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| 20080198146 | Electronic pen and method for recording of handwritten information - An electronic pen for recording of handwritten or hand-drawn information has a control unit and a memory. The control unit registers pen movements across at least one base, stores a plurality of digital pen strokes in the memory as a function of said movements, and supplies a set of the digital pen strokes for processing. The digital pen strokes include a first type, which is processed as graphical information constituting the information to be recorded, and a second type, which is processed as instructions for the processing of digital pen strokes of the first type. The electronic pen also has session-determining means adapted to detect a current working session of the pen. The control unit indicates, for the processing of the set of digital pen strokes, the working session during which the respective digital pen strokes have been input. | 08-21-2008 |
| 20080204429 | Controller Arrangement For An Optical Sensing Pen - Provided is a controller arrangement for an optical sensing pen having a nib. The controller arrangement is configured to operatively sense location data by sensing location tags on a page of printed media, and to calculate an orientation of the pen and a nib-to-tag distance. The controller arrangement includes an infrared (IR) illumination LED and image sensor assembly configured to transmit IR light onto, and receive IR light reflected from, respectively, the page of printed media. The controller arrangement also includes a force sensing infrared LED and photodiode assembly configured to detect when the nib contacts the page so that the sensor assembly is only activated when the nib is in contact with said page, and an accelerometer configured to allow the controller to sense motion without reference to the location tags. The controller arrangement further includes a transceiver and antenna assembly, and a processor arranged in signal communication with, and configured to control, the sensor assembly, the photodiode assembly, the accelerometer and antenna assembly to operatively calculate the orientation of the pen and the nib-to-tag distance, and to transmit the location data to a computing system. | 08-28-2008 |
| 20080225018 | Handheld Electronic Processing Apparatus and a Method of Operating the Same - A personal digital assistant (PDA) ( | 09-18-2008 |
| 20080231613 | DIGITIZER PEN CAPABLE OF UTILIZING SOLAR POWER - A digitizer pen includes a solar cell for converting solar power into electrical energy, an energy storing circuit connected electrically to the solar cell for storing electrical energy therefrom, a magnetic field generating circuit for receiving electrical energy from one of the solar cell and the energy storing circuit, and a pen housing unit for receiving the solar cell, the energy storing circuit and the magnetic field generating circuit. | 09-25-2008 |
| 20080231614 | Trigger operated portable electronic device - A trigger operated portable electronic device is provided. A user only needs to insert a touch pen having a first metal contact into a touch pen receiving slot having second metal contacts. When the first metal contact is electrically coupled to the second metal contacts, the portable electronic device can be triggered to perform corresponding operating procedures. Thus, the convenience of operating the portable electronic device is improved. | 09-25-2008 |
| 20080238887 | Method and apparatus for programming an interactive stylus button - A method and apparatus are provided for programming an input device such as a stylus provided with a button and coupled to a computer. Information associated with a position of the stylus may be transferred and a substantially corresponding position of a cursor displayed within a work field of an interface. Activation of the button in a special purpose mode may be detected and a menu with a list of features for programming the stylus may be displayed in the position of the cursor, which remains substantially the same when the menu is displayed. | 10-02-2008 |
| 20080238888 | IMAGE DETECTING DEVICE - An image detecting device is provided. The image detecting device includes a first shaft; a second shaft; a connecting shaft connected between the first and the second shafts; and an image detector mounted in one of the first shaft and the connecting shaft, wherein a first angle is formed between the first shaft and the connecting shaft, and a second angle is formed between the second shaft and the connecting shaft. | 10-02-2008 |
| 20080246745 | STYLUS FOR PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A portable electronic device ( | 10-09-2008 |
| 20080252621 | SENSING DEVICE HAVING CAPACITIVE FORCE SENSOR - A sensing device is provided for interacting with a substrate. The sensing device has a force sensor for detecting whether the sensing device is interacting with the substrate and an image sensor for sensing coded data disposed on the substrate. The force sensor has a capacitive sensor circuit incorporating a sensor capacitor having variable capacitance C | 10-16-2008 |
| 20080259055 | Manipulating An Object Utilizing A Pointing Device - The present invention is directed toward a system and process that controls a group of networked electronic components using a multimodal integration scheme in which inputs from a speech recognition subsystem, gesture recognition subsystem employing a wireless pointing device and pointing analysis subsystem also employing the pointing device, are combined to determine what component a user wants to control and what control action is desired. In this multimodal integration scheme, the desired action concerning an electronic component is decomposed into a command and a referent pair. The referent can be identified using the pointing device to identify the component by pointing at the component or an object associated with it, by using speech recognition, or both. The command may be specified by pressing a button on the pointing device, by a gesture performed with the pointing device, by a speech recognition event, or by any combination of these inputs. | 10-23-2008 |
| 20080278462 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH TOUCH SCREEN - A portable electronic device with a simulation touch screen includes a main body, a display screen, a stylus, a camera unit and a processing unit. The display screen is mounted on the main body. The stylus is used for controlling movement of a cursor on the display screen. The stylus has a light source for generating a light spot on the display screen. The stylus is configured for controlling movement of a cursor on the display screen. The camera unit is electrically connected with the main body and faces the display screen. The camera unit is configured for capturing images of the display screen and the light spot thereon. The processing unit is mounted in the main body and electronically coupled to the camera unit. | 11-13-2008 |
| 20080291178 | TOUCH PEN HAVING AN ANTENNA AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE HAVING THE TOUCH PEN - An electronic apparatus has a touch pen. The touch pen includes a pen tube and an antenna. The pen tube has a hollow tube body and a touch end. The tube body is used to accommodate the antenna. Further, the antenna has a fixed tube body and a telescopic tube body. The interior of the fixed tube body is provided with electronic circuit and is electrically connected with the telescopic tube body. Therefore, when the touch pen is accommodated in the electronic device and is electrically connected with the electronic device, the electronic device can receive the wireless signals via the antenna within the touch pen. Alternatively, the antenna is provided within the electronic device directly and is electrically connected thereto, so that the electronic device can be kept to have a function of receiving the wireless signals during the use of the touch pen. | 11-27-2008 |
| 20080297490 | Stylus for a touch-screen device - A stylus for use in operating any small device requiring small buttons or touch-screen commands. The stylus is comprised of a wrap, and stylus tip. The wrap encircles and engages a user's digit. The tip of the stylus extends downward from the central axis of the user's digit to be used to connect with the screen or buttons on a hand-held device. | 12-04-2008 |
| 20080297491 | Stylus for a touch-screen device - A stylus for use in operating any small device requiring contact for inputting commands. The stylus is comprised of a wrap and a conductive contactor. The wrap encircles and engages a user's digit. The conductive contactor is positioned to easily contact a touch-screen device when the wrap is placed on a user's digit. The conductive contactor may be located on the end of a tongue, a tip, or a combination of a tongue and a tip. | 12-04-2008 |
| 20080297492 | Storage medium storing movement controlling program and movement controlling apparatus - A movement controlling apparatus includes a pointing device for operating a movement of an object. A distance between a straight line connecting previous input coordinates and current input coordinates and a central point of the object is calculated. A velocity of the object is calculated on the basis of the distance to thereby control a movement of the object. | 12-04-2008 |
| 20080297493 | Stylus for a touch-screen device - A stylus for use in operating any small device requiring contact for inputting commands. The stylus is comprised of a wrap and a tip. The wrap encircles and engages a user's digit. The tip is positioned to easily contact a touch-screen device when the wrap is placed on a user's digit. The stylus is made of a conductive material such that a conductive connection is made between the user's digit and the touch-screen device. | 12-04-2008 |
| 20080309645 | MOBILE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A mobile electronic device includes a display module and a location module which is separable from the display module. The mobile electronic device utilizes a stylus and ultrasonic transducers arranged in the location module and the stylus to locate the stylus. The display module can be a bi-stable display module having at least one input communication module transmitting the location signal of the stylus to the location module. The location module has at least one output communication unit for disposing the location signal and then displaying the script on the display module. The output communication unit of the location module can be wireless communication unit applying GPRS, or EDGE, or 3G communication treaty, so the location module can communicate with the mobile station and become a mobile communication device. | 12-18-2008 |
| 20080309646 | Large Screen information interactive system and method of use - A large screen information interactive system and method are disclosed, including a computer | 12-18-2008 |
| 20090002345 | Systems and Methods for Interacting with Position Data Representing Pen Movement on a Product - A versatile electronic pen ( | 01-01-2009 |
| 20090002346 | Electronic Pen - An electronic pen has a casing and a tip to be put on a surface. The pen includes a positioning module for detecting the position of the tip on the surface, and an audio module configured to output signals responsive to the detected position of the tip on the surface. The modules form a unitary component mounting unit contained within the casing. The pen also has: an audio box with a speaker, means for connecting the modules, and a locking arrangement for locking the casing. | 01-01-2009 |
| 20090009489 | Portable Apparatus and Method for Inputing Data With Electronic Pen and Transmitting Data - Disclosed is a portable apparatus and a method for inputting data with an electronic pen and transmitting data. More particularly, there is provided a portable apparatus for creating image data with an electronic pen and transmitting the created image data, or inputting data with an electronic pen, which allows a user to input numerals, characters, etc. without a keypad, and transmitting the input data, and to a data input and transmission method using such a portable apparatus. | 01-08-2009 |
| 20090009490 | Ultrasonic input device for information display - Present invention provides an ultrasonic input device for information display. The ultrasonic input device includes a stylus | 01-08-2009 |
| 20090015567 | Digital Stand Alone Device For Processing Handwritten Input - A standalone real time device to process handwritten text for further applications. The system includes a means for making visible markings on writing surface, accompanied with a motion detector for detecting the handwritten text. It also comprises a microprocessor for storing appropriate data and commands, an enhanced memory to provide storage space for information and data, and a power supply. The system further includes a display to provide visual feedback of processed data. Also, it further includes an audio reproduction device to provide audio feedback; and further includes wired or wireless communication means to transmit data to targeted devices via a transmission link in real time. | 01-15-2009 |
| 20090021493 | CYCLICAL CREATION, TRANSFER AND ENHANCEMENT OF MULTI-MODAL INFORMATION BETWEEN PAPER AND DIGITAL DOMAINS - In a pen-based computing system, multi-modal data is transferred between a paper domain and a digital domain. Data initially generated in the paper domain is captured by a smart pen and a digital file including the captured data is generated. For example, a computing system coupled to the smart pen generates a digital file including the captured data. A paper representation of the digital file is subsequently generated. The digital file can subsequently be modified by editing the paper representation of the digital file using the smart pen. Edits to the paper representation of the digital file are captured by the smart pen and converted to the digital domain where they are used to edit the content of the digital file. | 01-22-2009 |
| 20090021494 | MULTI-MODAL SMARTPEN COMPUTING SYSTEM - In a pen-based computing system, a smart pen allows user interaction with the pen-based computing system using multiple modalities. Generally, the modalities are categorized as input (or command) modalities and output (or feedback) modalities. Examples of input modalities for the smart pen include writing with the smart pen to provide written input and/or speaking or otherwise providing sound to give audio input to the smart pen. Examples of output modalities for the smart pen include reading visual information displayed by the system, receiving haptic feedback and/or listening to sound played by the system | 01-22-2009 |
| 20090021495 | Communicating audio and writing using a smart pen computing system - In a pen-based computing system, audio data is recorded from a microphone on the smart pen, and synchronized writing gesture data is generated from a gesture signal. Unsynchronized writing gesture data may also be received from another gesture signal. The audio data and the synchronized writing gesture data include a time component, enabling them to be synchronized. Message recipient data is received and a message is composed including the unsynchronized writing gesture data, the audio data, and the synchronized writing gesture data. The message is sent to a destination computing system based on the message recipient data. At the destination computing system, a user requests to play the message. The unsynchronized writing gesture data is displayed to the user, and the audio data is played as the synchronized writing gesture data is animated in sync. | 01-22-2009 |
| 20090027359 | STYLUS WITH SUCTION CUP - A stylus includes a suction cup configured for being attached to a user' finger and a touch body mounted on the suction cup. In using this kind of stylus, a user can accomplish an input operation in a portable electronic device by using one hand to hold the portable electronic device and using a finger of the same hand to manipulate the stylus. | 01-29-2009 |
| 20090040194 | System and method of projecting an image on a physical substrate using a virtual image and a virtual plane - A method of projecting an image on a physical substrate using a virtual image and a virtual plane includes generating a virtual two dimensional plane and locating a position and orientation of a wand with respect to the virtual plane. The method further includes creating a virtual image on the virtual plane with the wand. An image can be projected on the physical substrate. The projected image corresponds to the virtual image created on the virtual plane. An associated image projection system includes a virtual two dimensional plane. A wand is configured to create a virtual image on the virtual two dimensional plane. The image projection system also has a physical substrate configured to receive a projected image. The projected image corresponds to the virtual image generated using the wand and the virtual two dimensional plane. | 02-12-2009 |
| 20090051673 | Wireless digital data storage device mounted in a pen shaped housing - A wireless digital data storage device mounted in a pen shaped housing has a barrel, a reservoir tube assembly and a memory device. The memory device is held in the barrel and the memory device having a controller, a memory unit, a wireless communicating unit and a display. The controller is electronically connected to the memory unit, the wireless communicating unit and the display. The wireless communicating unit is used to link to computer device to transmit data stored in the memory or receive data from the computer device. Therefore, the wireless digital data storage device can be used to access, store and exchange digital data in wireless way and to perform writing function. | 02-26-2009 |
| 20090073143 | Content management system - A contents management system includes a writing device and a management device. The writing device includes a writing section, an image retaining section, a judging section and a control section. The writing device writes a content image onto electronic paper which displays and retains an image in a no-power state and is configured to rewrite the image. And the management device includes a management section, control section and an update section. The management device manages content to be written onto and displayed on the electronic paper. | 03-19-2009 |
| 20090073144 | Input apparatus with multi-mode switching function - An input apparatus with a multi-mode switching function is disclosed. In one embodiment, the input apparatus includes a body, an arc surface touching module and a control module. The arc surface touching module is arranged on surface of the body, and is used to input two-dimensional position data. The control module switches the input mode of said input apparatus based on the two-dimensional position data, and generates a control signal based on switched input mode and the two-dimensional position data. In another embodiment, upon transforming the two-dimensional position data into the three-dimensional position data based on the geometric characteristics of the body, the control module of the input apparatus switches the input mode of the apparatus based on the three-dimensional position data and generates a control signal in accordance with the three-dimensional position data. | 03-19-2009 |
| 20090079710 | SCANNING DEVICE FOR SCANNING A SURFACE HAVING CODED DATA DISPOSED THEREON - Provided is a scanning device for scanning a surface having coded data disposed thereon which is substantially invisible to the average unaided human eye. The device is configured to determine at least two dimensions of a rotational orientation of the sensing device relative to the surface, the coded data being indicative of at least two dimensions of the rotational orientation of the sensing device. The device includes an orientation sensor configured to generate, when positioned or moved relative to the surface, using at least some of the coded data, orientation data indicative of the at least two dimensions of the orientation of the sensing device relative to the surface, a transmitter for transmitting the orientation data to a computer system, and a pressure sensor to facilitate activation of the orientation sensor when a nib of the pen-shaped device is pressed against said surface. | 03-26-2009 |
| 20090102816 | ELECTRONIC PEN DEVICE - Various electronic pen devices are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, an electronic pen with an improved ultrasound transducer (i.e. transmitter or receiver) is provided. In one embodiment an electronic pen with an improved ‘pen up/pen down’ detector is provided. In one embodiment, an electronic pen with an improved structure for transmitting infrared light is provided. In one embodiment, an improved electronic pen that may be operated in pen mode or mouse mode is provided. | 04-23-2009 |
| 20090109196 | SELF-ALIGNED STYLUS WITH HIGH-SPHERICITY AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A method of manufacturing a self-aligned stylus with high sphericity includes the steps of: forming a polymeric layer on a substrate; placing a sphere on the polymeric layer; softening the polymeric layer to make a portion of the sphere sink into the polymeric layer; forming a specific light absorbing layer on the polymeric layer; illuminating the sphere and the specific light absorbing layer with specific light such that the specific light is focused by the sphere to expose the polymeric layer to form an exposed portion and an unexposed portion; removing the specific light absorbing layer; and baking the polymeric layer and then removing the unexposed portion. A self-aligned stylus with high sphericity is also disclosed. | 04-30-2009 |
| 20090115744 | ELECTRONIC FREEBOARD WRITING SYSTEM - A writing system includes a pen with a two-dimensional optical sensor and a three dimensional acceleration sensor positioned to indicate movement of the pen. A calibrator is coupled to receive path coordinate signals from the two-dimensional optical sensor and the three dimensional acceleration sensor. The calibrator and the two-dimensional optical sensor and the three dimensional acceleration sensor are configured to operate in one of two modes, a contactable mode of operation wherein both the two-dimensional optical sensor and the three dimensional acceleration sensor supply path coordinate signals to the coordinator and a contactless mode of operation wherein only the three dimensional acceleration sensor supplies path coordinate signals to the coordinator. | 05-07-2009 |
| 20090115745 | STYLUS, HANDHELD ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR OPERATING THE SAME - A handheld electronic device comprising a main body, a stylus and a non-contact sensor is provided. The main body has a containing slot, and the stylus having a sensing region is suitable for being inserted into the containing slot. The non-contact sensor is disposed beside the containing slot. The non-contact sensor outputs a sensing signal for identifying the position of the stylus when the stylus moves in the containing slot and the sensing region of the stylus passes the non-contact sensor. By detecting the position of the stylus in a non-contact manner, the reliability and the lifetime of the handheld electronic device are improved, and a higher sensing precision is also provided. | 05-07-2009 |
| 20090115746 | ELECTRONIC PEN DEVICE - Various electronic pen devices are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, an electronic pen with an improved ultrasound transducer (i.e. transmitter or receiver) is provided. In one embodiment, an electronic pen with an improved ‘pen up/pen down’ detector is provided. In one embodiment, an electronic pen with an improved structure for transmitting infrared light is provided. In one embodiment, an improved electronic pen that may be operated in pen mode or mouse mode is provided. | 05-07-2009 |
| 20090122029 | Stylus pen - An improved stylus pen is disclosed, which comprises a body; a pen support part which is engaged to an upper side of the body and includes a support body having a holding groove at its one side, and a stopper support part which is spaced apart from an inner wall of the support body and has a stopper engaging groove in its inner surface; and a pen part which passes through the interior of the pen support part and includes a pen body formed at its one side and having a stopper engaged by means of the stopper engaging groove, and a head part which is engaged to an upper side of the pen body and has a tip. | 05-14-2009 |
| 20090122030 | DISPLAY SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTING POINTED POSITION - A plurality of infrared-light-emitting areas are displayed in a display screen of a liquid crystal display apparatus in a method that allows each of the infrared-light-emitting areas to be distinguished. Then, an image in a direction of a pointed position is captured by an operating device. Further, a predetermined number of infrared-light-emitting areas are selected from the infrared-light-emitting areas included in thus captured image. Based on a result of distinguishing each of the selected infrared-light-emitting areas and a position of each of the selected infrared-light-emitting areas, a pointed position on the display screen is calculated. This makes it possible to properly detect the pointed position on the display screen pointed by the operating device, regardless of a distance between the operating device and the display apparatus. | 05-14-2009 |
| 20090128520 | Use of physical media having the same position-identifying pattern in digital documentation production - A method of producing an electronic document using a plurality of pieces of physical media having a common position location pattern marked thereupon, comprising the steps of: (i) marking a first piece of the physical media using a digital pen, said pen being arranged to acquire data to enable the determination of the location of a tip thereof upon physical media from the position location pattern marked thereupon; (ii) acquiring data relating to strokes and the location of the strokes of the pen upon the first piece of the physical media sequentially, and storing said data in a memory; (iii) acquiring data relating to strokes and the location of the strokes of the pen upon a second piece of the physical media sequentially, and storing said data in a memory; and (iv) arranging the data stored in steps (ii) and (iii) to form at least one electronic document in which the data relating to the first piece of physical media is distinguishable from the data relating to the second piece of physical media. | 05-21-2009 |
| 20090128521 | STYLUS AND PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE EMPLOYING THE SAME - A portable electronic device ( | 05-21-2009 |
| 20090128522 | STYLUS USED TO OPERATE ON TOUCH SCREEN | 05-21-2009 |
| 20090128523 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An electronic device ( | 05-21-2009 |
| 20090135164 | POINTING APPARATUS CAPABLE OF PROVIDING HAPTIC FEEDBACK, AND HAPTIC INTERACTION SYSTEM AND METHOD USING THE SAME - Provided are a pointing apparatus capable of providing haptic feedback, and a haptic interaction system and method using the same. The pointing apparatus includes a wireless communication unit, a controller, and a haptic stimulator. The wireless communication unit receives an event including haptic output information through wireless communication with the outside. The controller generates a control signal for reproducing a haptic pattern corresponding to the haptic output information. The haptic stimulator reproduces the haptic pattern by means of the control signal. Thus, it is possible to increase the performance and usability of a user interface of a user terminal including a touch screen. | 05-28-2009 |
| 20090141008 | Electronic Touch Screen Device Providing Signature Capture and Touch Activation - A touch screen device comprising a display screen, an electromagnetic digitizer disposed behind the display screen for detecting stylus proximity and stylus coordinates, and an infrared touch device secured in front of the display screen for detecting the coordinates of an infrared opaque object. The touch screen device also includes a controller in electronic communication with the electromagnetic digitizer and the infrared touch device. The controller provides an output signal based upon the infrared opaque object coordinates detected by the infrared touch device during periods of time that the electromagnetic digitizer is not detecting stylus proximity and provides an output signal based upon the stylus coordinates detected by the electromagnetic digitizer during periods of time that the electromagnetic digitizer is detecting stylus proximity. The touch screen device may be used in conjunction with a point-of-sale terminal providing a signal to the display screen and receiving the output signals from the controller. | 06-04-2009 |
| 20090146974 | HANDHELD ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A handheld electronic device including a main body, a first magnetic member and a stylus is provided. The main body has a containing slot and the first magnetic member is disposed at one side of the containing slot. The stylus is suitable for being inserted in the containing slot and includes a stylus body and a second magnetic member. The second magnetic member is disposed on the stylus body or embedded in the stylus body. When the stylus is contained within the containing slot, the stylus is kept within the containing slot due to magnetic force generated by the first magnetic member and the second magnetic member. | 06-11-2009 |
| 20090146975 | Stylus device capable of switching color - A stylus device capable of switching color is applied to an electronic device provided with a touch panel and comprises a body, several light-emitting devices, and an adjustment portion. The body has a plurality of holes and a pointer. The light-emitting devices are disposed in the hole, and each of which projects the light with various colors. The adjustment portion is disposed on the body, the surface of which has several colors. When the adjustment portion is adjusted to make the pointer point to one of the colors on the adjustment portion, the light-emitting devices generate the color light corresponding to the pointed color for making the body show the pointed color; when the stylus device is used for the touch panel, the color also can be shown on the touch panel. | 06-11-2009 |
| 20090153524 | Fixing structure, pen clipping set, and electronic device - The fixing structure of the invention capable of connecting to a pen with a slot comprises a main body, a slide piece, and a push module. The main body comprises a slide slot and an opening. The slide piece can slide into the slide slot. The slide piece comprises a first slide unit and a second slide unit. The first slide unit comprises a first pressing element. The push module comprises a second pressing element, and the push module has a loose state and a tight state. When the push module is in the loose state, at least a portion of the first pressing element is in the opening; when the push module is in the tight state, the second pressing element connects to the second slide unit, and the first pressing element connects to the slot of the pen. | 06-18-2009 |
| 20090153525 | Touch pen with erasure function - A touch pen with erasure function, applied for an electronic apparatus having a touch screen, comprises a body and a sensing unit. The body holds a accommodating space for disposing the sensing unit therein, and has a writing end and an erasing end. While detecting that the touch pen is held with the writing end located close to the touch screen, the sensing unit generates a first signal to the electronic device for allowing the touch pen to write a message on the touch screen. When detecting that the touch pen is held with the erasing end located close to the touch screen, the sensing unit generates a second signal to the electronic device for allowing the touch pen to erase the message on the touch screen. | 06-18-2009 |
| 20090153526 | DETERMINING THE LOCATION OF THE TIP OF AN ELECTRONIC STYLUS - An electronic stylus system includes an electronic stylus and base receiving unit. The electronic stylus includes a first ultrasonic transmitter, a second ultrasonic transmitter, an electromagnetic transmitter, and a writing tip. The base receiver unit includes a first ultrasonic receiver, a second ultrasonic receiver, and an electromagnetic receiver. The ultrasonic receivers of the base unit are operable to receive signals transmitted by the ultrasonic transmitters of the electronic stylus. Similarly, the electromagnetic receiver of the base unit is operable to receive signals transmitted by the electromagnetic transmitter of the stylus. The location of the tip of the electronic stylus relative to a given reference point is determined using the locations of two ultrasonic transmitters relative to the two ultrasonic receivers. | 06-18-2009 |
| 20090160825 | Stylus for Data Collection Devices - A data collection device having a touch pad, supported by a housing, for receiving input from a stylus having a first end adapted to interact with the touch pad so as to input data through movement of the first end relative to the touch pad and a second end having a light source to illuminate dark areas. The housing is adapted to receive and support the stylus. In an additional embodiment, the stylus is supported by the housing in such a manner as to allow the stylus to project light in a predetermined direction to assist with the illumination of a data source. In another additional embodiment, the housing has contacts that facilitate the provision of power to the stylus for charging a battery in the stylus and/or powering the light source. In yet another embodiment, the light source on the stylus is adapted to be controlled via user interaction with interface elements on the housing, such as keys, buttons, or the touch pad. | 06-25-2009 |
| 20090167726 | Input Device for a Scanned Beam Display - Briefly, in accordance with one or more embodiments, an input device may be utilized in conjunction with a scanned beam display or the like, or may be based on the scanning platform as used in a scanned beam display such as a MEMS based scanner. An input event such as illumination of a photodetector or reflection of a scanned beam off of a retroreflector may be correlated with a timing event of the scanning platform such as a refresh signal, or a horizontal and vertical sync signals. The correlation of the timing event may be representative of an X-Y location, and in some embodiments of a Z location, that may be utilized to provide input data back to a host device. | 07-02-2009 |
| 20090167727 | STYLUS AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An electronic device including a device body and a stylus is provided. The device body has a capacitive touch panel. The stylus has a handle and a head. The head is magnetic. The capacitive touch panel is controlled by the stylus through magnetism of the head. | 07-02-2009 |
| 20090167728 | LIGHT-EMITTING STYLUS AND USER INPUT DEVICE USING SAME - The present invention provides a light-emitting stylus configured to abruptly change a property of an emitted light beam when the stylus sufficiently contacts a surface. The abrupt change in the light beam is detectable by an array of light sensitive detectors that can be used to determine the position of the light beam when the light beam is transmitted through an input surface. When the stylus contacts the input surface, the detectors can detect the abrupt change in the emitted light, signaling a change from a stylus hover mode to a stylus touch down mode. | 07-02-2009 |
| 20090179873 | INTERACTIVE HAND HELD APPARATUS WITH STYLUS - An interactive, handheld apparatus is provided. The apparatus includes a housing, a display screen on the housing, an electronic position location system, a stylus for selecting images on the display screen, a directional control pad on the housing and a memory device. The electronic position location system includes a processor that is capable of determining a location of a selected region of the display screen. The memory device includes computer code for an educational game and is operatively coupled to the processor. | 07-16-2009 |
| 20090189879 | Synchronization of Plugins - A system and process for ensuring the smooth flow of electronic ink is described. Dynamic rendering is give priority over other event handlers. Priority may be the use of one or more queues to order when events occur and may be performing dynamic rendering prior to other steps. | 07-30-2009 |
| 20090219262 | Active Input Device for a Scanned Beam Display - An input device ( | 09-03-2009 |
| 20090231306 | EXPANSIBLE STYLUS AND FIXING STRUCTURE FOR FIXING STYLUS THEREOF - A stylus includes an expansible structure. A chamber is formed inside the expansible structure. The stylus further includes an inner body installed inside the chamber in a movable manner relative to a first direction for pressing the expansible structure when moving in the first direction so that the expansible structure expands in a second direction. | 09-17-2009 |
| 20090237377 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE, HANDHELD DEVICE AND STYLUS - An electronic device having a device case, a first electrode, and a modular accessory is provided. The first electrode is located in the device case. The modular accessory is removably assembled to the device case, and includes an accessory case, a second electrode, and a fan. When the accessory case is assembled to the device case and the second electrode contacts the first electrode, the fan is driven to discharge hot air from the device case | 09-24-2009 |
| 20090251440 | Audio Bookmarking - A system and method for identifying temporal positions in audio data and accessing the identified temporal positions are disclosed. “Audio bookmarks” are created by using various types of input, such as accessing a printed control with a smart pen, providing a voice command to the smart pen or providing a written command to the smart pen to identify temporal positions within the audio data. Alternatively, one or more rules are applied to audio data by a pen-based computing system to identify temporal positions in the audio data. The audio bookmarks are associated with one or more visual, auditory or tactile indicators showing the location of the audio bookmarks in the audio data. When an indicator is accessed, a portion of the audio data is played beginning from the temporal position associated with the accessed indicator. Additional data, such as written data, may also be associated with an indicator. | 10-08-2009 |
| 20090251441 | Multi-Modal Controller - Control inputs are provided to an application executing on a mobile computing device by moving the mobile computing device in certain recognizable patterns. The control inputs may execute various functions in the application such as starting or stopping audio playback or navigating through a menu. A writing gesture made by a user on a writing surface using a smart pen device is digitally captured. This gesture may be, for example, a tap or a stroke of the smart pen device on the writing surface. A control on the writing surface is identified, where the control at least partially corresponds to a location of the writing gesture on the writing surface. A control input is determined based on the identified control and the writing gesture. Responsive to the control input, a command is executed in an application running on the smart pen device or an attached computing system. | 10-08-2009 |
| 20090251442 | ELECTRONIC STYLUS PEN WITH WEIGHT ADJUSTING MECHANISM - An electronic stylus pen with weight adjusting mechanism has a pen body ( | 10-08-2009 |
| 20090256824 | POINTER DEVICE FOR CAPACITIVE SENSITIVE TOUCH SCREENS - A passive pointer device, in shape of a stylus, for being used in conjunction with a capacitance sensitive touch screen for pointing, writing, drawing or others on the touch screen. | 10-15-2009 |
| 20090256825 | PEN STYLUS ENABLED CAPACITIVE TOUCH SYSTEM AND METHOD - Described is a capacitive touch screen apparatus. An indium tin oxide (ITO) ground screen covers and protects an optical display. One or more support structures are secured atop the ground screen layer. A first capacitance sensing patterned ITO trace layer is secured atop the support structures such that an air gap exists between the layers. A second capacitance sensing patterned ITO trace layer can be secured atop the first patterned ITO trace layer. A pointed object brought into contact with the outermost patterned ITO trace layer will deform the surface and penetrate a portion of the air gap sufficiently to register a change in capacitance at the point of contact. A protective transparent film layer covering the outermost patterned ITO trace layer can be utilized to protect the surface of the ITO layer from damage. The ITO layers are electronically coupled with a controller capable of sensing changes in capacitance. | 10-15-2009 |
| 20090267923 | Digital Bookclip - The described embodiments present a system and method for obtaining a portion of a digital document from a printed version of the document. Locations where a smart pen device interacts with a digital bookclip aligned relative the printed document are identified via coordinate sets. A digital document associated with the printed document and the coordinate sets from the smart pen device and digital bookclip are used to identify locations in the digital documents corresponding to locations in the printed document. Data from the identified locations in the digital documents is retrieved and presented to a user and can then be copied, saved, mailed electronically, and/or printed to a new paper document. | 10-29-2009 |
| 20090273585 | DIGITAL PEN WITH SWITCH FUNCTION - A digital pen device used as a writing tool for inputting information to be used in a mobile telephone and as an erasing tool for erasing wrongly inputted information. The pen device may be provided with an accelerometer for identifying movements of the pen device corresponding to writing-like and erasing-like movements and an operation mode switching device for switching between different operations modes, such as writing and erasing mode dependent of the position of the pen device. | 11-05-2009 |
| 20090273586 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR COMPOSING AND HANDLING MESSAGES - A message composing device adapted for being used with for example handheld, portable communication devices such as a mobile phone, is provided together with a method for composing sending and receiving information between other communication devices. | 11-05-2009 |
| 20090273587 | HANDHELD ELECTRONIC DEVICE, EXECUTING APPLICATION METHOD, AND DIGITAL DATA STORAGE MEDIA - An application executing method is provided. The application executing method is applied to a handheld electronic device having a body and a touch element. The touch element is disposed at the body. The application executing method comprises the following steps. Firstly, a communication mode is entered. Next, whether the touch element is moved is detected. If the touch element is moved, then an application is activated. | 11-05-2009 |
| 20090273588 | FORCE-SENSING ELECTRONIC PEN WITH USER-REPLACEABLE CARTRIDGE - A force-sensing electronic pen comprises a user-replaceable cartridge, a retaining boot for securely retaining the cartridge, a force sensor coupled to the retaining boot, a spring for biasing the retaining boot towards engagement with the force sensor; and an end-stop for limiting travel of the retaining boot against the bias of the spring. The cartridge is extractable from the pen by pulling the cartridge against the bias of the spring until the retaining boot engages with the end-stop. When the retaining boot engages with the end-stop, further pulling of the cartridge releases the cartridge from the retaining boot. | 11-05-2009 |
| 20090278818 | THUMB WORN TAP DEVICES AND STORAGE HOLDERS FOR USE WITH HANDHELD ELECTRONICS - A tap device for use when selecting icons or keying data into a touch screen hand-held electronic device includes a base and associated sleeve that is worn around the thumb. A conductive nib projects outwardly from an opposite side of the base at an angle to the axis of the user's thumb. A conductive post extends through an opening in the base and links the nib to a conductive seat portion that contacts the user's thumb. When not in use, the tap device may be snap-inserted onto an outwardly directed prong of a storage clip. The storage clip may be fastened over the hand-held electronic device. | 11-12-2009 |
| 20090289922 | PAYMENT TERMINAL STYLUS WITH TOUCH SCREEN CONTACT DETECTION - In an exemplary embodiment, a stylus operates with a capacitive touch screen only when the stylus tip is in contact with the touch screen. The stylus is used as a sensor to determine the location where a user is touching the surface of a capacitive touch screen, but is not active until the stylus tip is pressed against the touch screen. In an exemplary embodiment, pressing the stylus tip against the touch screen activates the stylus by creating a physical separation in the circuit and disconnecting the stylus tip from ground. When the stylus tip is no longer grounded, it becomes active and is able to operate with a capacitive touch screen. In an exemplary embodiment, signal attenuation may be performed by diverting the sense signal to ground via a capacitor or other electronic component. | 11-26-2009 |
| 20090295759 | WIRELESS TOUCH SCREEN PEN - A method and apparatus for producing a signal in a pen is disclosed. When at least one section of the pen is deformed, a hammer device strikes a piezo-electronic component. In response to being struck by the hammer device, the piezo-electric component generates an electric signal. The electric signal is then applied to a wire wound inductor to create an electromagnetic nearfield. | 12-03-2009 |
| 20090295760 | TOUCH SCREEN DISPLAY - A device may include a display and at least one electromagnetic radiation source configured to emit electromagnetic radiation not visible to a user through an upper surface of the display. The device may also include a number of sensors configured to detect electromagnetic radiation that is reflected from the user's finger or a stylus contacting the upper surface of the display. The device may further include logic configured to receive an indication from at least one of the plurality of sensors that a contact was detected and process the contact. | 12-03-2009 |
| 20090309854 | INPUT DEVICES WITH MULTIPLE OPERATING MODES - An input device for interacting with a display surface of an electronic display system. The input device can comprise a body, a nib, a sensing system, a cap, and a mode-indicating system. The body can provide structural support for the input device. The nib, which is in communication with the body, can be used to directly interact with the display surface. The sensing system can sense indicia of a posture of the input device with respect to the display surface to facilitate operation of the input device. The cap is securable over the nib, and can be incorporated into the mode-indicating system. When the cap is secured over the nib, the input device can operate in a first operating mode, and when the cap is removed, the input device can operate in a second operating mode. | 12-17-2009 |
| 20090315860 | TOUCH CONTROL PEN ASSEMBLY - A touch control pen assembly comprises a pen head including a touch head and the base; the touch head being placed in the base; one end of the touch head having a spring; a rear end of the touch head being formed with an annular groove for receiving the spring so as to form as the pen head; when the touch head being pressed downwards, the spring providing a buffer force to the touch head; and a pen shaft assembly connected to a rear end of the pen head for extending a length of the pen head so that a user can hold the pen conveniently. The pen head is detachable to be used with pen shaft assembly of different types. The spring at one end of the touch head will provides a buffer force for a pressed touch head so that the pen has uniform pointing forces. | 12-24-2009 |
| 20090315861 | INTERACTIVE WHITEBOARD SYSTEM - An interactive whiteboard system includes a combination electrical writable and dry erase marker, an interactive whiteboard to receive writing on the interactive whiteboard with the combination electrical writable and dry erase marker, and a computer operatively coupled to the interactive whiteboard to capture writing on the interactive whiteboard with the combination electrical writable and dry erase marker. | 12-24-2009 |
| 20090315862 | ELECTRONIC PEN WITH RETRACTABLE NIB AND FORCE SENSOR - An electronic pen having a retractable nib for interacting with a surface. The pen comprises a slidably movable cartridge having a nib for contacting the surface, a retraction mechanism for retracting the cartridge, an actuator coupled to the retraction mechanism, a force sensor providing a reaction to an axial force transmitted from the cartridge, and a processor configured for generating force data indicative of a force detected by the force sensor. The retraction mechanism comprises a barrel for receiving the cartridge, which is adapted for seating the cartridge in either an extended position or a retracted position, whereby the axial force from the cartridge is transmitted to the barrel in the extended position. A biasing mechanism biases the cartridge towards the extended or retracted positions. | 12-24-2009 |
| 20090315863 | ELECTRONIC PEN HAVING FAST RESPONSE TIME - An electronic pen for interacting with a surface. The pen comprises a cartridge having a nib for contacting the surface, a capacitive force sensor cooperating with said cartridge for sensing a nib force transmitted axially through the cartridge, and a processor configured to generate force data indicative of a force detected by the force sensor. The capacitive force sensor comprises: a spring having an integral conductive moving plate resiliently biased towards a reference position, a conductive fixed plate and a dielectric separating said plates. | 12-24-2009 |
| 20090315864 | Electronic pen with retractable and replaceable cartridge - An electronic pen comprises a user-replaceable cartridge having a nib, a force sensor for sensing a nib force transmitted axially through the cartridge from the nib and a retraction mechanism for retracting the cartridge. The retraction mechanism comprises a barrel adapted for seating the cartridge in either an extended position or a retracted position, and a first biasing mechanism for biasing the cartridge towards the extended or retracted positions. A second biasing mechanism biases the barrel towards engagement with the force sensor. | 12-24-2009 |
| 20100013801 | PROJECTOR SYSTEM - In a projector system, a user specifies an arbitrary position on a projector screen ( | 01-21-2010 |
| 20100045636 | ERROR DETECTING APPARATUS AND METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - An error detecting apparatus includes: a reading device obtaining an image read signal by reading a two-dimensional code pattern, which includes information blocks having information and boundary patterns, the information pattern including first/second pattern images (PIs) corresponding to first/second PIs, respectively, in each reading range corresponding to a size ≧ a size of the information block. A reference point detecting device detects an intersection in the boundary pattern, as a block reference point (P, Q), from the image read signal; an extracting device extracts the first/second information data (ID), based on one portion of the first PIs and the second PIs belonging to an ID extraction area determined according to a position of the block reference point; an error detecting device detects whether any error in the extracted first/second ID based on another portion of the first/second PIs belonging to another area other than the ID extraction area. | 02-25-2010 |
| 20100053120 | TOUCHSCREEN STYLUS - A touchscreen stylus applies to a capacitive touchscreen and comprises a body being hollow and having an accommodating space thereinside, and a coil arranged inside the accommodating space and forming a current loop. The body also has an electric-conduction element at one end thereof, and the electric-conduction element is used to contact the capacitive touchscreen. The current loop induces an electric field in the coil. The touchscreen detects the induced electric filed and works out the coordinates of the point the touchscreen stylus contacts. In the present invention, the current from the touchscreen needn't flow through the user's hand, and the touchscreen stylus makes the touchscreen detect the contact point more accurately. The touchscreen stylus of the present invention overcomes the conventional problems that current has to flow through the hand and that the touchscreen is unable to correctly recognize the instructions from the stylus. | 03-04-2010 |
| 20100066705 | HIGHLEVEL ACTIVE PEN MATRIX - The present invention relates to a system, method and medium for receiving and acting upon user input. In one embodiment, the user may only have access to a limited input device, like a stylus. Using the present invention, a user is provided with intuitive responses from the system based on inputs from the limited input device. | 03-18-2010 |
| 20100073330 | Methods and Devices Relating To Transfer of Non-Pen Stroke Data - Non-pen stroke data, e.g. barcode data or keyboard data, can be transferred through a transfer system which is formatted specifically for the transfer of pen stroke data, by coding the non-pen stroke data as pen stroke data. The non-pen stroke data may particularly be coded as pen strokes in a position area which is not used for the transfer of ordinary pen strokes, e.g. a margin area. | 03-25-2010 |
| 20100079414 | APPARATUS, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR AUTHENTICATION ON A PUBLICLY ACCESSED SHARED INTERACTIVE DIGITAL SURFACE - Apparatus, systems and methods for authentication of use by multiple personal digital devices (PDDs) of a publicly shared digital surface. The digital surface provides a displayed work area for each personal digital device (PDD) in communication with the digital surface. Each PDD establishes secured communication with the digital surface identified by a security token. Each PDD may include a stylus adapted to receive the security token for use in exchanges with the digital surface to thereby associate the exchange with the authenticated PDD with which it is coupled. Actions taken by a user of a stylus on the digital surface are authenticated based on the security token and based on the location of the stylus when the action is requested. | 04-01-2010 |
| 20100085333 | INPUT SYSTEM AND METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - An input system ( | 04-08-2010 |
| 20100090988 | Stylus Pen - Provided is a stylus pen including: first and second touch pen portions, each of which includes a touch part at an end thereof; and a coupling portion linking the first and second touch pen portions so that the first and second touch pen portions are rotatably moved with respect to each other to adjust a spatial distance between the touch parts of the first and second touch pen portions. | 04-15-2010 |
| 20100103144 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMPROVED COMPUTER MONITORING PAD POINTING DEVICE - A monitoring pad assembly is provided for use with a graphical user interface including a monitoring pad and a signal assembly, at least one of which may be adapted to be worn on at least one of a user's digits, wherein movement of the signal assembly relative to the touch pad housing indicates a desired movement of the pointing device. Further embodiments of the invention provide a method for tracking an on-screen pointer, including the steps of: emitting a signal from a device adapted to be worn on at least one of a user's digits, and monitoring the movement and direction of the emitted signal. | 04-29-2010 |
| 20100110043 | STYLUS AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE USING THE SAME - A stylus includes a shaft and a ring connected to the shaft. The shaft is at a periphery of the ring. The ring is configured to sleeve on a finger of a user. The stylus can be steadily sleeved on the finger and convenient for using. Further provide is an electronic device using the stylus. | 05-06-2010 |
| 20100117994 | POSITION INDICATOR, VARIABLE CAPACITOR AND INPUT DEVICE - A variable capacitor of a position indicator includes a dielectric, an electrode, a conductive member and a conductive portion. The dielectric has an upper surface and a lower surface opposite the upper surface. The electrode is provided on the upper surface of the dielectric. The conductive member is arranged so as to face the lower surface of the dielectric. The conductive portion is provided on the lower surface of the dielectric and is arranged so as to be electrically connectable to the conductive member. The conductive member is adapted to be elastically deformed when pressed against the lower surface by an external force, such that the capacitance of the variable capacitor changes according to a change of the external force. | 05-13-2010 |
| 20100123687 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus includes: an acquisition portion that acquires position/direction information indicative of a position and a direction of a projection device; a selection portion that selects at least one piece of drawing data from a plurality of pieces of drawing data relating to parts provided in an object; a generation portion that generates a projection drawing from the drawing data selected by the selection portion; a conversion portion that calculates a distance between the object and the projection device, and a direction of the projection device from the position/direction information, and converts the projection drawing into a perspective drawing by using the calculated distance and the calculated direction; and a control portion that controls the projection device so as to project the perspective drawing onto the object. | 05-20-2010 |
| 20100123688 | TOUCH PEN AND PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE USING THE SAME - A portable electronic device includes a touch pen comprising a main body, a first pen head, a first elastic member, and a first sleeve. The first elastic member interconnects the main body and the first pen head. The first sleeve is slidably sleeved on the main body or the first elastic member so as to expose at least a part of the first elastic member. The first elastic member is bendable. | 05-20-2010 |
| 20100134449 | Image-Sensing Pen With Retractable Cartridge And Force Sensor - An electronic pen for interacting with a substrate having coded data disposed thereon. The pen comprises: an image sensor for sensing the coded data when the pen is used to interact with the surface; a cartridge having a nib for contacting the surface; a retraction mechanism for slidably moving the cartridge between a retracted position and an extended position; a force sensor cooperating with the retraction mechanism; and a processor configured to generate indicating data indicative of the interaction with the substrate. The image sensor is configured to sense the coded data only when the force sensor detects that the nib is in contact with the substrate. | 06-03-2010 |
| 20100149134 | WRITING USING A TOUCH SENSOR - Apparatus and methods are disclosed for simultaneously tracking multiple finger and palm contacts as hands approach, touch, and slide across a proximity-sensing, multi-touch surface. Identification and classification of intuitive hand configurations and motions enables unprecedented integration of typing, resting, pointing, scrolling, 3D manipulation, and handwriting into a versatile, ergonomic computer input device. | 06-17-2010 |
| 20100149135 | INPUT METHOD AND SYSTEM USING OPTICAL POINTER FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An input method for an electronic device and a related input system are provided. When an optical pointer irradiates light rays with a specific pattern, photo sensors disposed in a display unit of the device detect the irradiated light rays. The device determines and generates pattern information corresponding to a pattern of the light rays, a pattern direction, and a pattern movement. The device executes or controls a function according to the pattern information and a function table, which maps the pattern information to the function. | 06-17-2010 |
| 20100164907 | STYLUS AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE USING THE SAME - A stylus includes a tube body, a touch end connected to the tube body, an inflatable balloon enwrapping the tube body such that the tube body and the balloon cooperatively define a sealed chamber, and an inflating mechanism for inserting gas into the sealed chamber to inflate the balloon and therefore, the size of the stylus is adjustable and convenient for using. | 07-01-2010 |
| 20100177063 | PAGE CHANGE INDICATION DEVICES AND METHODS FOR DIGITAL PENS - A digital pen input system for allowing a user to write or draw by interacting with sheets of paper and allowing electronic tracing of pen movements for digital storage or display, the input device comprising a holder for sheets of paper, and a unit for detecting exchange of a current sheet, the system comprising: an autonomous page changing detector for autonomously detecting an action being a direct part of the exchange of a current sheet; and a data-stream insertion unit for inserting a new page indicator into a data stream emerging from the pen movements, at a location in the stream indicated by a time of the detecting, the new page indicator being a display instruction to separately display pen movements located before and after the new page indicator as separate pages. | 07-15-2010 |
| 20100182283 | SECURITY PROTECTION SYSTEM AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH SAME - The present disclosure provides a security protection system for an electronic device. The security protection system includes a magnetic stylus, at least one coil, a processor, and a memory. The coil is received in the electronic device and configured for inducing an induced current when the magnetic stylus moves relative to the coil. The processor is electronically connected to the at least one coil and includes a status module, a lock module, and an unlock module. The status module is configured for setting the security protection system in a lock or an unlock state. The lock module is configured for storing parameters of the induced current as a password in the lock state. The unlock module is configured for comparing parameters of the induced current with the password stored, and detecting whether an unlock operating being successful. The present invention also provides an electronic device having a security protection system. | 07-22-2010 |
| 20100182284 | VIRTUAL FACETED HARD MEDIA IMAGING - A tilt sensitive virtual marking implement is used to render an impression on an electronic presentation device. Further, a bearing measurement and/or a barrel rotation measurement of the virtual marking implement may be made with respect to the surface. The barrel rotation, tilt, and/or bearing are then used to vary geometry of an impression profile associated with a faceted physical marking implement as well as an intensity of the rendering. A user may actively vary the impression profile while he or she produces strokes of the virtual marking implement across the surface without changing the faceted physical marking implement selection or switching to a different virtual marking implement so that a corresponding impression profile mimics an impression of a facet on the faceted physical marking implement. | 07-22-2010 |
| 20100182285 | TEMPORAL HARD MEDIA IMAGING - A method of determining a tilt, bearing, and/or barrel rotation of a virtual marking implement with respect to a surface is disclosed herein. The tilt, bearing, and/or barrel rotation are used to vary geometry of an impression profile associated with a selected physical marking implement as well as the intensity of a rendering on an electronic presentation device. Further, the impression profile associated with the selected physical marking implement may change over time as marks are rendered on the electronic presentation device. More specifically, a quantity of use of the physical marking implement defines in part the size, orientation, and/or shape of one or more facets on the physical marking implement. Existing facets on the physical marking implement may be modified and/or new facets may be added to the physical marking implement as marks are rendered on the electronic presentation device. | 07-22-2010 |
| 20100194714 | LED MATRIX DISPLAY DEVICE - An LED matrix device has sequential circuits, data drive circuits, scanning drive circuits and the LED matrix. The display elements at the junction of lines and rows include an infrared LED and at least one visible light LED each. Sequential circuits generate control signals to control the data and the scanning drive circuits, driving infrared and visible light LEDs. The sequential circuits produce group signals covering the line and row information of currently driven infrared LEDs and provide to the external light pen device for encoding the current position of the light pen. The function of the visible light LED is the same as in conventional LED matrixes. The infrared LED produces the position information needed by the light pen. An LED display can be many LED matrix devices in series, so the interface of the light pen for the present invention also has the function of series connection. | 08-05-2010 |
| 20100194715 | Integrated information presentation system with environmental controls - An integrated information presentation system that includes environmental controls is described that at least enhances the experience of giving or viewing a presentation. During the giving of a presentation, multiple controls are available in the system which enable the presenter to have direct control of the presentation environment. The system, for example, makes it easier to give presentations, both public and private, using computer-aided text, images, and sounds, yet it is far from just a tool to be used during these events themselves. Using this system, it is possible, for example, for presenters to practice a presentation before actually giving it, to transmit a presentation, either pre-recorded or live, from a remote location(s), to record a presentation for later distribution, to view a pre-recorded or live presentation from a remote location(s), or to upload a video or audio message to a website. This system is also equipped, for example, with a stylus, a remote control, and an interface device to enable a handheld computing device to be used as a remote, or even as the source for presentations themselves. This system includes a combination of, for example, an exemplary integrated information presentation device (also known as a “PowerPodium”), an Integrated Presentation Environment Assembly with Controls (also known as a “Presentation Booth”), an information display device system (also known as a “PDA Device”), a stylus, and a remote control. | 08-05-2010 |
