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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 20, 2010
Filed:
May. 10, 2004
Applicants:
Paul H. Dietz, Redmond, WA (US);
Darren Leigh, Round Hill, VA (US);
Inventors:
Paul H. Dietz, Redmond, WA (US);
Darren Leigh, Round Hill, VA (US);
Assignee:
Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories, Inc., Cambridge, MA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01Q 21/00 (2005.12); G06F 3/045 (2005.12);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A multi-user touch system includes a surface on which are a pattern of mounted antennas. A transmitter transmits uniquely identifiable signals to each antenna. Receivers are capacitively coupled to different users, the receivers are configured to receive the uniquely identifiable signals. A processor then associates a specific antenna with a particular user when multiple users simultaneously touch any of the antennas.