C
Classification (IPC)G08C21/00 +1 more

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1990199219941996199820002002200420062008Application filedJan 23, 1989Patent grantedSep 17, 1991Term endedSep 17, 2008

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