| 20100231557 | STYLUS RETAINING AND RELEASING MECHANISM - The stylus retaining and releasing mechanism includes a housing, a push button and an eject piece. The housing includes a first sidewall, a second sidewall connecting with the first sidewall and a stylus assembling portion disposed on the second sidewall. The first sidewall defines an assembling hole therethrough configured for inserting or removing the stylus. The second sidewall defines a button hole therethrough. The stylus assembling portion defines an axial receiving hole therethrough communicating and being coaxial with the assembling hole to receive the stylus therein. The push button is elastically assembled to the button hole of the second sidewall to releasably lock the stylus. The eject piece fixed to the second sidewall and configured to provide a elastic pushing force to eject the stylus out as the push button is pressed. | 09-16-2010 |
| 20100231558 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND INPUT METHOD OF MOBILE TERMINAL - A mobile terminal and an inputting method of a mobile terminal are disclosed. The inputting method of a mobile terminal comprising: receiving at least one of a position and size of a virtual input region; sensing an ultrasonic wave from a pen unit in order to recognize an input of the pen unit to the input region; calculating position information of the pen unit based on the information related to the ultrasonic wave; and displaying information inputted by the pen unit on a display unit provided on a terminal body by using the position information. | 09-16-2010 |
| 20100238141 | PROJECTION DISPLAY APPARATUS, WRITING/DRAWING BOARD, AND PROJECTION SYSTEM - A projection system includes a screen, a projection display apparatus for projecting a video image on the screen, and a mount base provided below a projection surface of the screen, for carrying a subject on its upper surface. The projection display apparatus is mechanically coupled to the screen such that video image light from the projection display apparatus is displayed on the screen. Projection display apparatus includes a light source, an imaging portion including the upper surface of the mount base at least in an imaging area, a light modulation portion for modulating light from the light source to generate the video image light based on an input video image or a video image picked up by the imaging portion, and a projection portion for projecting the video image light generated by the light modulation portion. | 09-23-2010 |
| 20100245294 | Annotating Digital Files Of A Host Computer Using Networked Tablet Computers - A computer-implemented method comprising receiving, at a tablet display unit of a first tablet that is coupled to a host computer, image data representing a selected portion of a common display file that is stored on an administrator computer; displaying the image data on a stroke-sensitive display of the tablet display unit; receiving user input from the stroke-sensitive display of the tablet display unit and representing handwritten strokes; transmitting the user input to the administrator computer; receiving, from the administrator computer, second image data representing strokes that other users have applied to the same image data using other tablets that are coupled to the administrator computer over a network; displaying, on the stroke-sensitive display, the second image data; storing, in a memory of the tablet display unit, a data file based at least upon the user input and the image data. | 09-30-2010 |
| 20100245295 | Operation input device, operation input method, and program - An operation input device includes: input and output means for detecting light corresponding to a plurality of operation inputs to a display screen displaying an image from an outside; target generating means for generating information of a target indicating a series of inputs on the basis of a temporal or spatial positional relation of input portions having been subjected to the input from the outside; lost data holding means for holding a lost target when the target generated by the target generating means is temporarily lost; unreliable data deleting means for deleting an unstable target when the unstable target is generated by the target generating means; and process selecting means for selecting one of a process performed by the lost data holding means and a process performed by the unreliable data deleting means. | 09-30-2010 |
| 20100271338 | INPUT APPARATUS WITH FLEXIBLE INPUT PANEL - An exemplary input apparatus, includes a flexible input panel, a reel, a stylus and an image capturing apparatus. The reel includes a casing and a rotatable spindle, the casing defining an inner space and an opening communicating the inner space, the rotatable spindle being received in the inner space and configured for winding the input panel into the inner space of the casing and unwinding the input panel out of the casing through the opening. The stylus is configured for input information to the input panel. The image capturing apparatus is mounted on the casing and configured for obtaining the information inputted to the input panel by the stylus. | 10-28-2010 |
| 20100271339 | DEVICE FOR FACILITATING ACTIVE DATA ENTRY - A device for facilitating communication with a data input device which includes an elongated body member with a concave closed end portion and a tubular portion including an open end defining a hollowed out finger receiving cavity therein and an elongated projecting member resistant to axial deformation and supported by the body member, the projecting member including a proximal end connected with the concave closed end portion of the body member and a distal portion, the distal portion having a planar contact surface defined thereon, wherein the proximal end of the projecting member is at a location that is radially offset from the apex of the concave end portion. | 10-28-2010 |
| 20100283766 | VIDEO-BASED BIOMETRIC SIGNATURE DATA COLLECTING METHOD AND APPARATUS - Disclosed are a method, an apparatus, and a computer recording medium for video-based handwriting input for biometric Signature Data Collecting. The invention is implemented by finding out all of the relative positions among all light points of light sources when all light sources mounted on a stylus are turned ON; capturing an image including effective strokes and digital data of pen pressure with a digital camera, when a user writes on a writing surface with a stylus having a light source (e.g. LED) indicating x-y coordinates of strokes, said images are time-stamped; wherein the stylus comprising a micro-switch, when the stylus touches the writing surface, the micro-switch is turned on to let the light source indicating x-y coordinates of strokes ON and generate a “light point”; and extracting effective stroke images and digital data of pen pressure by comparing the captured images with the light point on the stylus. Moreover, the invention discloses a low-cost, wireless method and apparatus for handwriting input which enables a user to write on a paper without a touch sensor provided for a computer system equipped with an embedded digital camera. | 11-11-2010 |
| 20100283767 | BUFFERED STYLUS - A buffered stylus includes a barrel that has a first end and a second end opposite to the first end, and a staff that extends through the barrel. A front end portion of the staff has a part that extends outwardly of the first end of the barrel, and further has a rear end. A staff body portion is connected to the rear end of the front end portion, and has an elastically deformable segment capable of being extended and contracted in a longitudinal direction so as to absorb shock force. A rear end portion of the staff is connected to a rear end of the staff body portion, and is secured to the second end of the barrel. | 11-11-2010 |
| 20100289776 | SYSTEM, SOFTWARE MODULE AND METHODS FOR CREATING A RESPONSE TO INPUT BY AN ELECTRONIC PEN - A system for creating a response to input by an electronic pen comprises: a processing unit, which records positions when the electronic pen is used for writing; and a software module, which is arranged to receive pen data created by the processing unit during writing and which is arranged to refine said pen data by identifying pen data representing occurrences of specific events and create event data representing such specific events occurring. The system further comprises an application for providing processing instructions to be performed in response to input by the electronic pen. The application is arranged to load an electronic file to said software module, wherein said electronic file comprises information regarding the printed document on which writing is made, and to provide set-up instructions to said software module, wherein the set-up instructions are application-specific and customizes the software module to the application. | 11-18-2010 |
| 20100295826 | Inputting Device for Handwriting System - An embodiment of the present invention provides a stylus as an inputting device of a handwriting system. The stylus comprises a jog ball, a signal emitting circuit for emitting electromagnetic waves, an resonant circuit for determining the frequencies of the emitting electromagnetic waves, and a button and ball circuit that comprises a pair of sensing units respectively arranged at up and down side of the jog ball for tracking the rolling of the jog ball. | 11-25-2010 |
| 20100302213 | BENDABLE STYLUS - Stylus includes a first body at the front end and a second body at the back end, where the second body pivots to the first body and is capable of rotating between a straight position and a bending position. The stylus further includes a restraining member selectively moving to engage between the first body and the second body such that the stylus can be retained and formed in a straight pen style with buckling-proof capability, or a bending style for supporting a portable device. When the stylus is drawn out of the portable device, the restraining member can further be pushed forwardly to disengage the second body from the first body by a resilient bump inside the housing of the portable device, so that the stylus can be released from the straight pen style and bended accordingly. | 12-02-2010 |
| 20100315384 | UNTETHERED ACTIVE PEN AND A METHOD FOR COMMUNICATING WITH A CAPACITIVE SENSING DEVICE USING THE UNTETHERED ACTIVE PEN - A method for communicating with a capacitive sensing device using an untethered active pen. The method includes capacitively receiving a capacitive sensing signal at a capacitive receiving unit of the untethered active pen. The capacitive sensing signal is output from the capacitive sensing device. In addition, the method includes determining a first frequency and a first phase associated with the capacitive sensing signal. Moreover, the method includes transmitting at a second frequency and a second phase an amplified active pen signal at the capacitive sensing device from the untethered active pen. The amplified active pen signal has a second frequency and a second phase that correspond to the first frequency and the first phase. | 12-16-2010 |
| 20100315385 | WRITING DEVICE AND IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS - A writing device includes: a voltage application unit that applies a voltage to a display medium including a first display layer, second display layer and a photoconductive layer; a first obtaining unit that obtains image data showing an original image; a controller that controls the voltage application unit and the irradiating unit to cause the display medium to show an overlapped image including the obtained original image and an overwritten image overwritten on the original image, the overwritten image including a point corresponding to the location shown by the location information stored in the storage unit. | 12-16-2010 |
| 20100315386 | METHOD FOR COMPENSATING POSITION OF POINTING DEVICE AND POINTING DEVICE EMPLOYING THE SAME - A pointing device calculates a current position of the pointing device based on a point of time at which an incident signal is sensed, and compensates the current position based on a deviation of position of the pointing device which is calculated using the current position of the pointing device. Accordingly, a problem on the GUI caused by position distortion of the pointing device is minimized. | 12-16-2010 |
| 20100321345 | DUAL PEN SYSTEM - There is disclosed an interactive display system comprising an interactive surface for displaying an image and for receiving inputs from remote devices, the system being adapted to detect the presence of at least two remote devices proximate the interactive surface. | 12-23-2010 |
| 20100328272 | OPTICAL SYSTEM, AN ANALYSIS SYSTEM AND A MODULAR UNIT FOR AN ELECTRONIC PEN - A modular unit is designed for an electronic pen. The modular unit comprises a carrier with a receiver for a writing implement, a printed circuit board, a two-dimensional radiation sensor mounted on the printed circuit board, and an imaging unit which defines an image plane. The carrier, the printed circuit board, and the imaging unit are joined together with the imaging unit facing the radiation sensor to locate the image plane at the radiation sensor. A radiation source, such as an LED or a laser diode, may be arranged on the printed circuit board or mounted in a holder on the imaging unit. The imaging unit may be implemented as a boresight unit for controlling the spatial origin of radiation transmitted towards the radiation sensor. The boresight unit may comprise a radiation-transmitting channel, an imaging lens, and a redirecting mirror in the channel. | 12-30-2010 |
| 20110001729 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE USING ELECTROMAGNETIC INPUT DEVICE - An electronic device includes an electromagnetic input device, a memory, and a processor. The electromagnetic input device includes a movable magnetized stylus and an inducting module. The inducting module includes a number of inducting cells and a controller. Each inducting cell includes a coil for generating an inducting voltage according to the change of magnetic flux through the coil. The controller determines the type of movement of the stylus according to the inducting voltages generated by the coils of the inducting cells. The memory stores a number of operating commands corresponding to a number of types of movements of the stylus. The processor generates an operating command for operating the electronic device corresponding to the type of movement of the stylus determined by the controller. | 01-06-2011 |
| 20110001730 | ELECTRONIC PEN USING A SUPER CAPACITOR AS POWER SUPPLY - The present invention relates to an electronic pen using a super capacitor as a power supply which comprising a housing, a power supply, and a nib arranged at one end of the housing, a boosting circuit connected with the power supply for implementing a boosting process to an output voltage of the power supply based on an external triggering signal, an oscillation circuit for generating electromagnetic waves with different frequencies based on the voltage provided by the boosting circuit, wherein, the power supply is a super capacitor. By using a super capacitor as a power supply, the present invention brings no pollutions in the constitution of the raw material, and in the processes of production, using, storing and disassembling, so it is a perfect environmentally friendly power supply. Moreover, the super capacitor can be recycling used, so the cost is greatly reduced. Using the super capacitor as a power supply, the charging rate is fast, only several minutes even tens of seconds are needed for charging. In addition, the weight of the super capacitor is lighter than dry battery, so when it is arranged on an electrical pen, the writing will be more convenient and fluent. Simple charging and discharging circuit rather than complexity charging circuit needed by the traditional rechargeable battery is employed, so high safety factor may be obtained without maintenance for a long time. | 01-06-2011 |
| 20110007035 | FINGER-WORN DEVICES AND RELATED METHODS OF USE - Finger-worn user input devices and methods for operating same. In some embodiments, a device includes at least one rotatable section ( | 01-13-2011 |
| 20110007036 | METHOD FOR MAKING AT LEAST ONE IDENTIFIER AND SECURING THE READING THEREOF BY A DIGITAL PEN ASSOCIATED WITH A SCREEN SHEET, AND MEANS FOR IMPLEMENTING SAME - The invention relates to a method for identifying sheets on which is added one identifier or more comprising a combination of juxtaposed screen cells. The method comprises two parts. The first part describes a means for making the differentiating identifiers and the addresses associated with the content areas forming the sheets. The second part describes a means for processing the information of the digital pen transmitted to the computer processing unit by one or more automatic or semiautomatic post-processing operations. The two non-separable parts of this method thus compensate for the potential handling errors of a user who must write or transcribe information onto screen sheets using a digital pen. | 01-13-2011 |
| 20110007037 | ELECTRONIC PEN AND ELECTRONIC PEN SYSTEM - An electronic pen electronically drawing lines on a terminal apparatus comprises a display, a gap, and a conductive member. The display displays a property of the electronic pen, and is a piece of electronic paper and extending around an external periphery of the electronic pen. The gap is provided between both opposing ends of the display. The conductive member is positioned in the gap and is connected to the display to supply signals to the display. | 01-13-2011 |
| 20110012870 | Thumb Retained Stylus for Interfacing with a Handheld Device Such as a Mobile Phone - A thumb-retained stylus for effecting operative contact with the interface of a handheld device is disclosed. The thumb-retained stylus includes a thumb-mounting device and a curved stylus which extends laterally therefrom. The curved stylus is oriented for effecting operative contact with an interface of a handheld device. The interface could be physical buttons or the keypad, keyboard or navigation buttons depicted on a touch screen of a mobile phone or PDA. | 01-20-2011 |
| 20110012871 | STYLUS - A stylus is provided. The stylus comprises a stylus body, a pointed portion, and solvent-type adhesive. The stylus body comprises a main section and a head portion protruding from one end of the main section. The head portion defines cutouts and notches. The pointed portion defines a connecting groove. The connecting groove receives the head portion. Solvent-type adhesive fills up the cutouts and notches so as to adhere the head portion to the pointed portion. | 01-20-2011 |
| 20110012872 | HAND-WRITING INPUT DEVICE AND HAND-WRITING INPUT SYSTEM - A hand-writing input device includes a main body, a pressure sensing member, a tip portion, an amplifier and a light source. The pressure sensing member is received in the main body and configured for generating a voltage in response to a pressure applied thereto. The tip portion has a writing tip and an opposite head end. The tip portion extends through a distal end of the main body and contacts the pressure sensing member to apply the pressure to the pressure sensing member. The writing tip is exposed to the outside of the main body. The amplifier has an input terminal and an output terminal The pressure sensing member is electrically connected to the input terminal to provide a voltage thereto. The light source is fixed in the main body and electrically connected to the output terminal. | 01-20-2011 |
| 20110018843 | WRITING DEVICE, DISPLAY SHEET, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A writing device for displaying an image on a display layer having a containing portion in which electrophoretic particles are contained, includes: a casing; a power supply provided in the casing; an electrode portion which is provided in the casing and is electrically connected to the power supply; and a conductive portion which is provided in the casing and is electrically connected to the power supply, wherein display of the image is performed by electrically connecting the electrode portion to the display layer so that the conductive portion is electrically connected to the display layer. | 01-27-2011 |
| 20110018844 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR INPUTTING DOCUMENT INFORMATION - Provided are document information input method and system. When a user writes a document by using an input pen at a working site, a position of the input pen used by the user is measured in real time and position information is transmitted through a wired or wireless communication network to a document information input apparatus. The document information input apparatus can input contents written by the user or figures or characters drawn by the user in a computerization system in real time, so that it is possible to improve work efficiency of document task. | 01-27-2011 |
| 20110025651 | POINTING DEVICE FOR USE ON AN INTERACTIVE SURFACE - A pointing device ( | 02-03-2011 |
| 20110043492 | INPUT DEVICE AND DISPLAY SYSTEM HAVING THE SAME - An input device capable of optically communicating with an electronic apparatus is provided. The input device includes a light source, a force sensor, and a controller. The force sensor is configured to sense a force applied to a tip of the input device and generate a first sensing signal corresponding to the sensed force. The controller is electrically connected to the light source and the force sensor, and configured to receive the first sensing signal and control the light source to generate light pulses in response to the first sensing signal according to a predefined protocol. | 02-24-2011 |
| 20110050651 | LED Stylus Pen - The present invention discloses structure improvement of an LED stylus pen, wherein a button is defined at topmost of the stylus pen. When a user pushes down the button and actuates the switch of the LED, and when the user uses the writing nib to touch the touch screen again, so as to power to an LED to emit light. | 03-03-2011 |
| 20110050652 | Flexible and portable multiple passive writing instruments detection system - A system, method and apparatus for converting writing on surface to digital signal for further processing. A specially designed object which is a very cost effective passive method, helps to identify true multiple passive writing instruments writing at the same time, and can works with most passive writing instruments including human finger, pen, stick, chopstick, laser pointer and any pen a-like objects as well as regular pens. Laser pointer light beam can be identified as a writing instrument and can function similarly as a mouse function or other functions. A reflection mirrors system makes the system flexible and adjustable to work with any existing writing area at any size and can be a true portable system. An additional light sub-system enhances the captured image at any ambient light condition. A laser sub-system helps for easier installation and setup. | 03-03-2011 |
| 20110050653 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - There is provided an information processing apparatus including a detection section which detects touch operation on a touch operation surface by the operating tool, an execution section which executes predetermined processing designated by the touch operation, a determination section which determines whether contact of the operating tool to the touch operation surface is maintained, and a display control section which causes a confirmation message for confirming whether to execute the predetermined processing to be displayed depending on a determination result of the determination section, and, when the determination section determines that the contact of the operating tool to the touch operation surface is maintained, the execution section executes the predetermined processing designated by the touch operation even without explicit confirmation processing being performed with respect to the confirmation message. | 03-03-2011 |
| 20110074740 | Digital tablet for battery-free wireless pointer device and power supply method of the digital tablet for battery-free wireless pointer device - A digital tablet for battery-free wireless pointer device and a power supply method of the digital tablet for battery-free wireless pointer device are related to a battery-free wireless pointer device and a digital tablet used in combination. The wireless pointer device includes a power supply circuit and an induction circuit. The digital tablet includes a signal processing circuit, a control circuit, a first antenna loop, and a plurality of second antenna loops. Here, the control circuit is adapted to selectively enable the second antenna loops. | 03-31-2011 |
| 20110074741 | STYLUS - A stylus is disclosed including a main barrel, a main body receiving the main barrel, a stylus cover covering the main body, and a sliding rod assembled to the main barrel. The main body is slidably assembled to the sliding rod to transfer between being latched inside the main barrel and being exposed out of the main barrel. | 03-31-2011 |
| 20110080377 | Virtual image feedback for input devices - A display screen above a signature tablet faces downwards, towards the signature tablet. A transparent plate is located at a height half way between the tablet and the screen. A user observing the tablet through the transparent plate also sees a reflection of the screen. The reflection of the screen, called a virtual image, appears to be in the same plane as the top surface of the tablet. As the user signs the tablet with a stylus, the virtual image of the resulting signature follows behind the stylus. The signature appears to be on the top surface of the tablet, coplanar with the stylus path, rather than within the tablet. This allows the system to better simulate a traditional pen-on-paper signature. Separating the components responsible for sensing the stylus tip location and displaying the signature also allows for the independent optimization of the sensing and display functions. | 04-07-2011 |
| 20110080378 | Eraser System - The present invention relates to an eraser system, and particularly relates to an independent eraser system for the digitizer coordinate system. The independent eraser system for the digital coordinate system is separated from the digitizer pen, and thus, the independent eraser system and the digitizer pen can be operated independently and simultaneously. The independent eraser system comprises an erasing function circuit and the erasing function circuit comprises a power supplier for providing the electric energy, an oscillating circuit for providing the electric signals and a converter for converting the electric signals into magnetic signals. | 04-07-2011 |
| 20110084942 | Data Processing Method and System with Multiple Input Units - Data processing method and system with multiple input units are disclosed. The method comprises the following steps. First of all, a plurality of antenna boards which are partially overlapped and form an integration antenna board with multiple regions are provided. Then signals from the antenna boards are processed through signal processing units corresponding to the antenna boards, and the processed signals are transmitted to an integration processing unit. Finally, the processed signals are integrated and processed via the integration processing unit and integrated signals of the integration antenna board are outputted. | 04-14-2011 |
| 20110090178 | Detecting method for pen-like optical input device with multiple optical components and optical input device thereof - A detecting method for a pen-like optical input device with multiple optical components includes the following steps. At least two optical components for emitting light rays respectively are first enabled. The optical components are disposed within a pen-like body of the optical input device respectively at different angle. Next, the optical components separately emit light rays to a working surface respectively, so as to obtain at least two corresponding reflected light rays. Then, optical signals of the reflected light rays are detected and compared with each other to obtain a preferred optical result. Then, according to the optical result, a most appropriate optical component is selected to be enabled continuously for operation. | 04-21-2011 |
| 20110090179 | Specific wavelength selecting method for optical input device and optical input device thereof - A specific wavelength selecting method for an optical input device includes the following steps. A light source for respectively emitting at least two light rays in different wavelength regions is first enabled. Next, the two light rays are projected to a working surface to obtain at least two corresponding reflected light rays. Then, optical signals of the reflected light rays are detected and compared to obtain a preferred optical result. Finally, a light ray in the most suitable wavelength region is selected and enabled according to the preferred optical result. | 04-21-2011 |
| 20110090180 | STYLUS AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE UTILIZING THE SAME - A stylus is used in an electronic device. The electronic device includes a navigation key. The stylus includes a barrel, a tip portion; and a connecting assembly. The tip portion can be detachably attached to an end of the barrel. The connecting assembly includes a main post and four resisting arms, and connects to the other end of the barrel, and the resisting arms are rotatably seated on the tip portion. When the stylus is used as a joystick, the resisting arms are rotated about 90° to form a cross shape, the tip portion is attached to the main post, and the resisting arms latch to the navigation key. The present disclosure further discloses an electronic device using the stylus. | 04-21-2011 |
| 20110090181 | SYSTEM WITH A STYLUS FOR OPERATING AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND A STORAGE DEVICE AND METHOD FOR ORIENTING A STYLUS - A system for operating an electronic device includes a storage device, a stylus having a projection, and a structure on an interior side of the storage device on which a projection slides such that when the stylus is inserted into the storage device, the stylus rotates relative to the storage device during insertion and is moved into a predetermined orientation among a group of predetermined orientations. | 04-21-2011 |
| 20110090182 | DIGITAL SIGNATURE COLLECTION AND AUTHENTICATION - A digital signature collection and authentication system includes an ink pen having an ultrasonic transmitter that transmits ultrasonic energy to a plurality of ultrasonic receivers. A computer triangulates the location of the pen versus time to generate the signature shape, and to generate velocity and acceleration data. The pen also includes a pressure sensitive tip to record pressure applied to the pen tip. The pen also includes a higher frequency burst transmitter useful to generate a time reference, and to transmit the pressure information. The computer packetizes the shape, velocity, acceleration, and pressure data with a time stamp and an IP address or phone number, encrypts the packet and sends it to a host computer for authentication. | 04-21-2011 |
| 20110096039 | TOUCH STYLUS FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A touch stylus includes a stylus tube, a stylus holder, and a retracting mechanism. The stylus tube includes a tip integrally formed on one end thereof. The stylus holder is retractably coupled to the stylus tube by the retracting mechanism so the stylus holder can be extended out of the stylus tube to improve the convenience of use of the touch stylus or retracted to improve the portability of the touch stylus. The retracting mechanism includes a guiding track defined in the stylus holder and a fixing pin retractably engaged with the guiding track and fixed to the stylus tube so the stylus holder is retractably coupled to the stylus tube. | 04-28-2011 |
| 20110096040 | DRAWING CONTROL DEVICE, LASER-LIGHT EMITTING SYSTEM, DRAWING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - A drawing control device includes: a fill-stroke generating unit that generates a fill stroke that includes a plurality of strokes that fill a drawing area; a shape-stroke generating unit that generates a shape stroke which is a stroke of a shape to be formed on the drawing area; a first detecting unit that detects an overlap portion where the fill stroke and the shape stroke overlap with each other; a modifying unit that removes the overlap portion from the fill stroke to modify the fill stroke to obtain a drawing stroke; a drawing-instruction generating unit that generates a drawing instruction for drawing each stroke in the drawing stroke; and a drawing control unit that controls a drawing device by using the drawing instruction to cause the drawing device to draw the drawing stroke on an object. | 04-28-2011 |
| 20110096041 | METHOD OF INTERACTING WITH PRINTED SUBSTRATE - A method of interacting with a printed substrate. The method includes the steps of: interacting with the printed substrate using an optically imaging pen having a nib; imaging a tag on the substrate to provide image data; identifying target elements in the image data and inferring a perspective transform using perspective distortion of the target elements due to a tilt of the pen; acquiring and decoding coded data contained in the imaged tag; calculating a nib position using a tag location, the perspective transform and a known geometry of pen optics; and communicating digital ink to a computer system. The digital ink identifies the nib position and the substrate identity such that the computer system can interpret the digital ink and perform an action in response to the interaction with the printed substrate. | 04-28-2011 |
| 20110096042 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DIGITAL PEN ASSEMBLY - A digital pen comprising a skeleton and a removable skin: the skeleton holding together in fixed relationship: an electric circuit; an acoustic transmitter, detached from said electric circuit, and configured to transmit acoustic signals; and a resilient holder, configured to mechanically press said electric circuit into electrical contact with said transmitter, so as to electrically connect said electric circuit and said transmitter; and the removable skin comprising a housing fitting over said skeleton. | 04-28-2011 |
| 20110096043 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DIGITAL PEN ASSEMBLY - A receiving unit for receiving an acoustic signal from a digital pen, comprises: at least two ultrasound receivers, for receiving ultrasound signals from the digital pen; an electric circuit connected to said ultrasound receivers, and configured to extract ultrasound signals received by said ultrasound receivers, to enable tracking a position of said pen, and a biased clip for holding paper in fixed relationship to said ultrasound receivers. The clip may be metal, and alignment and location features may be provided for fitting sheets of paper for writing. | 04-28-2011 |
| 20110096044 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DIGITAL PEN ASSEMBLY - A receiving unit for receiving an acoustic signal from a digital pen, comprises: a housing; at least two ultrasound receivers, for receiving ultrasound signals from the digital pen, the ultrasound receivers comprising electret microphones, the electret microphones being located in location holes in the housing; and an electric circuit connected to said electret microphones, to extract ultrasound signals received by the ultrasound receivers. An attachment device may removably attach the receiving unit to another item. | 04-28-2011 |
| 20110102379 | ELECTRONIC STYLUS WITH FORCE SENSING ARRANGEMENT - An electronic stylus including: an elongate body; a nib extending from one end of the elongate body; a load bearing member mounted to the elongate body for receiving an input force caused by contact on the nib, the load bearing member having a first protrusion with a rounded end; a coupling for transmitting the input force to the load bearing member, the coupling having a second protrusion extending centrally from a flange such that the distal end of the second protrusion engages the rounded end; circuitry for converting the input force into an output signal indicative of the input force; and a housing defining a recess for the circuitry. The rounded end of the first protrusion from the load bearing member extends proud of the recess for engaging the coupling. | 05-05-2011 |
| 20110109595 | Handwriting Regions Keyed to a Data Receptor - Embodiments include an article of manufacture, apparatus, device, system, computer-program product, and method. In an embodiment, an article of manufacture includes a writing surface having at least two regions that accept handwriting. Each region of the at least two regions that accept handwriting respectively includes a unique user-understandable identifier and a unique machine-distinguishable identifier keyed to a data receptor. | 05-12-2011 |
| 20110115751 | HAND-HELD INPUT DEVICE, SYSTEM COMPRISING THE INPUT DEVICE AND AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - The present invention relates to a hand-held input device for performing an input in an electronic device, a system comprising the input device and the electronic device and a method for controlling the same, which are particularly useful for performing an input operation in three-dimensional environments, to realize a 3D interface and help a user to operate the 3D interface. The input device to be held by a user for performing an input in an electronic device comprises an obtaining section operable to obtain a signal; a feedback section operable to provide feedback to said user by a physical change in said input device; and a controller adapted to control said feedback section to provide said feedback to be sensed by said user when said obtaining section obtains said signal. | 05-19-2011 |
| 20110115752 | TOUCH STYLUS - A touch stylus includes a first sleeve, a second sleeve, a stylus body, a first slide rod, and a second slide rod. The first sleeve defines a first assembling hole and the second sleeve defines a second assembling hole. The second sleeve is slidably received in the first assembling hole, the stylus body is slidably received in the second assembling hole. The first slide rod is secured with the first sleeve and slidably connects to the second sleeve. The second slide rod is secured with the second sleeve and slidably connects to the stylus body. | 05-19-2011 |
| 20110115753 | COIL, POSITION INDICATOR, POSITION DETECTING DEVICE, AND COIL WINDING METHOD - A position indicator for use in a pen tablet device includes a coil for emitting a position indicating signal. The coil includes: a first conductive wire wound from a distal end portion thereof to a proximal end portion thereof in a predetermined rotational direction; and a second conductive wire wound from a proximal end portion thereof to a distal end portion thereof in the predetermined rotational direction, wherein the first conductive wire and the second conductive wire are connected to each other at the proximal end portions thereof, and the wound first conductive wire and the wound second conductive wire are disposed alternately adjacent to each other. | 05-19-2011 |
| 20110134084 | TOUCH PANEL INPUT STYLUS - A touch panel input stylus comprises a casing, a lens, a shading member, and a light emitting element. The lens, the shading member, and the light emitting element are received in the casing. The shading member defines a stepped through aperture. The stepped through aperture includes a light through hole and a receiving hole having a greater diameter than the light through hole. A longitudinal positioning structure is provided in the receiving hole. The light emitting element is received and fixed in the receiving hole firmly by the longitudinal positioning structure. The longitudinal positioning structure is deformable. The light emitted from the light emitting element passes through the light through hole and then travels through the lens. | 06-09-2011 |
| 20110141067 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM AND ELECTRONIC PEN - An information processing system includes an electronic pen, a position detection unit configured to detect the position of a pen tip of the electronic pen and to acquire positional information indicating the position of the pen tip of the electronic pen, a modification ID storage unit configured to store a modification ID for identifying modification of the position indicated by the positional information, a modification ID updating unit configured to update the modification ID, and a reception device including a storage unit and a registration processing unit configured to register the modification ID stored by the modification ID storage unit and the positional information acquired by the position detection unit in the storage unit as associated information. | 06-16-2011 |
| 20110148824 | OPTICAL PEN - An optical pen having an extending tip is disclosed. The tip is located on the optical pen so as not to obstruct input light to the optical pen. The tip also provides tactile feedback to a user upon the tip contacting a viewing surface. | 06-23-2011 |
| 20110157100 | STYLUS FIXING ASSEMBLY AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE USING THE SAME - An electronic device includes a main body, a stylus and a stylus fixing assembly fixed on the main body for seating the stylus. The stylus fixing assembly includes a cover, a fixing element fixed on the cover, a guide element, a rotation element, a clasping element rotatably fixed on the cover, a first spring and a second spring. The fixing element includes three guide grooves and a convex stage disposed on the inner wall therein. The guide element includes several first teeth and three first guide ribs. The rotation element includes a cylindrical portion, a resisting portion, several second teeth and three second guide ribs. Two ends of the first spring are fixed on the sidewall of the cover and the resisting portion separately. Two ends of the second spring are connected with the cover and the clasping element. | 06-30-2011 |
| 20110157101 | ELECTRONIC WHITEBOARD SYSTEM - An electronic whiteboard system includes a projector, at least two image capture devices, an electronic whiteboard, a light pen and a processor. The light pen includes at least two light emitting members respectively emitting different wavelengths of light. The at two image capture devices detects the corresponding wavelengths of light and transmits an image signal to the processor. The processor is connected to the projector and the at least two image capture devices, and then directs the projector to project a colored marker onto the electronic whiteboard. A color of the colored marker is controlled by the light pen. | 06-30-2011 |
| 20110164000 | COMMUNICATING STYLUS - A stylus for writing on any type of surface, such as a piece of paper or a whiteboard and subsequently displaying the written images or text on a display of a digital computing device. The stylus may likewise be moved in three-dimensional space and corresponding images displayed on a display of a computing device. The stylus tracks its different positions while a user is writing or drawing and then either stores the data to be uploaded later or transmits the data simultaneously to a computing device. The computing device then displays the images and text drawn on the surface. The computing device may be located anywhere, as long as it is able to communicate with the stylus, and be able to display the written text or images. | 07-07-2011 |
| 20110164001 | MULTI-FUNCTIONAL PEN AND METHOD FOR USING MULTI-FUNCTIONAL PEN - A multi-functional pen apparatus and a method for using the multi-functional pen are provided. The method includes switching an operation mode of the multi-functional pen to a pen mode according to a predetermined key input; receiving pen data in the switched pen mode; and transmitting the pen data to a portable terminal, wherein the portable terminal transmits a call based on the transmitted pen data. | 07-07-2011 |
| 20110169784 | STYLUS RETAINING MECHANISM FOR PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A stylus retaining mechanism for portable electronic device includes a main body, a latching portion, and an elastic member. The main body defines an opening and a receiving chamber communicating with the opening. The latching portion is positioned at one side of the receiving chamber spaced from the opening. The elastic member is fixed in the receiving chamber adjacent to the opening. The stylus is received in the receiving chamber. The elastic member prevents the stylus from separating from the main body when the stylus is disengaged from the latching portion. | 07-14-2011 |
| 20110169785 | OPTICALLY IMAGING PEN FOR CAPTURING CONTINUOUS NIB FORCE DATA IN RESPONSE TO CONTROL DATA - An optically imaging pen for sensing a position relative to a surface. The pen includes a nib for interacting with a surface; a force sensor coupled to the nib, an image sensor and a processor. The pen is configured for imaging data portions on the surface; determining if the image data portion contains control data; generating digital ink indicative of a position of the nib relative to the surface; and generating force data as continuous nib force readings only if the imaged data portion contains the control data. | 07-14-2011 |
| 20110175854 | ELECTROMAGNETIC POINTER - An electromagnetic pointer is disclosed. The electromagnetic pointer comprises a pen holder assembly, a circuit board, a metal rod, a ferrite core with coils and a trigger device. The diameter of the pen holder assembly is less than 6 mm. The circuit board comprises a resonance circuit. The metal rod has a low permeability. The ferrite core with coil constitutes an inductor and the coil electrically connects to the circuit board through a conductive wire to complete the resonance circuit. The ferrite core has a hollow center so that the metal rod can move through to trigger the trigger device and change electric properties of the resonance circuit. | 07-21-2011 |
| 20110175855 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD THEREOF - A display apparatus is provided that includes a user interface unit which displays a content, a storage unit which stores a scribble pattern, and a control unit which, if a scribble is inputted according to the stored scribble pattern, sets a content area corresponding to a spot where the scribble is inputted and stores the set content area to the storage unit, making it possible to more efficiently manage the content. | 07-21-2011 |
| 20110181554 | STYLUS - A stylus comprises a housing, a stylus body and a sliding enabling member. The slide enabling member slideably coupling the stylus body to the housing so the stylus body can slide relative to the housing from a retracted configuration to an extending configuration. The slide enabling member includes a sliding pin and two tracks engaging the sliding pin, the sliding pin is positioned on a sliding element located in the receptacle of the housing, and the tracks are two guiding grooves defined in a guiding element located in the chamber of the stylus body, the sliding pin slides in the tracks when the stylus body slides relative to the housing between the retracted configuration and the extended configuration. | 07-28-2011 |
| 20110181555 | STYLUS - A stylus comprises a housing, a stylus body and a retaining structure. The housing has a receptacle defined therethrough. The retaining structure is configured to provide a mechanism for the stylus body to latch in the receptacle of the housing. The retaining structure includes a set of retaining members and a set of retaining slots that engage the retaining members. | 07-28-2011 |
| 20110187680 | Device to aid in texting on a cell phone - The invention represents a device which is used on one or more fingers when texting on a cell phone having small or tiny keys. The device consists of a U-shaped rings having its ends back bent to act as pressure points when the U-shaped ring is placed on a finger. The device at its apex and on the outside has a protrusion or a knob thereon which is instrumental to touch the small keys. When the device is placed on a finger the knob is located against the flesh of the finger under the finger nail. The knob or protrusion can represent an ornamental design to enhance the appearance of a hand when the device is placed on a finger with the nob pointing outwardly when the device is not in use. | 08-04-2011 |
| 20110193825 | Electromagnetic Inductive System with Multi-Signals and Processing Method for Multi-Signal - The present invention relates to an electromagnetic inductive system with multi-signals and processing method for multi-signals, and particularly relates to an electromagnetic inductive system capable of identifying frequencies with multi-signals and method capable of identifying frequencies by applying processing method for multi-signals. In the electromagnetic inductive system of the present invention, a position calculating circuit and a pressure calculating circuit are integrated into a multi-signals process circuit. Therefore, the elements and the cost of the electromagnetic inductive system are reduced. Furthermore, it is not necessary to calculate the pressure accurately because the processing method for multi-signals is applied for calculating pressure and selecting functions. Therefore, the method for calculating pressure and selecting functions are simplified and improved. | 08-11-2011 |
| 20110193826 | STYLUS - A stylus comprises a housing, a stylus body and a shaft. The housing has a receptacle defined therethrough. The stylus body assembly is slidably and non-rotatably accommodated in the receptacle of the housing, the stylus body assembly includes a threaded hole defined therethrough. The shaft rotatably passes through the housing, the shaft includes a threaded portion engaging with the threaded hole such that rotation of the shaft relative to the housing causes the stylus body assembly to slide relative to the housing to extend out or retract into the housing. | 08-11-2011 |
| 20110193827 | STYLUS - A stylus comprises a housing has a receptacle defined therethrough, a tip body slidably accommodated in the receptacle, a slide enabling member and a cap assembly. The tip body includes a body. The slide enabling member includes the body of the tip body and a guiding hole slidably engaging with the body, the guiding hole is defined in the housing, when the tip body is accommodated in the receptacle, the body passes through the guiding hole. The cap assembly is releasably latched to the tip body and the housing. The latching force between the tip body and the cap assembly is larger than a latching force between the cap assembly and the housing, so when an external force is exerted on the cap assembly to remove the cap assembly away from the tip body, the cap assembly is separated from the housing but the cap assembly is firmly latched on the tip body. | 08-11-2011 |
| 20110193828 | TELESCOPING STYLUS FOR PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A stylus includes a housing, a core, a pole and a positioning member. The core is slidably received in the housing. The pole is secured in the housing. The pole includes a first ring groove and a second ring groove. The positioning member is mounted to the core. A plurality of arcuate portions is formed on the positioning member. The arcuate portions are selectably engaged in the first ring groove and the second ring groove to position the stylus at different positions. | 08-11-2011 |
| 20110199343 | METHOD FOR GENERATING AND AUTOMATICALLY SENDING A HANDWRITTEN ELECTRONIC MESSAGE - A method for generating and automatically sending an electronic message handwritten on a writing substrate to a manually designated addressee, wherein the user takes the writing instrument from its storage holder, uses it to handwrite the message in a writing zone of the paper, manually selects before or after writing of the message, by means of the writing instrument, at least one box for identification of the addressee, the session ending with replacement of the writing instrument in its storage holder, which initiates the automatic sending process. | 08-18-2011 |
| 20110205190 | KEYPAD RING - The keypad ring is configured to be worn on one's thumb to facilitate touching or striking keys on a miniature keypad, miniature keyboard, or other miniaturized data input mechanism of a handheld electronic machine, such as a smart phone, cell phone, media player, or the like. The ring fits over the distal phalange of a user's thumb, the ring having an elongate cylindrical stem extending obliquely therefrom. When the keypad ring is attached to the user's thumb, the user can move the thumb to strike the miniature handheld device keys of the miniature keyboard with the tip of the stem portion of the keypad ring. The keypad ring can be made of materials including, but not limited to, rubber or thermoplastic materials. | 08-25-2011 |
| 20110205191 | ELECTROMAGNETIC SENSING DEVICE HAVING MULTI-POINT TOUCH FUNCTION - An electromagnetic sensing device having a multi-point touch function comprises electromagnetic pens ( | 08-25-2011 |
| 20110210948 | STYLUS - A stylus comprises a stylus barrel, a connecting element and a stylus body. The stylus barrel has a receptacle defined therethrough. The connecting element is fixed to one end of the stylus barrel. The stylus body is retractably and slidably coupled to the stylus barrel. The stylus body is configured to be optionally supported by the connecting element in an extended state or locked to the opposite end of the stylus barrel in a retracted state with the stylus body received within the receptacle of the stylus barrel. | 09-01-2011 |
| 20110216044 | HOLDING DEVICE FOR STYLUS AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE UTILIZING THE SAME - A stylus comprises an annular groove. A holding device for the stylus comprises a hollow tube having a number of first spring tabs. Each first spring tab comprises a prong. The prongs are configured for engaging with the annular groove to hold the stylus in position. An ejecting member is fixed within the hollow tube and configured to apply a spring force to the stylus. When the stylus is pushed inward, the ejecting member is pushed by the stylus and is able to deform to store enough energy to overcome engagement between the prongs and the annular groove when released. | 09-08-2011 |
| 20110221709 | Electrically Conductive Accessory System for Non-Electrically Conductive Glove - This invention is directed to an accessory system including an outer touch component and inner locking component that transmits user inputs an electronic device through a conductive material. | 09-15-2011 |
| 20110221710 | STYLUS - An exemplary stylus includes a barrel, two slide mechanisms, two housings and a head. The two housings are slidably coupled to the barrel by the two slide mechanisms. The head is attached to an outer end of one of the housings, and configured to contact a touch screen of an electronic device. The two housings cooperatively surround the barrel when the stylus is in a retracted position, and are slidable along two opposite directions to elongate the stylus. | 09-15-2011 |
| 20110221711 | STYLUS HOLDING MECHANISM AND PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE UTILIZING THE SAME - A stylus holding mechanism includes a housing, a positioning mechanism and a stylus. The housing defines a receiving space. The positioning mechanism includes a block and a spring. The block forms a projection, and the spring provides elastic force on the block. The stylus is received in the receiving space. The stylus defines a groove, and the projection is received in the groove for releasably locking the stylus. | 09-15-2011 |
| 20110221712 | TELESCOPING STYLUS FOR PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A telescoping stylus includes a housing, a nib portion, a stopper member, a first sleeve, a shank member and a second sleeve. The nib portion is attached to one end of the housing. The stopper member is attached to another end of the housing. The shank member is slidably received in the first sleeve. The second sleeve receives the first sleeve and the shank member, and the shank member is fixed to the second sleeve. The second sleeve is releasably positioned in the housing, and abuts the stopper member. | 09-15-2011 |
| 20110227880 | TELESCOPING STYLUS FOR PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A telescoping stylus includes a housing, a first stopper member, a second member, and a core member. The first stopper member is attached to one end of the housing. The second stopper member is attached to another end of the housing. The core member is slidably received in the housing. The core member selectively engages with the first stopper member or the second member to be positioned in the housing. | 09-22-2011 |
| 20110227881 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, PROGRAM, RECORDING MEDIUM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM - There is provided an information processing device which includes a receiving unit which receives handwriting data of an electronic pen accompanied by attribute information added by a user; a recognizing unit which recognizes a character string or a graphic from the handwriting data accompanied by the attribute information and associates the attribute information accompanying the handwriting data with the character string or the graphic; a search unit which searches for user-desired information on the basis of the character string or the graphic and the attribute information associated with the character string or the graphic; a converting unit which converts the user-desired information to display data; and a display unit which displays the display data. | 09-22-2011 |
| 20110227882 | SENSING DEVICE FOR SENSING CODED DATA ON SURFACE - A sensing device for sensing coded data on a surface is provided having marking and non-marking nibs for contact with the surface, a selection mechanism for moving the nibs relative to each other to select which nib contacts the surface, an image sensor for sensing the coded data, memory for storing respective identities of the nibs, and a processor for identifying the selected nib from the stored nib identities and processing the sensed coded data. The coded data is encoded in coded tags printed across the surface and indicates the position of that tag on the surface and an identity of the surface which is associated with a digital description of the surface maintained by a processing device. The processor determines an orientation and a position of the sensing device relative to the surface from the sensed coded data and the digital description. | 09-22-2011 |
| 20110234546 | STYLUS - A stylus comprises a housing, a stylus body, a latching element and a shell. The housing has a receptacle defined therethrough. The stylus body is accommodated in the receptacle and located at one end of the housing. The stylus body has two opposite arms located at one end thereof, each arm has a protrusion protruding therefrom. The latching element is mounted in the receptacle and is located at another end of the housing opposite to the stylus body. The latching element has two opposite latching cantilever and each cantilever having a rib protruding therefrom. The shell is slidably accommodated in the receptacle and has two opposite latching slots defined therein. The latching slots latch with the protrusions to hold the stylus in a retracted state, and the latching slots latch with the ribs to hold the stylus in an extended state. | 09-29-2011 |
| 20110234547 | STYLUS - A stylus comprises a housing, a stylus body, a pin, a shell and a latching element. The housing has a receptacle defined therethrough. The stylus body is accommodated in the receptacle. The pin transversely passes through the stylus body and the housing to retain the stylus body to the housing. The shell is slidably accommodated in the receptacle, the shell has a first stopping hole defined at one end thereof and a protrusion located adjacent to the first stopping hole, the first stopping hole is used for latch with the pin to hold stylus in a retracted state. The latching element is mounted in the receptacle and spaced apart from the stylus body, the latching element having a latching cantilever having a second stopping hole defined therethrough, the second stopping hole being used for latching with the protrusion to hold the stylus in an extended state. | 09-29-2011 |
| 20110234548 | STYLUS - A stylus comprises a housing, a stylus body, a shell and a latching element. The housing has a receptacle and a sliding pin. The stylus body is accommodated in the housing, the stylus body has a track and engaging the sliding pin so the stylus body can slide relative to the housing, the stylus body further has a compartment. The shell is slidably accommodated in the compartment, the shell has a first stopping hole and a protrusion located adjacent to the first stopping hole, the first stopping hole is used for latching with the sliding pin to hold the stylus in a retracted state. The latching element is mounted in the receptacle and located near the stylus body, the latching element has a latching cantilever having a second stopping hole defined therethrough, the second stopping hole latches with the protrusion to hold the stylus in an extended state. | 09-29-2011 |
| 20110234549 | HANDWRITING DATA GENERATING SYSTEM, HANDWRITING DATA GENERATING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - A handwriting data generating system includes: a handwriting device that is used to handwrite information on a display surface on which an image is displayed; and a handwriting data generating device that generates handwriting data for displaying the handwriting of the handwritten information on the display surface, wherein the handwriting device includes a signal transmitting unit that transmits a signal indicating at least one of a position and a condition of the handwriting device, and the handwriting data generating device includes: a handwriting data generating unit that generates the handwriting data; and a handwriting data changing unit that changes the handwriting data so as to display the handwriting on the display surface in a different display format depending on details of the signal. | 09-29-2011 |
| 20110242060 | INTERACTIVE INPUT SYSTEM AND INFORMATION INPUT METHOD THEREFOR - An interactive input system comprises at least one imaging assembly having a field of view looking into a region of interest and capturing image frames and processing structure in communication with the at least one imaging assembly. When a pointer exists in captured image frames, the processing structure demodulates the captured image frames to determine frequency components thereof and examines the frequency components to determine at least one attribute of the pointer. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20110242061 | STYLUS - A stylus includes a stylus barrel, a electrically conductive stylus head connecting to the stylus barrel, a rod assembly and a shaft. The rod assembly includes a swing block and an elastic member connecting the end of the swing block. The rod assembly is assembled in stylus barrel, the shaft is secured on the stylus barrel and passes through the swing block, making the swing block enable to tilt about the shaft, an end of the stylus head rotatably connects the other end of the swing block relative to the elastic member, the other end of the stylus head exposed to the stylus barrel, the elastic member provides an elastic force to cause the stylus head return to the original position after the stylus is moved into a tilted position. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20110242062 | STYLUS AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - The present disclosure relates to a stylus and a method of manufacturing the same. The stylus is configured to select one of plural pieces of content installed in advance in a communication terminal and indicate an associated operation of the selected piece of content to be performed by touching the selected piece of content with the stylus. The stylus includes a non-conductive elastic pen tip and a protective cap made of a conductive fiber material and covering a convex upper portion of the pen tip to protect the convex upper portion of the pen tip in order to prevent activation of an undesired icon through minimization of any possible recognition failure upon selection of an icon among various icons displayed on a touch screen of a communication terminal Further, the method provides a stylus which includes a non-conductive elastic pen tip and a protective cap made of a conductive fiber material and protecting the pen tip to minimize scratches, which can be formed on a touch screen by the stylus in the case of repeated selection of various icons displayed on the touch screen of a communication terminal. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20110242063 | Pen-like optical input device - A pen-like optical input device includes a body. A light source, a light sensing unit and a lens are disposed in the body, a light ray is emitted by the light source to the outside of the body, and a reflected light ray is generated outside the body. The reflected light ray then is received by the light sensing unit after being refracted by the lens, in which the light sensing unit has a light receiving surface, and a normal of the light receiving surface inclines to an optical axis of the lens, thereby forming an angle with the optical axis. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20110248964 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR HAND MOTION DETECTION AND HAND MOTION TRACKING GENERALLY - Apparatus and method for hand motion tracking including a hand-held device including at least one accelerometer providing an acceleration indicating output, computation circuitry receiving the acceleration indicating output and providing a non-user specific output and a hand motion tracker receiving the non-user specific output and providing a tracking output indication. | 10-13-2011 |
| 20110254813 | POINTING DEVICE, GRAPHIC INTERFACE AND PROCESS IMPLEMENTING THE SAID DEVICE - A graphical interface pointing device comprising an optical assembly, image detection means, control and/or monitoring means, data transceiver means, feeding means and a central processing unit, a process for implementing said device, and a system implementing said method and device. | 10-20-2011 |
