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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 02, 1996
Filed:
Jan. 03, 1994
Jeffrey D Debes, Rochester, NY (US);
Xerox Corporation, Stamford, CT (US);
Abstract
An user interface edit pad for accepting two or three dimensional information for input into a computer, printer, copier or other electronic device. The user interface apparatus includes an edit pad which may be aligned and calibrated with an electronically stored image. The edit pad includes a pressure sensitive surface for defining an input pattern according to pressure applied to the surface; the input pattern is made up of a plurality of input points, each input point having an x, y and or z input coordinates. The user interface also includes a processor for storing an image having a plurality of image points each associated with corresponding input points of the input pattern. Each coordinate of the image points in the electronic image is individually addressable by the processor, such that the processor is operable to calibrate each input point relative to each corresponding image point and to adjustably align the input pattern with the image.