Patents Represented by Attorney D. R. Padres
  • Patent number: 5119075
    Abstract: A touch-screen scheme is employed in an arrangement wherein an inquiry and a choice of responses thereto are displayed on a CRT screen. In accordance with this scheme, a first touch-screen device is held against a predetermined spot on the screen. A selection is made by holding a second touch-screen device against the area of the screen corresponding to the desired response. When the electron beam which scans the CRT screen sweeps across the first and second touch-screen devices at different times, the two device generate two signal outputs. The touch-position or the selection is determined based on the time difference between the two signal outputs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 1990
    Date of Patent: June 2, 1992
    Assignee: AT&T Bell Laboratories
    Inventor: Douglas C. Smith