| 20110261022 | STYLUS - An exemplary stylus includes a housing, a stylus body, a latching element and an elastic element. The housing has a receptacle defined therethrough. The stylus body is rotatably assembled to the receptacle. The latching element is slidably accommodated in the receptacle, the latching element is configured for interacting with the stylus body so that the stylus body rotates relative to the housing about an axis and the latching element moves linearly along another axis. The elastic element is resisted between the housing and the latching element, the elastic element is used for accumulating an elastic force with rotation of the stylus body relative to the housing and the movement of the latching element. | 10-27-2011 |
| 20110261023 | STYLUS - A stylus comprises a shell, a stylus body and at least one stopping member. The shell has a compartment defined therethrough, the shell further has at least one first stopping hole and at least one second stopping hole defined in an inner surface thereof and adjacent to the first stopping hole. The stylus body is accommodated in the compartment and is capable of tilting relative to the shell. The at least one stopping member is retractably mounted to the stylus body, each stopping member is configured for selectively resisted one first stopping hole and one second stopping hole with the tilting of the stylus body relative to the shell so as to orient the stylus body in a retracted state or in a tilted state. | 10-27-2011 |
| 20110261024 | STYLUS - A stylus comprises a housing, an axle, a follower, a connecting rod, a stylus body and a pin. The housing has a receptacle and a guiding groove. The axle is rotatably mounted in the receptacle and a threaded portion formed thereon. The follower includes a main body, a nut screwed on the threaded portion and a guiding block slidably located in the guiding groove. The connecting rod is accommodated in the receptacle, the connecting rod defines a sliding groove. The stylus body has a body, a head and an pin hole aligned with the sliding groove. The pin is located in the housing. The pin is inserted in the pin hole and the sliding groove so the connecting rod and a second body end are hinged in the housing; a first connecting rod end is hinged near the center of the stylus body, the second connecting rod end is hinged to another side of the follower opposite to the nut. | 10-27-2011 |
| 20110261025 | STYLUS - A stylus comprises a housing, a stylus body and an elastic element. The housing has a receptacle longitudinally defined therethrough. The stylus body is hinged to housing and located in the receptacle. The elastic element is located between the housing and the stylus body. When the stylus body rotates relative to the housing from a retracted state to a tilted state, the elastic element is compressed and accumulate elastic force for restore the stylus to the retracted state. | 10-27-2011 |
| 20110261026 | STYLUS FOR CELLULAR PHONE - The present invention is to protect a pen tip by covering the pen tip of a touch pen used to input data on a touch screen or a touch panel with a conductive or nonconductive cap. A stylus for a cellular phone according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes: a pen tip for a touch pen including a connection groove into which a stick-type pen body is fitted and a void for restoring the shape of the pen tip by elastic force at the time of touching the touch screen; a thin-film type protective cap covering the pen tip; and a pointer of which one end is connected to the pen body and the other end is fitted into the connection groove of the pen tip and preventing the pen tip from being transformed due to excessive elastic force. | 10-27-2011 |
| 20110267318 | DYNAMIC RESISTANCE CONTROL OF A STYLUS - Dynamic resistance control of a stylus is described. In implementations, a stylus includes a housing configured to be grasped by a user. A roller ball is captured in a socket of the housing to provide rolling movement of the roller ball across a surface of a computing device and to provide one or more inputs to the computing device. A resistance adjustment module is also disposed within the housing to dynamically adjust resistance applied to the rolling movement of the roller ball. | 11-03-2011 |
| 20110273406 | Texting ring for operating the keys of keypads of cell phones and hand-held communication devices - A texting ring with attached extension arm is provided for texting messages on the key pads of a hand-held communication device. The extension arm has its proximal end attached to a ring member and its distal end extending over the key pad of the texting device. The extension arm can be pivotally attached to the ring and its proximal end and is pivotable to more than one angular position for convenience of use of texting over different keys of the key pad during texting. | 11-10-2011 |
| 20110279415 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR IMPLEMENTING A USER INTERFACE FOR A DEVICE EMPLOYING WRITTEN GRAPHICAL ELEMENTS - A method and system for implementing a user interface for a device through user created graphical elements. The method includes recognizing a graphical element icon created by a user. Once recognized, a function related to the graphical element icon is accessed and an output in accordance with the function is provided. The function is persistently associated with the graphical element icon. Menu selection and navigation is implemented through interaction with the graphic element icon. A listing of options associated with the graphical element icon is audibly rendered. In response to a selection of one of the options, the selected option is invoked. | 11-17-2011 |
| 20110279416 | ELECTROMAGNETIC STYLUS WITH AUTO-SWITCHING - An electromagnetic stylus includes a body, a core and an induction coil. The body includes a first shell and a second shell telescopically sleeved on the first shell. The core is received in and has a nib end extending out of the first shell. The induction coil is sleeved on one end of the core and is received in the first shell. The first shell is made of material without electromagnetic wave shielding capability. The second shell is made of material with electromagnetic wave shielding capability. The second shell is configured to slide along the first shell between two positions, to shield or not to shield part of the induction coil. | 11-17-2011 |
| 20110285670 | STYLUS PEN - A stylus pen includes a penholder and a pen tip connected to the penholder. The pen tip includes a first pen tip and a second pen tip. A first contact surface and a second contact surface are respectively defined in one end of the first pen tip and the second pen tip, and both are substantially parallel to each other. A cavity is defined in the second pen tip, in which the first pen tip is slidably received. An elastic member is arranged in the cavity to provide an elastic force to the first pen tip to cause the first pen tip to extend out of the cavity. When the pen tip is pressed, the elastic member is compressed to allow the first pen tip to retract into the cavity, allowing the first contact surface and the second contact surface to be flush with each other. | 11-24-2011 |
| 20110285671 | STYLUS AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - This invention provides a stylus and an electronic device. The electronic device includes a stylus and a main body. The main body includes a display screen and at least one sensing element. The stylus is detachably connected with the main body. The stylus includes a penholder and a movable element. The movable element is disposed at the penholder and allowed to pivot around or slide along the penholder which is used as an axis. The sensing element senses the pivoting or sliding of the movable element to generate a control signal. The main body controls a display frame of the display screen according to the control signal. | 11-24-2011 |
| 20110285672 | POINTING DEVICE AND DISPLAY APPARATUS - A pointing device and a display apparatus applying the same are provided. The pointing device corrects an error that occurs in a boundary between block in calculating a current location of the pointing device and calculates the current location. Accordingly, an error occurring in a boundary between blocks in calculating a current location of the pointing device is prevented. | 11-24-2011 |
| 20110291998 | Calibrating a Digital Stylus - A method for calibrating a digital stylus comprising imaging a portion of a calibration pattern area of a data encoding pattern using an imaging module of the stylus in order to generate calibration data representing an error in alignment for the stylus, and using the calibration data to adjust subsequent measurements from the stylus in order to compensate for the error. | 12-01-2011 |
| 20110291999 | STYLUS - A stylus includes a housing, a stylus body and a first rotating member. The stylus body includes a tip. The first rotating member is coupled between the housing and the stylus body so the stylus body rotatably engages with the housing. The tip moves from one side of the first rotating member to another side of the first rotating member, when the stylus body rotates relative to the housing. | 12-01-2011 |
| 20110292000 | STYLUS - A stylus includes a housing, a stylus body including a tip, a pen including a head, a first rotating member and a second rotating member. The first rotating member is coupled between the housing and the stylus body so the stylus body rotatably engages with the housing. The second rotating member is coupled between the housing and the pen so the pen rotatably engages with the housing. When the stylus body rotates relative to the housing, the tip moves from a first side of the first rotating member to a second side of the first rotating member opposite to the first side of the first rotating member; when the pen rotates relative to the housing, the head moves from a first side of the second rotating member to a second side of the second rotating member opposite to the first side of the second rotating member. | 12-01-2011 |
| 20110292001 | STYLUS RETAINING MECHANISM FOR PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A stylus retaining mechanism for portable electronic device includes a housing, a button assembly and a rejection assembly. The housing defines a receiving chamber to receive a stylus. The button assembly attached to the housing includes a button and a first elastic member. One end of the first elastic member is attached to the housing, and the another end resists the button. The button includes a locking portion to engage with a latching portion of the stylus. The ejection assembly is attached to the housing. The ejection assembly contacts with one end of the stylus and pushes the stylus out when the stylus is disengaged from the locking portion. | 12-01-2011 |
| 20110292002 | STYLUS RETAINING MECHANISM FOR PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A stylus retaining mechanism is configured for retaining a stylus to a housing. The stylus includes a latching portion. The stylus retaining mechanism includes a locking assembly. The housing includes a fixing portion, an opening and a receiving chamber communicating with the opening. The receiving chamber is configured to receive a stylus, the housing including. The locking assembly is attached to the fixing portion. The locking assembly includes a locking member and an elastic member. One end of the elastic member is attached to the fixing portion, and the other end resists the locking member. The locking member includes a protrusion to engage with a latching portion of the stylus. | 12-01-2011 |
| 20110292003 | STYLUS - A stylus includes a stylus member including a first housing defining a first receptacle; a stylus body assembly slidably and non-rotatably accommodated in the first receptacle. The stylus body assembly including a first threaded hole, and a pen member including a second housing defining a second receptacle, a pen assembly slidably and non-rotatably accommodated in the second receptacle. The pen assembly defining a second threaded hole therethrough; and a shaft including a first threaded portion engaging with the first threaded hole and a second threaded portion engaging with the second threaded hole so rotation of the shaft relative to the first housing and the second housing causes the stylus body assembly to extend into or retract from the first housing and the second housing respectively. | 12-01-2011 |
| 20110298760 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR WRITING ON AND USING ELECTRONIC PAPER - Embodiments of the present invention are directed to systems and methods for writing on electronic paper (“e-paper”) and display platforms implemented with e-paper. In one aspect, a system for writing information to electronic paper includes a writing module and an erasing unit connected to the writing module. The erasing unit is configured to erase information stored in the electronic paper. The system also includes a writing unit connected to the writing module and is configured to write information to the electronic paper. Information is written to the electronic paper by orienting the writing module so that the electronic paper passes the erasing unit prior to passing the writing unit. | 12-08-2011 |
| 20110310065 | STYLUS RETAINING MECHANISM FOR PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A stylus retaining mechanism for portable electronic device includes a housing and a locking assembly. The housing includes a fixing portion, an opening and a receiving chamber communicating with the opening. The receiving chamber is configured to receive a stylus, the housing included. The locking assembly is attached to the fixing portion, and includes a button and an elastic member. The button defines a passage to allow the stylus to extend through and slide along a landscape orientation of the stylus. A protrusion is formed in the passage. The stylus is locked in the stylus retaining mechanism by engagement between the latching portion and the protrusion. The latching portion is disengaged from the protrusion when the button is depressed. | 12-22-2011 |
| 20110310066 | DIGITAL PEN - A digital pen, which comprises an ink cartridge with a writing tip for marking a surface; a camera system for capturing images of the surface in order to digitally record pen strokes formed on the surface, and a detachable cap to be placed at a writing end of the digital pen, is selectively operable as a non-marking pen with the cap placed at the writing end or as a marking pen without the cap placed at the writing end and configured to digitally record pen strokes both when operated as a non-marking pen and as a marking pen. | 12-22-2011 |
| 20110316815 | TOUCH SCREEN PEN FOR CAPACITIVE TYPE TOUCH SCREEN - The screen touch pen used for inputting commands to a capacitive type touch screen, comprising a pen-tip having a first portion and a second portion along an axial direction, the first portion of the pen-tip being exposed for inputting commands to the capacitive type touch screen, wherein a portion of the pen-tip contacting with the capacitive type touch screen is made of an electrically-conductive fabric. | 12-29-2011 |
| 20120007838 | SENSING DEVICE FOR SENSING SURFACE REGIONS - A sensing device is provided for sensing data encoded on a surface. The device has a region identity sensor and a transmitter. The region identity sensor senses region identity data of the coded data when the sensing device is positioned or moved relative to a region of the surface. The region identity data is indicative of an identity of the region. The transmitter transmits the sensed region identity data to a computer system. | 01-12-2012 |
| 20120013578 | PEN-SHAPED POINTING DEVICE AND SHIFT CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A shift control method is used with a pen-shaped pointing device and a controlled device. Firstly, shift information, tilt angle information and rotating angle information in response to a configuration change of the pointing device relative to a supporting plane are sensed. Then, a shift estimation operation is performed by the controlled device according to the shift information, the tilt angle information and the rotating angle information, thereby acquiring a position-compensating data. If the pointing device is in contact with the supporting plane, a moving trajectory of the pointing device displayed by the controlled device is adjusted according to the position-compensating data. | 01-19-2012 |
| 20120019487 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - There are provided an electronic device that enables a user to perform handwriting input in one-subject display of a content and to call, from an item, a one-subject display screen of the item to which handwriting is added, and a control method of the electronic device. Electronic device includes input keys, a touch panel, a display, a ROM storing a content database, a hard disk, and a CPU. Display is a sensor-incorporated display that can accept the handwriting input. CPU searches the item from content database, based on an instruction. CPU displays an item display screen based on the searched item on display. CPU displays, on display, handwritten expression corresponding to the handwriting input so as to superimpose the same on the item display screen. CPU stores the handwritten expression in hard disk as handwritten memo data. When the item is selected, based on the instruction, CPU displays, on display, a screen in which the item display screen corresponding to the selected item, and the handwritten expression stored in the storage are superimposed. | 01-26-2012 |
| 20120019488 | STYLUS FOR A TOUCHSCREEN DISPLAY - Embodiments of the present invention disclose a stylus | 01-26-2012 |
| 20120044214 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE ACCESSORY AND METHOD OF PROVIDING THE SAME - Some embodiments include an electronic device accessory. Other embodiments of related electronic device accessories and methods of providing the same are disclosed. | 02-23-2012 |
| 20120062520 | STYLUS MODES - Stylus modes are described. In implementations, one or more sensors of a stylus are used to detect that contact with a user has ceased. A battery-conservation mode is entered by the stylus responsive to the use of the sensors. | 03-15-2012 |
| 20120062521 | ACTIVE STYLUS - An active stylus used in a mutual capacitive touch screen system is described. In one aspect, the active stylus includes a shielding unit formed to shield an electric field that forms a closed loop between input and output units of the active stylus, thereby overcoming of oscillation or a decrease in amplitude. | 03-15-2012 |
| 20120068975 | ELECTROMAGNETIC PEN, ELECTROMAGNETIC SIGNAL TRANSMISSION METHOD AND PROCESSING METHOD, APPARATUS AND DEVICE - An electromagnetic pen, an electromagnetic signal transmission method and an electromagnetic signal processing method, a processing device and a processing apparatus comprises: a reference inductance and a reference capacitor, connected with each other in parallel in a housing of the electromagnetic pen and configured to transmit an electromagnetic signal in a handwritten frequency; a control capacitor, connected with the reference capacitor in parallel and controlled by a control switch connected in series so as to transmit an electromagnetic signal in a control frequency. The processing device comprises: a receiving identification module, configured to receive the electromagnetic signal transmitted by the electromagnetic pen and identify a frequency of the electromagnetic signal; a handwritten input module, configured to input a handwritten symbol when the identified frequency is within a range of the handwritten frequency; and a control input module, configured to input a control signal. | 03-22-2012 |
| 20120075258 | HANDWRITING PEN - A handwriting pen is disclosed. The handwriting pen comprises of a pen barrel | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120086674 | TOUCH SCREEN OPERATING PEN - A touch screen operating pen, by inserting a pen rubber supporter supporting the inside in the pen rubber section which touches and drags the touch panel/screen, which prevents the pen rubber section from being slipped to one side direction when the pen rubber section drags on the touch screen, and by securing a wider area where the pen rubber section contacts with the touch screen, which can touch and drag the touch panel/screen with a small power, and can effectively perform the touch and drag action while the pen rubber section contacts with the touch panel/screen. In addition, by interposing the plate spring having elastic force between the touch pen body and the pen rubber section which touches the touch panel/screen, it improves the click feeling and greatly raises the success rates of touch and click. Furthermore it can be used with the removable antenna or the constant pressure type touch pen. | 04-12-2012 |
| 20120086675 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DIGITAL PEN ASSEMBLY - A digital pen comprising: an electric circuit, an acoustic transmitter, detached from the electric circuit, and configured to transmit acoustic signals, and a resilient holder, configured to mechanically press the electric circuit into electrical contact with the transmitter, so as to electrically connect the electric circuit and the transmitter. | 04-12-2012 |
| 20120092303 | COMPUTING DEVICE WITH STYLUS HAVING A DEFORMABLE ELASTIC FIXING DEVICE - A stylus used in a computing device includes an elongated shaft, a tip, and a fixing device attached to the elongated shaft. The fixing device is designed to interact with a protrusion on the interior surface of a storage hole of a computing device where the stylus is to be stored. The fixing device can be formed of a deformable elastic material such as a memory foam. As the stylus is inserted into the storage hole of the computing device, the material of the fixing device deforms as it passes the fixing protrusion on the interior surface of the storage hole. Once the fixing device has been inserted past the protrusion, the elastic material of the fixing device resumes its original shape so that it will interfere with the protrusion to prevent the stylus from being accidentally removed from the storage hole. | 04-19-2012 |
| 20120092304 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INPUTING USER COMMANDS TO A PROCESSOR - Provided is a system for inputting operation system (OS) commands to a data processing device. The system includes a video camera that captures images of a viewing space. A processor detects a predetermined object in the images using an object recognition algorithm not involving background information in an image. One or more image analysis parameters of the object are extracted from the images and one or more motion detection tests are applied. Each motion detection test has an associated OS command, and when a test succeeds, the OS command associated with the test is executed. By not relying on background information in an image, the described system may be used in devices that are moved in use, such as a palm plot, personal digital assistant (PDA), a mobile telephone, a digital camera, and a mobile game machine. | 04-19-2012 |
| 20120098798 | CONDUCTIVE BRUSH FOR USE WITH A COMPUTING DEVICE - A conductive brush, or stylus, for use with touch screen computing devices. The bristles or filaments are attached to an electrically conductive ferrule, so that even when the brush is pressed against the tablet to make the bristles splay apart, the conductive ferrule itself maintains electrical communication with the tablet. The brush thus allows users to conduct paint operations in an uninterrupted manner, even when its bristles spread apart. Further, this ferrule can be made removable so that users can swap out different brush heads quickly and easily. Additionally, the ferrule has at least a portion that is flexible, deforming visibly upon application of pressures commonly achieved during a typical painting operation. This deformation at least partially absorbs stresses on the filaments, preventing them from splaying apart excessively during painting, and thus helping to prevent loss of detection by the tablet and/or undesired visual effects. | 04-26-2012 |
| 20120105383 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DIGITIZING FREEHAND GRAPHICS AND SELECTING PROPERTIES THEREFOR - A method of digitizing a freehand graphic created by an electronic pen having a marking nib. The method includes the steps of: interacting with a surface using the electronic pen; generating digital ink representing interaction of the pen with the surface, the digital ink identifying positions of the pen on the surface; determining if the position is in a first area or a second area of the surface; if the identified position is in the first area of the surface, then interpreting the position as a point in a freehand graphic; and if the identified position is in the second area of the surface, then interpreting the position as a selection of a property for the freehand graphic. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120113065 | STYLUS INPUT DEVICE - A stylus input device includes a grip, a surface-contacting member, a pivot joint, and first and second sensor modules. The pivot joint is disposed to connect the grip to the surface-contacting member and permit tilting of the grip relative to a working surface when the surface-contacting member is in intimate contact with the working surface, and is configured to permit and guide axial displacement of the grip relative to the surface-contacting member. The first and second sensor modules are disposed respectively in the surface-contacting member and the grip for sensing two-dimensional movement of the surface-contacting member on the working surface and axial displacement of the grip so as to respectively generate a two-dimensional movement signal and an axial displacement signal that are to be converted into a positioning signal by a processing unit for subsequent transceiving by a transmitting module. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120127132 | POSITION INPUT DEVICE AND COMPUTER SYSTEM - A position input device is provided in which signals are transmitted from a position indicator, and signals transmitted from the position indicator are received by a position detector device. According to certain embodiments, an electrical double-layer capacitor, a charging circuit which charges the electrical double-layer capacitor, and a power transmission unit which relays and supplies to the charging circuit power supplied from a power supply unit external to the position indicator, are provided in the position indicator. In other embodiments the position input device has a built-in power supply unit, transmitting units, and a control unit for switching the transmitting units between energized and de-energized states. Also provided are position input systems and computer systems including the position input device, and methods of operating the position input device and the systems. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120133619 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND RESET METHOD OF THE SAME - An electronic apparatus including a main body and a stylus is provided. The main body includes a containing trench having a bulge and a reset button. The stylus includes a stylus body, a stylus front end and a stylus rear end. A surrounding trench structure of the stylus body has a first end and a second end connected to a first stylus body and a second stylus of the stylus body respectively, wherein the cross section area of the first end is smaller than the same of the second end. The stylus front end passes into the containing trench to perform a first displacement to a first position, and then to perform a second displacement to a second position by pressing the stylus rear end to make the surrounding trench structure slide over the bulge such that the stylus tip touches the reset button to reset the electronic apparatus. | 05-31-2012 |
| 20120133620 | ELECTRONIC WRITING INSTRUMENT, COMPUTER SYSTEM, ELECTRONIC WRITING METHOD AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - The electronic writing instrument is provided with: a writing unit that writes down on a medium where a code indicating identity information and location information of the medium is formed; an emitting unit that emits light to the medium; a photoelectric conversion unit that includes photoelectric conversion element receiving a reflected light from the medium by the light emitted by the emitting unit and outputting an electronic signal after converting the reflected light by photoelectric conversion; a receiving unit that receives a user operation; and a condition changing unit that changes at least any one of an emitting condition of the emitting unit to the medium and an output condition of the photoelectric conversion unit when the receiving unit receives an operation. | 05-31-2012 |
| 20120139879 | CAPACITIVE STYLUS PEN - A capacitive stylus pen for a portable terminal includes a body portion formed of a synthetic resin material extending in a longitudinal direction; a sensing member provided in an inner side of the body portion to sense a current of a human's body; a transferring member formed of a conductive material and provided in an end of the body portion to be connected to the sensing member, and a manipulating member provided in an end of the transferring member, wherein the manipulating member is manufactured of conductive rubber and contacts a touch screen according to user's manipulation, and a Near Field Communication (NFC) is embedded in the body portion to perform wireless communication with the portable terminal, thereby configuring a wireless headset with the capacitive stylus pen. | 06-07-2012 |
| 20120146957 | STYLUS TIP DEVICE FOR TOUCH SCREEN - A writing or drawing tip device for attachment to a touch screen stylus or handle has a rigid body of conductive material with a forward end mandrel having a rounded or elliptical tip, at least one layer of compressible material extending over the tip to produce a deformable rounded tip, and a retaining device which secures the compressible layer to the body at a location to the rear of the rounded tip. The deformable tip is applied to a touch screen to develop a contact patch between the compressible material layer and screen sufficient to trigger an input on the screen, with the amount of force applied to the tip determining the size of the contact patch. | 06-14-2012 |
| 20120146958 | POSITION INDICATOR - A position indicator is provided for use with a position detecting sensor that carries out position detection by detecting a change in capacitance. The position indicator includes: a first electrode configured to receive an alternating-current (AC) signal from the position detecting sensor; a signal enhancing processing circuit configured to subject the AC signal received via the first electrode to determined signal enhancing processing; and a second electrode different from the first electrode and configured to be supplied with a signal output from the signal enhancing processing circuit. An enhanced signal having a determined correlation with the AC signal received via the first electrode from the position detecting sensor is formed while the enhanced signal is sent out to the position detecting sensor via the second electrode. | 06-14-2012 |
| 20120146959 | ELECTRONIC READING DEVICE - An electronic reading device is disclosed, for use with a handwriting pen that has a first working mode and a second working mode. The electronic reading device includes a display, a processor, a first controller, and a second controller. The first controller signals the processor and the second controller. The processor displays a track of the handwriting pen after being signaled by the first controller. The second controller sends a request to the handwriting pen to determine a working mode of the handwriting pen, and signals the processor when determining that the working mode is the second mode. The processor also erases the track after being signaled by the second controller. | 06-14-2012 |
| 20120146960 | TOUCH PEN - A touch pen comprises a penholder, an electrically conducting core, a flexible covering and fabric covering. The electrically conducting core is coupled to the penholder. The electrically conducting core is ensheathed in the flexible covering, while the fabric covering wraps around the flexible covering, wherein either flexible covering or fabric covering has electrical conductivity. In the present invention, the flexible covering and the fabric covering are shaped under the pressure exerted by the electrically conducting core and a touch panel so as to increase the contact area between the touch pen and the touch panel and, meanwhile, the fabric covering is capable of reducing the friction between touch pen and the touch panel, thereby improving the sensitivity and touch effect. | 06-14-2012 |
| 20120154340 | Active Stylus for Use with Touch-Sensitive Interfaces and Corresponding Method | 06-21-2012 |
| 20120162145 | Encoded Micro Pattern - In embodiments, an encoded micro pattern includes segments of encoded bits that can be optically-imaged by a digitizer. The position of each segment in the encoded micro pattern can be determined from the encoded bits in a segment. Each of the segments of the encoded micro pattern also includes a fiducial marker that indicates an orientation of a segment in the encoded pattern. The encoded bits of the encoded micro pattern can be integrated into a display surface of a display device, or integrated in a display screen that is positioned over the display surface of a display device. | 06-28-2012 |
| 20120162146 | TOUCH PEN - A touch pen includes a body and a head fixed on one end of the body and electrically connected with the body. The head includes a number of carbon nanotubes. The number carbon nanotubes are stacked and crossed with each other, and joined by van der Walls attractive force and form a freestanding structure. | 06-28-2012 |
| 20120162147 | INPUTTING FINGERTIP SLEEVE - An inputting fingertip includes a sleeve and an inputting end. The inputting end is located on the sleeve. The inputting end includes a supporter and a conductive layer. The conductive layer is located on a surface of the supporter. The conductive layer includes a graphene composite layer including a plurality of graphenes and a polymer matrix. | 06-28-2012 |
| 20120162148 | TOUCH PEN - A touch pen includes a body and a head fixed on one end of the body and electrically connected with the body. The head includes a supporter and a contact layer. The supporter includes a fixing section and a main section. The fixing section is configured to fix the head on the one end of the body. The contact layer covers an outer surface of the main section. A space is defined in the main section. | 06-28-2012 |
| 20120162149 | TOUCH PEN - A touch pen includes a body and a head fixed on one end of the body and electrically connected with the body. The head includes a fixing section and a main section. The fixing section is configured to fix the head on the one end of the body. A space is defined in the main section. | 06-28-2012 |
| 20120162150 | TOUCH PEN - A touch pen includes a body and a head fixed on one end of the body and electrically connected with the body. The head includes a carbon nanotube composite material. The carbon nanotube composite material includes a carbon nanotube structure and a conductive material layer coated on the carbon nanotube structure. | 06-28-2012 |
| 20120162151 | TOUCH PEN - A touch pen includes a body and a head fixed on one end of the body and electrically connected with the body. The head includes a number of carbon nanotube wire structures aggregated with each other. The head includes a number of carbon nanotube composite wires aggregated with each other. | 06-28-2012 |
| 20120162152 | TOUCH PEN - A touch pen includes a body and a head fixed on one end of the body and electrically connected with the body. The head includes a carbon nanotube composite material including a flexible polymer matrix and a plurality of carbon nanotubes dispersed in the flexible polymer matrix. The plurality of carbon nanotubes cooperatively form a conductive network. | 06-28-2012 |
| 20120162153 | TOUCH PEN - A touch pen includes a body and a head fixed on one end of the body and electrically connected with the body. The head includes a graphene composite material including a flexible polymer matrix and a number of graphenes dispersed in the flexible polymer matrix. The graphenes connect each other and cooperatively form a conductive network. | 06-28-2012 |
| 20120162154 | TOUCH PEN - A touch pen includes a body and a head fixed on one end of the body and electrically connected with the body. The head includes a supporter and a contact layer located on an outer surface of the supporter, the contact layer includes a carbon nanotube structure. | 06-28-2012 |
| 20120162155 | TOUCH PEN - A touch pen includes a body and a head fixed on one end of the body and electrically connected with the body. The head includes a supporter and a contact layer. The supporter includes a fixing section and a main section. The contact layer is disposed on an outer surface of the main section. The contact layer includes a graphene layer. | 06-28-2012 |
| 20120169674 | INPUT DEVICE AND INPUT SYSTEM - It becomes possible to directly detect ink distribution on a surface of a transparent or semitransparent marker board. An input device includes a light source unit which injects light into a transparent or semitransparent paintable body in a manner the light is guided inside the paintable body and a detection unit which detects light diffused out of the paintable body by applying painting substance on a surface of the paintable body. | 07-05-2012 |
| 20120182270 | ACTIVE ELECTROMAGNETIC PEN - An active electromagnetic pen includes a pen body, a pen tip, a pressure detecting module and a power supply module. The pen body has an opening on one end thereof. The pen tip is disposed at the opening of the pen body. The pen tip has a tip end and a plane end opposite to the tip end. The tip end is disposed in the pen body, and the plane end is extended to outside of the pen body through the opening. The pressure detecting module is disposed in the pen body and includes a plurality of pressure detecting elements. The pressure detecting elements are respectively connected to different locations of the plane end of the pen tip. The power supply module is disposed in the pen body and is electrically connected to the pressure detecting module. | 07-19-2012 |
| 20120182271 | DIGITAL PAINTING PEN, DIGITAL PAINTING SYSTEM AND MANIPULATING METHOD THEREOF - A digital painting pen includes a pen body and at least one sensor, which is disposed on the pen body and generates at least one sensing signal according to a condition while a user rotates or presses the digital painting pen, changes an angle of the digital painting pen against a plane, changes a holding position of the digital painting pen, or slides a finger to change a position of the finger on the digital painting pen, thereby changing a color, a brush type or a brush thickness of the digital painting pen. Accordingly, the present invention can change a color, a brush type and a brush thickness of the digital painting pen to achieve an instinctive drawing effect without using buttons and switches. | 07-19-2012 |
| 20120182272 | ELECTRONIC WRITING DEVICE, ELECTRONIC WRITING METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - An electronic writing device includes a light source, an image sensor, a detecting unit, table information, and a controller. The light source emits light to a recording medium. The image sensor receives the light reflected from the recording medium as image data. The detecting unit detects a light quantity of the image data received by the image sensor. In the table information, a light-quantity range and a control object for the image sensor or the light source are associated with each other. The light-quantity range is segmented into multiple threshold values. The controller controls the operation of the image sensor or the light source, every time the image sensor receives new image data, on the basis of the light quantity of the image data detected by the detecting unit and the table information. | 07-19-2012 |
| 20120188208 | INTERFACE ENHANCEMENT COMPONENT FOR USE WITH ELECTRONIC TOUCH-SCREEN DEVICES - An interface enhancement component is described for use with touch devices. This component consists of a thin, rigidity increasing, generally flat-shaped support structure, no larger than the size of the user interface directly attached to the component. Disclosed embodiments provide a slight protrusion extending from the support structure that consists of a gradually rising bell-shaped structure that allows for accuracy of input and is angled in relation to the support structure for optimal application. The material comprising this component will provide for functionality regardless of the type of touch technology currently in existence, including capacitive and resistive technology, it may serve to increase the rigidity of the user interface where applicable, and it may also provide for additional playability depending on the application. | 07-26-2012 |
| 20120194484 | Stylus - A stylus is disclosed having a tip and a body. The stylus may be configured to attach to a writing utensil. The stylus may be a capacitive stylus for use with a capacitive touch screen. The tip may be removeably attached to the body. | 08-02-2012 |
| 20120194485 | SIGNAL GENERATION DEVICE - Provided is a signal generation device used for an information input system using an ultrasonic signal. A portion of a pen core portion is designed to have a different cross-sectional area (diameter) so that the portion having a different cross-sectional area is held by an inner portion of a housing or a cap member. Therefore, the pen core portion can be naturally supported without use of an additional configuration such as a retainer. Particularly, in a signal generation device in the related art, if elasticity of a retainer is weakened due to long term use, the pen core cannot be supported. However, according to the present invention, since the pen core is supported by using a structural inner portion in the housing, the pen core can be stably supported irrespective of long term use. | 08-02-2012 |
| 20120194486 | DIGITAL PEN SYSTEM AND PEN-BASED INPUT METHOD - A digital pen system includes: a rod-shaped digital pen that periodically transmits a signal including information about a direction of the digital pen; and a receiving apparatus that detects a position and direction of the digital pen in three-dimensional space based on the signal, calculates a intersection of an extension line of the digital pen in a longitudinal direction thereof and a display screen of a display apparatus, and enables the display apparatus to perform pen-based input at the intersection. | 08-02-2012 |
| 20120200540 | Utilization of temporal and spatial parameters to enhance the writing capability of an electronic device - The enhanced feature of this invention is the direction of a pen input on an electronic device to a separate canvas where it can be separately manipulated and processed for use. Temporal and spatial analysis can ensure that each canvas contain pen strokes that spatially belong together such as an individual word composed of multiple strokes for easy manipulation of the word on the screen. Another related enhanced feature of the invention for erasing portions of the inputted writing is the process of generating a new curve with different points than the original curve. | 08-09-2012 |
| 20120206418 | WIRELESS FILE TRANSMISSION - A computer system which includes one or more wireless interface devices that are adapted to communicate with a remote host over a radio link. Each of the wireless interface devices is a pen-based device which includes an ink field in which pen events are translated into pen data packets and transmitted to the remote host over the radio link. Local inking is provided at the wireless interface device in order to maintain the pen paradigm in essentially real time. | 08-16-2012 |
| 20120206419 | Collapsible input device - In exemplary implementations of this invention, a handheld, collapsible input device (CID) may be employed by a user to input and manipulate 3D information. The CID telescopes in length. As a user presses the CID against a display screen, the physical length of the CID shortens, and the display screen displays a virtual end of the CID that appears to project through the screen into the virtual 3D space behind the screen. The total apparent length of the CID, comprised of a physical portion and a virtual portion, remains the same (after taking into account foreshortening). Thus, the user experience is that, as the user holds the physical CID and pushes it against the display screen, the end of the CID appears to be pushed through the display screen into the virtual 3D space beyond it. The CID housing may include a push button for user input. | 08-16-2012 |
| 20120206420 | VIDEO-BASED BIOMETRIC SIGNATURE DATA COLLECTING METHOD AND APPARATUS - Video-based handwriting input for biometric signature data collection is provided. The invention is implemented by finding all of the relative positions among all light points of light sources when all light sources mounted on a stylus are turned ON. An image is captured including effective strokes and digital data of pen pressure with a digital camera when a user writes on a writing surface with a stylus having a light source indicating x-y coordinates of strokes. The images are time-stamped. The stylus includes a micro-switch. When the stylus touches the writing surface, the micro-switch is turned on to let the light source indicating x-y coordinates of strokes ON and generate a light point. Effective stroke images and digital data of pen pressure are extracted by comparing the captured images with the light point on the stylus | 08-16-2012 |
| 20120212459 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ASSESSING THE AUTHENTICITY OF DYNAMIC HANDWRITTEN SIGNATURE - A system includes an electronic pen, functionally integrated with a personal computer for the acquisition and processing of signals associated with signatures, which can be network connected together with other personal computers. Each personal computer has connected as peripherals an electronic pen that includes two groups of inertial accelerometers that capture kinetic data and data about contact microvibrations with the writing support. The electronic pen also includes one self-referential optical navigation sensor that captures a series of data pairs, as momentary movements necessary in the reconstruction of the trajectory of the electronic pen and which, together with the kinetic data captured by the set of inertial accelerometers, represents personal computer input data for sensorial fusion processing and for creating the conditions to extract the information from the sensorial and psychomotric representation of a user's perspective. | 08-23-2012 |
| 20120218232 | ACTIVE STYLUS - An active stylus includes a tube, a signal emitting module, a power module, an electrical energy storage device, a movable element and an energy transformation module. The signal emitting module, the power module, the electrical energy storage device and the energy transformation module are disposed in the tube. The power module is electrically coupled to the signal emitting module, and the electrical energy storage device and the energy transformation module are electrically coupled to the power module. The movable element is movable in the tube. The energy transformation module is configured for transforming energy generated by motion of the movable element into electrical energy. The electrical energy transformed by the energy transformation module is stored in the electrical energy storage device by the power module. | 08-30-2012 |
| 20120223917 | Position Indicator - A position indicator is for use with a wireless platform operable to wirelessly transmit an excitation signal and to determine position of the position indicator relative to the wireless platform according to an oscillation signal received by the wireless platform. The position indicator includes: a working unit disposed in a casing unit, and operable to receive the excitation signal via a receiver coil, to generate the oscillation signal from the excitation signal, and to wirelessly transmit the oscillation signal via a transmitter coil; and a trigger unit disposed in the receiving space, and including a core part having first and second sections that correspond respectively in position to the transmitter and receiver coils, the first section of the core part having a varying permeability value, the second section of the core part having a substantially non-varying permeability value. | 09-06-2012 |
| 20120223918 | LATCHING DEVICE AND STYLUS USING SAME - A stylus with several parts includes a first housing, a second housing and a latching device. The latching device includes a hook and a latching element engaging the hook. One of the hook and the latching element protrudes from the first housing, the other one protrudes from the second housing. The latching element defines a guiding receiving space at a distal end thereof and a latching receiving space near a proximal end thereof, the guiding receiving space communicates with the latching receiving space and guides the hook to the latching receiving space so that the hook is latched in the latching receiving space. | 09-06-2012 |
| 20120223919 | TOUCH PEN - A touch pen includes a power supply circuit, a signal-receiving electrode, an inverted amplifying circuit and a signal-emitting electrode. The power supply circuit provides the touch pen with a working voltage, and the signal-receiving electrode receives at least one surface signal of a touch-sensing structure of a capacitive touch-sensitive device. The inverted amplifying circuit reversely amplifies the surface signal to generate a reversely amplified signal, and the signal-emitting electrode emits the reversely amplified signal to attenuate a detection signal of the capacitive touch-sensitive device in a position coinciding with a touch point of the touch pen. | 09-06-2012 |
| 20120223920 | System, computer program product, and method for capturing and processing form data - A system for communicating packaged data includes a pen-enabled computing device and a second computing device. The pen-enabled computing device includes a handwriting capture interface, a user interface and a processing element. The handwriting capture interface is capable of receiving and capturing an electronic handwriting input within at least one input field of an electronic form based upon a position of a writing stylus. To facilitate proper operation of the pen-enabled computing device, the user interface is adapted to provide feedback, such as aural, visual and/or vibration feedback, based upon the electronic handwriting input. The pen-enabled computing device is capable of transmitting packaged data including at least one form identifier and processed electronic handwriting input. Thereafter, the second computing device is capable of receiving the packaged data and then verifying the processed electronic handwriting input. | 09-06-2012 |
| 20120229425 | Associating Information on a Whiteboard with a User - Techniques for associating strokes information generated at an interactive whiteboard system with a user identifier. The user identifier may, for example, be an image of a user who generated the strokes information. The associating may be performed based upon time stamps associated with the strokes information and the image. Information may be stored indicative of the association between the strokes information and the user identifier. | 09-13-2012 |
| 20120229426 | PEN-SHAPED INPUT APPARATUS - A pen-shaped input apparatus is disclosed in the disclosure. The pen-shaped input apparatus includes a body portion, a capturing module, a transparent spherical portion and a plurality of light sources. The body portion has a side surface. The capturing module is disposed within the body portion and adjacent to the side surface. The capturing module includes an optical sensor and a lens unit. The transparent spherical portion is disposed on the side surface. The transparent spherical portion, the lens unit and the optical sensor are lined on a capturing optical axis. The light sources are located between the side surface of the body portion and the transparent spherical portion. The light sources are symmetrically disposed around the capturing optical axis. | 09-13-2012 |
| 20120229427 | STYLUS - A stylus includes a stylus body, a stylus body and a rotation mechanism. The stylus body includes a first housing and a second housing. The stylus body defines an hole. The rotation mechanism includes two resilient elements respectively retained to the first housing and the second housing, and a shaft. Each resilient element defines an hole and a plurality of holes. A center portion of the shaft is rotatably retained in the hole, and two ends of the shaft are respectively retained in the holes. When the stylus body rotates about the shaft relative to the first housing and the second housing, the shaft is capable of making the resilient elements bend to provide a good pressing feel. | 09-13-2012 |
| 20120229428 | PORTABLE AND INTERACTIVE PRESENTATION AND DOCUMENTATION SYSTEM - A collaborative presentation and documentation system disclosed herein allows a user to capture information from a projection surface to a document. The system includes a camera and a stylus wherein the camera that captures information from the projection surface and signals generated by a stylus. For example, the information captured from the projection surface includes the changes made with presentation system tools and an image of a document stored on a computer and projected as background. Various co-ordinate points of the projection surface are calibrated to points on the camera view. This allows the information from the captured image to be related to information on the document. The system also performs functions such as saving the captured image to the document, modifying the document, opening a new document, etc., based on signals generated by the stylus. | 09-13-2012 |
| 20120235957 | STYLUS AND PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE USING SAME - A portable electronic device, including a housing defining an earphone connector, a touch screen, and a stylus having a stylus body, a tip and a pin connecting the stylus body with tip, and the pin and the tip are detachably secured in the earphone connector. | 09-20-2012 |
| 20120242625 | GENERIC INTERFACE - A system and process for ensuring the smooth flow of electronic ink is described. Ink-stroke information associated with one or more data packets is received, and it is determined that the ink-stroke information comprises a gesture indication. The gesture indication is communicated to an ink collection object which causes the ink collection object to delete the ink stroke information. | 09-27-2012 |
| 20120249488 | Stylus structure for touch panel - A stylus structure for a touch panel includes a hand-held portion and a touch portion. The touch portion is disposed at an end of the hand-held portion. The touch portion has a soft material body and an encapsulation layer for encapsulating the body. A user can hold the hand-held portion to operate a touch panel when the touch portion is in contact with the touch panel (e.g. a capacitive touch panel) to generate the variation of capacitance. Further, the preferred smoothness can be provided by utilizing the encapsulation layer at the end so that the touch panel can be prevented from being damaged when the user performs a sliding touch operation. | 10-04-2012 |
| 20120249489 | ELECTRONIC PEN AND PROJECTOR SYSTEM USING THE SAME - There is provided an electronic pen that reduces reflected waves of supersonic waves from a screen, with a simple structure and there is realized a projector system that improves the position detection precision of the electronic pen. The electronic pen comprises a longitudinal axis-shaped housing body having a pen tip at a tip end portion thereof, a supersonic wave transmitting portion provided inside the housing body relative to the pen tip for generating supersonic waves, an infrared ray transmitting portion arranged adjacent to the supersonic wave transmitting portion for generating an infrared ray, and a supersonic wave guide for reflecting components, toward a pen tip side, among the supersonic waves generated from the supersonic wave transmitting portion. | 10-04-2012 |
| 20120249490 | ELECTRONIC PEN, INPUT METHOD USING ELECTRONIC PEN, AND DISPLAY DEVICE FOR ELECTRONIC PEN INPUT - A method of inputting a user command on a display using an electronic pen includes emitting light in the direction of the display using a light source of the electronic pen and capturing the display with a camera of the electronic pen. The method includes recognizing a Black Matrix (BM) pattern of the display in the captured image and detecting a location on the display at which the light from the light source is emitted by comparing the recognized BM pattern with pre-stored patterns. | 10-04-2012 |
| 20120256884 | Sport-Strator - The “Sport-Strator” is a graphics tablet with an underlying monitor in synchronicity of display to a television with which it communicates. With use of a stylus, a user can draw images upon the graphics tablet that will appear on the television displaying that same monitor-received broadcast. | 10-11-2012 |
| 20120262426 | STYLUS - A stylus for a portable electronic device, includes a bar portion, a nib portion, and a lens member. The nib portion is formed at an end of the bar portion, the lens member is rotatably connected to the nib portion and used as a magnifying lens to better observe characters written using the stylus. | 10-18-2012 |
| 20120262427 | STYLUS - A stylus for a portable electronic device includes a main body, a nib, and a lens. The main body defines a chamber in an end, the nib and the lens are connected to the other end of the main body. A space if formed between the nib and the lens. An extending direction of the nib intersects with an extending direction of the lens to form an angle, and the angle is in a range from 0°-90°. | 10-18-2012 |
| 20120262428 | STYLUS - A stylus for a portable electronic device includes a main body, a nib, and a lens member. A through hole runs through two ends of the main body. The nib and the lens member are rotatably connected to the main body. | 10-18-2012 |
| 20120262429 | PEN FOR CAPACITIVE TOUCH INPUT - A pen for capacitive touch input includes a replaceable head and a conductive handle. The conductive handle is a tube having a tunnel or a rod having a stocking hole for receiving the replaceable head and exposing the conductive tip of the replaceable head to touch a capacitive touch control device. The pen is adaptive to different capacitive touch control devices for precision and sensitivity on position detection by using different replaceable heads. | 10-18-2012 |
| 20120268428 | CORDLESS TYPE POSITION POINTER - A cordless type position pointer is provided for use with a capacitance type position detection apparatus to carry out a position pointing operation. The position pointer includes a housing having electric conductivity, a projecting portion of a predetermined shape formed at one end portion of the housing and having electric conductivity, and a contacting member removably fitted with the projecting portion. The contacting member has elasticity and electric conductivity, and is configured to contact the position detection apparatus to point to a position. The position pointer further includes a sleeve having a through-hole and configured to expose, when the sleeve is engaged with the housing, a predetermined portion of the contacting member fitted with the projecting portion from the through-hole thereof. The sleeve is configured and arranged so as to prevent application of displacing force in response to a position pointing operation of the position pointer to the fitting portion between the projecting portion and the contacting member in a direction against the major axis of the position pointer, to thereby prevent dislodging of the contacting member from the housing while maintaining removability of the contacting member from the housing. | 10-25-2012 |
| 20120268429 | ELECTRONIC PEN DEVICE - An electronic pen device includes a pen body housing, a pen tip unit is provided inside the pen body housing and pressed in any of a plurality of directions via an external force, a light emitting device is provided inside the pen tip unit, and a switch unit is engaged with the pen tip unit and electrically contacts the pen tip unit, thus activating the light emitting device when the pen tip unit is pressed in any of the plurality of directions. | 10-25-2012 |
| 20120280947 | STYLUS WITH PRESSURE SENSITIVE MEMBRANE - A stylus including a pressure sensitive membrane deployed as a pressure sensor therein. The pressure sensitive membrane is deformed upon the application of pressure to the stylus tip. The deformation changes an electrical property of the pressure sensitive membrane, said property being measured and used as an analog for pressure applied by a user to a surface via the stylus. | 11-08-2012 |
| 20120280948 | INTERACTIVE WHITEBOARD USING DISAPPEARING WRITING MEDIUM - Techniques for enabling interactive whiteboard functionality using a disappearing writing medium. In one set of embodiments, an image of a surface can be received, where the image can include one or more physical marks made on the surface by a user. The physical marks can be made using a writing medium that is configured to disappear over time. Electronic representations of the physical marks can be generated based on the image, and the electronic representations can be displayed on the surface. The electronic representations can be displayed such that they visually replace the physical marks made on the surface as the physical marks fade and disappear. | 11-08-2012 |
| 20120280949 | TOUCH PEN - A touch pen comprises a barrel, a laser module, a touch head and batteries: the barrel with a hollow interior which is separated into a barrel part and a necking nib part; the laser module which is disposed in the barrel and close to the nib part for generation of a laser beam as one pointer; the touch head featuring conductivity, covering the nib part and provided with a penetrating optical channel for a laser beam; the batteries held in the barrel part and supplying electricity necessary to the laser module; the touch pen is applicable to operation of a capacitive touch panel and regarded as one pointer projecting a laser spot. | 11-08-2012 |
| 20120280950 | SELECTIVE INPUT SYSTEM AND PROCESS BASED ON TRACKING OF MOTION PARAMETERS OF AN INPUT OBJECT - A selective input system and associated method is provided which tracks the motion of a pointing device over a region or area. The pointing device can be a touchpad, a mouse, a pen, or any device capable of providing two or three-dimensional location. The region or area is preferably augmented with a printed or actual keyboard/pad. Alternatively, a representation of the location of the pointing device over a virtual keyboard/pad can be dynamically shown on an associated display. The system identifies selections of items or characters by detecting parameters of motion of the pointing device, such as length of motion, a change in direction, a change in velocity, and or a lack of motion at locations that correspond to features on the keyboard/pad. The input system is preferably coupled to a text disambiguation system such as a T9® or Sloppytype™ system, to improve the accuracy and usability of the input system. | 11-08-2012 |
| 20120287088 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR COMBINING PAPER-DRIVEN AND SOFTWARE-DRIVEN DESIGN PROCESSES - A method and system for combining paper-driven and software-driven design processes is provided. An example system comprises a request detector, a stroke analyzer, and a UI definition updater. The request detector may be configured to detect a request to process a change to a UI definition. The stroke analyzer may be configured to access a stroke generated by a digital pen and determine, from the stroke, a new element to be appended to a page in the UI definition. The UI definition updater may be configured to update the UI definition, e.g., by including the new element at the target location. | 11-15-2012 |
| 20120287089 | INFORMATION INPUT APPARATUS, INFORMATION INPUT SYSTEM, AND INFORMATION INPUT METHOD - The present invention achieves an information input apparatus for inputting position location information by an input using a pen-type input device configured to acquire handwriting data expressed as a trace of coordinate positions. The information input apparatus includes: an input format presenting unit for presenting an input format for interpreting the handwriting data, the input format having a location input field used to input a figure or a symbol in such a manner that a location in a drawing is identifiable; a location information acquisition unit for recognizing the figure or the symbol inputted in the location input field and for acquiring information on the location of the figure or the symbol inputted in the location input field, on the basis of the handwriting data of the figure or symbol inputted in the location input field. | 11-15-2012 |
| 20120287090 | Interactive Whiteboard with Wireless Remote Control - An interactive whiteboard system allows a user to interact, using a stylus, with a computer and a display. The interactive whiteboard system includes a monitor or projector that duplicates or replaces the computer display, and a capture bar that facilitates, via the stylus and the monitor or projected display, interaction between the user and the computer. One or more transmitters integrated with the capture bar operate to control a power state of a projector or display monitor. The integrated transmitters may operate according to the power state of the mobile device, or may operate according to a command from a button integrated in the mobile device or a command from the computer. | 11-15-2012 |
