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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 1992
Filed:
Dec. 22, 1989
Dale C Frese, San Jose, CA (US);
Synergy Computer Graphics Corporation, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
A sensor assembly is provided in which a balanced pair of sensors is provided by abutting two optical devices each having a light emitting diode of infrared emitting diode type (IRED) and a photosensitive transistor. By using only one IRED which is located between the photo-sensitive transistors, a substantially identical image of an object placed above the IRED is provided to simultaneously to each of the phototransistors. The sensors mounted on a printed circuit board are also aligned to windows on a surface of the sensor assembly automatically by providing projections, preferably cylindrical, on the inside walls of the sensory assembly and complementary recesses on the printed circuit board. Signals are transmitted to a multiplicity of printed circuit boards simultaneously by threading conductors through holes situated at predefined locations on each printed circuit board.