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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 10, 1981
Filed:
Oct. 06, 1978
Applicant:
Inventor:
Jon C Mutton, Portland, OR (US);
Assignee:
Tektronix, Inc., Beaverton, OR (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01V / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
250221 ; 2502 / ;
Abstract
A device and method for producing a digital signal representative of the position of a moveable control stick relative to one or more reference planes. The device includes means for detecting the location of a shadow cast by a portion of the control stick extending between one or more light-emitting elements and one or more light-sensitive elements, and means for generating a digital signal representative of the detected location. With the light-emitting or light-sensitive elements oriented in a planar array, the signal thus generated is representative of the position of the control stick relative to the plane of the array.