| 20120293463 | STYLUS BASED HAPTIC PERIPHERAL FOR TOUCH SCREEN AND TABLET DEVICES - A system, method, and computer program product for automatically providing a haptic stylus based interface for enhanced user interaction with touch screen devices are disclosed. The stylus communicates with the touch screen device to report stylus operating information from onboard sensors, and to receive application program instructions defining feedback and friction forces to be applied by onboard actuators. The applied feedback and friction forces may be independently controlled. Friction forces are provided via a rolling contact ball gripping mechanism that mimics varying physical engagement between the contact ball and a touch screen display surface by controlling the relative rotational freedom of the contact ball. Embodiments of the invention enable a haptic stylus to mimic three-dimensional interactions for gaming, object manipulation and sculpting, and non-contact proximity-based stylus operation scenarios. | 11-22-2012 |
| 20120293464 | HAPTIC DEVICE FOR POSITION DETECTION - A system, method, and computer program product for automatically providing a haptic stylus based interface for enhanced user interaction with touch screen devices are disclosed. The stylus communicates with the touch screen device to report stylus operating information from onboard sensors, and to receive application program instructions defining feedback and friction forces to be applied by onboard actuators. The applied feedback and friction forces may be independently controlled. Friction forces are provided via a rolling contact ball gripping mechanism that mimics varying physical engagement between the contact ball and a touch screen display surface by controlling the relative rotational freedom of the contact ball. Embodiments of the invention enable a haptic stylus to mimic three-dimensional interactions for gaming, object manipulation and sculpting, and non-contact proximity-based stylus operation scenarios. | 11-22-2012 |
| 20120299881 | SYSTEM FOR TRACKING AND PROCESSING HANDWRITTEN PEN STROKES ON MOBILE TERMINAL - A system for tracking and processing handwritten pen strokes, including: a digital pen to allow a user to write pen strokes on a substrate; a receiver station for use in combination with said digital pen and adapted for tracking said pen strokes and storing digital pen strokes which include electronic data representing said tracked pen strokes, said receiver station including a wireless transceiver adapted for communicating with a mobile terminal over a wireless connection to transfer said digital pen strokes to said mobile terminal; and a software application executable on said mobile terminal and including software code fragments for receiving and processing said transferred digital pen strokes. | 11-29-2012 |
| 20120306824 | POSITION DETECTING DEVICE, DISPLAY APPRATUS, AND PORTABLE APPARATUS - A position detecting device is disclosed for use with a position indicator. The position detecting device includes a coil substrate, a magnetic path material, and a shield material. A coil for generating an alternating magnetic field for electromagnetic coupling with the position indicator is disposed on the coil substrate. The magnetic path material is composed of a material having such permeability as not to disturb direct current magnetic flux but to form a magnetic path for the alternating magnetic field generated by the coil, and having predetermined electrical resistance for suppressing flow of an eddy current in order to enhance the material's performance as a magnetic path. The shield material is a non-magnetic substance that does not disturb the direct current magnetic flux due to the direct current magnetic field and that has electrical conductivity for generating an eddy current based on the alternating magnetic field. | 12-06-2012 |
| 20120313902 | CAPACITIVE TOUCH STRUCTURE - A capacitive touch structure comprises a transparent hand holding portion and a touch portion, and the transparent hand holding portion includes a rod and a transparent conductive film covered onto an external surface of the rod, and the touch portion is disposed at an end of the transparent hand. holding portion and includes a flexible conductive element electrically coupled to the transparent conductive film, such that a user can hold the hand holding portion, and the flexible conductive element can be contacted with the capacitive touch panel to produce a capacitive coupling and generate a current to achieve the effect of a touch operation. | 12-13-2012 |
| 20120320000 | ELECTRONIC TERMINAL, INPUT CORRECTION METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus that includes a first sensor that receives a first type of signal; second and third sensors that receive a second type of signal; a control unit that calculates a position of a source from which a signal of the first type and a signal of the second type are transmitted based on a first time at which the signal of the first type is received at the first sensor, a second time at which the signal of the second type is received at the second sensor and a third time at which the signal of the second type is received at the third sensor; and a display that displays an image corresponding to a path obtained based on changes in position of the source calculated by the control unit. | 12-20-2012 |
| 20120327040 | IDENTIFIABLE STYLUS - A stylus is disclosed. The stylus includes a shaft; a conductive tip at a distal end of the shaft; and control circuitry coupled to the conductive tip and configured to generate a modulated signal at the conductive tip to identify the stylus. The stylus can also include a switch coupled between the conductive tip and the shaft. The control circuitry can be further configured to control the switch to modulate a conductive path between the conductive tip and the shaft to generate the modulated signal. | 12-27-2012 |
| 20120327041 | ACTIVE STYLUS - An active stylus is disclosed. The stylus includes an electrode at a tip of the stylus; and powered circuitry coupled to the electrode and configured for capacitively coupling the electrode with a capacitive touch sensor panel. The powered circuitry can further include drive circuitry configured to output a drive voltage at the electrode and/or sense circuitry configured to sense a voltage received at the electrode. | 12-27-2012 |
| 20120327042 | STYLUS ORIENTATION DETECTION - Stylus orientation detection is disclosed. In an example, the orientation of a stylus relative to a contacting surface, e.g., a touch panel, can be detected by detecting a capacitance at one or more locations on the stylus relative to the surface, and then using the capacitance(s) to determine the orientation of the stylus relative to the surface. In another example, the orientation of a stylus relative to a contacting surface, e.g., a touch panel, can be detected by first detecting the orientation of the stylus relative to a reference, detecting the orientation of the contacting surface relative to the reference, and then calculating the orientation of the stylus relative to the contacting surface using the two detected orientations. | 12-27-2012 |
| 20120327043 | STYLUS CAPABLE OF BEING APPLIED IN VARIOUS TOUCH PANELS - The present invention relates to a stylus capable of being applied in various touch panels, wherein the stylus consists of a conductive pen tube, a conductive rubber pen lead and a conductive rod. The conductive rubber pen lead is made by a conductive rubber and is sprayed with a conductive wearing material, moreover, the conductive rubber pen lead has an accommodating space disposed in the interior thereof, so that, when the conductive rubber pen lead touches and slightly presses a panel, the contact area between the conductive rubber pen lead and the panel would be increased due to the accommodating space; In addition, the conductive pen tube of the stylus has at least one electrical discharge device, which include a PCB and a battery, connecting with the conductive rod and the conductive pen tube through conductive wire, respectively, so that a circuit loop is formed in the conductive pen tube; therefore, by way of the circuit loop, the sensitivity of the stylus can be greatly increased. | 12-27-2012 |
| 20120327044 | STYLUS ASSEMBLY FOR A CAPACITIVE TOUCH SCREEN - A stylus assembly for a capacitive touch screen provides input via conventional handwriting action. A stylus is attached at a contact end to a disc providing ample capacitive proximity with the touch screen. A layer of capacitive material is embedded within the disc, and may be formed with a distinct shape, layout, or outline to provide a uniquely recognizable capacitive signature. The stylus terminates at the contact end in a received portion, attached to the disc by a receiving portion formed thereon. Free rotation of the received portion within the receiving portion accepts positioning of the stylus body at any angle with no degradation of capacitive proximity, allowing natural handwriting action. The receiving portion can be formed with sufficient flexibility to allow disengagement and re-engagement thereof, enabling simple and low-cost replacement of the disc. | 12-27-2012 |
| 20120327045 | DEVICES AND PROCESSES FOR MANUAL DATA INPUT - Devices are disclosed for manually inputting data to an electrically-sensitive user interface, which devices comprise a device body and an interface-contacting member supported by the body, the interface-contacting member comprising a resilient material having a convex interface-contacting surface with at least one recess formed therein; processes for manual data input are also disclosed. | 12-27-2012 |
| 20120327046 | STYLUS - A stylus is adapted for inputting command to an electronic device and includes an electrically-conductive handle portion, an electrically-conductive contact portion adapted to contact the electronic device, and an electrically-conductive spring. The spring interconnects electrically the handle portion and the contact portion, and is resiliently flexible for permitting the handle portion to pivot relative to the contact portion when the contact portion contacts the electronic device. | 12-27-2012 |
| 20130002614 | ELECTROMAGNETIC 3D STYLUS - A stylus system and method for determining the three-dimensional position and orientation of a stylus operating within a volume located above a surface of a display device is described. In some embodiments, the stylus system includes a stylus and a display device. The stylus senses one or more magnetic fields generated from a set of transmitting coils associated with the display device and transmits sensing information over an RF channel to a receiver in the display device. The display device determines the three-dimensional position of the stylus by applying a cell-based position reconstruction technique that compares the received sensing information with predetermined magnetic field values associated with one or more predetermined regions located above the surface of the display device. The cell-based position reconstruction technique accommodates magnetic field distortions due to the presence of conductive elements within or near the display device. | 01-03-2013 |
| 20130016072 | DIGITIZER FOR MULTI-DISPLAY SYSTEM - A multi-display system that uses back lights and light guides of an electronically addressable display to provide position-unique signals that both uniquely identify positions on a given display, but also uniquely identify displays within a multi-display system. | 01-17-2013 |
| 20130016073 | INPUT DEVICEAANM LEE; Yu-SheopAACI Suwon-siAACO KRAAGP LEE; Yu-Sheop Suwon-si KRAANM Lee; Joo-HoonAACI Yongin-siAACO KRAAGP Lee; Joo-Hoon Yongin-si KRAANM Jung; Sun-TaeAACI Yongin-siAACO KRAAGP Jung; Sun-Tae Yongin-si KR - A magnetic field shielding layer that does not affect an operation of a geo-magnetic sensor in a pointing input device of a touch screen type using an electromagnetic pen is provided. A magnetic field shielding layer is composed of magnetic metal powder. The magnetic field shielding layer is formed directly on the pointing input device without a need for a separate adhesive layer. | 01-17-2013 |
| 20130027362 | FINGER COVER FOR OPERATING A CAPACITIVE TOUCH PANEL AND GLOVE COMPRISING THE SAME - A finger cover for operating a capacitive touch panel and a glove comprising the same are provided. The finger cover comprises a finger pulp portion and a finger back portion opposite the finger pulp portion. The finger cover is woven of a conductive yarn and is separably combined with a body to form the glove. A user who wears the glove is able to be coupled with the capacitive touch panel through the finger cover for control via touch. | 01-31-2013 |
| 20130033460 | METHOD OF NOTETAKING USING OPTICALLY IMAGING PEN WITH SOURCE DOCUMENT REFERENCING - A method of notetaking includes the steps of: displaying a source document on a display device; writing notes on a printed substrate relating to the displayed source document using an optically imaging pen to create handwritten notes; imaging a position-coding pattern whilst writing the notes and generating digital ink; and indexing the digital ink with an identifier for the displayed source document so that the displayed source document is retrievable when accessing the notes. The displayed source document has no association with the printed substrate prior to writing the notes. | 02-07-2013 |
| 20130033461 | SYSTEM FOR NOTETAKING WITH SOURCE DOCUMENT REFERENCING - A system for notetaking includes: a display device for displaying a source document to a user; a printed substrate for receiving handwritten notes relating to the displayed source document, the printed substrate having a position-coding pattern identifying a substrate identity and a plurality of coordinate locations on the substrate; an optically imaging pen having a writing nib, the pen being configured for imaging the position-coding pattern whilst writing the notes and generating digital ink; and a computer system configured for indexing the digital ink with an identifier for the displayed source document so that the displayed source document is retrievable when accessing the notes. | 02-07-2013 |
| 20130033462 | ELECTRONIC PENCIL AND METHOD FOR INDICATING COLOR OF ELECTRONIC PENCIL - An electronic pencil reads color information from a first color signal wirelessly sent from a drawing board, controls a color unit in the electronic pencil to indicate a corresponding color according to the read color information, and transmits a second color signal as a reply to the first color signal to the drawing board. The drawing board displays track having the corresponding color when a user draws on the drawing board using the electronic pencil. | 02-07-2013 |
| 20130038579 | ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE TOUCH PEN - A combination writing pen and stylus is disclosed. The device has an internal ink cartridge deployable through a hole in the stylus tip. The stylus tip extends from a sleeve that is formed of a conductive elastomeric material. The sleeve extends up a rigid shaft of the device such that it contacts a sufficient ground. The stylus tip may be coated with a protective material that adjusts the coefficient of friction and prevents carbon deposits on the touch screen. A sufficient contact patch is achieved to simulate a human finger so as to overcome false positives from common touch screen logic. This is done by altering tip geometries around an air cavity within the sleeve. | 02-14-2013 |
| 20130044083 | CRT Light Pen Interface for Flat Panel Displays - A CRT light pen emulating interface with power save and remote access for flat panel displays includes a pen flat panel display that indicates at least one of a user action with a light pen switch or other device and a presence of a light pen emulating object positioned on or proximate to a display surface of the electromagnetic pen flat panel display. A light pen emulating object is positioned proximate to the electromagnetic pen flat panel display. A processor generates a light pen emulation signal comprising position data for the light pen emulating object relative to the display surface of the electromagnetic flat panel display. A light pen CRT electronic interface converts the position data for the light pen emulating object into a corresponding signal that is comparable to a signal generated by a CRT light pen viewing a scanning dot on the CRT screen. | 02-21-2013 |
| 20130050152 | COORDINATE POSITIONING METHOD FOR DISPLAY - A coordinate positioning method to control the movement of the vernier on the display is disclosed. The method includes operating the electronic pen on the substrate having the waterprint pattern, capturing the image of the least one basis pixel where the electronic pen located on, transforming the basis pixel to the current coordinate, which is an absolute coordinate, and moving the vernier on the display to a position corresponding to the current coordinate. | 02-28-2013 |
| 20130069917 | MOVING TRAJECTORY GENERATION METHOD - A moving trajectory generation method includes the following steps of: sensing a movement of a writing device in the air by a moving trajectory sensing module so as to generate a moving trajectory and then generate a moving trajectory signal; generating a virtual projection plane and a trajectory projection plane by a trajectory reconstruction unit of a trajectory reconstruction module according to the moving trajectory signal; calculating an angle between the virtual projection plane and the trajectory projection plane, and generating a transformation matrix according to the angle; transforming the virtual projection plane to the trajectory projection plane according to the transformation matrix; and projecting the moving trajectory to the trajectory projection plane so as to obtain a two-dimensional trajectory signal. | 03-21-2013 |
| 20130076698 | TYPING AND TEXTING TIPS TO AIDE IN TYPING ON TOUCH SCREEN KEYS OF ELECTRONIC DEVICES - A typing device comprised of a circular band at any width, density and size, to include an extension at any width, shape, length and density, which extends parallel to the finger(s) when worn, with a conductive tip at the end of the extension. Said typing tip is used to aide for more precise typing on touch screen electronic devices when pressing or tapping tip of the device against the screen keys. The typing device can be used for touch screen cell phones, touch screen tablet computers, and without limitations to other touch screen electronic devices. | 03-28-2013 |
| 20130076699 | BULK RESISTIVE GLOVE - Gloves are disclosed that are worn by a user while manipulating an electronic device equipped with a capacitive touchscreen. The gloves allow the wearer to manipulate the capacitive touchscreen device without removing the gloves, which is very advantageous in cold environments. The gloves enable full hand functionality allowing the user to type, swipe, squeeze, pinch, and select on the capacitive touchscreen device as if they were using their bare hand. The gloves are made with a low resistant yarn knit or woven into a comfortable fabric that connects the body's bioelectricity through the glove to a capacitive touchscreen. Ordinary gloves will not work with a capacitive touchscreen. In the manufacturing process, the low resistant yarn is first twisted around at least one other yarn having a specific performance property, such as thermal resistance. This twisting assists in uniform knitting and improves the consistent resistivity of the finished glove. | 03-28-2013 |
| 20130076700 | METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING TOUCH OBJECT - A method for identifying touch object has steps of presetting a range of slopes for noise signals, identifying multiple sensed signals, each having a slope higher than the range of slopes for noise signals in a sensing frame, and if the slope of each sensed signal is higher than an upper bound of the range of slopes for noise signals and is higher than each of those of the adjacent sensed signals, determining that the sensed signal is sensed from a corresponding sensed point touched by a stylus. Accordingly, the method can correctly identify a range touched by a stylus from the sensed signals combined with LCM noise signals. | 03-28-2013 |
| 20130076701 | TOUCH PEN STRUCTURE - A touch pen includes a main body, a touch element and a conductive elastic element which is a conductor. The main body has a cladding portion at an end of the main body, and the touch element is disposed in the main body, and a contact portion is formed at an end of the touch element and exposed from the cladding portion. When use, the contact portion and a using surface form a larger touch area in contact with each other, or a side of the cladding portion and the contact portion form a smaller touch area in contact with the using surface, so that the larger touch area or the smaller touch area can be used to cope with the using habits of different users and achieve an effective touch function. | 03-28-2013 |
| 20130076702 | Estimating relative nib position from images captured at different orientations - A method of estimating a position of nib of a pen relative to an optical sensor removably mounted on the pen. The optical sensor captures at least two images of a coded surface when the nib contacts the coded surface. The images are captured with the nib at a same position on the coded surface and the pen at different orientations relative to the coded surface. From a perspective distortion of the coded surface in each image, an estimated rotation and viewing distance for each image are estimated, and from the estimated rotations and viewing distances, the position of the nib relative to the optical sensor is estimated. | 03-28-2013 |
| 20130082983 | MULTI-POINTER FOR TOUCHSCREEN STYLUS - The present invention discloses a multi-pointer touchscreen stylus, which comprises a shaft having at least two pointers at the front end thereof. The present invention can present personal calligraphy according to one's handwriting. The present invention can also present a stroke with varying widths according to varying strengths of writing action, whereby the user may write on a touchscreen with more pleasure. Further, the present invention can prevent a touchscreen from being stained or scratched. | 04-04-2013 |
| 20130088463 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR RECOGNIZING IMAGE WITH INCREASED IMAGE RECOGNITION RATE - An apparatus and methods for recognizing an image with an increased image recognition rate are provided. The apparatus includes a plurality of illuminators for illuminating a surface. The apparatus also includes an image sensor for outputting an image frame obtained by converting an optical image of the surface into an electrical signal. The surface is illuminated one of the plurality of illuminators. The apparatus further includes a switch for selecting any of the plurality of illuminators for illuminating the surface. The apparatus additionally includes a controller for receiving the image frame from the image sensor, determining whether the image frame has a region of reflected light, and controlling the switch to select another of the plurality of illuminators to illuminate the surface when the image frame has the region of reflected light. | 04-11-2013 |
| 20130088464 | DUAL PEN: MASTER-SLAVE - There is disclosed an interactive display system comprising an interactive surface for displaying an image and for receiving inputs from remote devices, the system being adapted to detect the presence of at least two remote devices proximate the interactive surface. | 04-11-2013 |
| 20130088465 | OBJECT ORIENTATION DETECTION WITH A DIGITIZER - A digitizer system includes a stylus comprising a plurality of transmitters for transmitting signals, wherein each of the plurality of transmitters are distanced from one another by a defined distance, a digitizer sensor operable for sensing signals transmitted by the plurality of transmitters, and circuitry associated with the digitizer sensor for tracking a projected location on the digitizer sensor of each of the plurality of transmitters based on the signals sensed, and for tracking a geometric relationship between the projected locations. | 04-11-2013 |
| 20130093733 | HANDWRITING INPUT BOARD AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM USING HANDWRITING INPUT BOARD - A handwriting input board whereby handwritten characters can be erased, and erased characters can be stored. The handwriting input board includes: a display panel provided with a writing area in which dot patterns, in which coordinates and/or code values are repeatedly defined, are arranged; and a scanner pen which can be used to draw on or touch the display panel to draw a trail. The scanner pen includes: an optical reading unit that optically reads the dot pattern provided on the display panel; and a dot code analysis unit. When the scanner pen is used to draw on or touch the display panel, the scanner pen sequentially images the dot pattern, the dot code analysis unit analyzes the dot pattern and outputs coordinates and/or code values, and a trail is displayed visibly on the display panel. The handwriting input board also includes an erasure unit for erasing the displayed trail. | 04-18-2013 |
| 20130100086 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS USED AS STYLUS PEN - An electronic apparatus configured as a stylus pen is provided. The electronic apparatus includes a conductive stylus unit and an electric connection unit. The conductive stylus unit is detachably installed to one end of the electronic apparatus. The electric connection unit electrically connects power of the electronic apparatus to the stylus unit. When the stylus unit is mounted on the electronic apparatus, the power of the electronic apparatus is conducted to the stylus unit to operate a capacitive touch screen unit. | 04-25-2013 |
| 20130100087 | STYLUS AND TOUCH INPUT SYSTEM - A touch input system including a stylus and a display device is provided. The stylus includes a battery module, a touch portion, a transducer module and a RF transmitting module. When a contact pressure is acted on the touch portion, the touch portion is electrically connected to the battery module by the contact pressure and emits a light signal. The display region receives and reacts to the light signal, and the contact pressure is transformed into an electrical signal by the transducer module. The RF transmitting module is electrically connected to the transducer module and transmitting the electrical signal. The display device includes a display region and a RF receiving module. | 04-25-2013 |
| 20130100088 | PEN HEAD CONFIGURATION STRUCTURE FOR CAPACITIVE TOUCH-SCREEN STYLUS PEN - A pen head configuration structure for a capacitive touch-screen stylus pen is disclosed, and it includes a pen head and a support saddle for the pen head which are made of conductive materials, and a universal joint is connected between the pen head and the support saddle for the pen head. | 04-25-2013 |
| 20130106793 | REPLACEABLE TOUCH PEN | 05-02-2013 |
| 20130106794 | Capacitive Force Sensor | 05-02-2013 |
| 20130106795 | Dynamic Adjustment of Received Signal Threshold in an Active Stylus | 05-02-2013 |
| 20130106796 | Active Stylus with Capacitive Buttons and Sliders | 05-02-2013 |
| 20130106797 | Tuning Algorithm for Noise Reduction in an Active Stylus | 05-02-2013 |
| 20130106798 | Differential Sensing in an Active Stylus | 05-02-2013 |
| 20130106799 | Authenticating with Active Stylus | 05-02-2013 |
| 20130106800 | Authenticating with Active Stylus | 05-02-2013 |
| 20130106801 | ELECTRONIC WRITING APPARATUS, NON-TRANSITORY RECORDING MEDIUM, AND ELECTRONIC WRITING SYSTEM | 05-02-2013 |
| 20130106802 | STYLUS AND TOUCH INPUT SYSTEM | 05-02-2013 |
| 20130106803 | DATA STORAGE DEVICE WITH DATA INPUT FUNCTION | 05-02-2013 |
| 20130113762 | DIGITIZER USING MULTIPLE STYLUS SENSING TECHNIQUES - A digitizer system utilizing two location measurement techniques that operate in cooperation to improve the operation of the digitizer. The first location measurement technique provides a first, or coarse, stylus location. The second location measurement technique provides a second, or fine, stylus location. | 05-09-2013 |
| 20130113763 | Stylus - A drawing stylus that transmits data to a base unit using high-frequency audio or radio frequency signals is described. The stylus includes a color selector that enables a user to select a color to be associated with inputs from the stylus. A pressure sensor is also included to detect a pressure applied to the tip of the stylus. The selected color and pressure data are transmitted over high-frequency audio or radio frequency signals to a base unit for processing. The base unit may use the data received via the transmission along with one or more other data elements as inputs to an application executing on the base unit. | 05-09-2013 |
| 20130120324 | System and Method for Simulating Stiff Bristle Brushes Using Stiffness-Height Parameterization - A method, system, and computer-readable storage medium for simulating bristle brush behavior in an image editing application may use stiffness-height parameterization to determine the height of a brush tool above a canvas during a brush stroke. The determination may be dependent on the pressure applied during the stroke (e.g., using a stylus on a pressure-sensitive tablet), and on the stiffness of the brush bristles. The system may select a standard-stiffness or high-stiffness mapping between stylus pressure values and brush height values dependent whether the bristle stiffness value is above or below a pre-determined threshold. The standard-stiffness mapping may apply a linear function to pressure values to determine height values. Using the high-stiffness mapping, the effect of increased pressure on corresponding brush height values may be reduced as bristle stiffness is increased. Adjusting pressure-to-height mapping based on stiffness may allow the system to realistically mimic the behavior of stiff bristle brushes. | 05-16-2013 |
| 20130127791 | Thumb or Finger Devices with Electrically Conductive Tips & Other Features for Use with Capacitive Touch Screens and/or Mechanical Keyboards Employed in Smartphones & Other Small Mobile Devices - A pair of thumb or finger sleeves incorporating electrically conductive tips operates as passive styluses that enable accurate user engagement with capacitive touch displays. Capacitive touch screens are commonly found on smartphones and other handheld devices. Capacitive touch screens are normally activated by direct thumb or finger touch. The human thumb or finger, however, provides a contact area that is too large to allow precise character selection on the small keys found on these devices. The present invention satisfies the electrical conductivity requirements for capacitive touch screens and, through its small contact point, reduces the excessive contact area of the thumb or finger. This invention also maintains or improves upon other operating characteristics of the thumb or finger when interacting with capacitive touch screens and small mechanical keyboards. | 05-23-2013 |
| 20130127792 | ELECTRONIC WRITING SYSTEM AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF - The present disclosure provides an electronic writing system including a holder, a light guide plate, at least one light source, and at least one optical film. The light guide plate is disposed in the holder, and the light guide plate has at least one light entrance surface and a light exit surface. The light source is disposed on the light entrance surface of the light guide plate, and is used for generating a light. The light enters the light guide plate through the light entrance surface, and the light emits out of the light guide plate from the light exit surface. The optical film covers the light exit surface of the light guide plate. | 05-23-2013 |
| 20130127793 | TOUCH INPUT DEVICE - A touch input device comprises: a body made of a conductive material; a brush formed at one end of the body for external extraction, and which is made of a conductive material for touching a capacitive touch panel; and a unit for generating a clicking sensation which is installed within the body to generate a clicking sensation when the touch panel is touched by the brush, thereby enabling a user to sense a click when touching the touch panel, thus improving user convenience, enabling dragging to be smoothly performed, enabling pictures to be easily drawn, minimizing damage such as scratches or the like on the surface of the touch panel, and enabling the surface of the touch panel to be cleaned. | 05-23-2013 |
| 20130135262 | Mobile Device for Interacting with an Active Stylus - A mobile device or a method performed by a mobile device for interacting with a stylus, wherein the stylus has at least one sensor (e.g., a thermocouple junction), and wherein the mobile device has at least one signal source (e.g., an analog heat source) that produces at least one signal (e.g., at least one analog heat signal), wherein the at least one signal is configured to be detectable by the at least one sensor of the stylus. The mobile device also has at least one signal adjustment mechanism for changing the at least one signal and also has at least one transmitter (e.g., thermal active touch screen display) configured to transmit the at least one signal for receipt by the at least one sensor of the stylus. | 05-30-2013 |
| 20130135263 | IMAGE DISPLAY CONTROL DEVICE, IMAGE DISPLAY SYSTEM, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - An image display control device according to the present invention includes a display control unit, an obtaining unit, a drawing unit, a deleting unit, and an operating unit. The display control unit displays an image on a display device. The obtaining unit obtains contact position information or proximity position information of a drawing device, which is relative to a display area of the display device. The drawing unit generates a drawn image, compose a display image of an information processing apparatus with the drawn image, and displays the composite image on the display device. The deleting unit deletes the drawn image from the displayed image, and display on the display device. The operating unit operates the information processing apparatus. The drawing device switches and specifies a generation and deletion of the drawn image, and an operation of the information processing apparatus. | 05-30-2013 |
| 20130141397 | STYLUS DEVICE FOR TOUCH SCREEN - A stylus device for writing or drawing on a touch screen has an elongate barrel for gripping by a user and a stylus tip of rigid, non-compressible material secured to one end of the barrel and having an end face comprising a working surface configured for contact with the touch screen while writing or drawing. The stylus tip is oriented at a predetermined offset angle to the longitudinal axis of the barrel, such that the working surface is not perpendicular to the central longitudinal axis of the barrel. The working surface is applied to a touch screen to develop a contact patch between the working surface and screen sufficient to trigger an input on the screen. | 06-06-2013 |
| 20130141398 | DEVICE FOR MEASURING WRITING PRESSURE OF ELECTRONIC PEN - A device for measuring a writing pressure of electronic pen using a change of capacitance is disclosed. The device for measuring a writing pressure of electronic pen may include first and second fixed plates; a moving plate which constitutes a capacitive sensor together with the first and second fixed plates and moves between the first and second fixed plates according to a change of writing pressure; a tip which adheres to the moving plate to generate a writing pressure; and an elastic body restoring the moving plate to an original location when the moving plate moves from between the first and second fixed plates in a first direction. | 06-06-2013 |
| 20130141399 | ELECTROMAGNETIC STYLUS AND COMPUTER APPARATUS THEREOF - An electromagnetic stylus includes a hollow body, a pen-nib device, an energy transforming device, a circuit board, and an electricity storage device. The pen-nib device is disposed at one end of the hollow body. The energy transforming device is disposed in the hollow body for converting variations in a physical quantity into electrical signals. The circuit board is disposed in the hollow body and electrically connected to the energy transforming device for rectifying the electrical signals transformed by the energy transforming device. The electricity storage device is disposed in the hollow body and electrically connected to the pen-nib device, for receiving the electrical signals transmitted from the circuit board to generate electrical energy and providing the electrical energy to the pen-nib device to generate electromagnetic signals. | 06-06-2013 |
| 20130141400 | STYLUS - A stylus including a shaft, an elastic cover, a tip base and an elastic element is provided. The shaft includes a groove and an end portion. The groove connects to the end portion. The elastic cover is disposed on the end portion and covers the groove. The tip base includes a head part and a neck part. A gap is formed between the head part and the elastic cover. The neck is disposed in the groove and is suitable for moving within the groove. When the tip base receives pressure, the tip base moves relative to the shaft, and presses the elastic element to move within the groove. | 06-06-2013 |
| 20130162604 | ELECTROMAGNETIC PEN - An electromagnetic pen includes a pen core body, an outer cladding surrounding the pen core body, an oscillator circuit and a battery. The outer cladding is made of insulative material. A number of elongated first conductors and a number of elongated second conductors are alternately arranged on a circumferential surface of the outer cladding, and each first conductor is electrically insulated from the corresponding neighboring second conductors. Each first conductor is electrically coupled to the battery, and each second conductor is electrically coupled to the oscillator circuit. When the electromagnetic pen is held by a user, the first conductor is electrically connected to the second conductor via the user's hand, causing the battery to provide voltage to the oscillator circuit, and the oscillator circuit therefore emits electromagnetic signals. | 06-27-2013 |
| 20130162605 | ELECTRONIC PEN - An electronic pen includes a housing that is provided with an opening and a guide groove guiding a penholder inserted from the opening side, a holding portion that is fixed to the housing and holds the penholder fitted into the guide groove, and a first circuit board that is fixed to the housing at a position opposite the housing with the guide groove interposed therebetween, and has an imaging device mounted on one board surface thereof to image reflected light from a medium onto which light is irradiated by an irradiation unit irradiating light from the opening onto the medium outside the housing, wherein, in the housing, the portion of the guide groove, a portion where the holding portion is fixed, and a portion where the first circuit board is fixed are formed by a single member. | 06-27-2013 |
| 20130162606 | HANDWRITTEN CHARACTER INPUT DEVICE, REMOTE DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC INFORMATION TERMINAL - A handwritten character input device includes a correction amount computation unit which performs, when a characteristic value of handwritten characters input to a designated character writing area of a template image by a handwriting input operation of a user does not meet predetermined character writing requirements, a computation process that computes a correction amount of the characteristic value required to meet the character writing requirements; and a corrected handwritten character information output unit which outputs information of after-correction handwritten characters generated based on the correction amount computed by the correction amount computation unit, the characteristic value of the after-correction handwritten characters meeting the character writing requirements. | 06-27-2013 |
| 20130169601 | TOUCH STYLUS, TOUCH DETECTION METHOD AND TOUCH DETECTION SYSTEM - The embodiments of the present invention disclose a touch stylus, a touch detection method and a touch detection system, which are suitable to be used for writing on a capacitive touch screen and can increase the success rate of touch. A method according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: receiving, by a sensing electrode, a square wave signal sent from a stylus tip of a touch stylus; performing a detection process on the square wave signal, by a sensing detection unit, the sensing detection unit having a clock synchronized with a clock of the touch stylus; determining, by a signal processing unit, whether a touch event occurs according to the square wave signal processed with the detection process; and calculating position coordinates of the touch event and reporting the position coordinates to a system control unit, by the signal processing unit, if a touch event occurs. | 07-04-2013 |
| 20130169602 | CHARACTER RECOGNITION DEVICE AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A character recognition device which recognizes an operation for writing a character performed by a housing including an acceleration sensor while being moved in a spatial plane based on a measurement result from the acceleration sensor, a control section acquires acceleration data of each component acquired during the period from the start of writing to the end of the writing of one character determined based on acceleration data of a component associated with each axis of the acceleration sensor, as a series of acceleration data that are temporally continuous from the first stroke to the last stroke of the character including acceleration between strokes. The control section identifies feature points for each component that exist in a series of acceleration data, generates feature point data for each component which includes the plurality of feature points as inputted character data, and collates it with basic character data. | 07-04-2013 |
| 20130176284 | PORTABLE CAPACITIVE TOUCH CONTROL ACCESSORY - A portable capacitive touch control accessory comprises a connecting part and a touch control head: the connecting part is a nonconducting tubular element with a bore at one end for the bore adequately coupled with columnar paraphernalia and has at least one partial surface with a conductive layer which is exposed outside the connecting part and accessible to one user; the touch control head, which is conductive and electrically connected to the conductive layer, links the other end of the connecting part via a connecting device. The portable capacitive touch control accessory can be taken as one accessory installed on one user's multiple paraphernalia which is used in operating a capacitive touch panel by means of a touch control head when an electric loop is developed with the touch control head and the body of one paraphernalia user contacting the conductive layer. | 07-11-2013 |
| 20130181953 | STYLUS COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT - A stylus computing environment is described. In one or more implementations, one or more inputs are detected using one or more sensors of a stylus. A user that has grasped the stylus, using fingers of the user's hand, is identified from the received one or more inputs. One or more actions are performed based on the identification of the user that was performed using the one or more inputs received from the one or more sensors of the stylus | 07-18-2013 |
| 20130181954 | ELECTRONIC BRUSH - The “ELECTRICAL BRUSH” is a simulation device of a brush composed by multiple conductive bristles, mounted along with the normal bristles used in normal brushes (natural or synthetic fibers). Its conductive bristles receive electrical stimuli coming from a drawing surface and determine, precisely, the coordinates (X,Y) of the point that was touched. | 07-18-2013 |
| 20130187896 | STRUCTURE OF TOUCH STYLUS - An improved structure of touch stylus includes a barrel, a sleeve, a positioning bar, a non-conductive head, and a flexible metal fabric. The sleeve and barrel are assembled together as a unitary member and the positioning bar is received in the sleeve. The non-conductive head receives a non-conductive body fit therein and the non-conductive body is fit over the positioning bar so that the non-conductive head is supported by the non-conductive body when the flexible metal fabric that surrounds outside the non-conductive head is put in contact with the a touch screen. As such, the non-conductive head is provided, internally, with a supporting force that prevents the non-conductive head from not resuming the original shape after being pressed down by the contact and thus improving accuracy of touch and extending the lifespan. | 07-25-2013 |
| 20130194242 | MULTI-TIP STYLUS PEN FOR TOUCH SCREEN DEVICES - In a multi-tip stylus pen for a touch-screen device includes an elongated body member which may be capped with a hollow cap member. The hollow cap member has a first stylus tip member disposed at one of the cap ends without an opening. The first stylus tip member includes a first rounded tip of a material and shape suitable for contact with the touch-screen. The elongated body member has a second stylus tip member disposed at a first end. The second stylus tip member comprises a second stylus tip having a second rounded tip of a material and shape suitable for contact with the touch-screen. A third stylus tip member may be disposed at a second end of the body member. The third stylus tip comprises a third rounded tip of a material and shape suitable for contact with the touch-screen. | 08-01-2013 |
| 20130201161 | Methods, Systems and Apparatus for Digital-Marking-Surface Content-Unit Manipulation - Aspects of the present invention are related to systems, methods and apparatus for collecting and displaying digital-marking-surface content based on semantic tags. Some aspects of the present invention relate to ink gestures that invoke content-unit tagging. Some aspects of the present invention relate to ink gestures that invoke the collection and display of like-tagged content units. Some aspects of the present invention relate to ink gestures that invoke the restoration of a viewport or digital sheet to a pre-collection state. Some aspects of the present invention relate to manipulation of content units in a collection view and the persistence of the content-unit manipulations upon restoration of a pre-collect state. Some aspects of the present invention relate to action invocation from a collection view. | 08-08-2013 |
| 20130201162 | MULTI-PURPOSE PEN INPUT DEVICE FOR USE WITH MOBILE COMPUTERS - A compact, hand-held, pen-like multi-functional peripheral device to be used with mobile computers such as smartphones and tablets. The unit communicates with the host device wirelessly via the bluetooth protocol. The unit can be stored inside the host device's hardware where its lithium-ion battery can conveniently be re-charged. | 08-08-2013 |
| 20130207938 | ACTIVE STYLUS TO HOST DATA TRANSMITTING METHOD - Apparatuses and methods of active stylus to host device data transmitting. One method receives, at a stylus, an indication that a host device is performing a first coordinate scan to determine coordinates of the stylus proximate to a capacitive sense array of the host device. While the host device is performing the first coordinate scan, the stylus transmits at least two bits of stylus data to the host device. | 08-15-2013 |
| 20130207939 | STYLUS TO HOST SYNCHRONIZATION USING A MAGNETIC FIELD - A system and method for synchronizing a stylus to a capacitive sense array. The system including a capacitive sense array which includes a plurality of electrodes. A magnetic field is generated using the plurality of electrodes. The magnetic field is used to synchronize the operation of the stylus and the capacitive sense array. | 08-15-2013 |
| 20130229389 | Methods and Apparatus for Simulation of an Erodible Tip in a Natural Media Drawing and/or Painting Simulation - A method, system, and computer-readable storage medium are disclosed for simulation of an erodible tip. A brush tool representing an erodible media is modeled as a height map. Information is collected about a user manipulation of a stylus representing a stroke made on a virtual canvas with the brush tool. A mark to be made on the virtual canvas is determined dependent on the brush tool model and the collected information. The determined mark is rendered. A change in the height map of the brush tool due to the stroke is determined dependent on the brush tool model and the collected information. One or more subsequent marks are rendered in response to manipulation of the brush tool dependent on the determined change in the height map. | 09-05-2013 |
| 20130229390 | Methods and Apparatus for Deformation of Virtual Brush Marks via Texture Projection - A graphics application for simulating natural media drawing and painting may model a tablet stylus as if it were a virtual projector, and as if a 2D brush tip image were projected on a virtual canvas. The application may compute a texture projection based on the values of configurable parameters of the application and/or 6DOF data collected from the tablet stylus and/or the tablet. This texture projection (i.e., the mark resulting from deformation of the 2D brush tip image due to the stylus pose) may be used as a 2D stamp to create a mark on the virtual canvas in response to contact between the stylus and tablet. This may create a more natural mapping between tablet stylus poses and the resulting marks for artists accustomed to the behavior of pencils, felt tip pens, airbrushes, or another natural media, compared to those employed in previous digital painting applications. | 09-05-2013 |
| 20130229391 | Systems and Methods for Particle-Based Digital Airbrushing - A graphics application for simulating natural media drawing and painting may model a tablet stylus as if it were a virtual airbrush tool that sprays paint on a virtual canvas (tablet). The application may compute a conical shape of the paint spray, a target area in which to create an airbrush mark, and a target distribution of the paint to be deposited within the target area based on values of configurable parameters of the application and on 6DOF data collected from the tablet stylus and the tablet. The target distribution shape may be based on a hardness parameter. The virtual airbrush tool may create the mark using texture projection or by emitting multiple individual paint particles, which may have random sizes and velocity directions. In a hybrid mode, a granularity parameter may control the relative contributions of texture projection and particle emission in creating a given airbrush mark. | 09-05-2013 |
| 20130229392 | Persistence-Of-Vision Display With Stylus Input Device - A persistence-of-vision display device that is configured to receive inputs via a stylus and methods for its use are described. The device includes a display housing with a rotating armature disposed therein. The armature includes arrays of light sources and sensors. A stylus is provided that is useable to provide input through the display housing in a manner similar to drawing on the housing. Angular locations of the inputs are identified and corresponding light sources are illuminated. The impression of drawing on the display device is thus provided. Controls for color selection, animation, and other features are provided. | 09-05-2013 |
| 20130229393 | INSTRUMENT-ACTIVATED SUB-SURFACE COMPUTER BUTTONS AND SYSTEM AND METHOD INCORPORATING SAME - The present technique provides a system and method for providing instrument-activated buttons having a sub-surface mechanism for triggering a desired function upon interaction with an above-surface electronic/digital user device, such as a digitizing pointing device. The instrument-activated buttons may be disposed in a display device, a tablet computing device, or any other suitable electronic device. A user navigates a housing surface of the electronic device until a signal identifies the sub-surface button, which may then be activated by performing an instrument-based activation event. The activation event may be a button click, a tip movement, or any other suitable trigger on the electronic/digital user device. A wireless communication is then transmitted between the sub-surface mechanism and the electronic/digital user device to initiate the function associated with the instrument-activated button. | 09-05-2013 |
| 20130234998 | STYLUS - A stylus includes a conductive rod, a circuit board, and an antenna. The conductive rod has a first opening. The circuit board is disposed in the conductive rod and includes a ground portion, wherein the conductive rod is electrically connected to the ground portion. The antenna includes a radiating portion and a feeding portion. The feeding portion is electrically connected to the circuit board and extends to the outside of the conductive rod via the first opening. The radiating portion is disposed at the outside of the conductive rod and is electrically connected to the feeding portion. | 09-12-2013 |
| 20130234999 | INPUT PEN - An input pen is provided which enables a soft writing feeling and sliding of the pen tip that realizes favorable handwritten input of fine letters, fine line drawings, and the like during an input operation on a touch panel. This input pen has a structure in which the tip end portion of a pen tip member is formed by a resin material having the properties of rubber being impregnated into a base member composed of a porous rigid body, and is partially exposed on the surface of the tip end portion. As a result, a writing feeling (sensations such as flexibility and sense of friction) which is the same as or similar to that when writing letters, line drawings, and the like on paper using a pen is actualized when an input operation is performed on a touch panel using the input pen. | 09-12-2013 |
| 20130241897 | PEN TYPE COORDINATE INDICATOR - A pen type coordinate indicator for a position input device is provided, which is capable of widening a detection range of a pressing pressure (pen pressure) while preventing erroneous (false) detection. A coil spring (i.e., a first elastic body) and a silicon rubber (i.e., a second elastic body) are interposed between an end surface of a first ferrite core, around which a coil connected to a resonance circuit is wound, and an end surface of a second ferrite core, within the pen. The first and second elastic bodies operate to controllably change (narrow) the distance between the two end faces in accordance with the pressure applied to the pen tip. As a result, an inductance value of the coil wound around the first ferrite core is controllably changed and thus a phase (frequency) of an electric wave transmitted from the resonance circuit to a position detector is controllably changed. | 09-19-2013 |
| 20130241898 | OPTICS FOR PENCIL OPTICAL INPUT COMPUTER PERIPHERAL CONTROLLER - The invention relates to mechanical construction of the optics for pencil optical input peripheral device for fast and comfortable computer control. The input light reflecting element and at least one convex or aspherical lens is fitted above the input opening aslant to the axis of the longitudinal pencil body in the angled tube. There is a scan sensor fitted behind the output opening of the angled tube. There is also the light source beside the input opening of the angled tube in the recessed opening of the longitudinal pencil body. Axes of the light source and the input opening of the angled tube are at acute angle. The output light reflecting element can be fitted before the scan sensor aslant to the axis of the longitudinal pencil body in the angled tube and the light permeable cover can be fitted before the input opening of the angled tube and/or behind the light source. The input light reflecting element and/or the output light reflecting element consist of the plane mirrors or light reflecting prisms. | 09-19-2013 |
| 20130241899 | METHOD FOR DISPLAYING AN ITEM ON A DISPLAY UNIT - By a method for displaying an item on a display unit ( | 09-19-2013 |
| 20130249870 | DUAL MODE ACTIVE STYLUS FOR WRITING BOTH ON A CAPACITIVE TOUCHSCREEN AND PAPER - An active stylus writing apparatus for writing on a touch-sensitive interface and paper; including a conductive carrier coupled on a first end of the active stylus writing apparatus, and also coupled to internal circuitry for providing an active electrically charged capacitive field to inject a sufficient capacitive charge for writing upon the touch-sensitive interface. Additionally, the active stylus may include a removable compound end cap, typically comprised of at least two segments, the removable compound end cap configured to electrically couple to the conductive carrier when covering the conductive carrier on the first end of the active stylus writing apparatus, wherein the compound end cap is conductive in at least one segment and non-conductive in another segment. | 09-26-2013 |
| 20130249871 | DIGITIZER - Disclosed herein is a digitizer, including: an input unit in which a magnet is embedded; a driving coil in which source supplies to induce a line of magnetic force; a sensing coil in which voltage or current is induced by the line of magnetic force; and a controlling unit supplying the source to the driving coil and measuring the voltage or the current induced in the sensing coil, wherein the controlling unit senses a change amount in the voltage or the current induced in the sensing coil to calculate a coordinate, when the voltage or the current induced in the sensing coil is changed by the magnet. | 09-26-2013 |
| 20130257823 | PHOTOELECTRIC BLACKBOARD PEN - A photoelectric blackboard pen includes a pen tube, a photoelectric element, a spring, and a spherical lens. The pen tube includes an upper portion and a lower portion away from the upper portion. The lower portion defines a circular through hole. The photoelectric element is positioned on an internal sidewall of the upper portion. The diameter of the spherical lens is slightly larger than that of the through hole. The spherical lens is rotatably positioned in the through hole and partially passes through the through hole. One end of the spring is positioned on the internal sidewall of the upper portion. The diameter of the spherical lens is slightly larger than that of the spring, the other end of the spring sleeves around and resists against the spherical lens. | 10-03-2013 |
| 20130257824 | STYLUS CAPABLE OF DETECTING PRESSURE ON A TIP - A stylus capable of detecting pressure on its tip is disclosed in the present disclosure. The stylus includes a holder, a tip and a pressure sensing module. The pressure sensing module can detect the pressure on the tip. The pressure sensing module includes a retractable body disposed inside the holder and connected to the tip. The retractable body includes a base, a reference component disposed on an end of the base and fixed inside the holder, and a movable component disposed on the other end of the base and connected to the tip. The movable component can move relative to the reference component with the tip. The pressure sensing module further includes a sensor disposed by the retractable body for detecting a movement of the movable component relative to the reference component, so that value of the movement can be analyzed for calculating value of the pressure. | 10-03-2013 |
| 20130257825 | INTERACTIVE INPUT SYSTEM AND PEN TOOL THEREFOR - A pen tool comprises an elongate body, a tip adjacent one end the body, and a filtered reflector disposed on the body, the filtered reflector comprising a reflecting portion and a filtering element, the filtering element configured to permit illumination emitted at a selected wavelength to pass therethrough and impinge on the reflecting portion and to permit illumination at the selected wavelength that is reflected by the reflecting portion to exit the filtered reflector. | 10-03-2013 |
| 20130265287 | APPARATUS AND METHOD TO DETECT COORDINATES IN A PENBASED DISPLAY DEVICE - An apparatus and method to detect coordinates in a pen-based display device are provided. In the apparatus, when an electronic pen is placed at a specific position on a display, an image of a pixel group corresponding to the specific position is captured through a camera provided in the electronic pen, a reference point is detected in the pixel group by processing the captured image of the pixel group, an area type of the captured image is determined based on the reference point, values of a coordinate indications corresponding to the position of the pixel group are determined, selectively correcting the determined values of the coordinate indications according to the determined area type to determine final values of the coordinate indications, and applying a predetermined coordinates calculation rule to the determined final values of the coordinate indications to determine final coordinates of the electronic pen. | 10-10-2013 |
| 20130271431 | FORCE-SENSING STYLUS POINTING DEVICE - The present disclosure provides a force-sensitive stylus having a first electromagnetic coil located at a fixed position within a housing and a second electromagnetic coil that is attached to a moveable tip element and positioned to interact with the first electromagnetic coil, such that the position of the second electromagnetic coil relative to the first electromagnetic coil is dependent upon the force applied to the tip element. A control circuit energizes a transmitting coil of the first and second electromagnetic coils with a radio frequency signal and senses the current induced in the other coil to determine the force on the tip element. The force may be encoded in the radio frequency signal and then transmitted to a host electronic device by re-energizing the transmitting coil. | 10-17-2013 |
| 20130271432 | HANDHELD ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND EXECUTING APPLICATION METHOD - An application executing method is provided. The application executing method is applied to a handheld electronic device having a body and a touch element. The touch element is disposed at the body. The application executing method comprises the following steps. Firstly, a communication mode is entered. Next, whether the touch element is moved is detected. If the touch element is moved, then an application is activated. | 10-17-2013 |
| 20130271433 | ELECTRONIC SENSORY PEN AND METHOD FOR INPUTTING/OUTPUTTING SENSORY INFORMATION USING THE SAME - Provided are an electronic pen for inputting/outputting sensory information and a method for recognizing taste information and transforming the taste information into smell information using the same. The electronic pen includes: a sensory information input unit for receiving sensory information of the object; a signal processing unit for processing and storing sensory information transmitted from the sensory information input unit; a sensory information reproducing unit for outputting the sensory information; and a wireless communication unit for transmitting the sensory information. | 10-17-2013 |
| 20130271434 | COMBINATION TOUCH AND TRANSDUCER INPUT SYSTEM AND METHOD - A combination touch and transducer input system is provided, which facilitates user input into an electronic system with a finger and/or a transducer (e.g., a stylus). The system includes a transducer configured to generate an electric field, and a sensor including an array of electrodes and a controller. The transducer is configured to transmit digital data, such as pen pressure data and switch status data, to the sensor. For example, the transducer comprises electronic circuitry configured to encode the digital data in a signal for transmission to the sensor. The sensor controller is configured to operate both in a touch sensing mode and in a transducer sensing mode. During the touch sensing mode, the controller determines a position of a proximate object (e.g., a finger) by capacitively sensing the object with the array of electrodes. During the transducer sensing mode, the controller determines a position of the transducer based on a signal received by the array of electrodes from the transducer, and also receives and decodes the digital data encoded in the received signal. Digital data can be encoded in a signal using any suitable digital modulation techniques, such as a Frequency-Shift Keying (FSK) technique. | 10-17-2013 |
| 20130285989 | ARTICLE-TOUCHING AND WRITING APPARATUS - A compact, readily portable stylus and writing apparatus for operating any device requiring contact for inputting commands such as touch screens, small buttons, and the like. The apparatus includes a conductive body, a conductive contactor, and a retractable writing instrument. The conductive contactor is positioned to easily contact a touch screen or small buttons when the apparatus is in a stowed configuration. When the apparatus is in a stowed configuration, the apparatus can be conveniently carried in the user's wallet, pocket, or purse. When the apparatus is in its deployed configuration, user can use the retractable writing instrument apparatus for writing. | 10-31-2013 |
| 20130285990 | TOUCH PEN FOR DIRECT INFORMATION INPUT - Disclosed is a touch pen that is configured such that an indication point, which is indicated on a touch panel when the touch pen slantingly contacts the touch panel, is corrected to a contact point of the touch pen. | 10-31-2013 |
| 20130300719 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING STYLUS ORIENTATION AND POSITION INPUT - Position and orientation of a stylus with respect to a sensing surface of a host electronic device are provided by sensing first and second electromagnetic fields at a sensing surface, the first and second electromagnetic fields varying in strength in response to stylus orientation, and determining the orientation from a difference in sensed field strength between the first and second electromagnetic fields. The first and second electromagnetic fields may be produced by proximal and distal electromagnetic transmitters of the stylus. The orientation may be used, for example, to control the response of a computer drawing application executed on the host electronic device. | 11-14-2013 |
| 20130300720 | CAPACITIVE STYLUS - A capacitive stylus includes: a hollow stylus stick; a soft touch member made of conductive plastic or rubber in the form of a hollow housing, the soft touch member having a domed touch end; a connection collar assembled with an end section of the stylus stick, the connection collar and the soft touch member together defining an internal space; a support member disposed in the internal space, the support member being made of a rubber material with hardness greater than that of the soft touch member; and a rest seat assembled with the support member, the support member being spaced from the soft touch member by a gap and formed with a multi-support structure facing the soft touch member. In operation, the soft touch member can keep a proper softness without being over-deformed or collapsed. | 11-14-2013 |
