Optical touch switch based on total internal reflection

Optical Engineering

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 787-791

  Sumriddetchkajorn, Sarun ^a  

^a NATIONAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT AGENCY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Optical touch switches; Total internal reflection; Touch sensors; Touch switches

Indexed keywords

IMAGE SENSORS; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; LIGHT EMITTING DIODES; LIGHT REFLECTION;

TOTAL INTERNAL REFLECTION;

OPTICAL SWITCHES;

EID: 0037356395     PISSN: 00913286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.1544457     Document Type: Article

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