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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 11, 2012
Filed:
May. 07, 2008
Applicants:
Jean-pierre Nikolovski, Fontenay Aux Roses, FR;
Ros Kiri Ing, Paris, FR;
Mathias Fink, Meudon, FR;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/043 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
For locating a touch on a tactile surface belonging to an object, mechanical waves are made to propagate in the object and these mechanical waves are picked up. Certain characteristics of the signal picked up are compared to a library of reference characteristics, and the position of the touch is deduced from this comparison.