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functions of a light pen ​

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Answered by ajr11
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A light pen is a computer input device in the form of a light-sensitive wand used in conjunction with a computer's CRT display.

It allows the user to point to displayed objects or draw on the screen in a similar way to a touchscreen but with greater positional accuracy. A light pen can work with any CRT-based display and other display technologies, but its ability to be used with LCDs was unclear (though Toshiba and Hitachi displayed a similar idea at the "Display 2006" show in Japan[1]).

A light pen detects a change of brightness of nearby screen pixels when scanned by cathode ray tube

electron beam and communicates the timing of this event to the

computer. Since a CRT scans the entire screen one pixel at a time, the

computer can keep track of the expected time of scanning various

locations on screen by the beam and infer the pen's position from the

latest timestamp.

A light pen is a peripheral input device, used for

inputting analog information in a digital format.

The "analog" information may be a plan or drawing which needs to be

digitized so that it can be manipulated in a computer program.

An architect for example may use a pen to copy a set of drawing

into he computer so that they can be manipulated in a CAD program.

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