| 20130307829 | HAPTIC-ACOUSTIC PEN - A pen for annotating an electronic screen includes a shell, a tip provided at one end of the shell, and a haptic generator, provided in the shell, that provides vibration of the tip and the shell to emulate resistance of different simulated writing surfaces. The vibration provided by the haptic generator may correspond to friction, abrasion, and flexure of the simulated writing surfaces. The vibration provided by the haptic generator may be based on pre-recorded feedback that is reproduced by the haptic generator. The vibration provided by the haptic generator may be based on a dynamic position of the tip on the electronic screen. The pen may also include an inductor/capacitor, disposed within the shell, that interacts with antenna coils of the electronic screen to provide the dynamic position of the tip on the electronic screen. | 11-21-2013 |
| 20130307830 | SYNCHRONOUS LIGHT PEN ELECTRONIC WHITEBOARD SYSTEM - The synchronous optical pen electronic whiteboard system in the present invention introduces an image sensor with a global shutter, optical pen pulsing light-emission and synchronizing signal transmitter and receiver. The light pulsing of the optical pen and the exposure of the image sensor coincide by synchronizing signal so as to realize the object of increasing signal-to-noise-ratio. A synchronizing signal sender can be arranged in the optical pen and a synchronizing signal receiver arranged in a signal receiving device, or a synchronizing signal sender can be arranged in the signal receiving device and a synchronizing signal receiver arranged in the optical pen. The coincidence of light pulsing and the exposure can be realized in the two solutions, thereby realizing the object of the present invention. By using the solution of the present invention, the power consumption of the optical pen can be reduced effectively and the signal to noise ratio of the system can be effectively increased in the meanwhile. | 11-21-2013 |
| 20130314381 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR OBTAINING POSITIONING DATA - A position detection system for use in association with computing applications, the system comprising: a positional element for attaining a position and comprising a first emitter for emitting a substantially continuous ultrasonic waveform decodable to fix said position, and a detector arrangement for detecting said waveform in a manner permitting fixing of said position and outputting said waveform for computation, in a manner retentive of said position fixing ability. | 11-28-2013 |
| 20130314382 | POSITION POINTER, VARIABLE CAPACITOR AND INPUTTING APPARATUS - A position pointer is provided, which includes a housing having an opening, a rod disposed in the housing such that one end thereof projects from the opening, and a variable capacitor having a capacitance value which varies in response to pressure applied thereto through the rod. The capacitor includes a dielectric member having a first face portion opposite a second face portion, a first electrode section disposed on the first face portion of the dielectric member, a conductive member facing the second face portion of the dielectric member and forming a second electrode section when brought into contact with the second face portion of the dielectric member, and an elastic member coupled with the conductive member and adapted for biasing the conductive member away from the second face portion. A contact area between the conductive member and the second face portion varies depending on the pressure applied through the rod. | 11-28-2013 |
| 20130321350 | VIRTUAL RULER FOR STYLUS INPUT - The present disclosure provides for electronic drawing using a virtual ruler. An image rendered on a display of an electronic device executing a drawing application in response to stylus input is bounded by an edge of a virtual ruler. The virtual ruler is rendered in a region of the display in response to user input, the region being bounded by an edge of the virtual ruler. In response to a received stylus gesture, a line is rendered on the display outside of the region bounded by the edge of the virtual ruler. Stylus input inside the region may be ignored or auto-corrected to the edge of the ruler. Stylus input outside of the region may be auto-corrected to the edge of the virtual ruler or used without correction. | 12-05-2013 |
| 20130321351 | GRAPHICAL DISPLAY WITH OPTICAL PEN INPUT - Methods and apparatuses of obtaining user input. A display of an optical tracking grid is initiated on an electronic graphical display. Changes are determined among images of at least a portion of the optical tracking grid that are captured by a tracking pen device. Based on the determined changes in the images, a movement of a portion of the tracking pen device is determined. A data set characterizing movement is produced in response to determining the movement. | 12-05-2013 |
| 20130321352 | MODIFYING INFORMATION ON A HAND WRITABLE PHYSICAL MEDIUM WITH A DIGITAL PEN - One embodiment provides a method for modifying information stored in storage by modifying information on a hand writable physical medium with a digital pen, wherein the hand writable physical medium includes a predetermined field including one or more item field name and one or more first region for information entry associated with the one or more item field name. The information stored in the storage includes attribute values corresponding to each of the one or more item field name of the physical medium, and attribute values corresponding to information entered into each of the one or more first region. The method for modifying includes an apparatus communicable with the digital pen detecting that a modification symbol is added, by using the digital pen, to information which has been entered into any of the one or more first region in the predetermined field. | 12-05-2013 |
| 20130321353 | PEN-SHAPED COORDINATE INDICATOR - A pen-shaped coordinate indicator is provided, which is capable of preventing erroneous detection of the pressing force (writing pressure) and widening the detection range of the pressing force. The indicator includes a core body that forms a pen tip; a columnar first magnetic body having one end in contact with the core body and having another end opposing a columnar second magnetic body; and an elastic body provided between the first and second magnetic bodies. The elastic body is composed of a main body and at least one projection provided thereon, wherein the projection has a smaller resistance to the pressing force applied to the core body than the main body. When the pressing force is applied, initially the projection is mainly deformed, and thereafter the main body is mainly deformed to thereby change a distance between the first and second magnetic bodies according to the pressing force device. | 12-05-2013 |
| 20130321354 | MULTI-TIP STYLUS - A multi-tip stylus has a penholder and multiple tips longitudinally mounted on the penholder and mutually spaced apart. Any adjacent two of the tips form a tip-combined stroke set. When the multi-tip stylus is operated, the penholder is held horizontally for adjacent two of the tips on the penholder to contact the touch panel. A continuous stroke can be formed by using the two adjacent tips to contact a touch panel and collaborating corresponding charcoal sketching software. Accordingly, the multi-tip stylus can be operated in a similar way of holding a charcoal crayon and drawing with the charcoal crayon as in a traditional charcoal sketch so as to do the traditional charcoal sketching techniques, such as shading, blending, toning, and the like. | 12-05-2013 |
| 20130321355 | WRITING TIP FOR A STYLUS - A stylus includes a housing, a writing tip at least partially extending out of the housing, and circuitry electrically connected to the writing tip, the circuitry operative to providing a signal for transmission via the writing tip. The writing tip of the stylus is formed with a compound material including a non-conductive base material and conductive filler. | 12-05-2013 |
| 20130321356 | TRACKING MOVEMENT OF A WRITING INSTRUMENT ON A GENERAL SURFACE - Methods, systems, and apparatuses, including computer programs encoded on computer-readable media, for capturing, using a camera, an image of a general writing surface. The captured image is compared with one or more previously saved images. A related image is determined based upon syntax and semantics of handwriting recognized in the captured image and the one or more previously saved images. A previous document associated with the related image is retrieved and set as the active document. A position of a writing instrument is mapped to a position within the previous document. | 12-05-2013 |
| 20130321357 | DISPLAY PANEL AND DISPLAY DEVICE - In a display panel | 12-05-2013 |
| 20130321358 | COORDINATE INDICATING DEVICE AND COORDINATE MEASURING DEVICE FOR MEASURING INPUT COORDINATES OF COORDINATE INDICATING DEVICE - A coordinate indicating device which inputs coordinates to a coordinate measuring device is provided. The coordinate indicating device includes a power receiver for wirelessly receiving drive power from the coordinate measuring device, a rectifier for rectifying the wirelessly received drive power into Direct Current (DC) drive power, a battery for storing the rectified drive power, an actuator for outputting at least one of preset vibration, frictional force, and electrostatic force, based on relative positions of the coordinate measuring device and the coordinate indicating device by using the rectified drive power provided from the battery, a coordinate indicator for indicating coordinates at predetermined coordinates on the coordinate measuring device, and a shielding portion for shielding the coordinate indicator. | 12-05-2013 |
| 20130321359 | STYLUS WITH PRESSURE SENSOR - A pressure-sensitive stylus includes a tip operationally coupled to a pressure sensor, where the tip is constrained to depress longitudinally, and the tip is mechanically coupled to a first spring. The tip engages a second spring when depressed longitudinally by a force of a first magnitude. | 12-05-2013 |
| 20130321360 | HAND-WRITING PEN AND MOBILE TERMINAL - A hand-writing pen and a mobile terminal are provided by the disclosure, wherein the hand-writing pen includes a penholder, the penholder includes a first rod and a second rod, the first rod and the second rod are connected by a rotation structure, an angle sensor module is set in the rotation structure, the angle sensor module is configured to obtain an angle signal of rotation of the first rod or the second rod and transmit the angle signal of the rotation to the mobile terminal used in coordination with the hand-writing pen. Calibration marks are also set on the penholder. By using the hand-writing pen and the mobile terminal, the mobile terminal carrying with the hand-writing pen can provide a measurement function, which greatly improves user experience. | 12-05-2013 |
| 20130328837 | IMAGE SUPPLY DEVICE, IMAGE DISPLAY SYSTEM, METHOD OF CONTROLLING IMAGE SUPPLY DEVICE, IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An image supply device used with an image display device and an operation detection device adapted to detect an indication location in accordance with a position indication operation on a display surface includes a drawing section adapted to generate a superimposition image to be displayed while being superimposed on an original image based on the indication location detected by the operation detection device, a first image generation section adapted to generate a first composite image by superimposing the superimposition image generated by the drawing section on the original image, a second image generation section for generating a second composite image by superimposing an operating image for instructing a process of the superimposition image generated by the drawing section on the first composite image in response to a change in the original image, and an output section adapted to output the second composite image to the image display device. | 12-12-2013 |
| 20130335380 | STYLUS WITH CONTROL RING USER INTERFACE - Control rings are mounted on a stylus body. A controller within the stylus body generates a control signal dependent upon the control rings. The control signal is transmitted to a host electronic device where information contained in the control signal is used to control properties of a drawing tool in a computer drawing application. | 12-19-2013 |
| 20130335381 | VACUUM METALIZED PLATING STYLUS - A metalized plated stylus is described. The stylus includes a pen stem, a metal plating coat adhered to the pen stem. and a conductive rubber stylus tip attached with the pen stem such that the stylus tip is in direct contact with the metal plating coat. Importantly, the the metal plating coat is adhered to the pen stem through vacuum metalized plating. | 12-19-2013 |
| 20130342510 | HANDWRITING INPUT APPARATUS - A handwriting input apparatus used with an electromagnetic pen is disclosed. The handwriting input apparatus comprises a controller, an electromagnetic antenna board, a signal processing circuit and a charging circuit. The signal processing circuit processes the electromagnetic signals received by the electromagnetic antenna board. The charging circuit used to charge the electromagnetic pen includes a first device which is used to output a first voltage to charge the electromagnetic pen after a voltage of the handwriting input apparatus being inputted. The charging circuit further includes a programmable voltage device connecting to the first device. The programmable voltage device is controlled by the controller to change the first voltage according to the detection of the first voltage by the controller. | 12-26-2013 |
| 20130342511 | TOUCH-CONTROL WRITING TOOL - A touch-control writing tool wherein the pipe body of the touch-control writing tool has a long through hole and an opening on one end thereof. A rotating element is pivotally provided on the end of the opening of the pipe body. The writing head of a rod body goes through and protrudes from the rotating element. The rotating element drives the rod body to perform an axial displacement in the long through hole via the transmission component in the long through hole, thereby adjusting the length of the writing head outside the rotating element. | 12-26-2013 |
| 20140002421 | USER INTERFACE DEVICE FOR PROJECTION COMPUTER AND INTERFACE METHOD USING THE SAME | 01-02-2014 |
| 20140002422 | INTERACTING TIPS FOR A DIGITIZER STYLUS | 01-02-2014 |
| 20140009444 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - An information processing apparatus includes an obtaining unit, a specifying unit, a calculating unit, and an evaluating unit. The obtaining unit obtains position information and time information. The position information indicates a position at which a writing action has been performed and which is specified in accordance with code information formed on a medium to which an operation result for operation items is input. The time information indicates a time at which the writing action was performed. The specifying unit specifies an operation item for which the writing action has been performed. The calculating unit calculates an operation time taken to perform an operation of the operation item for which the writing action has been performed. The evaluating unit detects an operation item in which a time difference between the calculated operation time and a predetermined standard operation time is longer than or equal to a predetermined time. | 01-09-2014 |
| 20140009445 | INPUT DEVICE ERROR COMPENSATING METHOD AND TERMINAL FOR SUPPORTING THE SAME - A method of compensating an error of an input device and an apparatus thereof. An electromagnetic induction pen including a coil for electromagnetic induction spaced apart from a nib of the pen is prepared. A sensor board is provided in the apparatus in which a voltage or current for electromagnetic induction of the electromagnetic induction pen output. A disposition state of the sensor board is determined. The voltage or the current is adjusted and provided to the sensor board formed according to a sensed rotation state of the sensor board or terminal in order to compensate for an error generated due to a distance between the nib and the coil. An error is compensated for by allowing coordinates according to the electromagnetic induction formed on the sensor board and varied with the rotation disposition state of the sensor board to correspond to a position of the nib. | 01-09-2014 |
| 20140015810 | COMPACT CONDUCTIVE STYLUS - Disclosed is a compact conductive stylus comprising: a core configured to assume and maintain either of two bi-stable states, the core formed from an elongated flexible material; an electrically-conductive nib attached to an end of the core; and a soft capsule layer enclosing the core. | 01-16-2014 |
| 20140015811 | INPUT METHOD AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE USING PEN INPUT DEVICE - An input method and electronic device using a pen input device are provided. In an embodiment, status information of the pen input device is received, and contact information of a contact point between the pen input device and the terminal is generated, based on the received status information. Expressive effects of a pen input, such as line thickness, density and texture, are varied based on the contact information. Such input method and electronic device using the pen input device can simply and conveniently vary expressive effects of a pen-based input. In other embodiments, contact information is determined from actual contact points and expressive effects are varied as a function of the contact information or pen status information derived from the actual contact information. | 01-16-2014 |
| 20140015812 | TABLET STYLUS WITH PRESENTATION INTERACTION FUNCTIONALITY - A handheld apparatus includes a body including a laser portion having a laser lens, a stylus portion having a conductive tip, and a connection portion coupled to the laser portion and the stylus portion. The connection portion has a charging port. The laser portion and the stylus portion are movable relative to each other between a first position, in which at least one of the laser portion and the stylus portion covers the charging port of the connection portion, and a second position, in which the charging port of the connection portion is exposed. The handheld apparatus also includes a power source positioned within the body and coupled to the charging port, and a laser module positioned within the laser portion. The laser module is operable to output a directed laser through the laser lens. | 01-16-2014 |
| 20140022217 | SYSTEMS AND RELATED METHODS INVOLVING STYLUS TACTILE FEEL - Systems and methods involving stylus tactile feel are provided. In this regard, a representative system includes: a stylus operative to affect an input to an electronic device via interaction with a working surface thereof, the stylus being further operative to interact with the working surface such that electrostatic charges exhibited between the working surface and the stylus simulate friction force exhibited by the surface to be simulated and an instrument to be simulated, the instrument being represented by the stylus. | 01-23-2014 |
| 20140022218 | ORIENTATION SENSING STYLUS - The present disclosure provides for method and apparatus for controlling an application executed on an electronic device dependent upon the orientation of a stylus. The stylus includes a rotation rate sensor, such as a gyroscope. A signal, dependent on the rotation rate, is transmitted from the stylus and received by the electronic device. The stylus orientation may be determined from the rotation rate using an integration circuit to determine a rotation matrix that is applied to an initial orientation vector. The electronic device may use the stylus orientation to determine the handedness of a user, to control properties of a drawing application, or for other purposes. | 01-23-2014 |
| 20140028633 | FORCE SENSING STYLUS - The present disclosure provides a force sensing stylus that includes a shaft. The shaft has a tip-end, which protrudes from the stylus body, and an interior-end that is located within the body. The shaft is supported in the body at the tip-end by a compliant element. A multi-axis force sensor, in contact with the interior-end of the shaft, senses lateral and longitudinal components of a force applied to the tip-end of the shaft, or a combination thereof. The sensed force components may be transmitted to an electronic device and used to control an application executed on the device. | 01-30-2014 |
| 20140028634 | STYLUS DEVICE - Styluses capable of generating stylus stimulation signals and touch sensitive devices capable of receiving stylus stimulation signals are disclosed. In one example, a stylus can receive a stimulation signal from a touch sensor of a touch sensitive device and generate a stylus stimulation signal by changing an amplitude or frequency of the received stimulation signal. The stylus can transmit the stylus stimulation signal back into the touch sensor of the touch sensitive device. The touch sensor can generate a touch signal based on the device's own stimulation signals and the stylus stimulation signal. The touch sensitive device can process the touch signal to determine a location of the stylus on the touch sensor. The stylus can include a force sensor to detect an amount of force applied to a tip of the stylus. The stylus stimulation signal can be modulated based on the force detected by the force sensor. | 01-30-2014 |
| 20140028635 | MODULAR STYLUS DEVICE - Modular styluses having a base module an expansion module are disclosed. The base module can include a stylus tip, a stylus stimulation signal circuit capable of generating a stimulation signal, a processor for controlling the stylus stimulation signal circuit, and a connection interface for selectively connecting the base module to an expansion module. The expansion module can include a power source for providing power to the stylus stimulation signal circuit and the processor. The expansion module can also include one or more of a power source, camera, audio recorder, communication circuit, gyroscope, accelerometer, laser pointer, projector, or the like. The projector can be used to display an image on a surface and to allow a user to edit a document by moving the stylus across the projected image. | 01-30-2014 |
| 20140028636 | MULTI-FUNCTION STYLUS - A multi-function stylus includes a sleeve, a holder and a pen. The sleeve defines a cavity and has a connecting member at one end. The holder includes a first magnet and a second magnet at opposite ends thereof. The pen is threadedly connected to the holder. The connecting member is attracted by the first magnet or the second magnet, for connecting the sleeve to the holder or the pen. | 01-30-2014 |
| 20140028637 | POSITION TRACING SYSTEM USING ULTRASONIC WAVE - Provided is a position tracing system using ultrasonic wave, where a distance between ultrasonic wave reception sensors can be adjusted. A distance between ultrasonic wave reception sensors can be freely adjusted by user's manipulation, so that a position of a signal generation device implemented by an input pen can be more accurately traced by adjusting the distance between the ultrasonic wave reception sensors according to a size of a moving area of the signal generation device. | 01-30-2014 |
| 20140035882 | APPARATUS AND METHOD PERTAINING TO A STYLUS HAVING A PLURALITY OF NON-PASSIVE LOCATION MODALITIES - A stylus, configured for interactive use with a surface such as but not limited to a display, includes a stylus housing that supports a control circuit. The control circuit is configured to selectively effect at least two different non-passive location modalities wherein each of the non-passive location modalities imparts location-determination information. The plurality of non-passive location modalities can be selectively used in combination with one another or in a singular fashion as desired. | 02-06-2014 |
| 20140035883 | Apparatus and Method Pertaining to a Stylus That Emits a Plurality of Infrared Beams - A stylus has a writing tip and includes a plurality of infrared transmitters configured and disposed to emit a plurality of infrared beams via that writing tip. These infrared transmitters can be disposed substantially equidistant from one another about a central axis of the writing tip and emit infrared beams at an angle that is other than parallel to that central axis. A corresponding display can detect these various beams to determine corresponding stylus-gesture information. This stylus-gesture information can comprise, for example, determining an angle of inclination of the stylus. As another example this stylus-gesture information can comprise rotation (such as a direction of rotation or the mere state of rotation) about the stylus' longitudinal axis. This stylus-gesture information, in turn, can serve as parameters to further guide or influence any of a variety of applications. | 02-06-2014 |
| 20140035884 | CAPACITIVE TYPE STYLUS AND MOBILE TERMINAL COMPRISING THE SAME - A capacitive type stylus is provided. The stylus includes a body made of a conductive material, the body being configured to be elastically deformed and, once deformed, to maintain a deformed shape until deformed again, a cover configured to cover at least a portion of the body and a pen tip connected to a first end of the body. | 02-06-2014 |
| 20140035885 | Apparatus and Method for Selecting Stylus Location-Determination Information Provided by a Plurality of Non-Passive Stylus-Location Modalities - A stylus includes a stylus housing that supports a control circuit. The control circuit is configured automatically compare data quality as corresponds to stylus location-determination information being provided by at least two different stylus-based candidate non-passive location modalities to thereby select a particular stylus-based non-passive location modality and to then use that particular stylus-based non-passive location modality when transmitting stylus location-determination information to a corresponding electronic device. | 02-06-2014 |
| 20140035886 | Apparatus and Method to Determine an Angle of Inclination and/or Rotation of a Stylus - An electronic device has a control circuit that receives first location-determination information from such a stylus as per a first location modality along with second location-determination information as per a second location modality, wherein the second location modality is different from the first location modality. This control circuit then uses the first location-determination information in combination with the second location-determination information to determine at least one of an angle of inclination of the stylus with respect to the aforementioned scribing surface and rotation of the stylus about a central longitudinal axis. | 02-06-2014 |
| 20140035887 | STYLUS PEN AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE HAVING THE SAME - A stylus pen for inputting data of an electronic device includes a cavity type cylinder housing, a head, a moving body, and at least one grip. The cavity type cylinder housing has a tip for engaging with a touch screen at one end and the head is retractably installed at the other end of the cylinder housing. A moving body disposed within the cylinder housing and coupled to the head slidably moves depending on a retraction operation of the head. At least one grip is installed such that a portion of the grip is protudes outwardly from the cylinder housing depending on a movement direction of the moving body. | 02-06-2014 |
| 20140043300 | ELECTROMAGNETIC POINTER - An electromagnetic pointer comprising a pen tip, a first and second ferrite cores, a coil surrounding the first ferrite core, a core holder, a circuit board holder and a circuit board is disclosed. The pen tip penetrates through the first ferrite core. The surface of one end of the core holder has a first thread thereon. An elastomer and a touch pin are configured in the core holder. The touch pin extends out from the end with the first thread of the core holder. The inner surface of one end of the circuit board holder has a second thread so that the core holder is able to be screwed into the circuit board holder. The circuit board has a plurality of conductive terminals on one end thereof. The conductive terminals are configured adjacent the touch pin. A conductive device is between the conductive terminals and the touch pin. | 02-13-2014 |
| 20140043301 | POSITION DETECTING DEVICE AND POSITION INDICATOR THEREOF - A position detecting device includes: a position indicator including a signal generator configured to generate an alternating-current signal, a plurality of electrodes, a switch circuit configured to supply the alternating-current signal to selected one(s) of the electrodes based on a predetermined electrode-selection pattern, and a pattern information transmitter configured to transmit pattern information indicating a set predetermined pattern. A tablet includes electrodes disposed in a flat surface manner, a signal position detector configured to obtain a coordinate position of the alternating-current signal transmitted from said selected one(s) of the electrodes on a tablet surface based on distribution of a signal level induced in each of the tablet electrodes by the alternating-current signal, a pattern information receiver, and a rotation angle calculator configured to calculate a rotation angle of the position indicator about a perpendicular direction to the tablet surface based on a plurality of coordinate positions obtained according to the received pattern information. | 02-13-2014 |
| 20140049520 | Mobile Interactive Projection System With Multi-Pen Input - A mobile projection system consisting of a projector and an infrared camera positioned on top of the projector with a clear view of the projection when the projector is powered. The device allows, when proper software is installed, multi-pen input support enabling the user(s) to interact with the computer on the projected surface. | 02-20-2014 |
| 20140049521 | Feedback Via an Input Device and Scribble Recognition - Feedback via an input device associated with an interaction with a point of interest (POI) and scribble recognition is provided. When using an input device to navigate a GUI, various POIs may be determined as elements beneficial for a user to notice, pay attention to, or avoid. When an input is received that may be associated with a POI, feedback may be provided. Feedback may include haptic, visual, or audible feedback. Scribble recognition may also be provided. When using an input device (e.g., digital pen), a user may “scribble” in a margin to test pen attributes. Upon recognizing a scribble, alternative pen attributes may be presented in a contextual menu. In addition, the scribble may be automatically erased upon selection of a pen attribute or upon receiving input in another area of the UI or alternatively, feedback may be provided prior to erasure of the scribble input. | 02-20-2014 |
| 20140055424 | Method and Apparatus Pertaining to Detecting a Light-Emitting Stylus' Position - A display includes a light-transmissive planar member with side edges and opposing surfaces. A plurality of light sensors are disposed along at least two of the side edges of this planar member. These light sensors are disposed to detect light moving through the light-transmissive planar member by internally reflecting off the aforementioned opposing surfaces. A control circuit detects a position of a light-emitting stylus with respect to the display by using the plurality of light sensors to detect light from the light-emitting stylus that moves through the light-transmissive planar member via the aforementioned internal reflections. By one approach the side edges the light-transmissive planar member are inclined at other than a perpendicular angle with respect to the aforementioned opposing surfaces. | 02-27-2014 |
| 20140055425 | ELECTROMAGNETIC POINTER WITH NEW TYPE ADJUSTMENT STRUCTURE - An electromagnetic pointer with a new type adjustment structure is disclosed. The electromagnetic pointer comprises at least one pen tube assembly, a tuning component at one end of the pen tube assembly, a pen tip, a core holder configured in the pen tube assembly with a surrounding coil, a ferrite core, an elastomer, a touch pin configured in the core holder and the pen tube assembly and a circuit board. The tuning component is configured to move axially along the pen tube assembly to perform tuning. | 02-27-2014 |
| 20140055426 | METHOD FOR OPERATION OF PEN FUNCTION AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE SUPPORTING THE SAME - An apparatus and method for operation of a pen function in an electronic device. A pen recognition panel recognizes a touch pen according to a set mode. A control unit collects pen status information including at least one of information on an arrangement state between a pen recognition panel and a touch pen and a state information on whether a button of the touch pen is pushed, type information on a currently activated application program, and a gesture recognition information according to a gesture input operation of the touch pen, or collects the pen status information and the gesture recognition information. A storage unit stores a pen function table providing a pen function command corresponding to collected information according to the set mode, and a display panel displays information according to performing of a function corresponding to the pen function command. | 02-27-2014 |
| 20140055427 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A mobile terminal and a control method thereof are disclosed. The mobile terminal includes a display and a controller configured to execute a function corresponding to a user gesture acquired through a stylus when at least one of the body and tip of the stylus does not come into contact with the display. The mobile terminal can be controlled more intuitively by executing a function corresponding to a user gesture acquired through the stylus. | 02-27-2014 |
| 20140055428 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR IMPLEMETING ORIGINAL CALLIGRAPHY OF HANDWRITING - Provided are a method and device for implementing the original calligraphy of handwriting. The method comprises: carrying out a real time sampling of a contact to obtain position information about the sampling point and the pen width at the sampling point; determining a central line of the stroke determined by adjacent sampling points; determining position information about a key point of the corresponding stroke according to the central line and the pen width at the sampling point; dividing the key point of the stroke into groups to determine the type thereof; generating a calligraphy outline of the corresponding stroke by drawing an arc and/or a line according to the type of the key point and the position information about the same; and finally filling the outline for displaying. The displayed handwriting trace has the same calligraphy of handwriting as characters written on paper. | 02-27-2014 |
| 20140062966 | Stylus Having a Flexibly-Resilient Tip - A stylus has a first end and a flexibly-resilient tip disposed at that first end. By one approach this tip is seamlessly connected to the stylus and thereby affords a fully-sealed connection that prevents contaminants from entering the stylus via the tip. The stylus can further include a pressure-sensitive sensor disposed therein that is configured to sense compression of the flexibly-resilient tip. If desired, the stylus can also include a wireless transmitter that operably couples to the pressure-sensitive sensor and that is configured to transmit information in response to sensed tip compression. | 03-06-2014 |
| 20140062967 | STYLUS AND CAPACITIVE PRESSURE SENSING ELEMENT EMPLOYED THEREIN - A capacitive pressure sensing element includes a main body, a power supply with a positive electrode and a negative electrode connected to a first electrode and a second electrode mounted on the main body, a first sheet metal electrically connected to the first electrode, a second sheet metal, and a spring element connected between the second electrode and the second sheet metal. When the spring element is uncompressed, the second sheet metal is misaligned relative to the first sheet metal. When the spring element is compressed, the second sheet metal is move towards the first end to a position with a reduced misalignment degree relative to the first sheet metal, thereby the portion of the first sheet metal squarely opposing the second sheet metal is increased to generate an inductive capacitance between the first sheet metal and the second sheet metal. A related stylus is also provided. | 03-06-2014 |
| 20140062968 | MEASUREMENT OF SIGNAL GENERATED BY CONTACT OF INPUT DEVICE WITH SURFACE - A system for measurement of a signal generated through interaction between a device and an electrically active surface member wherein a flexible conductive tip element supported by the device's body, when in contact with or proximity of the electrically active surface member, gives rise to a signal which is variable as a function of the contact area between the tip element and the surface member or of the proximity of the tip element to the surface member, and wherein there is circuitry to afford a grounding path for the flexible conductive tip element and to measure the signal; and further a method for measuring a signal resulting from such interaction. | 03-06-2014 |
| 20140062969 | TOUCH PEN AND MOBILE TERMINAL HAVING THE SAME - A touch pen is configured for use with a mobile terminal. The touch pen includes a pen point having one end pointedly formed or tapered, and a pen grip extended along a longitudinal axis from one end of the pen point. At least a portion of the pen grip has an asymmetrically shaped outer edge circumference defined with reference to a cross sectional area along the longitudinal axis. | 03-06-2014 |
| 20140062970 | Tuning Algorithm for Noise Reduction in an Active Stylus - In one embodiment, a stylus receives a signal, the stylus being able to wirelessly transmit signals to and receive signals from a device, and the stylus having a plurality of electrodes disposed in a tip of the stylus. The stylus compares a first value of the signal to a first threshold and determines whether to start a timing period based at least in part on this comparison. If the timing period is started, the stylus compares a second value of the signal to a second threshold and determines whether to stop the timing period based at least in part on this second comparison. If the timing period is stopped, the stylus determines whether the duration of the timing period is within a pre-determined range of timing period values. If so, the stylus processes the signal. | 03-06-2014 |
| 20140062971 | IMAGE-DISPLAY-DEVICE DRIVE METHOD, IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE, AND IMAGE DISPLAY SYSTEM - Discharge for detecting the position coordinates of an electronic pen is caused stably, and the position coordinates are detected accurately. For this purpose, in a driving method of an image display device, an image display subfield, a y-coordinate detection subfield, and an x-coordinate detection subfield are included in one field. In the x-coordinate detection subfield, an x-coordinate detection waiting period is set in which a voltage higher than an x-coordinate detection voltage is applied to the scan electrodes and a voltage lower than the voltage of x-coordinate detection pulses is applied to the data electrodes. After the x-coordinate detection waiting period, the x-coordinate detection voltage is applied to the scan electrodes, and the x-coordinate detection pulses are sequentially applied to the data electrodes. | 03-06-2014 |
| 20140062972 | IMAGE-DISPLAY-DEVICE DRIVE METHOD, IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE, AND IMAGE DISPLAY SYSTEM - Discharge for detecting the position coordinates of an electronic pen is caused stably, and the position coordinates are detected accurately. For this purpose, in a driving method of an image display device, an image display subfield group constituted of image display subfields, a timing detection subfield, a y-coordinate detection subfield, and an x-coordinate detection subfield are set in one field. In the timing detection subfield, a plurality of timing detection pulses for causing timing detection discharge in discharge cells is applied to scan electrodes and sustain electrodes alternately. | 03-06-2014 |
| 20140062973 | IMAGE-DISPLAY-DEVICE DRIVE METHOD, IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE, AND IMAGE DISPLAY SYSTEM - Discharge for detecting the position coordinates of an electronic pen is caused stably, and the position coordinates are detected accurately. For this purpose, in a driving method of an image display device, an image display subfield group constituted of image display subfields, a y-coordinate detection subfield, and an x-coordinate detection subfield are set in one field. An initializing period, in which an up-ramp voltage and a down-ramp voltage are applied to the scan electrodes, is set in the x-coordinate detection subfield, and the x-coordinate detection subfield is disposed immediately after the y-coordinate detection subfield. | 03-06-2014 |
| 20140071096 | STYLUS AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING INPUTS OF THE STYLUS - In a method to display a current input of a stylus, the method controls a communication unit to receive a notification signal notifying that a first input of the stylus is selected from a touch device. Then the method selects a second input of the stylus from the storage device, and the second input is the same as the first input. The method further sends the second input to a display unit, and displays the second input on the display unit. | 03-13-2014 |
| 20140071097 | DISPLAY DEVICE, ELECTRONIC INFORMATION BOARD, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A display device includes a display unit having a screen whose orientation is variable; a first member configured to have a pointing member placed thereon or support the pointing member in a standing manner, the pointing member being used for pointing a coordinate on the display unit, the first member having a placement surface where the pointing member is placed, the first member being secured to the display unit; and a housing section configured to house an end of the pointing member moving downward along the placement surface tilted when the display unit is rotated in a state where the pointing member is placed on the placement surface so that the orientation of the screen is changed, the housing section being provided at a first end of the first member facing downward when the display unit is rotated. | 03-13-2014 |
| 20140071098 | REMOTE CONTROL DEVICE, DISPLAY SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED DISPLAY METHOD - A display system, a remote control device, and a display method are provided. The display system includes the remote control device and a display device. The display method includes following steps. The remote control device generates a vibration signal of housing by sensing an acceleration of a movement of the housing in a space. The remote control device transmits the vibration signal of housing to the display device. The display device displays a display image. In the display image, the indication path is pointed to an intersection position. An indication pattern is displayed at the intersection position, wherein an appearance of the indication pattern changes according to a number of times that the vibration signal of housing is received. | 03-13-2014 |
| 20140071099 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING DISPLAY DEVICE - A projector includes a projection unit that displays an image on a screen, a control unit that allows the projection unit to display a plurality of images based on image data input from a plurality of PCs, a location detection unit that detects an operation location by a pointing tool, an output control unit that selects the PC based on the operation location detected by the location detection unit and a display location of the image on the screen, and an output switching unit that outputs coordinates of the operation location to the PC selected by the output control unit. | 03-13-2014 |
| 20140071100 | ERGONOMIC STYLUS WITH AN INFLATABLE FINGER GRIP - An ergonomic stylus for operating a mobile device is disclosed. In one embodiment, the ergonomic stylus includes a stylus point, an inflatable finger grip and a fluid injection system. The inflatable finger grip includes an inflatable layer. The fluid injection system is employed to inflate the inflatable layer. The disclosed ergonomic stylus is convenient to use and may be easily docked with the mobile device when not in use. The ergonomic stylus compllies with ergonomics principles. The ergonomic stylus further includes a telescopic extension to adjust the length of the ergonomic stylus. | 03-13-2014 |
| 20140078116 | RECHARGEABLE ACTIVE PEN AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH CORRESPONDING CHARGING DOCK - Powered by a battery module, an active pen may transmit a signal that is intended for detection by a touch screen. The active pen may comprise an elongated clip member connected to an elongated body member, the free end of the clip member having a ground contact, and the body member having control and charging contacts opposite the ground contact. The free end may be biased such that the ground contact is normally in contact with the control and charging contacts, thereby maintaining the active pen in a signal-transmitting state until separation of the contacts. An electronic device may charge the battery module, optionally responsive to authorization thereof. The electronic device may comprise a partition member to separate the free end of the clip member from the body member, the partition member having contacts corresponding to those of the active pen for enabling charging of the battery module. | 03-20-2014 |
| 20140078117 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, WRITING INSTRUMENT, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - There is provided an information processing apparatus including a sensor information acquisition unit that acquires sensor information output from a sensor that detects contact of a finger with a surface of a writing instrument, a grip pattern determination unit that determines, based on the sensor information, a grip pattern in which a user grips the writing instrument, and a function execution unit that executes a function relating to the writing instrument according to the grip pattern. | 03-20-2014 |
| 20140078118 | HYGIENIC FINGER PROTECTOR - A hygienic finger protector includes a tubular sheath and an elastic stylus extending therefrom. The sheath is sized to be placed on a finger, extending to approximately the first joint. The elastic stylus is received within an aperture formed in the sheath, adjacent to the closed distal end. A securement flange extends inside the sheath and an enlarged stylus head projects outwardly from the sheath. The elastic stylus is electrically conductive enabling use of the stylus on touch-capacitive screens. A set of shims that are selectively attachable inside the sheath enables fine-tuning the interior sheath dimension. An appropriately-sized shim is placed inside and attached to the sheath to conform the interior size to that required for a snug fit. | 03-20-2014 |
| 20140078119 | METHOD FOR SIMULATING KEY INPUT USING CAPACITIVE STYLUS, CAPACITIVE STYLUS AND TERMINAL - The present document provides a method for simulating left key input and right key input using a capacitive screen stylus, which is applied to a terminal provided with a capacitive screen. The method includes: after receiving a command of a user selecting to perform left key input or right key input, the capacitive screen stylus outputting an electric signal corresponding to the command; and the terminal, if determining that the capacitive screen receives the electric signal through contact with the capacitive screen stylus, executing the input command of the user according to an input mode corresponding to the electric signal. The technical problem of being unable to perform the left key input and right key input conveniently in the related art is solved. | 03-20-2014 |
| 20140085269 | Electronic Equipment With Status Indicators - Electronic equipment such as a computer tablet stylus, computing equipment, or other electronic devices may be provided with status indicators. A status indicator may be formed from a layer of liquid crystal material interposed between a pair of polarizers. Electrode structures may be used to apply electric fields to the liquid crystal material to place the status indicator in an opaque state or a transparent state. A colored structure or other structure may be placed under the liquid crystal material to allow the status indicator to change between a dark or diffuse to colored appearance. The status indicator may be provided in the shape of a ring that extends around the perimeter of a cylindrical stylus. Multiple status indicators may be grouped in a cluster to serve as an analog gauge. Light guide structures and light sources may provide illumination for the status indicators. | 03-27-2014 |
| 20140085270 | POSITION POINTER AND ELECTRONIC INK CARTRIDGE - An electronic ink cartridge is provided, which improves the mass productivity of a position pointer and which ensures reliability of a characteristic of a pressure sensor to detect writing pressure. The electronic ink cartridge includes a core member provided so as to extend outwardly from a distal end portion of a tubular member in a direction of a center axis of the tubular member, a pressure sensor accommodated in a hollow portion of the tubular member to sense pressure applied to the core member, a connection member provided fixedly on the tubular member to interpose the pressure sensor between the connection member and the core member along the direction of the center axis of the tubular member, and a connection terminal, which is formed on a proximal end face of the connection member and from which an electric characteristic corresponding to the pressure sensed by the pressure sensor is extracted. | 03-27-2014 |
| 20140085271 | SYSTEM, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING USER TERMINAL USING MAGNETIC FIELD, USER TERMINAL COMPRISING THE SAME - Provided is a system for controlling a user terminal, comprising a sensing unit to sense a motion of an object in a shape of a rod that can be held between fingers of a user, and a control unit to generate a control command for controlling the user terminal based on a motion pattern of the object sensed by the sensing unit, wherein the motion is a spinning motion of the object. | 03-27-2014 |
| 20140085272 | PROJECTOR SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD FOR THE PROJECTOR SYSTEM - A projector system including input pens, the projector system being capable of preventing a user from forgetting to return the input pen to a predetermined place after using the input pen is provided. When the projector system receives power-off operation during an operation, if at least one of the input pens is not stored in a pen housing unit, a warning message is projected by an image projecting unit. If all the input pens are housed in the pen housing unit, a power supply for the projector system is turned off. | 03-27-2014 |
| 20140092069 | Stylus Communication with Near-Field Coupling - In one embodiment, a method includes receiving at a device first data transmitted from a stylus by near-field communication. The device determines a hover distance of the stylus in reference to the device based at least in part on the first data. The device is operated based at least in part on the hover distance of the stylus. | 04-03-2014 |
| 20140098070 | STYLUS BODY HAVING TWO OR MORE SPHERES COAXIALLY AFFIXED THERETO - A stylus body has two opposing ends (where a first one of these two ends includes an exposed writing tip) as well as a first sphere and a second sphere. The first sphere is fixed on the stylus body between the two opposing ends thereof. The second sphere is also fixed on the stylus. These two spheres and the exposed writing tip are disposed axially co-linear one to the other. By one approach the foregoing spheres have a reflective external surface. By another approach the foregoing spheres are at least translucent (if not transparent). In this case at least one light source can be disposed internal to the apparatus and configured to emit light through each of the spheres. | 04-10-2014 |
| 20140098071 | Method and Apparatus Pertaining to an Interference-Assessing Stylus - A stylus is configured to use a local wireless receiver to assess interference at a transmission frequency that corresponds to the stylus's location-information wireless transmitter. By one approach, the stylus carries out this assessment during transmission nulls for the location-information wireless transmitter. If desired, the wireless receiver can operably couple to (and hence share) a same antenna that operably couples to the location-information wireless transmitter. By one approach, the stylus is configured to change the transmission frequency of the location-information wireless transmitter as a function of determining that the aforementioned assessed transmission frequency is experiencing more than a predetermined level of interference. | 04-10-2014 |
| 20140098072 | METHOD AND APPARATUS PERTAINING TO PREDICTING MOVEMENT OF A STYLUS - An apparatus has both a stylus sensor and a hand sensor. A control circuit operably couples to both of these sensors and is configured to predict movement of the stylus as a function, at least in part, of the hand sensor. So configured, both present and historical information regarding the location of the user's hand can serve to further inform a prediction algorithm of choice to more reliably (and more quickly) predict a likely direction of movement for the stylus in order to provide a corresponding display of electronic ink that exhibits reduced (or eliminated) latency. By one approach the influence of the hand-location information can be statically or dynamically weighted to shade the influence of the hand-location information upon the prediction result. | 04-10-2014 |
| 20140098073 | METHOD AND APPARATUS PERTAINING TO USER-SENSED TRANSMISSION POWER CONTROL IN A STYLUS - A stylus includes a wireless transmitter and a user sensor configured to detect a stylus-user's proximity (such as, for example, the proximity of the user's hand). A control circuit adjusts transmission power for the wireless transmitter as a function, at least in part, of the stylus-user's proximity. | 04-10-2014 |
| 20140098074 | APPARATUS AND METHOD PERTAINING TO THE USE OF MULTIPLE LOCATION MODALITIES WITH A STYLUS - A stylus is configured for interactive use with a scribing surface. The stylus comprises a stylus housing and a first control circuit support by the stylus housing. The first control circuit is configured to simultaneously effect, as a primary operating state as regards tracking movement of a stylus, at least two different location modalities wherein each of the location modalities imparts location-determination information. The aforementioned two different location modalities can both be selected from a group consisting of capacitively-based non-passive approaches, acoustically-based non-passive approaches, magnetically-based non-passive approaches, light-emitting-based non-passive approaches, camera-based non-passive approaches, and radio-frequency-based non-passive approaches. | 04-10-2014 |
| 20140111488 | STYLUS PEN AND INFORMATION DEVICE - One embodiment provides a stylus pen configured to be used as an input pen in a tablet input device. The stylus pen includes a pen tip including a high friction material, and a portion of the pen tip includes an approximately spherical shape. The stylus pen further includes a touch point and a touch point clarifying structure. The touch point clarifying structure is configured to enhance a visibility of the touch point of the stylus pen to a touching object. | 04-24-2014 |
| 20140111489 | Customer Authoring Tools for Creating User-Generated Content for Smart Pen Applications - In a pen-based computing system, a user-specific smart pen application is created from a template application using customer authoring tools. The template application contains computer program code that is to be executed by a processor of a smart pen. Application content and a representation for printed content are received. The application content, provided by user or customer, defines functional interactions between the printed content representation and a smart pen. The template application is combined with application content to generate a user-specific application comprising instructions for being executed on a processor of a smart pen. The user-specific application is stored on a storage medium. | 04-24-2014 |
| 20140118311 | ELECTROMAGNETIC PEN WITH ELECTROMAGNETIC AND INK WRITING FUNCTIONS - An electromagnetic pen with electromagnetic and ink writing functions is disclosed. The electromagnetic pen includes at least one pen tube assembly, a core mechanism, a pen tip, a ferrite core, a core holder, an elastic conductor and a circuit board. The pen tip and the core are configured in the pen tube assembly and are controlled by the core mechanism. | 05-01-2014 |
| 20140118312 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND DRAWING METHOD - According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes a first obtaining module, a second obtaining module, a correction module, and a drawing processor. The first obtaining module detects a position of a stylus on a writing surface of a sensor. The second obtaining module obtains writing pressure by the stylus. The correction module corrects the writing pressure obtained by the second obtaining module based on a selected first line width. The drawing processor draws a locus of the obtained position of the stylus on a display screen. The drawing processor has a first mode. The locus has a line width based on the writing pressure corrected by the correction module in the first mode. | 05-01-2014 |
| 20140118313 | PEN-SHAPED INPUT DEVICE HAVING VARIABLE STIFFNESS OF WRITING TIP - The present invention relates to a pen-shaped input device having variable stiffness of writing tip, which at least includes a support, a printed circuit board, a hollow barrel, a first rubber member, a hollow ferrite core, a linear shaft, a writing tip and a pen head, and characterized in that: a second rubber member, a switch unit and a stagger unit are installed, the switch unit is formed with at least a stop piece, wherein one of the stop pieces is formed with a hollow convex column, the hollow convex column is formed with a switch pin, when the switch pin is at a first position, the first rubber member is served to provide a first stiffness to the writing tip, when the switch pin is transversally moved to a second position, the second rubber member is served to provide a second stiffness to the writing tip. | 05-01-2014 |
| 20140118314 | Multiple-User Collaboration with a Smart Pen System - A central device concurrently receives handwriting gestures from a plurality of smart pen devices. Each set of handwriting gestures includes a sequence of spatial positions of the corresponding smart pen device with respect to a writing surface. Representations of the handwriting gestures are displayed on a display screen, and the representations show relative timing between the different sets of handwriting gestures. In one embodiment, a portion of the received handwriting gestures is outputted for display. | 05-01-2014 |
| 20140118315 | Interactive Digital Workbook Using Smart Pens - A system and method are disclosed for interacting with digital workbooks. An identifier, identifying a physical workbook, is received. The physical workbook is associated with a digital book and can be displayed on a display screen of a computing system. Captured interactions between the smart pen and the writing surface of the workbook are received. One or more completed areas of the workbook are identified based on the one or more captured interactions. Based on the one or more completed areas of the workbook, a portion of the digital book is selected and displayed. | 05-01-2014 |
| 20140125635 | ELECTRONIC PEN, AND ELECTRONIC PEN DATA INPUT SYSTEM AND METHOD USING THE SAME - There are provided an electronic pen, and an electronic pen data input system and method using the same. The electronic pen includes: a triaxial accelerometer sensor sensing a change in acceleration based on triaxial coordinates of three fixed axes; and a controlling unit setting a reference point represented by the triaxial coordinates and generating acceleration information using the change in acceleration sensed by the triaxial accelerometer sensor due to movement of the electronic pen. | 05-08-2014 |
| 20140125636 | ELECTRONIC PEN DATA INPUT SYSTEM AND ELECTRONIC PEN DATA INPUT METHOD USING THE SAME - There are provided an electronic pen data input system and an electronic pen data input method using the same. The electronic pen data input system includes: an electronic pen including an accelerometer sensor to provide acceleration information corresponding to movement thereof; and a portable communications terminal calculating movement information of the electronic pen using the acceleration information of the electronic pen and compensating for a noise input in the movement information to determine a handwriting data input. | 05-08-2014 |
| 20140125637 | MAGNETIC TOUCH PEN - A magnetic touch pen is disclosed. In one aspect, the magnetic touch pen comprises a first case in which a plurality of magnets is arranged in a cylindrical first body in a longitudinal direction of the first body. It also comprises a second case including a second body in which the first body of the first case is accommodated and having screw threads formed on an inner circumference of the second body. It further comprises a magnetic power controller configured between two magnet groups to separate the two magnet groups and moving along the screw threads of the second case to control a plurality of magnets of the two magnet groups. | 05-08-2014 |
| 20140125638 | ELECTROMAGNETIC POINTER - An electromagnetic pointer is disclosed. The electromagnetic pointer includes at least one pen tube assembly, a pen tip, a core holder configured in the pen tube assembly with a surrounding coil, a ferrite core, an elastomer, a touch pin configured in the core holder and the pen tube assembly and a circuit board. | 05-08-2014 |
| 20140139496 | APPARATUS FOR INTERFACING WITH A TOUCH SCREEN DEVICE - Included are embodiments of an apparatus for interacting with a touch screen. The apparatus may include a pin that includes a first end and a second end, where the first end removably attaches to the instrument. The apparatus may also include a base assembly that is coupled to the second end of the pin. The base assembly may include a substrate layer, that is substantially transparent in appearance and a conductive layer that is substantially transparent in appearance and electrically interacts with conductive regions of the touch screen device and the substrate layer. | 05-22-2014 |
| 20140139497 | Information Processing Method And Electronic Device - An information processing method and an electronic device are described. The information processing method is applied in a first electronic device which can perform data transmission with a second electronic device. The first electronic device includes a first detecting unit. The method includes acquiring a first rotation information through detecting the rotation of the first electronic device by the first detecting unit; determining the first control instruction corresponding to the first rotation information based on the relationship between the preset rotation information and the control instruction, wherein the first control instruction is provided to the second electronic device to be executed. | 05-22-2014 |
| 20140146021 | MULTI-FUNCTION STYLUS WITH SENSOR CONTROLLER - A system and method for transmittingan input value to a computing device are included herein. The method includes detecting sensor data in a stylus. The method also includes detecting a gesture event with the stylus. In addition, the method includes generating an input value based on the sensor data and the gesture event. Furthermore, the method includes sending the input value from the stylus to a computing device. | 05-29-2014 |
| 20140146022 | DATA PROCESSING DEVICE, DATA PROCESSING METHOD, DATA PROCESSING PROGRAM, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM WHICH RECORDS PROGRAM - A data processing device includes an acquisition unit that, when, upon sequential instruction inputs by a user, an operation of enclosing an object displayed on a display screen with a trajectory of position information indicated by the instruction inputs is performed, acquires position information representing positions indicated by those instruction inputs, a recognition unit that recognizes the object as a selected object and further recognizes the direction of selection in which the selected object is enclosed, a determination unit that determines processing in accordance with the direction of selection, and an execution unit that executes the determined processing on the selected object. Processing desired by a user can be thereby made by simple instruction inputs such as selection of the direction of enclosing an object with a trajectory of a set of position information, and the selected processing can be executed on the selected object. | 05-29-2014 |
| 20140152627 | Electromagnetic Pointer and Control Method Thereof - An electromagnetic pressure-sensitive pointer is disclosed. The electromagnetic pointer comprises a pen core and an oscillating circuit. The pointer core has a pointer tip. The oscillating circuit comprises a plurality of conductive terminals and a conductor. A capacitance of the oscillating circuit is increased through the contact between the conductive terminals and the conductor as a force is applied upon the pointer tip. When pointer's tip is been pressed, the pointer's frequency will have an obvious transition while its pressure-sensitivity is maintained. | 06-05-2014 |
| 20140152628 | COMPUTER INPUT DEVICE FOR HAND-HELD DEVICES - The present invention discloses a minuscule wireless computer input device to be positioned on the fingertip to provide various functions. For example, the user can effortlessly move or rotate objects in 3D on a computer screen when his/her fingertip touches the screen. The fingertip movement on a surface functions as a computer mouse to manipulate the movement of the computer cursor on a screen. The device can be attached to a stylist, pencil, or similar tools, and also be easily detached or attached at any moment. It is perfectly adaptable for use with HMDs, such as GOOGLE GLASS, while exploring the landscape, driving a car, or lying supine with the need to interact with a computer application. | 06-05-2014 |
