IPC Definitions - January 01, 2012

G06K 11/00 - Definition fr

Definition statement

This main group covers:

Automatic curve followers using an auxiliary scanning pattern.

Devices for converting the position of a manually operated writing or tracing member into an electrical signal.

References relevant to classification in this main group

This main group does not cover:

Graph-reading or converting the pattern of mechanical parameters, e.g. force or presence, into electrical signals combined with character or pattern recognition

G06K 9/00
Examples of places where the subject matter of this class is covered when specially adapted, used for a particular purpose, or incorporated in a larger system:

Feelers for copying devices on machine tools

B23Q 35/00

Hand-held input or output devices for transferring data to be processed into a form capable of being handled by a digital computer, e.g. light-pens, joysticks, mice, or trackballs

G06F 3/033

Systems for transmitting the position of an object with respect to a predetermined reference system, e.g. tele-autographic system

G08C 21/00

Informative references

Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:

Accessories for games using an electronically generated display

A63F 13/02

Arrangements for measuring areas

G01B

Measuring force

G01L