Conversion of handwriting into electrical signals
Abstract
Abstract APPARATUS FOR CONVERTING THE ACT OF HANDSWRITING TO ELECTRICAL SIGNALS AND PARTICULARLY TO APPARATUS HAVING A TABLELIKE PROVISION FOR YIELDING TO THE PRESSURES EXERTED BY A WRITING IMPLEMENT, SUCH AS DURING THE WRITING OF A SIGNATURE, FOR TRANSDUCING SUCH PRESSURES IN TO ELECTRICAL WAVEFORMS WHICH MAY BE RECORDED OR ILLUSTRATED FOR COMPARISON AND IDENTIFICATION PURPOSES. THE APPARATUS EMPLOYS A HANDWRITING SURFACE ELASTICALLY YIELDABLE SUPPORTED BY A PAIR OF ELLIPTICALLY-SHAPED MEMBERS DISPOSED IN SPACED APART PARALLEL PLANES AND FURTHER EMPLOYS ELECTRICAL STRAIN GAGES OPERATIVELY ASSOCIATED WITH THE SUPPORTING MEMBERS FOR SENSING THE STRAINS TO WHICH THE MEMBERS ARE SUBJECTED DURING THE HANDWRITING PROCEDURE AND FOR GENERATING ELECTRICAL SIGNALS INDICATIVE THEREOF.
Inventors
- 👤 Edwin O Roggenstein
- 👤 Nallicheri T Viswanathan
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