Touch control panel
AssigneeHughes Aircraft Company
InventorsGary M. Sach, Bruce K. Bromage, Don F. Purpura
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Abstract
A touch control panel for a cathode ray tube display system that provides for a command entry device. The control panel comprise a touch sensitive panel adapted to produce different output signals depending upon where it is contacted. A processor is coupled to the panel for processing the output signals to select and then display a particular pop-up menu from a plurality of stored menus. An activation switch is provided to select the currently highlighted menu as selected via the touch sensitive panel.
Claims12
A touch control panel for use with a cathode ray tube display, said touch control panel comprising:
- a touch sensitive panel for generating a plurality of output signals as a function of where the touch sensitive panel is contacted with a finger;
- processing means coupled between the touch sensitive panel and the cathode ray tube display for receiving and processing the plurality of output signals to select a predefined pop-up menu from a plurality of menus stored therein and for displaying and highlighting the predefined menu on the cathode ray tube display;
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- activation means disposed adjacent the touch sensitive panel and coupled to the processing means for activating the highlighted pop-up menu selected by means of the touch sensitive panel.
A touch control panel for use with a cathode ray tube display, said touch control panel comprising:
- a touch sensitive panel for generating a plurality of output signals as a function of where the touch sensitive panel is contacted;
- processing means coupled between the touch sensitive panel and the cathode ray tube display for receiving and processing the plurality of output signals to select a predefined pop-up menu from a plurality of menus stored therein and for displaying and highlighting the predefined menu on the cathode ray tube display;
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- activation means disposed adjacent the touch sensitive panel and coupled to the processing means for activating the highlighted pop-up menu selected by means of the touch sensitive panel, said activation means comprising a pressure sensitive switch, which when depressed, is first actuated to produce a signal locking the displayed menu on the cathode ray tube display, is then actuated to produce a signal actuating a function selected from the menu, and is then actuated to reset the system after the selected function has been displayed.
A touch control panel for use with a cathode ray tube display, said touch control panel comprising:
- a touch sensitive panel for generating a plurality of output signals as a function of where the touch sensitive panel is contacted;
- processing means coupled between the touch sensitive panel and the cathode ray tube display for receiving and processing the plurality of output signals to select a predefined pop-up menu from a plurality of menus stored therein and for displaying and highlighting the predefined menu on the cathode ray tube display;
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- activation means disposed adjacent the touch sensitive panel and coupled to the processing means for activating the highlighted pop-up menu selected by means of the touch sensitive panel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.