| 20140160087 | Method and Apparatus Pertaining to Gestures with Respect to a Stylus - An apparatus and method pertaining to detecting a user's gesture(s) with respect to a stylus and the wireless transmission of information regarding that gesture. The detected gesture can comprise, for example, movement of a user's finger along the stylus and/or displacement of a user's finger from contact with the stylus. | 06-12-2014 |
| 20140160088 | ACTIVE STYLUS FORCE SENSING MECHANISM FOR GENERATING A WAKEUP INTERRUPT TO THE CONTROLLER - An active stylus having a control circuit configured to wake up the stylus from a sleep mode to an active mode in response to pressure applied to a tip of the stylus. The stylus includes a force sensor electrically coupled to a power source, an operational amplifier, and a voltage level comparator, the voltage level comparator configured to output a digital wake up interrupt signal when pressure is applied to the tip when the control circuit is in the sleep mode. The operational amplifier is configured to provide an analog signal representative of varying pressure on the tip. This signal is processed by the control circuit such that the stylus goes into the sleep mode after a specified period of time following cessation of variations in the analog signal. | 06-12-2014 |
| 20140160089 | INTERACTIVE INPUT SYSTEM AND INPUT TOOL THEREFOR - An input tool for use with an interactive input system comprises a body housing processing circuitry storing input tool operating mode data representing operating modes of the input tool and at least one display on the body and communicating with the processing circuitry. The display is responsive to the processing circuitry to present a selected operating mode of the input tool. | 06-12-2014 |
| 20140160090 | PHOTOSENSITIVE INPUT-OUTPUT DEVICE AND PHOTOSENSITIVE INPUT-OUTPUT PANEL - A photosensitive input device includes a stylus, a photosensitive input panel including an induction layer, a photoelectric detecting circuit, a driving circuit, a controller, and a storage device. The induction layer includes a plurality of units including a light-emitting element and a photosensitive element. The photosensitive element outputs an induced current when struck by the stylus. The photoelectric detecting circuit determines coordinates of the photosensitive element generating the induced current and the intensity of the induced current. The driving circuit generates a driving current in response to the controller based on the induced current and the illuminated icon, and outputs the driving current to the light-emitting elements for adjusting the brightness of the light-emitting elements. | 06-12-2014 |
| 20140160091 | ELECTRONIC STYLUS WITH LOW SKEW TIP FOR CAPACITIVE TOUCH SCREENS - An electronic stylus to be used with a capacitive touch screen includes a tip portion having an electrically conductive tip and an electrically conductive supporting rod attached to the tip. The tip portion further includes a first electrical shielding tube enclosing and shielding the supporting rod and a second electrical shielding tube enclosing the first electrical shielding tube and the supporting rod. The electrical stylus further includes a circuit coupled to the supporting rod to integrate and amplify a current induced at the tip and an electrical conductive housing to house the circuit therein. The first electrical shielding tube and the second electrical shielding tube are to reduce skew effect between the supporting rod and a surface of a touch screen when the electronic stylus is held against the surface of the touch screen. | 06-12-2014 |
| 20140168172 | CAPACITIVE DISK UNIT - Embodiments of a capacitive disk unit for a stylus for a capacitive touchscreen are disclosed. A conductive coupler has a flat proximal face and a socket for receiving a ball joint on its distal end. The distal portion of the socket may comprise a plurality of thin fingers that flex to capture the ball, forming notches between the fingers that are wide enough for the stylus shaft to pass into them, allowing the body of the stylus to be moved to a lower angle to the conductive coupler. Conductivity between the unit and the stylus is maintained continuously. If a larger diameter conductive surface is necessary, it may further comprise a disk and conductive layer, which may both be transparent. The conductive coupler may be molded of conductive polymer, and the disk may be overmolded using transparent polymer. Lack of metal parts reduces complexity, cost, and manufacturing defect risks. | 06-19-2014 |
| 20140168173 | AUTOMATIC CALIBRATION OF STYLUS LOCATION USING MAPPING BETWEEN COLOR AND LOCATION - The present disclosure describes an electronic device, a stylus having a color sensor, and methods for calibrating the stylus relative to a screen of the electronic device. A color image is displayed on the screen of the electronic device, the color image comprising pixels each having one or more color components. A first screen location is determined at which the color components of a pixel match one or more color components sensed by the stylus. A second screen location is determined in response to a sensed location of the stylus and dependent upon one or more calibration parameters. The calibration parameters are adjusted dependent upon the first and second screen locations. | 06-19-2014 |
| 20140168174 | STYLUS LOCATION UTILIZING MULTIPLE MAGNETOMETERS - The present disclosure provides a host electronic device, a stylus and a method for determining the location of a stylus with respect to a host electronic device. A magnetic field generator of the stylus is energized and a first magnetic field is sensed at two or more magnetometers of the host electronic device. The location of the stylus with respect to the host electronic device is determined dependent upon the first magnetic field. A second magnetic field may be sensed, while the magnetic field generator is either deactivated or energized with an opposite polarity, to correct for the presence of a background magnetic field. The magnetometers may be directional magnetometers and may be arranged in an array. | 06-19-2014 |
| 20140168175 | MAGNETICALLY COUPLING STYLUS AND HOST ELECTRONIC DEVICE - Magnetic coupling between a stylus and a host electronic device is provided using an array of magnetic field generators that produce a magnetic field in proximity to a drawing surface of the host electronic device. The magnetic field produces a force on a magnetic tip of the stylus. The magnetic field may be controlled dependent upon the location, motion, tilt angle and/or contact force of the stylus and may also be controlled dependent upon images rendered on a display screen that is combined with the drawing surface. The magnetic field may also cause motion in a movable magnet of the stylus. The energy associated with the motion may be harvested to provide power to the stylus. | 06-19-2014 |
| 20140168176 | MULTI-PURPOSE STYLUS FOR A COMPUTING DEVICE - A multi-purpose stylus and method for communicating and interacting with a computing device both through physical contact and wirelessly. Embodiments of the stylus and method facilitate the use of the stylus as both a physical input instrument (by contacting a surface of the computing device to input data) and as a remote wireless instrument using a variety of auxiliary devices. Many types and combinations of auxiliary devices may be incorporated into embodiments of the stylus and method. These include one or more microphones and speakers, a laser pointer, a camera, a color sensor for obtaining color coordinates of an object, and an accelerometer to identify and interpret user gestures. Moreover, identification and authentication of a user may be achieved by including a fingerprint sensor and an identification device having a unique identifier. A transceiver is used to wireless communicate and control remote devices and the computing device. | 06-19-2014 |
| 20140168177 | Wireless Stylus Device with Interchangeable Tips and Eraser - There is provided a method and system for a wireless stylus device with interchangeable tips and an eraser. The method comprises, detecting a tip connected to the stylus device from a plurality of tips, detecting a movement of the stylus device, determine a code representing a feature of an application of an interactive device based on the tip and the movement, and transmitting the code to an interactive device. The wireless stylus device may include an accelerometer, which may detect an inversion of the wireless stylus device and enable an erasing feature in the application. The wireless stylus device may provide the tip and the movement to the interactive device through a speaker using an audio code, including a frequency or series of sounds. | 06-19-2014 |
| 20140168178 | Transaction Automation & Archival System Using Electronic Contract Disclosure Units - A transaction automation and archival system is provided for controlling, real-time logging, and archiving complex commercial transactions such as the purchase and financing of an automobile. An electronic contract disclosure unit or ECDU includes a digitizing video display for imaging the various documents involved in the transaction and a digitizer for allowing participants to sign, indicate choices, and otherwise interact directly on documents and images presented on the display. A computer controls the progress of the transaction, controlling, for example, the order of presentation of documents to a vehicle purchaser, receiving signatures on the displayed documents, offering choices of various packages to the purchaser, and insuring that the transaction is carried out properly. The transaction is logged for future review which may include a video record. One or more fingerprint readers allow participants to select between options while simultaneously verifying the identity of the individual making the selection. | 06-19-2014 |
| 20140176511 | STYLUS PEN - A stylus pen includes a pen body, an electromagnetic touch pen module which includes an electromagnetic pen head disposed in a top end of the pen body and a first circuit board connecting with the electromagnetic pen head, a camera module which includes a second circuit board, a camera lens embedded in a cavity of the top end of the pen body and a power button, a rechargeable battery pack disposed in the pen body to supply power for the electromagnetic touch pen module and the camera module, and a function button connected to the first and the second circuit boards to act as a right mouse button and a shutter button. The stylus pen switches working modes between the camera module and the electromagnetic touch pen module through powering on and off the power button. | 06-26-2014 |
| 20140176512 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CREATING AND MODIFYING PHYSICALLY TRANSIENT HANDWRITTEN DIGITAL DOCUMENTS - A method, system, and apparatus for capturing information is disclosed. The method includes emitting energy of a first wavelength from a first energy source located proximate to a first end of a digital pen and forming a first set handwritten markings on the substrate by causing the substrate to image as a result of an exposure of the substrate to the energy emitted from the first energy source. The method also includes detecting by an image-capturing sensor of the digital pen a first detected portion of a position-identifying pattern on the substrate and storing in the memory a digital document file comprising the first set of handwritten markings and the first detected portion of the position-identifying data. An apparatus and system for performing the method is also disclosed. | 06-26-2014 |
| 20140176513 | Interactive Projector Device - An interactive device includes a first sensor, a first button, an accelerometer, a processor, and a transmitter. The first sensor is configured to receive coordinate information from a coordinate projection of a projector. The first button is configured to transmit an erase signal when the first button is pressed. The accelerometer is configured to provide angle information for the interactive device. The processor is in communication with the first sensor, with the first button, and with the accelerometer. The processor configured to receive the coordinate information from the first sensor, to receive the erase signal from the first button, to receive the angle information from the accelerometer, and to generate erase information based on the coordinate information, the erase signal, and the angle information. The transmitter is in communication with the processor, and is configured to transmit a delete request including the erase information received from the processor to the projector. | 06-26-2014 |
| 20140192028 | Pressure and Angle-Sensitive Stylus Device - There is provided a system and method for a pressure and angle sensitive stylus device. The method comprises detecting a plurality of pressure inputs using a plurality of sensors, determining an angle of pressure applied to a stylus device from the plurality of pressure inputs, and transmitting the angle of pressure to an interactive device. The plurality of sensors may be recalibrated when the plurality of sensors are not in use. Further, using the plurality of pressure inputs may detect a velocity of usage of the stylus device. The plurality of sensors may include three sensors arranged in a radially symmetric pattern about a longitudinal axis of the stylus device. | 07-10-2014 |
| 20140192029 | TOUCH PEN FOR PORTABLE TERMINAL HAVING GENDER UNIT - A touch pen includes a hollow pen body ( | 07-10-2014 |
| 20140192030 | STYLUS AND RELATED HUMAN INTERFACE DEVICES WITH DYNAMIC POWER CONTROL CIRCUITS - A device comprising a body comprising an elongated housing with at least a first conductive tip formed at a distal end and at least one sense electrode on the body; a capacitance sense circuit disposed within the housing and configured to sense a capacitance of the sense electrode to generate a proximity result in response to contact with a human body; and a signal generator circuit disposed within the housing and configured to activate a position signal in response to the proximity result, the position signal being driven at the tip of the device | 07-10-2014 |
| 20140192031 | PORTABLE DEVICE CONTROL METHOD USING AN ELECTRIC PEN AND PORTABLE DEVICE THEREOF - The present disclosure relates to a method of controlling a portable device using an electric pen, and a portable device thereof, and more particularly, to a method of controlling a portable device using an electric pen capable of controlling the portable device based on an interrupt event generated by a manipulation of the electric pen, and a portable device thereof. | 07-10-2014 |
| 20140198080 | Method and Apparatus Pertaining to Pre-Associated Stylus-Input User Preferences - A control circuit stores profiles of stylus-input user preferences and pre-associates individual ones of those profiles with corresponding different applications. Upon opening one of those applications the control circuit then automatically uses the corresponding pre-associated stylus-input user preferences. So configured, a user's specific preferences regarding how the control circuit will render electronic ink on a display in response to stylus-based input are automatically utilized on an application-by-application basis without requiring the user to access and change global settings for stylus input. | 07-17-2014 |
| 20140198081 | IMAGE ZOOM CONTROL USING STYLUS FORCE SENSING - The present disclosure provides for an electronic device and method for displaying an image on a screen of the electronic device. In response to a stylus location input, a region of the screen is selected. A first part of the image associated with the selected region of the screen is determined, along with a second part of the image associated with the region of the screen outside of the selected region. In response to a stylus force input, the first part of the image is modified and displayed in the selected region of the screen. The second part of the image is displayed on the screen outside of the selected region. The modified image may be a magnified image, for example. | 07-17-2014 |
| 20140198082 | METHOD FOR CORRECTING REAL AND DIGITAL INK - An electronic drawing system configured to edit a physical drawing and communicate the edit to a host electronic device that renders a digital rendition of the physical drawing. The electronic system device includes a control circuit configured to communicate with an element that enables erasing at least a portion of the physical drawing. The control circuit generates at least one signal representative of the erasing, where the at least one signal is capable of being processed to edit the digital representation corresponding to the erasing. | 07-17-2014 |
| 20140210797 | DYNAMIC STYLUS PALETTE - The present disclosure provides a method and apparatus for changing a property of a stylus input to host electronic device. In response to a trigger event, a stylus palette is displayed on the screen of device in proximity to a stylus location. The location and orientation of the stylus palette may also depend on a user's palm position or the orientation of the device. This enables a property of the stylus to be selected in response to stylus interaction with the stylus palette. Very little stylus movement is required to make the selection due to the proximity of the palette. The trigger event may be, for example, a press of a button of the stylus, detection of a stylus position within a range of heights above the screen of the host electronic device, or detection of a stylus motion gesture such as a shake, tap, or twist. | 07-31-2014 |
| 20140210798 | Digital Drawing Using A Touch-Sensitive Device To Detect A Position And Force For An Input Event - An example system includes a touch-sensitive device to detect a position and a force for an input event and generate input data indicative of the position and the force and a processor coupled to the touch-sensitive device. The processor receives the input data and generates digital ink data having a position based on the input data indicative of the position and having a digital ink characteristic based on the input data indicative of the force when the force for the input event is above a predetermined threshold. The processor also alters the position of a drawing cursor in response to a change in the position of the input event. | 07-31-2014 |
| 20140210799 | Interactive Display System and Method - The present disclosure describes an interactive display system, method and computer readable medium. In one embodiment, an interactive display surface having one or more computer generated patterns printed thereon may be utilized in conjunction with an electronic pen in order to identify the absolute position of the pen relative to the interactive display surface. In one embodiment, the absolute position of the electronic pen may be transmitted to a computer system and utilized to control one or more programs running on the computer system. In one embodiment, the visual output of the computer system may be superimposed upon the interactive display surface using one or more projectors. The computer generated patterns may have a predefined association with a control operation of the computer system such that placing the electronic pen in proximity to the associated generated pattern causes the computer system to execute the associated control operation. | 07-31-2014 |
| 20140218343 | STYLUS SENSITIVE DEVICE WITH HOVER OVER STYLUS GESTURE FUNCTIONALITY - Techniques are disclosed for performing functions in electronic devices using stylus gestures while the stylus is hovering over a stylus detection surface of an electronic device. In some cases, a stylus gesture may be accompanied with the user holding down one or more stylus control features. Each uniquely identifiable gesture or combination of gestures may be associated with a distinct device or stylus function. The device may detect whether the stylus is pointing to specific content on the device at the beginning of a gesture and the stylus hover over gesture may perform functions on selected content or on one or more UI control features or icons on the device. In other cases, functions can be performed without reference to specific content. The device may track stylus location, and the non-touch stylus gestures may be location sensitive. An animation can be displayed as non-touch stylus gestures are executed. | 08-07-2014 |
| 20140218344 | PEN-TYPE INPUT DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC INFORMATION BOARD SYSTEM - A pen-type input device includes a body shaped like a pen; a penpoint movable portion inserted into a front end recess included in the body; and a transmission part which transmits a transcription detecting signal of a contact position when the penpoint movable portion is caused to touch a display face of an electronic information board, wherein the penpoint movable portion includes a penpoint member, which is made of an elastic member and includes a front end portion caused to touch the display face, and a penpoint holding portion, which has a rigidity higher than that of the penpoint member, fits around an outer periphery of a base end portion of the penpoint member, and holds the penpoint member so as to prevent deformation of the outer periphery of the base end portion of the penpoint member. | 08-07-2014 |
| 20140232698 | Method and Apparatus Pertaining to Adjusting Textual Graphic Embellishments - Stylus-entered writing is converted into corresponding text and a control circuit then adjusts graphic embellishment of at least a first portion of that text as a function, at least in part, of detected user dynamics as regards user control of the stylus at a time that corresponds to the stylus-entered writing that corresponds to that first portion of the text. By one approach this adjustment reflects a comparison between those detected user dynamics and previously-stored user dynamics profile information. So configured, the resultant recognized text can, via the aforementioned graphic embellishment, convey emotional expression of the writer at the time of writing that text. | 08-21-2014 |
| 20140232699 | Interactive Projection System with Actuated Stylus - An actuated stylus conditionally occludes or exposes a reflector. The actuation mechanism may be mechanical, electrical, or a combination. When the reflector is occluded and the stylus is in the field of view of an interactive projection, no light is reflected back to the projection system. When the reflector is exposed, light is reflected back to the projection system. The reflector may be exposed in a time coded sequence to encode information such as a stylus ID and user action. | 08-21-2014 |
| 20140232700 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANAGING SECURITY OF TERMINAL - An apparatus and a method for managing security of a terminal which increases reliability of an electronic signature. The apparatus includes a controller for detecting coordinate values of input positions of an electronic pen as interruption information when the interruption is received, and a memory for storing the detected input positions as additional electronic signature information. | 08-21-2014 |
| 20140232701 | Extendable Mouth Stylus - An extendable stylus operated with a mouth, the stylus having an extending portion configured to have an adjustable length, a conductive tip that can interface with a touch screen device, the conductive tip located at a first end of the extending portion, a mouthpiece that engages the mouth of a user, wherein the mouthpiece is located at a second end of the extending portion opposite the first end and a control mechanism disposed at or near the second end of the extending portion, wherein the control mechanism is configured to control the length of the extending portion based on an operation by the mouth of the user. | 08-21-2014 |
| 20140240297 | ELECTRONIC PEN, ELECTRONIC PEN CONNECTION STRUCTURE CONNECTING TO THE ELECTRONIC PEN, AND PORTABLE DEVICE HAVING THE ELECTRONIC PEN CONNECTION STRUCTURE - An electronic pen, an electronic pen connection structure connecting to the electronic pen, and a portable device having the electronic pen connection structure are provided. An electronic pen that controls an on/off operation of a switch provided on an electronic pen connection structure of a portable device using at least one groove provided on the electronic pen, the electronic pen connection structure connecting to the electronic pen, and the portable device having the electronic pen connection structure are provided. The electronic pen connected to a portable device by the electronic pen connection structure formed on the portable device includes a pen point portion that generates a user input on the portable device, and a penholder portion that is connected to the pen point portion and has at least one groove formed thereon to be able to accommodate at least one switch provided on the electronic pen connection structure. | 08-28-2014 |
| 20140240298 | STYLUS FOR A DIGITIZER SYSTEM - A signal emitting stylus for operation with a digitizer system includes a resonant circuit including a first capacitor and an inductor, the circuit operative to alternate between receiving a wirelessly transmitted first signal and generating electrical field; a controller and a power source. The controller operates the resonant circuit in a receive mode for receiving the first signal, decodes the received first signal and switches operation of the resonant circuit to a transmit mode for generating the electrical field and coupling the electrical field to a digitizer system in response to detecting the first signal. The power source powers generation of the electrical field. | 08-28-2014 |
| 20140240299 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR WRITING ON AND USING ELECTRONIC PAPER - Example systems and methods for writing on electronic paper (“e-paper”) are described. In one example, a system for writing information on electronic paper includes a writing module comprising an array of electrodes. The writing module is configured to selectively operate one or more electrodes in the array of electrodes to write information on the electronic paper. The system also includes a compliant mechanism coupled to the writing module to establish contact between the writing module and the electronic paper. | 08-28-2014 |
| 20140253519 | EXPANDABLE DIAMETER STYLUS - In accordance with the present disclosure, an expandable diameter stylus and related systems and methods are described herein. The expandable diameter stylus may comprise an elongated body and a writing surface disposed on an end of the elongated body. The expandable diameter stylus may also include a variable diameter grip proximate to the writing surface. In certain embodiments the variable diameter grip may have a first diameter when the expandable diameter stylus is positioned within a stylus garage of a portable computing system. The variable diameter grip may have a second diameter, larger than the first diameter, when the stylus is removed from the stylus garage for use as an input device. | 09-11-2014 |
| 20140253520 | STYLUS-BASED SLIDER FUNCTIONALITY FOR UI CONTROL OF COMPUTING DEVICE - Techniques are disclosed for interacting with a computing device using a stylus. The stylus is configured with a slider control feature that can be activated to perform various actions while the stylus is touching or is otherwise sufficiently proximate to a stylus detection surface of the device. The slider function can be associated with a variety of tasks on the computing device such as: adjusting variables, executing a particular command, switching between tools, modifying a particular tool's settings, and launching an application. In some embodiments, the stylus-based slider is biased to return to a middle, or home, position thereby allowing for both forward and backward sliding actions. An appropriate animation or sound or haptic response can also be provided that may be indicative of or otherwise related to the action being taken. | 09-11-2014 |
| 20140253521 | STYLUS SENSITIVE DEVICE WITH STYLUS ANGLE DETECTION FUNCTIONALITY - Techniques are disclosed for performing functions in electronic devices by changing the angle between a stylus and a stylus detection surface of an electronic device. The stylus and/or device can detect the stylus angle of inclination and any changes in stylus angle. Each uniquely identifiable angle change or combination of angle changes may be associated with a distinct device or stylus function. A greater angle change may result in an accelerated function or a different function entirely. The stylus angle gesture may perform functions on selected content or on one or more UI control features or icons on the device. In other cases, functions can be performed without reference to specific content or control features. The various functions assigned to stylus angle gestures may be performed on an application-specific level or a global device level. An animation can be displayed as the stylus gestures are executed. | 09-11-2014 |
| 20140253522 | STYLUS-BASED PRESSURE-SENSITIVE AREA FOR UI CONTROL OF COMPUTING DEVICE - Techniques are disclosed for interacting with a computing device using a stylus. The stylus is configured with a pressure-sensitive control feature that can be activated to perform various actions while the stylus is touching or otherwise sufficiently proximate to a stylus detection surface of the device. The pressure control feature function can be associated with a variety of tasks on the computing device such as: adjusting variables, executing a particular command, switching between tools, modifying a particular tool's settings, and launching an application. In some embodiments, the stylus-based pressure-sensitive control feature is configured to allow for squeeze actions, tapping actions, and various combinations of such pressure-types on the pressure-sensitive control feature to uniquely identify a corresponding function to be carried out on the computing device. | 09-11-2014 |
| 20140253523 | Electromagnetic Pointer Control Method - An electromagnetic pointer control method includes the following steps. Firstly, an electromagnetic pointer is applied upon an electromagnetic input device. Then, a coordinate moving distance L | 09-11-2014 |
| 20140267180 | GRIP-ENABLED TOUCHSCREEN STYLUS - A grip-enabled touchscreen stylus for teaching a proper writing grip comprises a stylus shaft and a stylus tip for writing on a capacitive touchscreen electronic device. Three buttons situated around the stylus shaft activate the stylus tip. The stylus has a normally-off state, in which the tip is disabled and cannot interact with a touchscreen. When a thumb, index, and middle finger of a hand correctly grip the stylus by pressing all three buttons simultaneously, an actuator within the stylus causes the tip to activate in order to interact with the touchscreen. The stylus actuator may be mechanical, electronic, or electromechanical. The stylus may be supplemented by software or logic on the touchscreen-enabled device enabling the desired user experience of requiring proper grip on the stylus for touchscreen input to be validated. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140267181 | Method and Apparatus Pertaining to the Display of a Stylus-Based Control-Input Area - An apparatus detects a user's non-stylus-based gestures with respect to a display while the apparatus is engaged in a stylus-based electronic ink input mode of operation and responsively presents, via the display, a stylus-based control-input area. By one approach this stylus-based control-input area presents at least one stylus-selectable control input that pertains to a setting for the stylus-based electronic ink mode of operation. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140267182 | Apparatus To Sense Stylus Nib Pressures - A stylus has a stylus barrel and a stylus nib that can move with respect to the stylus barrel. A first pressure sensor is configured to sense air pressure that corresponds to force being supplied to the stylus nib and a second pressure sensor serves to sense ambient air pressure. A control circuit operably couples to both pressure sensors and determines a gauge pressure value as corresponds to force being applied to the stylus nib. By one approach a temperature sensor can also operably couple to the control circuit and provide temperature information that the control circuit can utilize when determining the aforementioned gauge pressure value. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140267183 | TOUCH SCREEN INTERFACING DEVICE - A touch screen interfacing device may include a digit engaging portion, a setting portion arranged on the digit engaging portion, and a touching portion arranged in the setting portion and adapted for engaging a touch screen. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140267184 | Multimode Stylus - A stylus for use as an input device automatically switches its mode of operation. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140267185 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR AN OPTICAL SYSTEM OUTPUTTING DIFFUSE LIGHT AND HAVING A SENSOR - In some embodiments, an apparatus includes a housing and an image sensor that is coupled to the housing and has a field of view. The apparatus also includes a non-imaging optical system coupled to the housing and disposed outside of the field of view of the image sensor. The non-imaging optical system can output diffuse light in a set of directions to a surface to produce scattered light. The image sensor and the non-imaging optical system are collectively configured such that during operation, the image sensor receives at least a portion of the scattered light. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140267186 | ACTIVE STYLUS LOW ENERGY INDICATION ON A TOUCH-SENSITIVE DISPLAY DEVICE - A touch-sensitive display indicates a low energy storage level of an active stylus by changing a visual characteristic of a digital ink line segment defined by the active stylus and rendered on the touch-sensitive display. Adding additional energy to the active stylus restores the visual appearance of newly drawn digital ink to a user selected setting. Adding additional energy to the active stylus also restores the visual appearance of the digital ink displayed after determination that the active stylus had a low energy storage level. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140267187 | Electrostatics Stylus - A handheld, stylus-type input device for interfacing with a touch screen having an array of sensor nodes (e.g., a capacitive touch screen) may include a handheld body having a first end, a tip at the first end, an electrode arranged at least partially within the body, and a circuit configured to produce an electrical potential on the electrode to generate an electric field proximate the stylus tip. When the stylus tip is placed in contact with the touch screen, the electric field activates one or more sensor nodes outside of a physical contact area between the tip and the touch screen, producing an effect on the sensor nodes similar to that of a finger or other object having a larger contact area with the touch screen than the stylus, thus providing activation of the touch screen while providing better view of the screen near the point of contact. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140267188 | COMBINED TOUCH PEN FOR SMARTPHONES - In a combined touch pen for touching touch-sensitive screens of smart phones or similar apparatus, comprising a touch pen part and a support leg part, wherein the touch pen part is provided at its front end with a touch tip, the support leg part is provided at one end with a plug which is attached to the support leg part end via a hinge joint, and the plug is insertable into an ear phone receptacle of the smart phone or another opening provided therein, and the touch pen part and the support leg part are axially insertable into one another to form a uniform body, as one of the two parts is in the form of a sleeve body in which the other part is at least partially accommodated. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140267189 | Digital Coloring Tools Kit With Dynamic Digital Paint Palette - A digital coloring tools kit for creating a realistic painting experience for use with a touch-screen device is provided in embodiments of the invention. In some embodiments, the digital coloring tools kit includes a digital paintbrush tool, a digital stamper tool, a digital pattern roller, a digital airbrush tool, a digital paint palette, and a carrying case. In further embodiments, the invention includes an activation feature for a digital coloring tools application configured to generate a digital coloring environment upon activation and/or execution by a computing device, such as a touch-screen device. In some embodiments, the digital paint palette is configured to receive a first and second amount of a color for mixing, and subsequent painting with a digital paintbrush tool. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140267190 | IDENTIFYING AN OBJECT IN A FIELD OF VIEW - The technology disclosed relates to identifying an object in a field of view of a camera. In particular, it relates to identifying a display in the field of view of the camera. This is achieved by monitoring a space including acquiring a series of image frames of the space using the camera and detecting one or more light sources in the series of image frames. Further, one or more frequencies of periodic intensity or brightness variations, also referred to as ‘refresh rate’, of light emitted from the light sources is measured. Based on the one or more frequencies of periodic intensity variations of light emitted from the light sources, at least one display that includes the light sources is identified. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140267191 | INFORMATION DISPLAY APPARATUS - Information display apparatus has a display panel comprising a display area where pixels of EL element are arranged in matrix, a source signal line supplying an image signal to the pixel, and a gate signal line supplying a signal controlling selection or non-selection of luminescence of the pixel. The display panel has a polarizing plate for polarizing an incident light. The display panel comprises a coordinate detection mark having the characteristics of changing the direction of incident light. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140267192 | INFORMATION INPUTTING PEN - A stylus pen is obtained that allows accurate detection of a touched position regardless of the tilt of the stylus pen at a time of a touch operation on a capacitive touch panel. A stylus pen | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140292729 | PHOTODETECTOR-BASED STYLUS SYSTEM - An electronic device is configured to determine a location of a stylus with respect to a display screen dependent upon first and second timing signals. A change in state of a reference pixel cell is detected using a photodetector located in close proximity to the reference pixel cell and a change in state of a pixel cell in proximity to the stylus, in response to a stylus photodetector signal received from a photodetector of the stylus. The location of the stylus with respect to the display screen is determined from the time difference between the change in state of the reference pixel cell and the change in state of the pixel cell in proximity to the stylus. | 10-02-2014 |
| 20140292730 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH TOUCH PEN - An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a hollow body of a touch pen and the touch pen having a head rotatably fixed to the hollow body. The head includes a specific-length fixed shaft and one or more rotation washers through which the shaft passes and which can self-rotate, wherein the fixed shaft includes a magnet having a polarity different from that of a magnetic material disposed in a vicinity of a pen mounting hole for inserting the touch pen of the electronic device, and if the touch pen is abnormally inserted, the head can rotate to a normal insertion location by an attractive force between the magnet and the magnetic material. | 10-02-2014 |
| 20140300585 | PRESSURE SENSOR FOR TOUCH INPUT DEVICES - A stylus and sensor capable of determining levels of pressure applied to a tip are disclosed. The stylus has a tip configured to interact with and receive a force from a touch surface. The stylus includes a force sensitive resistor configured to vary resistance in an electrical circuit based on the force and a component for determining an amount of pressure corresponding to the force or a change in pressure based on the resistance in the electrical circuit. The stylus can have a chamber housing a slide-able plunger connected to the tip, the plunger being adapted to move in directions perpendicular or tangential to the surface when the force is applied. The resistor is disposed at an end of the chamber. The stylus can have a conductive strip on the resistor and a disc on the strip. The disc is configured to compress when force is applied by the plunger. | 10-09-2014 |
| 20140300586 | Charging Mechanism Through a Conductive Stylus Nozzle - Input devices and methods for charging input devices are disclosed. A stylus input device has a tip configured to interact with a touch computing device and a body connected to the tip. The stylus has a nozzle housing between its body and tip, electrical components, and an internal rechargeable power source. The internal power source can store power received via a connection between an external power source and a conductive surface on the nozzle housing and supply power to the stylus' electrical components. A method for charging a stylus determines whether power is being received via an electrical connection between a conductive surface on a nozzle of the stylus and an external power source and then determines an amount of power stored in the stylus' battery. If the stylus is receiving power from the external power source and the battery is not fully charged, the method charges the rechargeable battery. | 10-09-2014 |
| 20140300587 | MULTI-CONTROL STYLUS - The present disclosure provides for a stylus having at least one switch located within the stylus body and activated by relative lateral motion between the stylus tip and the stylus body. Haptic or audible feedback may be provided to a user when a switch, or combination of switches, changes state. The stylus may also include an axial switch and an axial force sensor. | 10-09-2014 |
| 20140300588 | DRAWING DEVICE, DRAWING METHOD, AND DRAWING PROGRAM - A drawing device includes an input unit, an object controller, and a display controller. The input unit receives user's input. The object controller controls a display unit to display a position instruction object movable based on user's input when a line displayed on the display unit is selected. The display controller moves an end point of the selected line along the selected line based on a movement amount of the position instruction object. Further, the display controller sets a part of the selected line between end points before and after the movement as a part to be set for display deletion. | 10-09-2014 |
| 20140300589 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND DISPLAY CONTROL SYSTEM - A display device having a display surface includes a plurality of black lines defining a plurality of pixels; and a plurality of information patterns arranged so as to overlap the display surface and each representing information regarding a position thereof on the display surface. Each information pattern is formed by using a plurality of marks provided so as to overlap the pixels, and each mark is formed from a material that transmits visible light and absorbs or diffusedly reflects infrared light. A length of each mark in a width direction of the thickest black lines among the black lines defining the pixel overlapped by the mark is larger than a width of each thickest black line. | 10-09-2014 |
| 20140306940 | POSITION INDICATOR - A position indicator includes: a core body disposed within a casing such that a tip thereof projects from one opening of the casing; a printed board on which a circuit element for detecting pressing force applied to the tip is disposed; and a pen pressure detecting module formed by arranging, in an axial direction, plural parts for detecting a displacement corresponding to the pressing force. The plural parts are arranged within a hollow portion of a cylindrical holder portion housed within the casing. The holder portion has an opening portion in a side circumferential surface thereof. The opening portion is opened in a direction perpendicular to the axial direction. At least one of the parts is/are housed into the hollow portion through the opening portion. The holder portion includes a locking portion configured to prevent the at least one of the parts from falling out through the opening portion. | 10-16-2014 |
| 20140313170 | Input Apparatus - An input apparatus includes a detection portion, a processor, and a memory. The detection portion is configured to detect a position. The memory is configured to store computer-readable instructions. The computer-readable instructions cause the processor to perform processes that include acquiring a plurality of first positions, determining whether a combination and a sequence of the plurality of first positions satisfy a specified first condition, acquiring a plurality of second positions after it has been determined that the combination and the sequence satisfy the first condition, determining whether a combination and a sequence of the plurality of second positions satisfy any of a plurality of second conditions, and identifying, in a case where it has been determined that the combination and the sequence of the plurality of second positions satisfy one of the plurality of second conditions, format information associated with the one of the plurality of second conditions. | 10-23-2014 |
| 20140320462 | STYLUS, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING HAPTIC FEEDBACK - A method for providing a haptic feedback is provided. The method includes sending out a stylus activation signal by a stylus when the stylus enters an active state. The method also includes receiving the stylus activation signal by an electronic device, and transmitting a corresponding feedback effect signal to the stylus by the electronic device while an event to be notified occurs. The method further includes providing the haptic feedback in accordance with the feedback effect signal by the stylus. | 10-30-2014 |
| 20140327657 | INPUT DEVICE FOR TOUCH INTERFACE - An input device for a touch interface is formed of a main body having an opening, a sensor mounted to the main body, a moveable assembly movably mounted to the main body and having a driven member and a contact member, and a resilient member mounted and stopped against between the movable assembly and the main body. The contact member has an end portion and is mounted to the driven member. The driven member is mounted to the main body. The end portion extends out of the main body through the opening. The driven member and the sensor interact with each other to make the sensor generate an electric signal corresponding to the position of the driven member when the movable assembly is moved relative to the main body. In this way, the input device can accurately control operational force to faithfully reflect the touch perception. | 11-06-2014 |
| 20140327658 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR HAND MOTION DETECTION AND HAND MOTION RECOGNITION GENERALLY - An apparatus and method for motion recognition, utilizing a hand-held device including at least one accelerometer providing an acceleration indicating output. Computation circuitry adapted may employ the acceleration indicating output for generating motion recognition output indication. | 11-06-2014 |
| 20140327659 | Electronic Apparatus - An electronic apparatus is provided that is applicable to the field of electronic technologies. The electronic apparatus is equipped with at least one magnetic sensor for obtaining a change of an external magnetic field and controlling content displayed on a screen according to the change. In the present invention, an electronic apparatus is equipped with at least one magnetic sensor for obtaining a change of an external magnetic field and controlling content displayed on a screen according to the change; therefore, a corresponding operation may be conveniently and quickly performed only by moving a magnetic pen close to the electronic apparatus. | 11-06-2014 |
| 20140327660 | TRANSACTION AUTOMATION AND ARCHIVAL SYSTEM USING ELECTRONIC CONTRACT DISCLOSURE UNITS - A system is provided for controlling, real-time logging, and archiving complex commercial transactions such as the purchase and financing of an automobile. An electronic contract disclosure unit or ECDU includes a digitizing display for imaging documents involved in the transaction and a digitizer for manual interaction with images on the display. A computer controls the transaction, and may for instance, control the order of presentation of documents to a vehicle purchaser, receive the purchaser's signature on the displayed documents when required, offer choices of various packages that can be accepted or declined by the purchaser, and insures that the entire transaction is carried out properly. The ECDU logs the transaction for future review and preferably records video and audio. Fingerprint readers allow participants to select between options by pressing their thumb or finger on the readers. | 11-06-2014 |
| 20140327661 | Stylus Extender - Embodiments disclosed herein relate to a stylus extender. In one embodiment, an electronic device housing includes a stylus extender. The stylus extender may be attached to a door hinging from the electronic device housing for containing the stylus. The stylus extender may push the stylus forward when the door is opened. | 11-06-2014 |
| 20140333587 | INTERACTIVE PROJECTION APPARATUS AND THE POSITIONING METHOD OF THE INTERACTIVE PEN - The invention discloses an interactive projection apparatus, which includes a control device, a projection device, an image acquisition device, and an interactive pen, wherein position identification unit of the control device employs a position identification image to identify installation mode of the projection device, and the position identification image is longitudinally asymmetric about its horizontal centerline, and is laterally asymmetric about the vertical centerline. The invention also discloses a positioning method of the interactive pen of the interactive projection apparatus: projecting the position identification image onto the projection plane; collecting the position identification projection image on the projection plane; identifying the installation mode of the projection device according to the relationship between the position identification projection image and the position identification image; collecting the coordinate of the position pointed by the interactive pen on the projection image, and calculating the corresponding coordinate on the image to be projected. The invention allows automatic correction before or after the identification of the installation mode of the projection device, by projecting the correction image and collecting the correction projection image on the projection plane, and then performing correction of the coordinate of the correction projection image against the corresponding coordinate of the correction image. | 11-13-2014 |
| 20140333588 | Multi-Functional Touch Pen - The disclosure provides a stylus comprising a first barrel, a second barrel, a first electromagnetic touch module and a capacitive touch module. The first electromagnetic touch module is disposed inside the first barrel. The second barrel is detachably sleeved to the outside of the first barrel and is of metallic material. When the first barrel is located inside the second barrel, the second barrel wraps the first barrel and the first electromagnetic touch module is shielded by the second barrel made of metal. When the second barrel and the first barrel are interlaced, the first electromagnetic touch module is exposed outside the second barrel. In addition, the second barrel has a capacitive touch end. The capacitive touch module is disposed corresponding to the capacitive touch end and has an electrical connection portion capable of being electrically connected to the capacitive touch end of the second barrel. | 11-13-2014 |
| 20140333589 | ELECTRONIC STYLUS AND TRACKER - An electronic stylus and a tracker comprises an outer casing body ( | 11-13-2014 |
| 20140333590 | DIGITAL PEN - A digital pen includes a light emitting element configured to emit a light ray of a specific wavelength region; a pen tip configured to emit the light ray on a writing surface; a sensor configured to output information indicative of whether the pen tip contacts the writing surface; a controller configured to detect if the pen tip contacts the writing surface based on the information from the sensor; and a holding mechanism configured to hold pressure applied onto the sensor to be constant, through an elastic force of an elastic body. The controller determines that the pen tip contacts the writing surface when the sensor is free from the pressure, thereby dissolving a problem of an uncomfortable feeling for a user, which is caused by the fact that the track written by the digital pen is not immediately reflected on a screen. | 11-13-2014 |
| 20140340368 | PEN DOCK FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An aspect provides an information handling device, including: one or more processors; a memory device that stores instructions executed by the one or more processors; and a housing that contains the one or more processors and the memory device; the housing having a substantially rectangular shape with a length and height dimension that exceed a width dimension; and the housing further comprising a shaped pen dock running along an end of the housing defining the width dimension. Other aspects are described and claimed. | 11-20-2014 |
| 20140340369 | EXPANDING PEN FOR INFORMATION HANDLING DEVICE - An aspect provides an expandable pen, including: an internal portion; an external portion that is flexible; and a biased component that is flexible and positioned between the internal portion and the external portion; the biased component applying force to the external portion to flex it away from the internal portion. Other aspects are described and claimed. | 11-20-2014 |
| 20140340370 | STYLUS DEVICE AND A METHOD FOR ASSEMBLING THE STYLUS DEVICE - A stylus device for use with a display of a computing device, the stylus device including: a compressible member with a first end of the compressible member being for mounting to a central stem of the stylus device; and a guide structure configured to be mounted to a body of the stylus device, the guide structure having an engaging portion configured to frictionally engage the compressible member as a second end of the compressible member protrudes from the guide structure. | 11-20-2014 |
| 20140340371 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - According to an embodiment, a display device includes a display, a deciding unit, a three-dimensional input unit, and a controller The display configured to display partially a two-dimensional image in a two-dimensional area and a stereoscopic image in a three-dimensional area. The deciding unit is configured to based on a position of the three-dimensional area in the display, decide on a range of a space in front of the display, within which operation of the stereoscopic image with an input device is allowed. The three-dimensional input unit configured to obtain three-dimensional coordinate information inputted by the input device with respect to the display. The display controller is configured to, when the three-dimensional coordinate information is within the decided range, operate the stereoscopic image in accordance with the three-dimensional coordinate information. | 11-20-2014 |
| 20140347326 | USER INPUT USING HOVERING INPUT - A method and electronic device for receiving an input are provided. The method includes determining whether a first input is received in a predefined area of an electronic device, determining whether a second input is received from at least one sensor of the electronic device after the first input is received in the predefined area, and performing a function corresponding to the predefined area when the second input corresponds with at least one predefined condition. | 11-27-2014 |
| 20140347327 | TOUCH PEN STRUCTURE - The present invention provides a touch pen structure, especially to a touch pen structure which can be used for replacing fingers to operate a touch screen, which includes: a main body, at least a pen core, an electric conductive touch sleeve and an end cap. The electric conductive touch sleeve and the pen core are installed at the same end, thereby being enabled to be directly used for sliding and pressing on a touch panel and also writing on paper without turning the main body. | 11-27-2014 |
| 20140347328 | CONTENT SELECTION IN A PEN-BASED COMPUTING SYSTEM - A method of selecting content using a pen-based computing system. Gestures generated by a user with a smart pen on a writing surface are captured and used to select content. The content can be written or audio content. Optionally additional content linked to the selected content is also selected. | 11-27-2014 |
| 20140347329 | Pre-Button Event Stylus Position - Embodiments of the present invention generally relate to methods and systems for correcting position and orientation displacement for a freehand user input device. Systems and methods include measuring the position and orientation of a freehand user input device over a period of time, determining the position and orientation as related to a specific time point at activation of a button, applying a temporal offset to the time point of the activation of the button to determine a button press start time, determining the position and orientation in the virtual space associated with the button press start time and associating the button press to the position and orientation in the virtual space. | 11-27-2014 |
| 20140354604 | WATERPROOF STYLUS - A waterproof stylus is provided. The waterproof stylus comprises a hollow pen body. A circuit board is formed within the hollow pen body and has at least one switch. The hollow pen body has an opening, and a button is formed at the opening. The button abuts the switch of the circuit board so that when the button is subjected to pressure, the switch of the circuit board is synchronously triggered. Thereby the circuit board generates an electrical signal to the touch panel, which the waterproof stylus cooperates with. There is a waterproof member formed between the hollow pen body and the button, and the waterproof member seals the opening of the hollow pen body to block external water and air from getting into the hollow pen body and damaging the control unit. Therefore, the stylus of the present invention provides a good waterproofing effect. | 12-04-2014 |
| 20140354605 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND HANDWRITING INPUT METHOD - According to one embodiment, in a first mode, an electronic device displays a handwritten stroke on a screen, based on events which are input from a first sensor in accordance with a movement of a first object on the screen, and executes a first process corresponding to a gesture operation of a second object on the screen, based on events which are input from a second sensor in accordance with a movement of the second object on the screen. In a second mode, the device displays a handwritten stroke on the screen, based on events which are input from the second sensor in accordance with a movement of the second object on the screen. The device switches the input mode to the first mode, in response to a first event from the first sensor in the second mode. | 12-04-2014 |
| 20140362056 | DEVICE, METHOD, AND GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE FOR MOVING USER INTERFACE OBJECTS - An electronic device with a display and a touch-sensitive surface displays a user interface with a plurality of content units, where the content units are arranged along a first axis in the user interface, and a respective content unit is associated with corresponding metadata. The device detects a contact on the touch-sensitive surface and a first movement of the contact. In response to detecting the first movement of the contact, the device moves a first set of one or more of the content units perpendicular to the first axis in the user interface in accordance with the first movement, and for one or more respective content units in the first set of content units, the device displays metadata for the respective content unit adjacent to the respective content unit that was not displayed immediately prior to detecting the first movement of the contact. | 12-11-2014 |
| 20140362057 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PLOTTING THE MARK DRAWN ON A WRITING MEDIUM - A system for plotting a mark drawn on a writing medium, comprising a tool including a first and a second permanent magnet. The first permanent magnet is mechanically linked to a tip. There is a network of magnetometers having N triaxial magnetometers and an electronic computer programmed in order to: a) determine, from the measurements from the triaxial magnetometers, the positions of the two permanent magnets and the orientations of the magnetic moments of said two permanent magnets and b) calculate the relative position and/or relative orientation of the magnetic moment of the first permanent magnet in relation to the orientation of the magnetic moment of the second permanent magnet from the results of step a). The calculated relative position and/or orientation is then used by a device as a value of a physical quantity that is representative of the pressure exerted on the tip. | 12-11-2014 |
| 20140362058 | INPUT SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An electronic device includes a display for displaying data stored on said electronic device; input means; sensing means for sensing the three-dimensional position of the input means relative to said device; and control means for controlling the data displayed on said display in dependence on the three-dimensional position of the input means relative to said device. The input means includes a source of electromagnetic radiation for directing an infrared conical beam onto the display. The sensing means can sense the elliptical eccentricity of the electromagnetic radiation incident on the display to determine the angle at which it strikes the display, and can sense the area of the electromagnetic radiation incident on the display to determine the distance of the input means from the display. | 12-11-2014 |
| 20140368473 | METHOD OF SELECTING TOUCH INPUT SOURCE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE USING THE SAME - A method of selecting a touch input source and an electronic device using the same are provided. The present method includes determining whether the electronic device detects an activating signal sent from a stylus. The method also includes defining the stylus as an input signal source of the electronic device when the activating signal is detected by the electronic device. The method further includes defining an electric conductive material and/or a finger as the input signal source of the electronic device when the activating signal is not detected. | 12-18-2014 |
| 20140368474 | DEVICE, METHOD, AND SYSTEM TO RECOGNIZE MOTION USING GRIPPED OBJECT - A device, a method, and a system recognize a motion using a gripped object. The motion recognition device may estimate a state of a wrist of a user according to a writing action using the gripped object and may estimate a joint motion of a body part related to the wrist according to the writing action. The device may then estimate a state of the gripped object according to the state of the wrist and the joint motion. Additionally, the motion recognition device may control an external device by using a control signal generated by continuously tracking the state of the object. | 12-18-2014 |
| 20150009187 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MOTION SENSING OF A HANDHELD DEVICE RELATIVE TO A STYLUS - A handheld device and method of operation for determining motion of the handheld device relative to a stylus is presented, in which the stylus is used to provide a frame of reference for the handheld device rather than as a user input device. Stylus orientation data, descriptive of an absolute orientation of a stylus, and handheld device orientation data, descriptive of an absolute orientation of the handheld device, are used to determine motion of the handheld device relative to the stylus. The handheld device has orientation and/or motion sensors, a communication module operable to receive stylus orientation data, and a processor operable to determine the motion or orientation of the handheld device relative to the stylus and execute an application dependent thereon. | 01-08-2015 |
| 20150015546 | STYLUS AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A STYLUS - A stylus includes a rod and a conductive material. The rod has a first end that is tapered to form a tip, and the conductive material covers all surfaces of the rod. A method for manufacturing a stylus includes following steps. A rod is provided. The rod is placed between a first mold core and a second mold core. The first and second mold cores are combined, so that the rod is located in a mold cavity constructed by the first and second mold cores. A conductive material is formed in the mold cavity. The conductive material is cured on a surface of the rod to form a stylus. The first and second mold cores are separated from each other. The resultant stylus located between the first and second mold cores is taken out. | 01-15-2015 |
| 20150015547 | PASSIVE STYLUS - A passive stylus includes a conductive body and a power supply. The conductive body has portions defining a receiving chamber therein. One end of the conductive body has a touch-control portion disposed thereon. The power supply includes a battery unit disposing in the receiving chamber of the conductive body. One power connector is electrically connected to the battery unit. When one electronic device is connected to the power connector, the battery unit electrically charges the electronic device. | 01-15-2015 |
