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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 17, 2015
Filed:
Jun. 15, 2012
Tzung-min Su, Hsin-Chu, TW;
Chih-hsin Lin, Hsin-Chu, TW;
Ming-tsan Kao, Hsin-Chu, TW;
PIXART IMAGING INCORPORATION, R.O.C., Hsin-Chu, TW;
Abstract
An optical touch panel system includes: a reflective element disposed on a first side of the touch control area; two lighting elements respectively disposed on a second side and a third side of the touch control area , wherein the second side and the third side are adjacent to each other, and the third side is opposite the first side; a first light projection apparatus including a mirror and a light generator, disposed on the first side and at a location adjacent to a fourth side of the touch control area; an image sensor capturing a first picture and a second picture respectively when the light generator is inactivated and activated; and a processor calculating a coordinate of the object according to geometrical information of an projected object image and a projected mirror image of the object in the first picture and the second picture.