Large-scale, touch-sensitive video display

(54) LARGE-SCALE, TOUCH-SENSITIVE VIDEO DISPLAY

(76) Inventors: Michael Jenkin, 103 St. Germain Ave, Toronto, Ontario (CA), M5M 1V9; John K. Tsotsos, 182 Strathearn Avenue, Richmond Hill, Ontario (CA), L4B 2S6

( * ) Notice: Subject to any disclaimer, the term ol this patent is extended or adjusted under 35 U.S.C. 154(b) by 0 days.

This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.

(21) Appl. No.: 09/545,559

(22) Filed: Apr. 7, 2000

Related U.S. Application Data

(62) Division of application No. 08/011,453, filed on Jan. 29, 1993, now Pat. No. 6,118,433.

(30) Foreign Application Priority Data

Jan. 30, 1992 (GB) 9201949

(51) Int. CI. G09G 5 00

(52) U.S. CI 345/1.3; 345/173

(58) Field of Search 345/173, 104,

345/174, 175, 176, 177, 178, 179, 180, 182, 1, 2, 3, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 18.01, 18.1

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Primary Examiner—-Xiao Wu

(74) Attorney, Agent, or Firm—Sim & McBurney

(57) ABSTRACT

A video surface is constructed by adjoining a large number ol flat screen display devices together. Each screen on this surface is controlled by its own computer processor and these processors are networked together. Superimposed over this surface is a tiling ol transparent touch-sensitive screens which allow for user input. The resulting display is thin, has a very high resolution, appears to be a single large screen to the user, and is capable ol supporting many different types ol human-machine interaction.

38 Claims, 6 Drawing Sheets