| 20150015548 | TOUCH STYLUS AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF - A touch stylus and operating method thereof are disclosed. The touch stylus includes a power supply, a pressure sensing unit, a signal processing unit, and an output unit. The power supply is used to generate a constant current. The pressure sensing unit is coupled to the power supply and includes a changeable resistor. When the touch stylus touches a panel, the pressure sensing unit senses a pressure the panel provides to the touch stylus. A resistance of the changeable resistor is changed by the pressure, and an output voltage is generated in a voltage-dividing way. The signal processing unit is coupled to the pressure sensing unit and used to process the output voltage to generate an output signal. The output unit is coupled to the signal processing unit and used to output the output signal. | 01-15-2015 |
| 20150015549 | TOUCH STYLUS AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF - A touch stylus and operating method thereof are disclosed. The touch stylus includes a piezoelectric unit, a magnet unit, and a coil unit. The piezoelectric unit is formed by a piezoelectric material. The magnet unit is coupled to the piezoelectric unit. The coil unit is evenly wound on the outer of the magnet unit. When a tip of the touch stylus is forced and generates a vibration, the piezoelectric material of the piezoelectric unit is deformed by force to generate a piezoelectric current. When the touch stylus is shaken, the coil unit and the magnet unit will generate relative movement to change the distance between them and the magnetic flux will be changed, the coil unit will generate an induced current. | 01-15-2015 |
| 20150015550 | COMPUTER INPUT APPARATUS AND METHOD USING SMART TERMINAL WITH ELECTRONIC PEN - A computer input system is provided for using a smart terminal as an input device to a computer. The method for the computer includes receiving from the smart terminal, input to the smart terminal from an electronic pen, wherein the input is received by the computer through a predetermined communication mode established between the computer and the smart terminal, identifying a foreground application of the computer, interpreting the input in association with the foreground application, converting the interpreted input to an input signal associated with the foreground application, and controlling the foreground application with the input signal, to execute an operation corresponding to the input signal, where the input signal is a keyboard or mouse input signal. | 01-15-2015 |
| 20150022503 | STYLUS PEN - A stylus pen having a plurality of writing tips for writing on a plurality of dissimilar public surfaces, an ink tip configured for dispensing ink while writing on paper, a resistive stylus tip configured for writing on an electronic pad or use on a pin pad and a capacitive stylus tip for writing on a touch screen, all three tips in one stylus pen, for use by an individual, replacing a public pen, a public resistive stylus and eliminating touching a public touch screen with a finger. In one embodiment, each tip has an overcap with an antimicrobial sponge disposed therein, the sponge sanitizing the writing tip when not in use. Stylus pen housing is composed from antimicrobial material such as copper that is sanitary when the stylus pen is in use. An LED (light-emitting diode) light emitting UV light is provided on one overcap. | 01-22-2015 |
| 20150022504 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR TRANSMITTING/RECEIVING DATA BETWEEN WIRELESS TERMINAL AND ELECTRONIC PEN - A method and a device for transmitting/receiving data between a wireless terminal and an electronic pen by recognizing a user's motion are provided. The method includes displaying a transmission list that is to be transmitted when data transmission to the electronic pen is requested after an approach of the electronic pen is detected, configuring data selected from displayed data in the transmission list as transmission data when a selection request signal is detected, and transmitting the configured transmission data to the electronic pen when transmission of the configured transmission data is requested. | 01-22-2015 |
| 20150022505 | POSITION MEASURING DEVICE AND POSITION INFORMATION INPUT SYSTEM USING SAME - Disclosed are a position measuring device capable of precisely measuring a position of an electronic pen tip, and a position information inputting system using the same. The position measuring device includes: a position measuring unit configured to measure a position of a tip of an electronic pen using a reference signal and ultrasonic signals, and configured to input position information on the electronic pen tip to an electronic device; a housing where the position measuring unit is installed; and a coupling means having one end connected to the housing, and another end coupled to the electronic device, so as to couple the housing to one side of the electronic device. Under such configuration, the position measuring device can enhance reliability by precisely measuring positions of characters or symbols to be input to an electronic device having a screen, and can enhance a user's convenience by reducing time taken to input characters or symbols by preventing an erroneous operation. | 01-22-2015 |
| 20150029160 | Paper Medium, Input Device, and Non-Transitory Computer-Readable Medium for Input Device - A paper medium includes a form and a mark. The mark is disposed in an information correspondence position. The information correspondence position is a specified position that corresponds to a form information item. The information correspondence position is the same position on each one of a plurality of forms in a case where the form information item is the same on each one of the plurality of the forms. The information correspondence position is a different position on each one of a plurality of forms in a case where the form information item is different on each one of the plurality of the forms. The form information item is specified information that is related to the form. | 01-29-2015 |
| 20150029161 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR IMPLEMENTING DUAL TIP FUNCTIONALITY IN A STYLUS DEVICE - In some embodiments, a stylus device includes two switch mechanisms, one disposed at the stylus tip portion and the other disposed at the stylus end portion. The stylus device also includes a wireless transceiver that allows the stylus device to communicate back to an electronic host device (e.g., an electronic tablet) in response to a user contacting the surface of a host device with the stylus tip portion or the stylus end portion. This enables, for example, a wide range of dual stylus device functions for electronic tablet applications. For example, the stylus device can be used to write and/or draw with the stylus tip portion and then can be flipped to the stylus end portion to erase as a user would generally do with a conventional pencil on paper. In another example, the stylus device can include a marker color tip on the stylus tip portion and a color blender on the stylus end portion. | 01-29-2015 |
| 20150029162 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING UNIVERSAL STYLUS DEVICE WITH FUNCTIONALITIES - A method can include receiving a signal representing a first touch event and receiving a signal representing a first end portion of a stylus device being activated. Based on receiving the signal representing the first touch event and based on receiving the signal representing the first end portion of the stylus device being activated, a signal can be sent such that a graphical user interface (GUI) is modified according to a first functionality. A signal representing a second touch event and a signal representing a second end portion of the stylus device being activated can also be received. Based on receiving the signal representing the second touch event and based on receiving the signal representing the second end portion of the stylus device being activated, a signal can be sent such that the GUI is modified according to a second functionality. | 01-29-2015 |
| 20150029163 | STYLUS HAVING A DEFORMABLE TIP AND METHOD OF USING THE SAME - A stylus has a body portion and a tip portion coupled to an end of the body portion. The body portion defines a first cross-sectional area and is configured to be engaged by a user. The tip portion has a first end disposed adjacent to the body portion and having the first cross-sectional area, and a second end defining a second cross-sectional area different from the first cross-sectional area. The tip portion is formed from a flexible material that elastically deforms when placed in contact with a touch sensitive display to define an engagement surface that is input to the touch sensitive display. The engagement surface has a first size when the stylus is in a first configuration and a second size different from the first size when the stylus is in a second configuration. | 01-29-2015 |
| 20150029164 | ATTACHABLE ACCESSORY AND METHOD FOR COMPUTER RECORDING OF WRITING - An accessory for digitally recording writing on a surface includes an accessory body, a sensing panel, a gyroscope, an accelerating sensor, and a processor. The accessory body is fastened to a pen. The sensing panel is located on the accessory body to sense being held in a hand. The gyroscope can determine an inclination angle shift of the body relative to a predefined writing plane. The accelerating sensor can detect an offset of the body within the predefined writing plane. The processor can simulate the writing according to the inclination angle shift and the offset and record and display the writing. | 01-29-2015 |
| 20150029165 | INTERACTIVE INPUT SYSTEM AND PEN TOOL THEREFOR - A pen tool comprises an elongate body, a tip adjacent one end the body, and a filtered reflector disposed on the body, the filtered reflector comprising a reflecting portion and at least one filtering element, the at least one filtering element configured to permit illumination emitted at a selected wavelength to pass therethrough and impinge on the reflecting portion and to permit illumination at the selected wavelength that is reflected by the reflecting portion to exit the filtered reflector. | 01-29-2015 |
| 20150035807 | PEN PRESSURE DETECTING MODULE AND POSITION INDICATOR - Disclosed herein is a pen pressure detecting module housed in a position indicator, the position indicator having a pen shape and being capable of detecting a pressure applied to a tip portion of the position indicator. The pen pressure detecting module includes a pressure sensing device, a first holder, and a second holder. The pressure sensing device senses the pressure based on a change in a capacitance formed between a first electrode and a second electrode disposed so as to be opposed to each other, which capacitance changes so as to correspond to the pressure that is transmitted to the first electrode. The second holder is housed in the first holder, and the pressure sensing device is disposed so as to sense the pressure applied to the second holder. An engaging portion engaged with a pressure transmitting member that transmits the pressure is formed in the second holder. | 02-05-2015 |
| 20150035808 | TOUCH INPUT DEVICE - A touch input device includes a body and a sensing module. The body has an external surface which encloses an accommodation space. The sensing module is disposed in the accommodation space and includes a sensing unit and a signal operation unit. The sensing unit generates a sensing signal. The signal operation unit generates a surface result signal according to the sensing signal to adjust a surface character of the external surface. | 02-05-2015 |
| 20150035809 | ELECTRONIC PEN DETACHABLE DEVICE AND MOBILE DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME - One or more embodiments provide an electronic pen detachable device and a mobile device including the same. An embodiment provides an electronic pen detachable device and a mobile device including the same in which a detector switch structure is coupled to a push-push structure. The electronic pen detachable device includes a moving body that enables an electronic pen to be attached when pushing one time the electronic pen and that enables the electronic pen to be separated when pushing again one time the electronic pen. The electronic pen detachable device also includes a detector that detects attachment or separation of the electronic pen. The electronic pen detachable device also includes a moving switch coupled to the moving body and that controls on/off of the detector by attachment or separation of the electronic pen. | 02-05-2015 |
| 20150035810 | Active Stylus with High Voltage - In certain embodiments, a stylus includes one or more electrodes and one or more computer-readable non-transitory storage media embodying logic for transmitting signals wirelessly to a device through a touch sensor of the device. At least some of the signals are high-voltage signals generated by a relatively large potential difference compared to a voltage within a voltage range of approximately 1 to approximately 3 volts. The stylus includes a stylus tip, and one or more of the one or more electrodes are disposed at the stylus tip. | 02-05-2015 |
| 20150035811 | DISPLAY CONTROL SYSTEM, DISPLAY DEVICE, AND DISPLAY PANEL - A system includes display control system includes a display device including a display area in which a plurality of pixels are provided and which displays an image, and a digital pen configured to indicate one of positions on the display area, and performs display control in accordance with the one of the positions indicated by the digital pen. Dot patterns representing the positions on the display area are provided in the display area. The digital pen is configured to emit light to one of the positions indicated on the display area, receive reflected light of the light, and thereby read one of the dot patterns corresponding to the one of the positions. A wavelength of the light emitted from the digital pen is set such that a reflectance of each of the dot patterns is lower than that of a portion of the display area on which black is displayed. | 02-05-2015 |
| 20150042624 | STYLUS - Provided is a capacitive stylus which has, at the tip, an electrically conductive pad that has been made less deformable and that recovers the original shape immediately when the electrically conductive pad is released from a screen. | 02-12-2015 |
| 20150042625 | DISPLAY CONTROL SYSTEM AND DISPLAY DEVICES - A display control system includes a display device including a display area in which a plurality of pixels is provided and which displays an image, and a pointing device configured to indicate one of positions on the display area. Position information patterns that represent the positions on the display area are provided in the display area. The pointing device is configured to optically read one of the position information patterns corresponding to the one of the positions. Each of the position information patterns is formed by a group of a plurality of marks. The half or more of the marks are provided in the sub pixels of a specific color of a plurality of different colors. | 02-12-2015 |
| 20150049065 | MULTI-FUNCTION TOUCH PEN AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH MULTI-FUNCTION TOUCH PEN - A multi-function touch pen for a portable electronic device includes a pen body and an audio output module. The pen body includes a touching input terminal, located at a first end of the pen body for inputting information to the portable electronic device, and an audio input unit located adjacent to the touch input terminal for inputting audio signals to the portable electronic device. The audio output module is located at a second end of the pen body for outputting audio signals generated from the portable electronic device. | 02-19-2015 |
| 20150054796 | LIGHT-ENERGY STYLUS AND A METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME - A light-energy stylus with a light guide having a distal end disposed near a tip of a housing and exposed on a surface of the housing. Light enters the light guide from the distal end, travels through the light guide and is then collected at a proximal end of the light guide. A photovoltaic element converts the collected light into electrical energy. Accordingly, in addition to performing touch functions, the light-energy stylus may execute bi-directional data communication with a touch panel. | 02-26-2015 |
| 20150054797 | CONTROL OF AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE EQUIPPED WITH CORDINATE INPUT DEVICE FOR INPUTTING WITH AN ELECTRONIC PEN - A manner of reducing the power consumption is utilized in a tablet terminal equipped with a digitizer for inputting with an electronic pen. When another tablet terminal or a smartphone approaches the tablet terminal, each digitizer detects input. When the digitizer detects the input, it is determined whether the input is electronic pen input from the electronic pen or proximity input caused by the proximity of the other tablet terminal or the smartphone. In the case of electronic pen input, coordinate information is transferred to a system, while in the case of proximity input, the system takes an action such as shifting a tablet terminal to a sleep state. | 02-26-2015 |
| 20150062094 | Active Stylus to Host Data Transmitting Method - Apparatus and methods of active stylus to host device data transmitting are described. One method receives, at a stylus, an indication that a host device is performing a first coordinate measurement operation to determine a coordinate of the stylus proximate to a capacitive sense array of the host device. The set of coordinate measurement operations includes a first measurement operation of a first set of electrodes of the capacitive sense array and a second measurement operation of a second set of electrodes of the capacitive sense array. While the host device is performing the set of coordinate measurement operations, the stylus transmits a data packet of stylus data to the host device. In particular, the stylus transmits a first bit of the data packet during the first measurement operation and transmits a second bit of the data packet during the second measurement operation. | 03-05-2015 |
| 20150062095 | METHOD OF DETECTING POINT OF CONTACT BETWEEN A TIP OF A UTENSIL AND WRITING SUPPORT - A method of detecting a point of contact between a tip of an instrument and a writing support, the instrument being one of a pen and an eraser, and the method comprising determining, with the aid of a magnetic object fixed without any degree of freedom on the instrument, the height of a point of the instrument with respect to a bearing face of a tablet. The bearing face constituting the writing support or supporting the writing support. The method further includes: comparing the height determined with a preconfigured contact threshold, and detecting a point of contact between the tip of the instrument and the writing support if the height determined is less than the contact threshold and, in the converse case, detecting no point of contact between the tip of the instrument and the writing support. | 03-05-2015 |
| 20150062096 | METHOD FOR DISPLAY CONTROL AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE THEREOF - Method for display control and an electronic device thereof are provided. The method includes turning on a display of the electronic device, detecting state information of an electronic pen in the electronic device, and changing a state of the display based on the state information of the electronic pen. The change of the state of the display may include turning off at least one of the display, a backlight of the display, or a touch panel included in the display. | 03-05-2015 |
| 20150070329 | E-book Page Turning Accessory - An accessory device for e-reader devices that allows a user to turn pages on the electronic book without having to touch the e-reader device with hands or fingers. The accessory includes a clip that attaches to the front periphery of the e-reader device, with an electrically conductive tip end or soft-tip end that engages the page-turning surface of the e-reader device. The electrically conductive tip end or soft-tip end is operated by a finger push button on the other end of a cable release. | 03-12-2015 |
| 20150070330 | PRESSURE SENSITIVE STYLUS FOR A DIGITIZER - A pressure sensitive stylus for operation with a digitizer sensor includes a housing, a writing tip that is movable in response to contact pressure applied on the writing tip, an extremity that is movable together with the writing tip, a switch and an elastomer element positioned around the extremity and in physical contact with at least one of the housing or an element that is fixed to the housing. The switch includes a first element that is fixedly positioned around the extremity and a second element that is fixed to the housing, wherein physical contact between the first element and the second element closes the switch. The writing tip is operable to move in response to the elastomer element compressing against the housing or an element that is fixed to the housing and the switch is operative to toggle at a pre-defined compressed state of the elastomer element. | 03-12-2015 |
| 20150070331 | DIGITAL PEN - A digital pen includes: an image obtainment unit; an area division unit; an average calculation unit for calculating a first average which is an average luminance in a first area and a second average which is an average luminance in a second area; a storage unit for storing the first average; a control unit for repeating a first average determination process in which, when a current first average exceeds a current second average and the first average stored in the storage unit, the first average stored in the storage unit is updated with the current first average, a predetermined number of times while changing a first reference point and a second reference point; and a drawing area determination unit for determining, as a drawing area, the first area corresponding to the first average stored in the storage unit after the first average determination process is repeated by the control unit. | 03-12-2015 |
| 20150070332 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR INPUTTING IN ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A method and a system for inputting in an electronic device are provided. The method includes receiving a proximity input provided by an input tool through a user interface, the input tool having a drawing means with a predetermined length which is within a distance of a proximity input supporting section of the electronic device, identifying an attribute of the received proximity input, determining a display attribute based on the identified attribute of the proximity input, and outputting a drawing on the user interface corresponding to the determined display attribute and a drawing pattern of the proximity input. | 03-12-2015 |
| 20150077403 | Method and System for Determining Stylus Tilt in Relation to a Touch-Sensing Device - In one embodiment, a method includes receiving, at each of at least four receivers of a stylus, a signal from an electrode line oriented along a first axis of a touch-sensing device and determining, by a processor of the stylus, a signal strength of the signal at each of the at least four receivers of the stylus. The received signal has a different signal strength at each of the at least four receivers. The method includes determining, by the processor of the stylus, a tilt direction of the stylus based on the determined signal strength at a plurality of the at least four receivers, and providing, by a transmitter of the stylus, a response signal to the touch-sensing device. The tilt direction includes a direction of the stylus along a second axis of the touch-sensing device and the second axis is oriented in a different direction than the first axis. | 03-19-2015 |
| 20150077404 | Paper Medium, Input Device, and Non-Transitory Computer-Readable Medium Storing Computer-Readable Instructions for Input Device - To provide a paper medium, an input device, and a computer-readable medium storing computer-readable instructions for the input device, which are able to reduce the effort required of a user when the user designates specified information. The paper medium includes a form and at least one information line. The at least one information line is provided on the form, and corresponds to a specified information item. The specified information item pertains to the form, and that is set at a predetermined angle. When designating the specified information item, the user need only write a linear figure that follows the at least one information line. Therefore, the amount of effort that is required of the user in order to designate the specified information item can be reduced from what it would be in a case where the user has to fill in a frame. | 03-19-2015 |
| 20150084933 | EXPANDABLE ELECTRONIC STYLUS - An extendable electronic stylus is provided. In general, the extendable electronic stylus can be configured to provide an electronic input to an electronic device and can be configured to be removably and replaceably disposed in the electronic device. In one exemplary embodiment, an extendable electronic stylus can be configured to be movable between a first configuration in which the stylus has a first longitudinal length and a second configuration in which the stylus has a second longitudinal length that is greater than the first longitudinal length. The stylus can be configured to be stored in an electronic device in the first configuration. The stylus can include a movement mechanism configured to move the stylus between the first and second configurations. | 03-26-2015 |
| 20150084934 | ELECTROMAGNETIC AND CAPACITIVE POINTER - An electromagnetic and capacitive pointer is disclosed. The electromagnetic and capacitive pointer comprises a tube assembly and a conductive tube assembly, a ferrite core, an non-magnetic and conductive pin, a control circuit board, a conductive pin holder, a conductive elastomer, a holder and a power source. The non-magnetic and conductive pin, the conductive pin holder, the conductive elastomer, the control circuit board and the conductive tube assembly constitute a conductive path. | 03-26-2015 |
| 20150084935 | ELECTROMAGNETIC AND CAPACITIVE POINTER - An electromagnetic and capacitive pointer is disclosed. The electromagnetic and capacitive pointer comprises a tube assembly and a conductive tube assembly, a first and a second ferrite cores, an non-magnetic and conductive pin, a control circuit board, a conductive pin holder and a holder. The non-magnetic and conductive pin, the conductive pin holder, the holder, the control circuit board and the conductive tube assembly constitute a conductive path. | 03-26-2015 |
| 20150084936 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DRAWING THREE-DIMENSIONAL OBJECT - A method of drawing a three-dimensional (3D) object on a user terminal is provided. The method includes displaying a 3D space including a two-dimensional (2D) or 3D object on the user terminal, obtaining vector information regarding a depthwise direction in the 3D space based on a user's gesture performed across a body of an electronic pen, and performing a 3D drawing function on the 2D or 3D object, based on the vector information. | 03-26-2015 |
| 20150084937 | ELECTRONIC TERMINAL, INPUT CORRECTION METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus that includes a first sensor that receives a first signal; a second sensor that receives a second signal; and circuitry that calculates a position of a source from which the first signal and the second signal are transmitted based on a first time at which the first signal is received at the first sensor and a second time at which the second signal is received at the second sensor, and controls a display to display an image corresponding to a path obtained based on calculated changes in position of the source. | 03-26-2015 |
| 20150091878 | Information Processing Device, Data Processing Method Thereof, Input Device And Input Controlling Method Thereof - An information processing device, a data processing method thereof, an input device, and an input controlling method are described. The information processing device is capable of responding to an input operation of an input device, and the input device includes an input component located at end portion thereof. The information processing device includes a sensing module capable of sensing a position of the input component with respect to the sensing module when the distance between the input component and the sensing module satisfies a first predetermined condition, a first controlling module judging whether the information processing device satisfies a second predetermined condition when the distance satisfies the first predetermined condition, responds to an input operation corresponding to the position of the input component with respect to the sensing module when the information processing device satisfies the second predetermined condition, or otherwise, does not respond thereto. | 04-02-2015 |
| 20150091879 | Finger stylus for touch screen devices - A finger stylus for touch screen devices is secured to the user's index finger with a ring of flexible material such as elastic or a hook-and-loop fastener strip. This configuration allows the user to maneuver and point the cursor naturally, while still touching the screen precisely and without soiling the screen with skin oils and other material. | 04-02-2015 |
| 20150091880 | TOUCH INPUT DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE HAVING THE SAME - A stylus pen for a touch screen device includes a body to be hand-held by a user, and at least one protrusion formed on the body, wherein the stylus pen is stopped by the at least one protrusion contacting at least one stopper formed in a receiving hole of the touch screen device when the stylus pen is pushed into the receiving hole. An electronic device includes a main body having a touch screen, wherein the main body comprises a receiving hole having at least one stopper on its inside surface, and a stylus pen comprising a pen body to be hand-held by a user, and at least one protrusion formed on the pen body, wherein the stylus pen is stopped by the at least one protrusion contacting at least one stopper formed in the receiving hole of the touch screen device. | 04-02-2015 |
| 20150097815 | CONDUCTIVE BRUSH FOR USE WITH A COMPUTING DEVICE - A conductive brush, or stylus, for use with touch screen computing devices. The bristles or filaments are attached to an electrically conductive ferrule, so that even when the brush is pressed against the tablet to make the bristles splay apart, the conductive ferrule itself maintains electrical communication with the tablet. The brush thus allows users to conduct paint operations in an uninterrupted manner, even when its bristles spread apart. Further, this ferrule can be made removable so that users can swap out different brush heads quickly and easily. Additionally, the ferrule has at least a portion that is flexible, deforming visibly upon application of pressures commonly achieved during a typical painting operation. This deformation at least partially absorbs stresses on the filaments, preventing them from splaying apart excessively during painting, and thus helping to prevent loss of detection by the tablet and/or undesired visual effects. | 04-09-2015 |
| 20150103056 | Calibrating an Electronic Writing Device - In embodiments of calibrating an electronic writing device, an electronic writing device includes a calibration component configured to calibrate writing data to an orientation of a writing surface. To do so, the calibration component determines whether writing data corresponds to a calibration movement. If the calibration component determines that the writing data corresponds to the calibration movement, the calibration component determines a correction angle based on the writing data and stores the correction angle in a writing buffer. The calibration component then uses the correction angle to adjust subsequently received writing data to align the writing data to the orientation of the writing surface. | 04-16-2015 |
| 20150103057 | TOUCH PEN WITH SUPPORT FUNCTION - A touch pen also functioning as a support includes a first rod, a second rod, and a positioning rod. The second rod has a first end portion pivoting on a first end portion of the first rod and a second contact surface facing a first contact surface of the first rod. One of the first contact surface and the second contact surface includes a number of positioning portions. The positioning rod has a first end portion pivoting relative to the other one of the first contact surface and the second contact surface and away from the first end portion of the first rod. The positioning rod further has a second end portion configured to be engaged with one of the positioning portions to form an angle between the first rod and the second rod which transforms the touch pen into a supporting structure to support an electronic device. | 04-16-2015 |
| 20150109263 | ACTIVE PEN WITH IMPROVED INTERFERENCE PERFORMANCE - A processing system for an input device includes a sensor module coupled to sensor circuitry and configured to receive signals from an active pen. The processing system for an input device further includes a determination module configured to: determine, based on a signal exceeding a power threshold, that the signal is boosted, transition, in response to the signal being boosted, from a first state to a contact state, receive a contact packet from the active pen, and determine an attribute of the active pen using the contact packet. | 04-23-2015 |
| 20150109264 | Capacitive Touch Device Stylus - Capacitive touch device styluses, comprising tips coated with an electrically conductive coating. | 04-23-2015 |
| 20150116282 | Organizing Written Notes Using Contextual Data - A system and a method are disclosed for organizing content collected in a pen-based computing system. Content collected in the pen-based computing system includes stroke data collected by a smart pen as well as other contextual data collected by the pen-based computing system. The collected stroke data includes timestamps and positional data. Based on correlations of spatial and temporal data, collected stroke data is grouped into clusters of stroke data. The clusters of stroke data, along with contextual data, are further grouped into snippets based on temporal correlations. | 04-30-2015 |
| 20150116283 | Paper Strip Presentation Of Grouped Content - A system and a method are disclosed for displaying content collected in a pen-based computing system. Content collected in the pen-based computing system includes stroke data collected by a smart pen as well as other contextual data collected by the pen-based computing system. The collected stroke data are grouped into snippets and used to create paper strips. Paper strips are arranged based on metadata associated with the collected content. | 04-30-2015 |
| 20150116284 | Smart Zooming of Content Captured by a Smart Pen - A system and a method are disclosed for smart zooming content displayed in a pen-based computing system. Content is displayed in a paper strip interface including at least a first and a second paper strip. When the zoom level associated with the content of the first paper strip is changed, the content of the first paper strip is transformed accordingly. A determination is made if applying the same transformation to the content of the second paper strip will cause the content to exceed the boundaries of the second paper strip. If so, then a second transformation is determined and applied to the content of the second paper strip. | 04-30-2015 |
| 20150116285 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ELECTRONIC CAPTURE OF HANDWRITING AND DRAWING - With electronic documents increasingly replacing paper based ones there is a need to convert handwriting and drawing into electronic formats. Current solutions have significant drawbacks due to their bulkiness, cost and limited performance. The proposed invention describes a new compact, light weight and low power system capable of electronically capturing handwriting and drawing. This invention enables the use of tiny MEMS based sensors such as accelerometers, gyroscopes and magnetometers to capture the user's hand motion in real time. It employs specialized algorithms taking advantage of the unique characteristics of human handwriting and drawing to enable the embedded software to accurately reproduce the pen strokes from the raw sensor data. | 04-30-2015 |
| 20150116286 | TAG AND STABILIZER FOR STYLUS ATTACHMENT - An aspect provides a system, including: a stylus; one or more housing components containing a processor and a memory; a stylus input surface that registers input from the stylus using the processor and the memory; a tag protruding from the one or more housing components; and a stabilizing element incorporated into the one or more housing components; the stabilizing element configured to stabilize an end of the stylus when the stylus is disposed within the tag. Other aspects are described and claimed. | 04-30-2015 |
| 20150116287 | ELECTROMAGNETIC WRITING UNIT AND ELECTROMAGNETIC HANDWRITING PEN FOR CONCURRENTLY PROVIDING INK WRITING AND ELECTROMAGNETIC WRITING FUNCTIONS - An electromagnetic handwriting pen includes a casing unit, an ink writing unit and an electromagnetic writing unit. The ink writing unit is disposed inside the casing unit and includes an ink pen core having a pen nib. The electromagnetic writing unit is disposed inside the casing unit and includes a circuit substrate far away from the pen nib, an electricity conducting element adjacent to the circuit substrate, an elastic element insulatively disposed between the circuit substrate and the electricity conducting element, and a magnetic structure adjacent to the pen nib and electrically connected to the circuit substrate. The circuit substrate has at least two electrode portions adjacent to and facing the electricity conducting element. Whereby, when the electricity conducting element is moved to concurrently contact the at least two electrode portions, the at least two electrode portions are electrically connected with each other through the electricity conducting element. | 04-30-2015 |
| 20150116288 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR STROKE ACQUISITION AND ULTRASONIC ELECTRONIC STYLUS - A method and apparatus for stroke acquisition, and an ultrasonic electronic stylus are provided. The method is applied to the ultrasonic electronic stylus. In the case that the ultrasonic electronic stylus contacts with a writing board and a pressure generated on the writing board by the ultrasonic electronic stylus reaches a first predetermined value, the ultrasonic electronic stylus is controlled to generate a first signal so that a signal receiver of an electronic device acquires a first stroke based on the first signal. After the first signal is generated, an operation parameter of the ultrasonic electronic stylus is adjusted. In the case that the pressure is smaller than the first predetermined value and a preset condition is satisfied, a second signal is generated so that the electronic device continues to acquire a second stroke based on the second signal. | 04-30-2015 |
| 20150116289 | PRESSURE SENSITIVE STYLUS FOR A DIGITIZER - A pressure sensitive stylus including a writing tip that is movable in response to contact pressure applied on the writing tip, an extremity that is movable together with the writing tip, an elastomer element positioned between a surface of the extremity and a surface formed from a housing of the stylus and a displacement detector for detecting the displacement of the writing tip. At least one of the extremity, the surface formed from the housing, and the elastomer includes a surface with base portion and at least one protrusion extending out from the base portion. When operating the stylus, at least one protrusion contacts a facing surface over a first range of contact pressures and both the at least one protrusion and the base portion contacts the facing surface for pressures exceeding the first range of pressures. | 04-30-2015 |
| 20150116290 | COMBINED ACTIVATION MECHANISM OF RETRACTABLE MARKER AND POWER STATUS FOR AN ELECTRONIC PEN - An electronic smart pen is disclosed that comprises a housing with a twist ring and a marker that is configured to be in an exposed state or in a retracted state. In the exposed state a tip of the marker is exposed from the housing, while the retracted state has the tip being enclosed by the housing. The smart pen also comprises an internal power switch that toggles the electronics of the smart pen between an on-state and an off-state. Rotating the twist ring provides a combined mechanism to move the marker from the retracted state to the exposed state, while also toggling the power switch from the off-state to the on-state so that the marker is automatically extended when the pen is turned on. | 04-30-2015 |
| 20150116291 | ANTENNA ASSEMBLY FOR AN ELECTRONIC PEN - An electronic smart pen is disclosed that comprises an antenna assembly to enable wireless communication with an external communication device. The antenna assembly comprises a flexible thin printed circuit board film. A transmission window made of a substantially non-conductive material is exposed to an exterior of the pen through an opening in a housing made of a substantially conductive material. The antenna is placed within the enclosure of the housing next to the transmission window such that electromagnetic communications to and from the antenna assembly can pass through the transmission window despite the shielding effects of the conductive housing, thus yielding sufficient power gain and efficiency for wireless communication. | 04-30-2015 |
| 20150123951 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR INPUT TO AN INTERACTIVE AUDIOVISUAL DEVICE - Some embodiments include a pointer device. The pointer device can include an energy source compartment for coupling to an energy source. The pointer device can also include a light emitting diode (LED) coupled to the energy source compartment and a timer circuit coupled to the LED. The time circuit can be capable of modulating a current driving the LED. The pointer device can include a chassis around the LED and the timer circuit. The point device can include a button coupled to the timer circuit exposed from the chassis. In some embodiments, when the button is pressed, the timer circuit modulates the LED. | 05-07-2015 |
| 20150130772 | CAPACITIVE STYLUS PEN - A capacitive stylus pen that inputs an indicated position by capacitive coupling with a tablet is provided. The capacitive stylus pen includes a power supply that is charged in a contactless manner, a coil provided at a position indicating part of the capacitive stylus pen, an electrode that penetrates through the coil and protrudes to form a tip part, and an alternating-current signal generating circuit that supplies an alternating-current signal to the electrode. During contactless charging, the coil is magnetically coupled to an external charge device that has a penholder shape, to thereby charge the power supply, which supplies power to the alternating-current signal generating circuit. | 05-14-2015 |
| 20150138164 | Electrical Connection For Active-Stylus Electrode - In one embodiment, an active stylus includes one or more computer-readable non-transitory storage media embodying logic for wirelessly communicating with a device through a touch sensor of the device. The active stylus also includes an electrode for wirelessly receiving or transmitting signals through the touch sensor of the device to enable the communication, wherein the electrode is disposed at or near a tip of the active stylus. The active stylus further includes a conductive element providing at least a portion of a connection between the electrode and the media. The conductive element is made of a single piece of conductive material and includes a first end connected to a circuit board of the active stylus that the media is disposed on. The conductive element also includes a second end that includes a deformable ring configured to fit within an interior portion of the electrode | 05-21-2015 |
| 20150138165 | Replaceable Tip for Active Stylus - In one embodiment, an active-stylus tip includes a collar that includes substantially flexible material configured to secure the active-stylus tip to an end of an active stylus. The collar enables the active-stylus tip to be readily removed from the end of the active stylus. The active stylus includes one or more electrodes and one or more computer-readable non-transitory storage media embodying logic for wirelessly transmitting signals to a device through a touch sensor of the device. The active-stylus tip includes a nib having a tapered end opposite the collar. The nib further includes an element opposite the tapered end of the nib, where the element is configured to engage a force sensor disposed in the active stylus and communicate a force applied to the nib to the force sensor. The active-stylus tip also includes a neck mechanically connecting the nib to the collar and enabling the active-stylus tip to flex. | 05-21-2015 |
| 20150138166 | POSITION INFORMATION INPUT SYSTEM - Disclosed are a position information input system capable of coupling a signal generating device and a signal receiving device to each other. Firstly, a coupling unit is formed at a signal receiving device. Under such configuration, a signal generating device and the signal receiving device can be coupled to each other once the signal generating device is coupled to the coupling unit. This can enhance portability and a storage characteristic of the position information input system. Secondly, a contact power switch is installed in the coupling unit. Under such configuration, if a user separates the signal generating device from the signal receiving device for input of position information, the contact power switch is automatically turned on. As a result, the signal receiving device is automatically turned on. On the contrary, if a user, who has completed the input of position information, couples the signal generating device to the signal receiving device, the contact power switch is automatically turned off. As a result, the signal generating device is automatically turned off. This can solve the conventional user's inconvenience, i.e., turning on a power switch for input of position information, and tuning off the power switch upon completion of the input of position information. This can enhance a user's convenience. | 05-21-2015 |
| 20150138167 | METHOD FOR REDUCING A LIGHT INTENSITY OF A PROJECTION DEVICE - A method for reducing a light intensity of a projection device is provided which includes the following steps: projecting information in the form of a visual representation onto a total area; emitting a plurality of electromagnetic signals which are essentially imperceptible to an observer onto the total area, using the projection device; detecting objects situated in the light path between the projection device and the total area with the aid of the electromagnetic signals; and reducing the light intensity of the projection device as long as an object is detected in the light path. | 05-21-2015 |
| 20150138168 | DISPLAY CONTROL DEVICE AND DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD - A display control device includes a display part, an indication part to indicate a position on the display part and output a value of residual electric energy thereof, a coordinate detection part to detect coordinates of the position on the display part, a rendering data production part to produce rendering data based on the coordinates of the position on the display part, a determination part to determine whether or not the value of residual electric energy is less than a threshold value, a rendering data processing part to process the rendering data to produce data for notification of electric energy reduction in a case where the determination part determines that the value of residual electric energy is less than the threshold value, and a display control part to display the rendering data and the data for notification of electric energy reduction on the display part. | 05-21-2015 |
| 20150145836 | CAPACITIVE STYLUS PEN - A capacitive stylus pen is provided that inputs an indicated position to a tablet by capacitive coupling. The capacitive stylus pen includes a signal generating circuit that generates a signal having the same frequency as a frequency of a signal to be transmitted from an electrode, a transformer that boosts the generated signal and that includes a primary winding and a secondary winding, and an analog switch for controlling connection between a first end of the secondary winding and the electrode to an on-state or an off-state. The capacitive stylus pen further includes a power extracting circuit that extracts power to be supplied to the analog switch from an electromotive force induced in the secondary winding, and a capacitor coupled to a second end of the secondary winding to set the second end at a fixed potential in an alternating-current manner. | 05-28-2015 |
| 20150301624 | INPUT SYSTEM USING ELECTRONIC PEN - More particularly, the present invention relates to an input system using unit patterns representing absolute coordinate information and an electronic pen that may recognize the patterns. The input system using the electronic pen according to the present invention includes: a coordinate pattern sheet on which a plurality of unit patterns representing absolute coordinate information are arranged; a pen tip moving on the coordinate pattern sheet; an electronic pen including a camera having a range of vision in which the pen tip and at least one of the unit patterns may be recognized together; and a controller obtaining absolute coordinate information on the unit pattern recognized by the camera, calculating the relative coordinates of the pen tip based on the unit pattern through the location of the pen tip and the location of the unit pattern recognized by the camera, adding up the relative coordinates of the pen tip and the absolute coordinates of the unit pattern, and calculating the absolute coordinates of the pen tip. The input system using the electronic pen according to the present invention may very easily make all surfaces, in addition to a display unit such as a computer monitor or a mobile terminal display, function as an input unit similar to a touch panel. | 10-22-2015 |
| 20150301628 | CIRCUIT OF FREQUENCY COUNTER AND METHOD THEREOF - A circuit of frequency counter is adapted for an electromagnetic board with an electromagnetic pen. The counter exemplarily includes a source count module, a motion count module, a logic module, a switching gate module, a signal-capturing module, a frequency-counting module and a control module. The source count module counts number of clock pulses of a first clock signal. A receiver mode is switched by the switching gate module when the number reaches a first predetermined value. The motion count module counts number of clock pulses of a second clock signal. A transmitter mode is made by the switching gate module when the number reaches a second predetermined value. When a cumulative number of circular number counted by the frequency-counting module reaches a third predetermined value, the frequency-counting module completes counting a first high-frequency clock signals, and the control module obtains an operating frequency for the electromagnetic pen. | 10-22-2015 |
| 20150309575 | STEREO INTERACTIVE METHOD, DISPLAY DEVICE, OPERATING STICK AND SYSTEM - The present invention relates to a stereo interactive method adapted for an interactive scene of a stereo display device and a stereo interactive operating stick. The method includes: obtaining motion trajectory information of the operating stick; calculating invasion degree information of an invasion that the operating stick applies to a virtual object displayed by the display device according to motion trajectory information and preset property information of the virtual object; calculating interaction feedback information according to motion trajectory information, invasion degree information and the preset property information; and controlling the operating stick and the virtual object to make responses matched with the preset property of the virtual object according to the interaction feedback information. The present further provides stereo interactive display device, operating stick and system. When using the operating stick to interact with the virtual object, real operation tactile can be experienced by the user of operation. | 10-29-2015 |
| 20150309577 | REMOTE CONTROL DEVICE, DISPLAY SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED DISPLAY METHOD - A display system, a remote control device, and a display method are provided. The display system includes the remote control device and a display device. The display method includes following steps. The remote control device generates a vibration signal of housing by sensing an acceleration of a movement of the housing in a space. The remote control device transmits the vibration signal of housing to the display device. The display device displays a display image. In the display image, the indication path is pointed to an intersection position. An indication pattern is displayed at the intersection position, wherein an appearance of the indication pattern changes according to a number of times that the vibration signal of housing is received. | 10-29-2015 |
| 20150309596 | STYLUS AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A stylus and an electronic device are provided, wherein the electronic device includes a body and a stylus. The body has a capacitive touch panel. The stylus includes a handle, a head, an elastic member and an electret. The handle has a main body and a chamber disposed within the main body. The main body has a holding portion and a first end. The holding portion is electrically connected with the first end. The head is assembled to the first end so as to be capable of sliding into the chamber, and the head is a rigid body. The elastic member is disposed in the chamber and located between chamber walls of the chamber and the head. The electret is assembled to the head and located within the chamber. | 10-29-2015 |
| 20150309598 | STYLUS FOR CAPACITIVE TOCHSCREEN - Embodiments of amplifiers and electrodes for capacitive styluses are disclosed. The amplifiers detect an input signal from a capacitive touch sensor, such as a touchscreen or touchpad, amplify and invert the signal, and emit the amplified and inverted signal to cause the capacitive touch sensor to detect a touch. The electrode sets, or tips, pair a sensing electrode and an emitting electrode, shielded from each other to limit interference, in a fine-point non-deforming configuration that improves usability over existing stylus tips. | 10-29-2015 |
| 20150317000 | STYLUS - A stylus includes a casing comprising an opening, a push rod disposed in the casing, a pen head fixed on an end of the push rod, a reflector coupled to the push rod, and a linkage mechanism disposed in the casing. At least a part of the pen head is exposed of the casing. An end of the linkage mechanism is fixed on the casing. The linkage mechanism connects reflector to the push rod, such that when the pen head is pushed into the casing, a moving distance of the reflector is greater than that of the pen head, and the reflector is exposed of the opening. | 11-05-2015 |
| 20150317001 | PRESSURE SENSOR FOR A STYLUS - A pressures sensor for sensing pressure on a tip of a stylus includes a variable capacitor, a power supply, and a capacitance measuring unit. The variable capacitor includes a first electrode coated with solid dielectric layer, a second electrode formed at least in part with elastic material, and a support element that moves together with the tip of the stylus and presses against the second electrode in response to pressure applied on the tip. A portion of the dielectric layer is patterned with a conductive pad that is exposed and the second electrode contacts the conductive pad patterned on the dielectric layer. The power supply and the capacitance measuring unit establish electrical connection with the second electrode via the conductive pad. | 11-05-2015 |
| 20150324017 | POSITION INDICATION DEVICE AND POSITION INDICATION METHOD - The present invention relates to digital circuit processing and provides a position indication device and a position indication method. In order to improve positioning accuracy of the position indication device without degrading its sensitivity, a position indication device is provided. The device comprises: a voltage dividing circuit connected with a resonant circuit and a rectifying and filtering circuit. The voltage dividing circuit obtains a predetermined proportion of a signal output from the resonant circuit and outputs it to the rectifying and filtering circuit. The present invention is applicable to digital handwriting pens. | 11-12-2015 |
| 20150324018 | Active Stylus with Force Sensor - In one embodiment, an active stylus includes one or more computer-readable non-transitory storage media embodying logic for wirelessly communicating with a device through a touch sensor of the device. The active stylus also includes a tip configured to receive an applied force and a force sensor configured to receive an inverse transferred force from a force-transfer element. The force-transfer element is mechanically coupled to the tip and configured to apply the inverse transferred force to the force sensor. The inverse transferred force is inversely correlated with the applied force when the applied force is less than a threshold force. | 11-12-2015 |
| 20150324019 | Position Indicator - A position indicator includes a cylindrical case, a signal output device, a core body portion, an urging device, a substrate, a plurality of flat springs, and a conduction member. The signal output device is in the case and outputs a detection signal to a position detection device. The core body portion is provided to be freely movable inside the case along an axial direction. The urging device urges the core body portion toward one end side of the case. The substrate includes a circuit connected to the signal output device, and extends in a direction parallel with the axial direction. The flat springs have elasticity in the axial direction, protrude from the substrate toward the core body portion while making contact with the end surface. The conduction member causes the flat springs to become conductive to each other by moving to a position of contact with the flat springs. | 11-12-2015 |
| 20150324020 | Electronic Writing Device - The disclosure discloses an electronic writing device comprising an image data specifying portion and a transmission control portion. The image data specifying portion configured to, in a case where a writing determining portion determines that the writing action has been performed, and further a entry determining portion determines that either one of a first storage instruction entry column included in a first page and a second storage instruction entry column included in a second page has been filled in, specify the image data in response to an entry mode in the either one of the storage instruction entry columns as a storage target in an external storage device. The transmission control portion controls a communication device triggered by the entry determining portion detecting entry in the storage instruction entry column to perform transmission for storing the image data specified as the storage target. | 11-12-2015 |
| 20150324021 | POINTER CONTROL METHOD - A pointer control method comprises a providing pointer upon a position input apparatus. Then a corresponding distance table is generated according to a moving distance of the pointer upon the position input apparatus, and a pressure gradient value range corresponding to the distance table is generated. A pressure table according to the pressure gradient value range is also generated. Finally, a tip pressure of the pointer is calculated according to a maximum pressure gradient value in the pressure gradient value range and a pressure gradient value corresponding to the moving distance of the pointer. | 11-12-2015 |
| 20150331502 | PEN SWITCHING BETWEEN ACTIVE AND PASSIVE STATUS - An embodiment provides a method, including: identifying, using a processor, a pen characteristic; identifying, using a processor, an inability to communicate between the pen and an input component using the pen characteristic; and responsive to detecting the inability, disabling a pen feature. Other embodiments, including systems, devices and products, are described and claimed. | 11-19-2015 |
| 20150331505 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR USING PASSIVE PEN WITH GROUND MASS STATE SWITCH - A processing system includes a sensor module and a determination module. The sensor module includes sensor circuitry coupled to transmitter electrodes and receiver electrodes. The sensor module is configured to transmit transmitter signals with the transmitter electrodes and receive resulting signals with the receiver electrodes. The determination module is configured to determine a presence of a passive pen in a sensing region using the resulting signals, determine a current ground mass state of the passive pen based on the resulting signals, and report, based on the current ground mass state, ground mass state information of the passive pen. | 11-19-2015 |
| 20150331506 | PASSIVE PEN WITH GROUND MASS STATE SWITCH - A passive pen includes a pen body, and a tip disposed at a first end of the pen body. The tip capacitively couples to the pen body, and the capacitive coupling is configured to change the tip from a first ground mass state to a second ground mass state. | 11-19-2015 |
| 20150338933 | MULTI-FUNCTION STYLUS FOR MOTION CAPTURE AND SENSORY BASED MACHINE CONTROL - Disclosed are a system and a device including a motion capture device and an input device, hereafter referred to as a stylus, which has additional functionality. The motion capture device detects the motion of the stylus and the detected motion is used as an input to a computer system. The system is able to differentiate identical movements of a stylus as different inputs by varying a detectable property of the stylus. The stylus may exhibit a variable reflective property that is detectable by the motion capture device. The variable reflective property gives the stylus additional functionality with an extended vocabulary. The extended vocabulary includes supplemental information and/or instructions detected by the motion capture device. | 11-26-2015 |
| 20150338935 | INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - Provided is an information management system, esigned not to sense a hand holding a writing tool at the time of writing on a sheet. The information management system is provided with a personal computer which has a display, and an electronic underlay which is laid under a sheet to perform writing. The electronic underlay is provided with: a sheet-like optical waveguide formed by sandwiching lattice-like cores between a sheet-like under cladding layer and a sheet-like over cladding layer; a light emitting element connected to one end surface of the cores; and a light receiving element connected to another end surface of the core. An elasticity modulus of the core is larger than an elasticity modulus of the under cladding layer and of the over cladding layer. | 11-26-2015 |
| 20150338936 | Data Entry Stylus - A data entry stylus for entering data onto an entry pad. The stylus includes a body having a housing. The stylus includes: a reference element, having two distinct portions, a first portion sitting within the housing and a second portion, including a tip the end of which is at least hemispherical; and a damper forming a cladding around at least a part of the reference element, including an external wall. | 11-26-2015 |
| 20150338937 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTING AN ACTIVE PEN WITH A MATRIX SENSOR - A processing system, input device, and method are disclosed to detect an active input device. The method includes operating a first portion of a plurality of sensor electrodes to receive an active input signal from an active input device, and operating a second portion of the plurality of sensor electrodes to receive capacitive sensing data corresponding to a passive input device. The first and second portions include at least one sensor electrode in common. The method also includes driving a plurality of display electrodes to update a display image, wherein the plurality of sensor electrodes includes at least one of the plurality of display electrodes. | 11-26-2015 |
| 20150338938 | Ink Modes - Techniques for ink modes are described. According to various embodiments, different ink modes are supported, such as a permanent ink mode, a transient ink mode, a shape recognition mode, a text recognition mode, a selection mode, a command mode, an ink note mode, an ink for emphasis mode, and so forth. For instance, embodiments support a permanent ink mode where ink applied to a document becomes part of primary content of the document. A transient ink mode is also supported in which ink applied to a document is processed according to transient ink mode behaviors. According to various embodiments, a visual affordance of a particular active ink mode is presented on a document with which a user is interacting. Further, different ink modes each are associated with different respective visual affordances. | 11-26-2015 |
| 20150338939 | Ink Modes - Techniques for ink modes are described. According to various embodiments, different ink modes are supported. For instance, implementations support ink for selection, ink for commanding, ink for recognition, and so forth. According to various embodiments, a visual affordance of a particular active ink mode is presented on a document with which a user is interacting. For instance, the visual affordance is presented in response to detecting a proximity of a pen to an input surface such as a touch display. Further, different ink modes each are associated with different respective visual affordances. | 11-26-2015 |
| 20150338940 | Pen Input Modes for Digital Ink - Techniques for pen input modes for digital ink are described. According to various embodiments, a pen apparatus is described that is switchable between providing digital ink input and non-digital-ink input. According to various embodiments, a pen apparatus is switchable between different ink input modes. For instance, the pen apparatus is switchable between a permanent ink mode in which ink is applied as permanent ink, and a transient ink mode in which ink is applied as transient ink. | 11-26-2015 |
