ORIENTATION SENSING STYLUS
    2.
    发明申请
    ORIENTATION SENSING STYLUS 审中-公开
    方位感测器

    公开(公告)号:US20140022218A1

    公开(公告)日:2014-01-23

    申请号:US13554271

    申请日:2012-07-20

    IPC分类号: G06F3/033

    摘要: 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.

    摘要翻译: 本公开提供了用于根据触笔的取向来控制在电子设备上执行的应用的方法和装置。 触笔包括旋转速率传感器,例如陀螺仪。 取决于旋转速率的信号从触针传送并由电子设备接收。 可以使用积分电路从旋转速度确定触笔取向,以确定施加到初始取向向量的旋转矩阵。 电子设备可以使用触笔方向来确定用户的手感,控制绘图应用的属性或用于其他目的。

    COMBINATION PEN REFILL CARTRIDGE AND ACTIVE STYLUS
    6.
    发明申请
    COMBINATION PEN REFILL CARTRIDGE AND ACTIVE STYLUS 有权
    组合笔改装盒和活动板

    公开(公告)号:US20140050516A1

    公开(公告)日:2014-02-20

    申请号:US13588053

    申请日:2012-08-17

    IPC分类号: B43K29/00

    摘要: A dual mode apparatus for writing on paper, inputting information to a host electronic device, and/or controlling applications on a host electronic device. The apparatus is preferably constructed and arranged as a combination pen and active stylus that includes a pen refill cartridge and an active stylus module. The pen refill cartridge comprises a body configured for storing ink and a ball-point assembly for dispensing the ink on a writing surface or physical media. The active stylus module is configured to transmit signals to the ball-point assembly of the pen refill cartridge. The ball-point assembly may include an antenna, optical transducer or ultrasonic transducer. In one expedient, the signals may be radio signals characterizing a force applied to the ball-point assembly, the level of a battery or the level of ink in the pen refill cartridge.

    摘要翻译: 一种用于在纸上书写,向主机电子设备输入信息和/或控制主机电子设备上的应用的双模式设备。 优选地,该装置被构造和布置为组合笔和有源手写笔,其包括笔填充盒和活动的触控笔模块。 笔芯填充盒包括构造成存储墨的主体和用于将墨分配在书写表面或物理介质上的圆珠笔组合。 有源触针模块被配置为将信号发送到笔芯填充盒的圆珠笔组件。 圆珠笔组件可以包括天线,光学换能器或超声换能器。 在一个方面,信号可以是表征施加到球形点组件的力,电池电平或笔芯填充盒中的墨水平的无线电信号。

    Apparatus and Method Pertaining to a Stylus That Emits a Plurality of Infrared Beams
    7.
    发明申请
    Apparatus and Method Pertaining to a Stylus That Emits a Plurality of Infrared Beams 审中-公开
    与发射多个红外光束的触笔相关的装置和方法

    公开(公告)号:US20140035883A1

    公开(公告)日:2014-02-06

    申请号:US13562939

    申请日:2012-07-31

    IPC分类号: G06F3/033

    CPC分类号: G06F3/042 G06F3/03545

    摘要: 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.

    摘要翻译: 触针具有写入尖端并且包括多个红外发射器,其配置和设置成经由该写入尖端发射多个红外光束。 这些红外发射器可以相对于书写尖端的中心轴线基本上等距离地设置,并以不同于该中心轴线的角度发射红外光束。 对应的显示器可以检测这些各种波束以确定相应的触笔手势信息。 该触笔手势信息可以包括例如确定触控笔的倾斜角度。 作为另一个示例,该触笔手势信息可以包括关于触笔的纵向轴线的旋转(诸如旋转方向或单纯的旋转状态)。 这种触笔手势信息又可以用作参数,以进一步指导或影响各种应用中的任何一种。

    METHOD AND APPARATUS PERTAINING TO THE TIMING OF STYLUS LOCATION TRANSMISSIONS
    9.
    发明申请
    METHOD AND APPARATUS PERTAINING TO THE TIMING OF STYLUS LOCATION TRANSMISSIONS 审中-公开
    对STYLUS位置传输时序的方法和装置

    公开(公告)号:US20140038524A1

    公开(公告)日:2014-02-06

    申请号:US13563012

    申请日:2012-07-31

    IPC分类号: H04B7/00

    CPC分类号: G06F3/03545 G06F3/0383

    摘要: A stylus includes a stylus housing that contains a location-beacon transmitter, a wireless receiver, and a control circuit that operably couples to the preceding. By one approach the control circuit is configured to use the location-beacon transmitter to transmit signals as a function of at least one signal received via the wireless receiver. The aforementioned wireless receiver can comprise a Bluetooth™-compatible wireless transceiver that pairs with the corresponding display-based device. The signal received via this wireless receiver can comprise transmission-synchronization information that represents a video-display event for the display-based device such as refreshing the display of the display-based device. In such a case, the signal can comprise a vertical synchronization pulse as sourced by the display-based device. So configured, the stylus can time the transmission of its location-beacon signals to arrive at the display-based device just prior to when the latter refreshes its display.

    摘要翻译: 触控笔包括一个触针外壳,它包含一个位置信标发射器,一个无线接收器和一个可操作地耦合到前面的控制电路。 通过一种方法,控制电路被配置为使用位置信标发射机作为经由无线接收机接收的至少一个信号的功能来发射信号。 上述无线接收器可以包括与相应的基于显示器的设备配对的蓝牙(TM)兼容的无线收发器。 经由该无线接收器接收到的信号可以包括表示用于基于显示器的设备的视频显示事件的传输同步信息,例如刷新基于显示器的设备的显示。 在这种情况下,信号可以包括由基于显示器的设备提供的垂直同步脉冲。 如此配置,触控笔可以在它的位置信标信号的传输之前到达基于显示器的设备,就在它们刷新其显示之前。