| 20150338941 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND INFORMATION INPUT CONTROL PROGRAM - This information processing device, such as a tablet computer or a smartphone, achieves the execution of diverse processes by means of an intuitive operation combining the two input means of a stylus pen and a finger in an input operation of information for performing the startup of an application program, the search for or editing of information, or the like. The information processing device is provided with an information input control program that identifies a first input means such as a stylus pen and a second input means such as a finger, identifies information input by the first input means, recognizes a region designated by means of the second input means, and from the information identified in the recognized region, executes a predetermined process that starts an application program, or searches for or edits information. It is possible to execute diverse processes by means of an intuitive operation using two input means. | 11-26-2015 |
| 20150346848 | IMAGE DISPLAY CONTROL DEVICE, IMAGE DISPLAY SYSTEM, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - An image display control device according to the present invention includes a display control unit, an obtaining unit, a drawing unit, a deleting unit, and an operating unit. The display control unit displays an image on a display device. The obtaining unit obtains contact position information or proximity position information of a drawing device, which is relative to a display area of the display device. The drawing unit generates a drawn image, compose a display image of an information processing apparatus with the drawn image, and displays the composite image on the display device. The deleting unit deletes the drawn image from the displayed image, and display on the display device. The operating unit operates the information processing apparatus. The drawing device switches and specifies a generation and deletion of the drawn image, and an operation of the information processing apparatus. | 12-03-2015 |
| 20150346849 | POSITION POINTER OF THE ELECTROMAGNETIC INDUCTION TYPE AND ELECTRONIC INK CARTRIDGE - A position pointer is disclosed, in which an electronic ink cartridge of an electromagnetic induction type is accommodated. The electronic ink cartridge includes a resonance circuit having a coil and a capacitor circuit, and is configured to detect pressure applied to a core member accommodated in the position pointer based on a variation of a resonance frequency of the resonance circuit. The cartridge includes a tubular member, in which the core member and the coil are accommodated such that the coil is positioned between the core member, which extends outwardly from one end of the tubular member, and the capacitor circuit along a direction of a center axis of the tubular member. The cartridge also includes a connection member in the tubular member, which electrically connects a first end and a second end of the coil to a first terminal and a second terminal of the capacitor circuit, respectively. | 12-03-2015 |
| 20150355732 | Stylus and Stylus Circuitry for Capacitive Touch Screens - A stylus for a capacitive touch screen includes an inverting charge integrator circuit is connected to a conductive tip for providing an output signal proportional to a charge induced at the conductive tip. An inverting amplifier generates an amplified signal proportional to the signal output from the inverting charge integrator. A conductive contact provides electrical or capacitive coupling between the amplified signal and an exterior of the stylus which may provide electrical or capacitive coupling with a person holding the stylus. In other embodiments, the order of the inverting charge integrator and the inverting amplifier may be reversed. A power supply circuit powers the inverting charge integrator and the inverting amplifier. Shielding may be implemented to isolate the stylus circuitry and prevent oscillation. The provided circuitry may enable a ball point or other fine point stylus tip configurations. | 12-10-2015 |
| 20150355734 | ELECTRONIC SYSTEM, TOUCH STYLUS AND DATA TRANSMISSION METHOD BETWEEN ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND TOUCH STYLUS - An electronic system, a touch stylus and a data transmission method between an electronic apparatus and a touch stylus are disclosed herein. The data transmission method, utilized between a first electronic device and a touch stylus, includes steps of: generating movement data according to displacement of the touch stylus. | 12-10-2015 |
| 20150363011 | PEN/STYLUS OFFSET MODIFICATION - An embodiment provides a method, including detecting, using a processor, pen input to a surface of an electronic device; accessing, using a processor, one or more other inputs associated in time with the pen input; and adjusting, using a processor, a location of a display output representing the pen input using both of the detected pen input and the one or more other inputs. Other aspects are described and claimed. | 12-17-2015 |
| 20150363012 | CONFIGURABLE ACTIVE STYLUS DEVICES - A stylus device is disclosed that is capable of changing its output so that it can communicate and function with a multitude of touch controllers of a computing device. In an aspect, the stylus device receives a message including the configuration information from the computing device. The configuration information may include an encoding scheme corresponding to a format for encoding data to be sent to the computing device and an operating frequency. The stylus configures itself in the encoding scheme, and communicates with the computing device using the encoding scheme. For example, the stylus device may encode data using the encoding scheme and send the data at the operating frequency. | 12-17-2015 |
| 20150363013 | Antenna for Computer Stylus - A computer stylus may have an elongated body with a metal tube that serves as an antenna ground for an antenna. An antenna resonating element for the antenna may be formed from metal traces that wrap around a longitudinal axis for the elongated body. The antenna may be an inverted-F antenna. A ground antenna feed terminal for the inverted-F antenna may be coupled to the metal tube with a sheet metal member, conductive fabric, and solder. A clip may run along a side of the elongated body at a location that does not overlap the metal traces of the antenna resonating element. The antenna may be fed at a location on an opposing side of the elongated body from the clip. Antenna signals from the inverted-F antenna may be reflected towards the tip by metal structures at the end of the elongated body opposing the tip. | 12-17-2015 |
| 20150370355 | POSITION INDICATOR - A position indicator is provided, which includes a chassis that accommodates a holder therein, wherein the holder in turn accommodates various elements therein. The holder includes a core body engaging portion configured to hold a core body, a component disposing portion in which one or more pressure-sensitive components are disposed in an axial direction so as to receive a pressing pressure applied to the core body, and a printed wiring board mounting portion for being engaged with and mounting a printed wiring board with a longitudinal direction of the printed wiring board as the axial direction. The core body and the one or more pressure-sensitive components are held by the core body engaging portion and the component disposing portion in such a way that their central positions are aligned with each other in a predetermined position. | 12-24-2015 |
| 20150378453 | ACTIVE CAPACITIVE STYLUS AND SENSING METHOD THEREOF - An active capacitive stylus and a sensing method thereof are provided. The active capacitive stylus includes a pen tip, a frequency adjuster, a frequency generating module, and a control module. The pen tip includes a contact component for moving in response to a pressing force. The frequency adjuster simultaneously moves with the contact component. The frequency generating module generates an induction frequency according to an induction distance between the frequency adjuster and the frequency generating module. The control module is electrically connected to the frequency generating module and calculates a pressure value according to the induction frequency. | 12-31-2015 |
| 20150378455 | BATTERY CHARGING SYSTEM FOR STYLUS - Embodiments are disclosed for a stylus comprising an energy storage device for powering active functionality of the stylus, and a charging circuit electrically coupled to the energy storage device and configured to provide charging current for recharging the energy storage device. The stylus further comprises a magnetically-attractable element comprising ferromagnetic material disposed in a ring formation on an outer surface of the stylus, the magnetically-attractable element being electrically coupled to the charging circuit to form a terminal of the charging circuit, and the magnetically-attractable element being configured to be received on a dock via magnetic attraction to a permanent magnet of the dock to bring the stylus into a docked position in which the magnetically-attractable element contacts a charging contact of the dock to thereby cause the charging circuit to receive charging current from the dock. | 12-31-2015 |
| 20150378457 | COORDINATES INPUT SYSTEM, COORDINATES INPUT APPARATUS, AND COORDINATES INPUT METHOD - A coordinates input system includes a coordinates input apparatus and a pointing device. The coordinates input apparatus includes a detector detecting a voltage value of each intersection point between electrodes in an electrode part, and a determination part determining whether coordinates are input by the pointing device based on the detected voltage. The pointing device includes a switching part switching conductivity between a contact part and a gripper, and a controller switching the conductivity between the contact part and the gripper at a switching period longer than a detection period in the detector. The determination part determines whether the coordinates input into the electrode part are made by the pointing device based on a change in the voltage values of the intersection points within a time corresponding to the switching period. | 12-31-2015 |
| 20160011681 | POINTING DEVICE HAVING COUPLING STRUCTURE | 01-14-2016 |
| 20160018910 | METHOD FOR ASSOCIATING A PEN SHAPED HAND HELD INSTRUMENT WITH A SUBSTRATE AND/OR FOR DETECTING A SWITCHING OF THE SUBSTRATE AND PEN SHAPED HANDHELD INSTRUMENT - The invention relates to a method for associating a pen shaped hand held instrument with a substrate and/or for detecting a switching of the substrate, wherein the hand held instrument, includes at least one pen tip which generates a marking, a shaft, and at least one optical sensor which detects at least a coarse pattern from an identification position in which the pen tip has a distance from the substrate, wherein the at least one optical sensor detects at least the coarse pattern at least in an identification area which includes a portion of the substrate and at least a lateral edge of the substrate and/or at least a portion of a surrounding area of the substrate which surrounding area is directly adjacent to all edges of the substrate. The invention also relates to a pen shaped hand held instrument including at least one pen tip. | 01-21-2016 |
| 20160018911 | TOUCH PEN - A touch pen controls a capacitive touch screen and an electronic device. The electronic device includes a first wireless transmission module. The touch pen includes a pen tip, a second wireless transmission module, a G-sensor, and a pressure sensor. The pen tip is interacted with the capacitive touch screen. The second wireless transmission module is in communication with the first wireless transmission module. According to an angle change of the touch pen sensed by the G-sensor, a first control signal is transmitted from the second wireless transmission module to the first wireless transmission module to control the electronic device. According to a pressure exerted on the pen tip and sensed by the pressure sensor, a second control signal is transmitted from the second wireless transmission module to the first wireless transmission module or the capacitive touch screen to control the first wireless transmission module or the capacitive touch screen. | 01-21-2016 |
| 20160018912 | POSITION POINTING DEVICE AND CORE BODY FOR POSITION POINTING DEVICE - A position pointing device includes a pressure detecting part which detects a pressure applied in an axial direction of a core body. The core body includes: a leading end part formed from an elastic material; a pedestal part which is formed from a material harder than the material of the leading end part and is joined to the leading end part; and a core body main body part which is joined to the pedestal part, is smaller than the pedestal part in thickness in a direction orthogonal to the axial direction, and is formed from a hard material. The core body is housed in a casing and is movable in the axial direction, such that the leading end part is exposed via an opening of the casing, and a pressure exerted on the leading end part in the axial direction is transmitted to the pressure detecting part. | 01-21-2016 |
| 20160034001 | Peripheral Retention Device - Peripheral retention device techniques are described. In one or more implementations, a peripheral retention device includes a computing device securing portion and a peripheral securing portion. The computing device securing portion is configured to removably engage a computing device such that the computing device securing portion is securable to and removable from a first side of a housing the computing device using one or more hands of a user. The peripheral securing portion is connected to the computing device securing portion and configured to removably engage a peripheral device via a second side of the housing that opposes the first side of the housing such that the peripheral device is securable to and removable from the peripheral securing portion using one or more hands of a user | 02-04-2016 |
| 20160034049 | POSITION INDICATOR AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A position indicator includes: a chassis; a substrate disposed inside the chassis; a coil; capacitors disposed on the substrate; interconnects disposed on the substrate such that each at least partially connects a respective one of the capacitors to the coil in parallel; and pairs of land patterns. Each pair of land patterns includes a first land pattern and a second land pattern. Each of the interconnects has a first end connected to a first end of the coil and a second end connected to a second end of the coil, and is connected to one of the capacitors. The pairs of land patterns are disposed such that each of the interconnects is at least partially interposed between the first land pattern and the second land pattern of one of the pairs of land patterns. | 02-04-2016 |
| 20160034052 | COLOR INPUT DEVICE AND ITS APPLICATION KIT - A color input device includes a stylus, a color input unit installed in the stylus. The color input unit includes a circuit board, an MCU, a color sensor, a color display device, a Bluetooth module, a memory, a control interface and a power supply device respectively connected to the MCU. Through the control interface, the color sensor can be activated to capture nature colors and to store intake colors in the memory, and the colors stored in the memory can be displayed on the full color LED display and selected and transmitted to a computing device via the Bluetooth module, enabling the APP of the computing device to temporarily store the inputted colors and synchronously display them on the display device of the computing device. Furthermore, the color input device can receive colors or patterns from the computing device for establishing a diversified color database. | 02-04-2016 |
| 20160041635 | ACTIVE STYLUS PEN, ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND DATA INPUT SYSTEM - According to one embodiment, an active stylus pen includes a first signal generator, a second signal generator and a transmitter. The first signal generator generates a first signal capable of notifying an electronic device capable of accepting an operation executed by the active stylus pen that the pen tip is in contact with the electronic device when an operation of bringing the pen tip into contact with the electronic device is executed. The second signal generator generates a second signal capable of notifying the electronic device that the eraser is in contact with the electronic device when an operation of bringing the eraser into contact with the electronic device is executed. | 02-11-2016 |
| 20160042241 | INTERACTIVE INDICIA READER - An interactive indicia (e.g., barcode) reader is disclosed. This indicia reader incorporates a projector to display context sensitive information on a surface. This information may represent manufacturer or store related information about the item with the indicia. What is more, the indicia reader may also recognize a user's interaction with the projected image. In this way, the indicia reader may enhance the information that it provides, as well as expanding the data that it can collect. | 02-11-2016 |
| 20160044422 | Pointer System for Context Based Feedback - Disclosed systems receive pointer input to an information handling system and determine the context for the user input. Characteristics of the input such as speed, acceleration, friction amount, and input pressure are analyzed. Disclosed systems tune audio data to provide dynamic audio feedback adjusted based on the analysis. Tactile feedback (e.g., the amount of friction between a stylus and interactive display) may be adjusted as needed to provide realistic or desired feedback to a user for a relevant context (e.g., handwriting, text highlighting, oil painting, etc.). | 02-11-2016 |
| 20160054811 | OBJECT ORIENTATION DETECTION WITH A DIGITIZER - A digitizer system includes a stylus comprising a plurality of transmitters for transmitting signals, wherein each of the plurality of transmitters are distanced from one another by a defined distance, a digitizer sensor operable for sensing signals transmitted by the plurality of transmitters, and circuitry associated with the digitizer sensor for tracking a projected location on the digitizer sensor of each of the plurality of transmitters based on the signals sensed, and for tracking a geometric relationship between the projected locations. | 02-25-2016 |
| 20160054819 | DIGITAL ULTRASONIC EMITTING BASE STATION - An acoustic tracking system is provided that includes receivers that detect first acoustic signals from a first set of transmitters disposed on a digital pen and second acoustic signals from a second set of transmitters disposed on a base station. The acoustic tracking system also includes a processing component that defines a two-dimensional plane on which the base station lies and determines a three-dimensional position of the digital pen relative to the base station. The processing component projects the three-dimensional position of the digital pen onto the two-dimensional plane and records, based on the projected three-dimensional position, the three-dimensional position of the digital pen relative to the base station, where the recorded three-dimensional position of the digital pen represents an object representative of movement of the digital pen. | 02-25-2016 |
| 20160054820 | A STYLUS PROVIDING HAPTIC FEEDBACK - Present invention provides a stylus (S), a stylus (S), which is adapted to be used with electronic devices and capable of providing haptic feedback, and an operation method for said stylus (S). Said stylus (S) comprises, at least one body (B); at least one tip (T); at least two vibration actuators (A1, A2); at least one driver (D1), which drives said actuators (A1, A2); at least one controller (C), which controls the operation of said actuators (A1, A2), and at least one means for communication, which enables communication between stylus (S) and said electronic device. Said method comprises the steps of receiving at least one signal from said electronic D2 device by means of at least one means for communication, which enables communication between stylus (S) and said electronic device, and which is provided in the stylus (S); controlling the operation of at least two vibrating actuators (A1, A2), which are provided in the stylus (S) and which are driven by at least one driver (D1), according to the received signal by at least one controller (C). | 02-25-2016 |
| 20160054821 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR OPERATING ELECTRONIC DEVICE BY ELECTRONIC PEN - An electronic device and a method of operating an electronic device are provided. The method includes determine a motion of an electronic pen received in a pen storage unit of the electronic device; in response to the motion of the electronic pen, determining information related to the motion of the electronic pen; and executing at least one function corresponding to the information related to the detected motion of the electronic pen. | 02-25-2016 |
| 20160062490 | POSITION INDICATOR - A position indicator includes a first electrode receiving an alternating current (AC) signal from a position detecting sensor and a second electrode transmitting an AC signal to the position detecting sensor. The position indicator includes: a tubular pen-shaped chassis; a central electrode provided such that one end protrudes outside of the chassis from an opening of the chassis, and formed of an electrically-conductive member forming a first one of the first and second electrodes; a peripheral electrode surrounding the central electrode and formed of an electrically-conductive member forming a second one of the first and second electrodes; and a shield member having a hollow part housing at least a part of the central electrode surrounded by the peripheral electrode. The shield member includes a tubular part electrically connected to ground and an insulating layer formed on an inner wall surface and an outer wall surface of the tubular part. | 03-03-2016 |
| 20160062492 | OBJECT ORIENTATION DETECTION WITH A DIGITIZER - A digitizer system includes a stylus comprising a plurality of transmitters for transmitting signals, wherein each of the plurality of transmitters are distanced from one another by a defined distance, a digitizer sensor operable for sensing signals transmitted by the plurality of transmitters, and circuitry associated with the digitizer sensor for tracking a projected location on the digitizer sensor of each of the plurality of transmitters based on the signals sensed, and for tracking a geometric relationship between the projected locations. | 03-03-2016 |
| 20160070369 | STYLUS STRUCTURE - A stylus structure ( | 03-10-2016 |
| 20160070370 | PORTABLE DEVICE AND CONTROLLING METHOD THEREFOR - The present specification relates to a portable device and a method of controlling therefor to enable for a user to control a display of the device more conveniently and more accurately. To this end, according to one disclosed embodiment, the present specification provides a portable device, comprising: a stylus unit, which is an input means for the portable device; a display unit configured to display an image and to sense an input of the stylus unit; a housing unit configured to accommodate the stylus unit; a sensor unit configured to sense a pulled out length of the stylus unit from the housing unit and a rotation angle of the stylus unit; and a processor configured to control the stylus unit, the display unit, the housing unit, and the sensor unit, wherein the processor is further configured to: provide a first menu interface corresponding to a first length when the stylus unit is pulled out from the housing unit and the pulled out length is less than the first length, navigate first menus provided by the first menu interface according to a rotation of the stylus unit when the rotation is sensed while the first menu interface is provided, and select or execute a menu of the first menus according to the navigating of the first menus when the stylus unit is pulled out from the housing unit and the pulled out length is more than the first length. | 03-10-2016 |
| 20160070372 | TOUCH PANEL SYSTEM AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - For detecting a signal based on driving of a pen point of a stylus pen satisfactorily, a stylus pen ( | 03-10-2016 |
| 20160070375 | String-Attached Input And Portable Electronic Device - A string-attached input pen including an input pen for a portable electronic device, and a string structural body, in which the string structural body has a first string section and a second string section, the first string section has a string-like member whose one end is coupled to the input pen and a ring member attached to the other end of the string-like member, and the second string section includes an annular belt, and the ring member is loosely inserted into the annular belt. | 03-10-2016 |
| 20160070391 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING DISPLAYED INTERFACE ACCORDING TO POSTURE OF INPUT DEVICE - An electronic device and display control method includes a plurality of first receivers and second receivers, respectively to receive first electromagnetic waves and second electromagnetic waves. An input device transmits first and second electromagnetic waves respectively from transmitters at opposite ends of the input device. Programs cause at least one processor to determine an actual first distance and an actual second distance according to the different electromagnetic waves and determine whether the input device is in a certain orientation in relation to the electronic device. The method lights up a backlight device and displays an unlocked interface on a display device if the input device is in the certain orientation. | 03-10-2016 |
| 20160077611 | POSITION DETECTING DEVICE AND POSITION DETECTING METHOD - A position detecting device includes a sensor having electrodes that receive an alternating current (AC) signal from a capacitive stylus pen that transmits the AC signal. The position detecting device detects a position indicated by the stylus pen on the sensor. The position detecting device also includes: an electrode selection circuit that selects electrodes provided in the sensor for connection to a positive terminal and a negative terminal; a differential amplifier that amplifies and outputs a signal indicating a difference between signals generated at the positive terminal and the negative terminal; a height detector that obtains a height of the stylus pen relative to a sensor surface of the sensor; and a control unit that causes a selection pattern of the electrodes selected for connection to the positive terminal and the negative terminal by the electrode selection circuit to change according to the height obtained by the height detector. | 03-17-2016 |
| 20160077613 | INPUT DEVICE FOR TOUCH-SENSITIVE, CAPACITIVE SURFACES - An input device for touch-sensitive, capacitive surfaces, including an application device having at least one application element and at least one contacting element. The application device is designed as a holder filled with a liquid, gel-like, or pasty application medium. The holder of the application device is non-conductive at least in the gripping region. The application medium is electrically conductive, and an electrically conductive connection is formed between the at least one contacting element and the liquid, gel-like, or pasty application medium. | 03-17-2016 |
| 20160085323 | INFORMATION DISPLAY DEVICE - An information display device includes an information display element having a display, and an optical waveguide in a sheet form affixed to a surface of the display and constituting a position sensor. The optical waveguide is configured such that linear cores in a lattice form are held between an under cladding layer and an over cladding layer both in a sheet form. The cores have an elasticity modulus higher than that of the under cladding layer and that of the over cladding layer. Thus, the deformation rate of a cross section of the cores as seen in a pressed direction is lower than the deformation rates of cross sections of the over cladding layer and the under cladding layer when a surface of the optical waveguide is pressed with an input element such as a writing implement. | 03-24-2016 |
| 20160085356 | PIEZORESISTIVE SENSOR FOR A STYLUS - A pressure sensitive stylus includes a stylus housing, a writing tip protruding from the housing and a pressure sensor. The pressure sensor includes a piezoresistive element, a support element including a first end fixed to the writing tip and a second end that is opposite the first end and presses against the piezoresistive element and circuitry for detecting pressure applied on the piezoresistive element with the support element. | 03-24-2016 |
| 20160091993 | Executing Gestures with Active Stylus - In one embodiment, a stylus has one or more sensors that detect the movement of the stylus, such as an accelerometer, a gyroscope, or a magnetometer. The stylus wirelessly transmits signals to a device based on the movement of the stylus. | 03-31-2016 |
| 20160098103 | OPTICAL DIGITAL RULER - Embodiments of the present invention provide systems, methods, and computer storage media directed to an optical digital ruler. The optical digital ruler includes at least two optical sensors allowing physical movement and rotation of the optical digital ruler to facilitate positioning a template on a canvas or background. As such, a particular drawing stroke on the canvas or background can be drawn in alignment with a template irrespective of whether a path input by a user via a stylus aligns with the template. In some implementations, a drawing stroke is aligned with a template edge when the optical digital ruler has been activated despite the location of the path. | 04-07-2016 |
| 20160098104 | USE OF A DEVICE AS AN INPUT DEVICE FOR TOUCH-SENSITIVE, CAPACITIVE SURFACES - An input device for touch-sensitive, capacitive surfaces, wherein the device includes a holder and at least one application element. The device is formed as a holder filled with a liquid application medium. The holder of the application device is electrically non-conductive, at least in the handle region, and the application medium is electrically conductive. An electrically conductive connection is formed between the at least one application element and the liquid application medium. | 04-07-2016 |
| 20160098105 | Method and System for Determining Stylus Tilt in Relation to a Touch-Sensing Device - In one embodiment, a method includes receiving, at each of at least four receivers of a stylus, a signal from an electrode line oriented along a first axis of a touch-sensing device and determining, by a processor of the stylus, a signal strength of the signal at each of the at least four receivers of the stylus. The received signal has a different signal strength at each of the at least four receivers. The method includes determining, by the processor of the stylus, a tilt direction of the stylus based on the determined signal strength at a plurality of the at least four receivers, and providing, by a transmitter of the stylus, a response signal to the touch-sensing device. The tilt direction includes a direction of the stylus along a second axis of the touch-sensing device and the second axis is oriented in a different direction than the first axis. | 04-07-2016 |
| 20160103507 | ULTRASONIC WAVE RECEIVER AND POSITION INFORMATION INPUT APPARATUS COMPRISING SAME - Disclosed are an ultrasonic wave receiver and a position information input apparatus comprising same. A signal generator and the ultrasonic wave receiver of the present invention both comprise a rechargeable battery therein whereby same are driven, and are coupled to a main body part when position information input is finished. The main body part comprises a large-capacity battery supplied and charged with a charging current from an external electronic device. Also, the main body part charges the signal generator and the ultrasonic wave receiver by supplying same with a charging current from the large-capacity battery when the signal generator and the ultrasonic wave receiver are coupled to the main body part. Accordingly, the position information input apparatus can easily be carried by coupling the signal generator and the ultrasonic wave receiver to main body part, and can maintain the signal generator and the ultrasonic wave receiver in charged state. | 04-14-2016 |
| 20160109965 | TOUCH PEN - A touch pen includes a sleeve, a contact element, a sensing device and a buffering element. The contact element is penetrated through the sleeve and movably relative to the sleeve. The sensing device is disposed within the sleeve. The buffering element is disposed within the sleeve. The contact element and the sensing device are separated from each other by the buffering element. While the contact element is moved in response to an external force applied to touch pen, the impact of the contact element on the sensing device is largely reduced because the contact element and the sensing device are separated from each other by the buffering element. Moreover, since the external force is received by the buffering element, the sensing device can be protected by the buffering element. Consequently, the failure probability of the touch pen is reduced. | 04-21-2016 |
| 20160109966 | TOUCH PEN AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE HAVING THE SAME - A touch pen includes a casing, a pen core received in the casing, a vibrating member, a pressure sensor received in the casing, and a processor. The pressure sensor is attached to the pen core, and can generate an electric signal after sensing a pressure delivered by the pen core. The processor is electrically coupled to the vibrating member, and configured to convert the electric signal to a control command. The control command is configured to control the vibrating member to vibrate. | 04-21-2016 |
| 20160109967 | STYLUS - A stylus comprises a first part extending longitudinally from a proximal end to a distal end, the distal end being arranged to provide a tip for engagement with a touch screen device. A second part is moveable relative to the first part to vary a transverse displacement of the second part relative to the first part. A sensor incorporated within the first part and arranged to provide an output signal indicative of the displacement; and electronic circuitry is arranged to provide a signal to the touch screen device based on the sensor output signal. | 04-21-2016 |
| 20160116738 | SEE-THROUGH COMPUTER DISPLAY SYSTEMS - Aspects of the present invention relate to methods and systems for a head-worn computer with a content display where the head-worn computer can be changed from an augmented reality system where there is relatively high see-through transmission through the display to a virtual reality system where the is no or relatively little see-through transmission through the display. | 04-28-2016 |
| 20160116996 | INPUT DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC INFORMATION BOARD SYSTEM - An input device includes a casing having a concave compartment having an inner bottom end, the concave compartment formed at one end of an axis direction of the casing, a moveable object supported in the concave compartment and reciprocally moveable along the axis direction of the casing, and a transmitter to transmit a contact-detection signal of the input device contacting on a display face when the moveable object is pressed and moved into the inner bottom end of the concave compartment for a given distance. When the moveable object is pressed along the axis direction of the casing, the moveable object is moved into the inner bottom end along the axis direction of the casing, and when the moveable object is pressed along a direction slanted from the axis direction of the casing, the moveable object is moved into the inner bottom end along the slanted direction. | 04-28-2016 |
| 20160116998 | INPUT DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC INFORMATION BOARD SYSTEM - An input device includes a casing, a moveable unit disposed in the casing and including a spherical object and a rotation detector for detecting a rotation of the spherical object contactable on a display face, and a transmitter, disposed in the casing, to receive a rotation detection signal from the rotation detector and to transmit the rotation detection signal when the rotation detector detects the rotation of the spherical object. | 04-28-2016 |
| 20160116999 | MANUAL DEVICE COMPRISING AN INVERTIBLE END PIECE OFR A CAPACTIVIE SCREEN - A manual device comprising a body, comprising at least one reversible tip mounted on the body, the reversible tip comprising a first head and a second head opposite to the first head, the tip being configured to be mounted on the body in a first position in which the first head projects from the body while the second head is stored inside the body or in a second position in which the second head projects from the body while the first head is stored inside the body, the first head comprising a first pad for a capacitive screen. | 04-28-2016 |
| 20160124528 | STYLUS BUTTON FUNCTION - A method can include detecting orientation of a stylus with respect to a display; and assigning a function to a button of the stylus based at least in part on the orientation where the function of the button can depend at least in part on an orientation angle of the stylus with respect to the display. | 05-05-2016 |
| 20160124529 | INFORMATION PROCESSOR - The information processor includes an input unit having an illuminating part and an image pickup part, and an input medium having an input surface on which inputting of information is carried out by the input unit which has position coordinates on the input surface coded by a dot pattern. The input unit irradiates light from the illuminating part onto input surface of the input medium. The irradiated light reflects off the dot contained in the dot pattern which is picked up by the image pickup part, and position information of the dot pattern is obtained. The input unit further has an input unit angular position measuring part that measures an angular position of the input unit when the light is irradiated. Based on corrected position information obtained by correction processing based on the angular position, input information, that is specified by the position coordinates is obtained. | 05-05-2016 |
| 20160124530 | STYLUS FOR OPERATING A DIGITIZER SYSTEM - An apparatus includes a housing, a tip configured to move with respect to the housing based on contact pressure applied the tip, and a circuit. The circuit detects pressure applied on the tip based on movement of the tip. The circuit includes a variable current source configured to drive a sensor, a transimpedance amplifier (TIA) configured to receive current from the sensor and an analog to digital converter configured to sample output from the TIA. | 05-05-2016 |
| 20160124634 | ELECTRONIC BLACKBOARD APPARATUS AND CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOF - An electronic blackboard apparatus is provided. The electronic blackboard apparatus includes: a display unit configured to display a screen divided into a plurality of areas; a user interface (UI) unit configured to receive a writing input in at least one of the plurality of areas; a microphone unit configured to receive a user voice; a storage unit configured to store the received user voice as a voice file; and a controller configured to control the electronic blackboard apparatus to store the user voice, which is received through the microphone unit in response to the writing input being received in the at least one area, as a voice file corresponding to at least one area and display a graphical user interface (GUI) corresponding to a voice file in a corresponding area according to a preset event. Therefore, a user can easily search for and hear a conversation content associated with a content written on the electronic blackboard apparatus, and thus convenience and satisfaction of the user is increased. | 05-05-2016 |
| 20160124702 | Audio Bookmarking - A system and method for identifying temporal positions in audio data and accessing the identified temporal positions are disclosed. “Audio bookmarks” are created by using various types of input, such as accessing a printed control with a smart pen, providing a voice command to the smart pen or providing a written command to the smart pen to identify temporal positions within the audio data. Alternatively, one or more rules are applied to audio data by a pen-based computing system to identify temporal positions in the audio data. The audio bookmarks are associated with one or more visual, auditory or tactile indicators showing the location of the audio bookmarks in the audio data. When an indicator is accessed, a portion of the audio data is played beginning from the temporal position associated with the accessed indicator. Additional data, such as written data, may also be associated with an indicator. | 05-05-2016 |
| 20160132136 | DIGITAL PEN - A digital pen includes: a light emitting section; a writing section which has a tip part and transmits light emitted from the light emitting section; and a main body section which supports the writing section in a displaceable manner, detects a pressing on the writing section and causes the light emitting section to emit light. The writing section includes a support member supported by the main body section, and an elastic member which has the tip part and is held by the support member. | 05-12-2016 |
| 20160132137 | SYSTEMS FOR AN ELECTROSTATIC STYLUS WITHIN A CAPACITIVE TOUCH SENSOR - Systems are described for transmitting and receiving signals in an active stylus for a capacitive touch sensor, for which the systems have at least one circuit for receiving a current from an electrode and for transmitting a voltage onto the electrode. The systems include components for receiving the current in a receiving mode, a switch, and a switchmode power supply circuit having at least a transformer and a diode, for which the diode is coupled to the transformer. In a transmission mode, there is means for electrically isolating at least some of the components configured for receiving the current in the receiving mode from the voltage formed across the stray capacitance. In the receiving mode, there is a means for electrically isolating at least some of the components configured for receiving the current in the receiving mode from an inductance of the transformer in the switchmode power supply circuit. | 05-12-2016 |
| 20160139690 | Stylus With Inertial Sensor - A stylus may have an elongated body with opposing first and second ends. Electronic equipment may have a touch sensor that receives electromagnetic signals from one or more electrodes at the first end. The stylus may have a six-axis inertial sensor at the second end. Force sensors may be located at the first and second ends. User input from the force sensors, the inertial sensor, and other input-output devices may be used to supply the stylus with mode change commands. In response to the mode change commands the stylus may transition between operating modes such as a touch sensor mode and one or more inertial sensor modes. Inertial sensor data may be used to allow the stylus to operate as a joystick, a rotational controller, an air mouse, or other input devices in addition to serving as a touch sensor input device. | 05-19-2016 |
| 20160139691 | Electronic-Scribed Input - An apparatus, the apparatus comprising at least one processor, and at least one memory including computer program code, the at least one memory and the computer program code configured, with the at least one processor, to cause the apparatus to perform at least the following: based on one or more determined input manner characteristics of user electronic-scribed input, associate the user electronic-scribed input with a function to be performed using the user electronic-scribed input. | 05-19-2016 |
| 20160139694 | USER INPUT DEVICE USING ALTERNATING CURRENT MAGNETIC FIELD AND ELECTRIC DEVICE HAVING SAME - A user input device uses an alternating magnetic field, which is configured to accurately transmit and process a location, a direction and the like requested from a user by using the alternating magnetic field. The user input device using the alternating magnetic field includes a power source, a magnetic field generation unit, and a control unit which receives power and controls the magnetic field generation unit involved in generating and blocking the alternating magnetic field. Also, an electric apparatus includes a magnetic field sensor that detects the alternating magnetic field from the user input device. | 05-19-2016 |
| 20160147316 | ATTACHING A STYLUS - In some examples, a stylus holder comprises a connector to attach to a port of a computing device and create an electrical connection to the computing device port, and a fastener to attach a stylus to the holder and provide at least one of a data and power connection to the stylus. The fastener includes a first inductive element formed in an internal cavity area of the fastener, the first inductive element to inductive couple to a second inductive element of the stylus, the second inductive element longer than the first inductive element. | 05-26-2016 |
| 20160147317 | SMART RESONATING PEN - A resonating pen having multiple resonance frequencies includes a first circuit segment including an inductor for the resonance frequencies, a second circuit segment including transistors, where each of the transistors includes a transistor state, and a third circuit segment includes a controller. The controller is configured to alter the transistor state of the transistors to change the resonating pen to a resonance frequency. The resonating pen further includes a switch configured to control the controller. | 05-26-2016 |
| 20160147318 | FLEXIBLE CIRCUIT BOARD BASED FORCE SENSOR - A flexible circuit board based force sensor is disclosed. A flexible circuit having a first metal pad and a second metal pad, the flexible circuit board is folded so that the first metal pad functioning as a top metal pad and the bottom metal pad functioning as a bottom metal pad. A force sensing material is configured in between the top metal pad and the bottom metal pad to form a force sensor. An electronic drawing system adopts the flexible circuit board based force sensor in an electronic pen for sensing pressures applied against the pen tip of the electronic pen. | 05-26-2016 |
| 20160147320 | PEN WITH INDUCTOR - A processing system includes a sensor module and a determination module. The sensor module is coupled to sensor electrodes and is the sensor module configured to drive the sensor electrodes with sensing signals at a first resonance frequency of the pen. The determination module is configured to obtain, concurrently with the driving of the sensor electrodes, a measurements that are based on effects of the sensing signals, and a resonance of the pen in a sensing region. The determination module is further configured to determine positional information of the pen in the sensing region based on the measurements, and report the positional information. | 05-26-2016 |
| 20160154457 | Three-Dimensional Input Device And Input System | 06-02-2016 |
| 20160154482 | Content Selection in a Pen-Based Computing System | 06-02-2016 |
| 20160154484 | Energy Savings in an Electronic Pen | 06-02-2016 |
| 20160154485 | Electric Pen | 06-02-2016 |
| 20160154486 | POSITION INDICATOR | 06-02-2016 |
| 20160162044 | ACTIVE STYLUS PEN AND SIGNAL TRANSMISSION METHODS FOR STYLUS PEN AND TOUCH PANEL - The disclosure provides an active stylus pen and signal transmission methods for the active stylus pen and a touch panel. The stylus has a touch module, a switching module, a signal comparison module, a control module and a pressure sensing module. The stylus determines a first signal generated by a touch panel, and compares an intensity of the first signal and a reference value through a first transmission path. When the intensity of the first signal exceeds the reference value, the stylus outputs a second signal to the touch panel. After the stylus outputs the second signal to the touch panel, the stylus switches to a second transmission path from the first transmission path. The stylus outputs a header signal to the touch panel. When determining a first time sequential distribution, the stylus outputs at least one bit of a pressure signal according to a second time sequential distribution. | 06-09-2016 |
| 20160162045 | PAINT BRUSH CAPACITIVE STYLUS TIP - A system and method for using changes in capacitance between two or more conductive elements to detect a magnitude of stylus tip pressure, degree of rotation and movement, using a change in capacitance between alternative layers of conducting and insulating materials that are disposed in an elastomeric stylus tip and deformed to cause a change in capacitance, using a conductive element that is disposed in the stylus tip and passing into the stylus body and then measuring a deflection of the conductive element from a centered position when the stylus tip is deformed by using capacitive sensing electrodes disposed on the inner wall of the stylus body or a single proximity sensing capacitive sensor disposed perpendicular to a length of the conductive element. | 06-09-2016 |
| 20160162047 | PEN-TYPE INPUT DEVICE AND INPUT METHOD USING THE SAME - Methods and apparatuses are provided for providing input to a host device using a pen-type input device. A first signal is transmitted, from the pen-type input device, to the host device, when a first switch senses pressure applied to a pen tip of the pen-type device. The first signal is used for inputting a character stroke in the host device. A second signal is transmitted from the pen-type input device, to the host device, when a second switch is activated. The second signal is used for performing a mouse click operation in the host device. | 06-09-2016 |
| 20160162048 | USER INTERFACE FOR AN ELECTRONIC STYLUS - This disclosure provides systems, methods and apparatus related to an electronic stylus, the stylus having a manual user interface and including a nib and an ultrasonic transmitter configured to transmit an ultrasonic signal. The manual user interface includes one or both of: (i) a removable cap, wherein installing the cap covers the nib and switches the ultrasonic transmitter to a power down mode and removing the cap exposes the nib and switches the ultrasonic transmitter to a power up mode; and (ii) an actuator configured to switch the stylus between a first mode and a second mode, wherein, in the first mode, the nib is in an exposed position and the ultrasonic transmitter is switched to the power up mode; and, in the second mode, the nib is in a covered position and the ultrasonic transmitter is switched to the power down mode. | 06-09-2016 |
| 20160162049 | POSITION INDICATOR - A position indicator includes a columnar magnetic core provided within a cylindrical casing with an axial direction of the casing as a direction of a central axis of the magnetic core. A coil is wound so as to have the central axis of the columnar magnetic core as a center. A core body is provided so as to have a tip portion exposed to an outside from an opening formed on one end side in the axial direction of the cylindrical casing. The magnetic core has a flat cross-sectional shape, and has a tapered portion formed on a side of the tip portion of the core body in the direction of the central axis of the magnetic core, the tapered portion being tapered off toward the tip portion of the core body. | 06-09-2016 |
| 20160162050 | IMAGE PROJECTION APPARATUS, AND SYSTEM EMPLOYING INTERACTIVE INPUT-OUTPUT CAPABILITY - An image projection apparatus includes an image receiver; an image processor; a projection unit to project a projection image on a projection screen; a coordinate calculator to calculate coordinates of a point in the projection image when the point is identified by a coordinate input device; an interactive communication unit to perform communication related to the interactive input-output capability with the coordinate input device, and the external apparatus; an operation information converter to convert the calculated coordinates of the point and an operation information of the coordinate input device to an operation information for the image projection apparatus and the external apparatus; a distance calculator to calculate distance between the coordinate input device and the projection screen; and an input-action-reproducing determination unit to determine whether movement of coordinates of the point on the projection screen identified by the coordinate input device is reproduced depending on the calculated distance. | 06-09-2016 |
| 20160162051 | STYLUS FOR OPERATING A DIGITIZER SYSTEM - A handheld device includes a conductive tip configured to interact with a capacitive based digitizer sensor, an active transmission module, a reflective transmission module, a switch configured to connect the conductive tip to one of the active transmission module and the reflective transmission module and a controller configured to toggle position of the switch. The active transmission module configured to generate a first signal on the conductive tip independent from a drive signal transmitted on the digitizer sensor. The reflective transmission module is configured to generate a second signal on the conductive tip based on the drive signal transmitted on the digitizer sensor and picked by the conductive tip during interaction with the digitizer sensor. | 06-09-2016 |
| 20160162052 | Collaboration System - A collaboration system provides enhanced user interface to enable users to interact with electronic devices. In one embodiment, users can add content to a digital system by using a pen that streams coordinates so that input to the digital system may be based on conventional pen and paper handwriting. In another embodiment, a pie-based menu system is used for input to large display area digital devices in which an occluded portion of the pie-based menu system is not used for direct input by the user. The selection of which areas of the pie-based menu system should be omitted from use is adaptive and responsive to whether the user is left-handed or right-handed, and the wrist angle defined by the user's posture. In still another embodiment, an ergonomic open-shaped pie menu system is provided to facilitate selection of options on a digital surface. | 06-09-2016 |
| 20160162053 | POSITION POINTER OF THE ELECTROMAGNETIC INDUCTION TYPE AND ELECTRONIC INK CARTRIDGE - A position pointer is disclosed, in which an electronic ink cartridge of an electromagnetic induction type is accommodated. The electronic ink cartridge includes a resonance circuit having a coil and a capacitor circuit, and is configured to detect pressure applied to a core member accommodated in the position pointer based on a variation of a resonance frequency of the resonance circuit. The cartridge includes a tubular member, in which the core member and the coil are accommodated such that the coil is positioned between the core member, which extends outwardly from one end of the tubular member, and the capacitor circuit along a direction of a center axis of the tubular member. The cartridge also includes a connection member in the tubular member, which electrically connects a first end and a second end of the coil to a first terminal and a second terminal of the capacitor circuit, respectively. | 06-09-2016 |
| 20160162055 | STRUCTURE FOR A TOUCH-CONTROL TOOL - A structure for a touch-control tool includes a grip handle and a touch-control assembly. The grip handle includes an operating end. The touch-control assembly is disposed on the operating end, and the touch-control assembly includes a ball bearing, a touch-control pad, and an elastic element. The ball bearing protrudes from the operating end, a ball base is disposed on the touch-control pad, the elastic element is disposed between the ball base and the operating end, and the ball bearing contacts the ball base in a movable manner therein by means of the elastic element, thereby enhancing operation accuracy and smoothness. | 06-09-2016 |
| 20160170503 | INTERACTIVE STYLUS WITH DISCRETE CIRCUIT MULTIPLEXING SYSTEM | 06-16-2016 |
| 20160170504 | INTERACTIVE STYLUS AND DISPLAY DEVICE | 06-16-2016 |
| 20160170505 | PALM REJECTION VISUALIZATION FOR PASSIVE STYLUS | 06-16-2016 |
| 20160179222 | Stylus With Touch Sensor | 06-23-2016 |
| 20160179223 | NEAR FIELD COMMUNICATIONS (NFC)-BASED ACTIVE STYLUS | 06-23-2016 |
| 20160179365 | DIGITAL INK GENERATING APPARATUS, METHOD AND PROGRAM, AND DIGITAL INK REPRODUCING APPARATUS, METHOD AND PROGRAM | 06-23-2016 |
| 20160188008 | POSITION INDICATOR - A position indicator includes a capacitor having a capacitance that changes in correspondence to a force applied to one end part of a housing. The capacitor is configured by a pressure detecting chip that includes a first electrode and a second electrode disposed opposite to the first electrode with a predetermined distance defined therebetween to have capacitance Cv formed between the first electrode and the second electrode. The capacitance Cv changes when the force applied to the one end part of the housing is transmitted to the first electrode to thereby change a relationship (e.g., the distance) between the two electrodes. A pressure transmitting member having predetermined elasticity is disposed on the first electrode such that the force applied to the one end part of the housing is transmitted to the first electrode of the semiconductor element via the pressure transmitting member. | 06-30-2016 |
| 20160188009 | POSITION DETECTING DEVICE AND POSITION INDICATOR THEREOF - A remaining amount of power stored in a position indicator can be recognized at plural levels. The position indicator includes a power storage device, an alternating current (AC) signal generating circuit that generates an AC signal to be transmitted toward a tablet, a modulation circuit that modulates the AC signal according to position indicator information represented by a binary code, and an electricity remaining amount detecting circuit that detects an electricity remaining amount of the power storage device. The frequency at which a specific bit of the position indicator information is set to 0 or 1 is changed according to the detected electricity remaining amount. The tablet includes a receiver that receives the position indicator information from the position indicator, and detects the electricity remaining amount of the power storage device from the frequency at which the specific bit of the received position indicator information is 0 or 1. | 06-30-2016 |
| 20160188012 | ACTIVE PEN FOR TOUCH DISPLAY SCREEN, TOUCH DISPLAY SCREEN AND TOUCH CONTROL INPUT SYSTEM - The present disclosure discloses an active pen for a touch display screen, a touch display screen and a touch control input system, to improve human-machine interaction accuracy of operating the touch display screen with the active pen by a user. The active pen for the touch display screen comprises a transparent elastic pen point, an optical receiver and an excitation signal emitting apparatus, wherein the contact area between the transparent elastic pen point and the touch display screen is increased with an increase in an operating force, the optical receiver is configured to receive detection light which comes from the touch display screen and penetrates through the transparent elastic pen point, meanwhile, the excitation signal emitting apparatus is in signal connection with the optical receiver, so as to emit an excitation signal of a corresponding intensity to the touch display screen in accordance with the intensity of the detection light received by the optical receiver. | 06-30-2016 |
| 20160188014 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus includes a sensor, a storage section, and a controller. The sensor includes an input surface for accepting an input operation of a user using a writing tool and is capable of detecting coordinates of a position at which the input operation is made and a weight applied to the position. The controller is capable of causing the storage section to store, at predetermined time intervals, coordinate data indicating the detected coordinates and weight data indicating the weight in association with identification information of the user, and reading out the stored coordinate data and weight data from the storage section in association with the identification information. | 06-30-2016 |
| 20160188015 | PORTABLE HAPTIC FEEDBACK CAPACITIVE STYLUS FOR INTERACTION ON MOBILE TERMINAL - Disclosed is a portable haptic feedback capacitive stylus for interaction on a mobile terminal, composing a tip, a sleeve ring, a first housing, a connecting cylinder, a second housing, an end-portion housing, a motor, a spring, a slider, a screw rod, a photoelectric code disc, a measurement and control module, a vibration touch module, and a power supply. The first housing comprises a front housing and a rear housing, and a limiting groove is disposed in an inner wall of the first housing. The tip is fixedly connected to one end of the connecting cylinder, and the other end of the connecting cylinder passes through an end-portion through-hole of the front housing. | 06-30-2016 |
| 20160188016 | POSITION POINTER AND SIGNAL PROCESSOR - A position pointer includes a signal generation circuit, which generates at least one signal. The position pointer in operation transmits the at least one signal to a sensor of a position detector. The position pointer includes a first electrode arranged to protrude from one end portion of a pen-shaped housing along an axial center direction and a second electrode including at least three electrode pieces disposed near the first electrode in such a manner as to surround a central axis of the housing. The at least three electrode pieces are electrically isolated from each other. The position pointer has a signal supply control circuit, which, in operation, controls supply of signals to selectively supply the at least one signal to the second electrode that includes the at least three electrode pieces and to the first electrode. | 06-30-2016 |
| 20160188017 | DIGITAL STYLUS - The present invention relates to a digital stylus for an electronic device having an input screen. The digital stylus comprising an operative portion adapted to interact with the input screen, and the electronic device adapted to perform one or more functions corresponding to an interaction between the operative portion and the input screen; and a communication module adapted to communicate with the electronic device to set one or more of the following: the functions and one or more characteristics of the functions. | 06-30-2016 |
| 20160188018 | SYSTEM, DRAWING METHOD AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - A system includes a first device configured to select an instruction position and a second device. The first device includes a physical quantity detection unit configured to detect a physical quantity acting on the first device at fixed time intervals; and a physical quantity transmission unit configured to send a transmission datum including the physical quantity at the fixed time intervals. The second device includes a position acquisition unit configured to acquire the instruction position, and generate information based on the instruction position; a transmission data reception unit configured to receive the transmission datum; a physical quantity extraction unit configured to extract the physical quantity at the fixed time intervals from the transmission datum; and an information display unit configured to reflect the extracted physical quantity at the fixed time intervals in the information generated based on the acquired instruction position, and to send the information to a display device. | 06-30-2016 |
| 20160195942 | Stylus with Springs | 07-07-2016 |
| 20160195943 | UNIVERSAL STYLUS COMMUNICATION WITH A DIGITIZER | 07-07-2016 |
| 20160195945 | USER INTERACTION DEVICE | 07-07-2016 |
| 20160202777 | PROJECTIVE CAPACITIVE STYLUS AND CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOF | 07-14-2016 |
| 20160252973 | VOICE MODIFIED DRAWING | 09-01-2016 |
| 20160252981 | TRANSMITTER AND CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOF | 09-01-2016 |
| 20160252982 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR AN OPTICAL SYSTEM OUTPUTTING DIFFUSE LIGHT AND HAVING A SENSOR | 09-01-2016 |
| 20160252984 | DISPLAY APPARATUS, DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM | 09-01-2016 |
| 20160378207 | VARIABLE DENSITY DEVICE PROFILE - The description relates to devices. One example device can involve a mesh structure with a density profile varying from a first end of the mesh structure to a second end of the mesh structure. | 12-29-2016 |
| 20160378210 | Information Processing Method and Electronic Apparatus - An information processing method and an electronic apparatus are disclosed. The method is applicable to the electronic apparatus. The method includes: detecting, with a touch display unit of the electronic apparatus, a first trajectory generated by a first input operation of an input unit; acquiring motion parameters of the input unit collected by a sensing unit in a case that it is determined that the first trajectory meets a predetermined condition; and using the motion parameters to correct the first trajectory in accordance with a first correction strategy. | 12-29-2016 |
| 20170236020 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR GENERATING AND SELECTIVELY OUTPUTTING TWO TYPES OF INK VECTOR DATA | 08-17-2017 |
| 20170236021 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR GENERATING AND SELECTIVELY OUTPUTTING TWO TYPES OF INK VECTOR DATA | 08-17-2017 |
| 20180024650 | STYLUS WITH CAPACITIVE SLIDE AND GRIP SENSORS | 01-25-2018 |
| 20180024651 | Stylus Communication Channels | 01-25-2018 |
| 20180024653 | PEN DEVICE - PANEL INTERACTION BASED ON ELECTROMAGNETIC SIGNALS OUTPUT BY THE PEN DEVICE | 01-25-2018 |
| 20180024657 | ELECTRONIC PEN | 01-25-2018 |
| 20180024658 | METHOD USING ACTIVE STYLUS AND SENSOR CONTROLLER, SENSOR CONTROLLER, AND ACTIVE STYLUS | 01-25-2018 |
| 20220137730 | MULTI-PURPOSE AUXILIARY DEVICE - A multi-purpose auxiliary device includes: a first body having a holding portion and docking portion, a second body combined with the first body, and a round head kit sleeved on the first body. The docking portion has a semi-spherical enlarged portion having configurations for key operations. When the round head kit is sleeved on the center pillar of the enlarged portion, the first body serves as a capacitive stylus for operating an LCD monitor. When the round head kit is not sleeved on the center pillar, the first body serves as a resistive stylus for operating the LCD monitor, or serves as an electronic credit card signature by using an edge of the holding portion, thus providing versatility and frequency of use for the auxiliary device, and preventing effects of dirt or germs on hands. | 05-05-2022 |
