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6724373 Electronic whiteboard hot zones for controlling local and remote personal computer functions  
The invention concerns a method and apparatus that provides predetermined and user determined areas on an electronic whiteboard which provides the user with various computer-related functions. In...
6724374 Sensing device for coded electronic ink surface  
A sensing device for use with a surface having coded data and electronic ink disposed on the surface, the coded data being indicative of an identity of a region associated with the surface, the...
6724372 Ink trails on a wireless remote interface tablet and wireless remote ink field object  
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...
6720985 Method and system for object selection  
The present invention provides a method for enabling association of objects in a computer system, the method including the steps of: providing a user with at least one first form printable on a...
6720957 Method for manufacturing improved touch pen and device formed thereby  
A method for manufacturing a touch pen and a touch pen are provided. Firstly, a core stick including a top end connected to a fixed portion by an easy-broken portion is prepared. The core stick is...
6717073 Wireless display systems, styli, and associated methods  
A wireless coordinate input system for a display system includes a stylus that transmits ultrasonic energy to a plurality of ultrasonic receiving stations in a projection plane. The stylus may...
6715687 Pen and system for writing encoded lines  
A writing pen that forms a line of ink from a sequence of small line segments of at least two lengths in a pattern that encodes information in the line. The information includes the location and...
6717574 Feedback peak detector fitted wireless handwriting tablet  
In a feedback peak detector fitted wireless handwriting tablet, the feedback peak detector comprises a feedback comparator buffer unit, a peak detection switch unit, a fast charge path unit, a peak...
6710769 Portable computing device that records operator inputs  
A computing device includes a keyboard controller that is adapted to convey an operator input from the keyboard controller along a communications channel. Also included is a battery module, which...
6710776 Position finder, measuring apparatus with position finder, and measuring system  
A picture of a plan view of an area is displayed on a screen of a base unit of a measuring apparatus. The picture contains symbols for respective traps disposed in the displayed area. A bar code is...
6710267 Input pen for touch panel, and input pen  
An input pen for a touch panel excellent in a using feeling without causing any flaw in a display, and an input pen. A touch ball made of, for example, an acetal resin is provided at a pen tip of...
6704006 Methods and systems for increasing the input efficiency of personal digital assistants and other handheld stylus-engagable computing devices  
Methods and systems for enhancing the input fidelity of personal digital assistants (PDAs), and other handheld stylus-engagable computing devices are described. In some embodiments, this can be...
6703570 Digital pen using ultrasonic tracking  
A digital pen that has a writing tip includes an ultrasonic (US) transducer on a pen body that generates frames of US pulses toward a receiver base in response to an infrared (IR) synchronizing...
6698660 Electronic recording and communication of information  
In a method of recording and managing information, information is written on a product using a handheld writing device, the handwritten information being recorded electronically and at least partly...
6700567 Self-powered input devices for circuit control devices  
A powered touch screen input device is perpetually self-powered and free of any mechanical connection to the touch screen itself. The input device includes at least one photovoltaic cell supported...
6697052 Optical mouse chip with silicon retina structure  
An optical mouse chip with silicon retina structure comprises an image sensor array, an accumulator and a comparing/selecting unit. The image sensor array senses a direction parameter of an image...
6697053 Image sensor mouse  
An image sensor mouse of a contact-less type is provided which employs a full color light emitting diode 80 having a red (R) light emitting unit diode 801, a green (G) light emitting unit diode...
6693648 Pointer interactive apparatus  
A pointer interactive apparatus for use with a computing device typically employed to identify and track the movement of a character or object of interest appearing in a video image on a monitor...
6694045 Generation and verification of a digitized signature  
Digitized signatures are recorded in respective digitized signature records. Each digitized signature record includes at least the position of each point of a signature in coordinates relative to a...
6689966 System and method for determining positional information  
A product has a surface having with a position-coding pattern that codes a plurality of positions on the surface. The position-coding pattern includes a plurality of symbols each having at least...
6690363 Touch panel display system  
Emitters and detectors are positioned in proximity to a display screen. Emitters emit energy beams that are diverged across the surface of the display screen. Emitters may be activated/deactivated...
6690364 Method and system for on screen text correction via pen interface  
A system and method for changing data displayed on a touch-sensitive display screen. The present system and method recognize handwritten strokes made with a stylus on the touch-sensitive display...
6686584 Movement giver having body with after-glowing surface  
The invention relates to movement-givers, especially for controlling the cursor of a computer, with a body-movement sensor pair for the determination of a relative body surface movement and sensor...
6686910 Combined writing instrument and digital documentor apparatus and method of use  
A device and method is disclosed for the contemporaneous creation of a digital copy of a written document using a self-contained, hand-held communications device. The self-contained device...
6683600 Adaptive input pen mode selection  
An adaptive pen mode selection is included within a pen input based computing system. The adaptive pen mode selection automatically switches the operating mode from an input data mode to the data...
6683601 Electronic apparatus including pen  
Disclosed is a user-friendly electronic apparatus having a pen and a panel as the input devices. The pen is tethered to the apparatus by a cord on which position data is recorded along its length...
6680731 Flexible touchpad sensor grid for conforming to arcuate surfaces  
A touchpad formed from the combination of a flexible and non-conductive material used for a touch-sensitive surface, and a PC board on which is mounted the touchpad circuitry, wherein touchpad...
6681045 Method and system for note taking  
A method and system for enabling handwritten note taking and retrieval, whereby a user is able to electronically capture, manage and search notes handwritten on paper by the user using one or more...
6681333 Portable computer using a stylus for power control  
A portable computer using a stylus for power control comprises a main body of the computer contained in a housing and provided with a stylus-holding means, a stylus for inputting data, and a means...
6677969 Instruction recognition system having gesture recognition function  
There is provided a recognition system capable of correctly recognizing nodding action of a user and controlling interaction reflecting the user's intention. The instruction recognition system...
6674425 Integrated pointing and drawing graphics system for computers  
An integrated graphic tablet/touchpad can be toggled between an absolute (graphic tablet) input mode and a relative (touchpad) input mode. In the relative mode, a graphics window appears on an...
6674427 Position determination II—calculation  
A method of providing a position code on a surface, which position code codes a plurality of positions on the surface. A cyclic number series is used, which has the characteristic that the position...
6670952 Circuit control devices utilizing electronic display screen light  
A control device provides a variable control signal to electrical apparatus and has a control member, such as a stylus or a turnable or slidable member, that is manipulated to vary the signal....
6670951 Methods and systems for increasing the input efficiency of personal digital assistants and other handheld stylus-engagable computing devices  
Methods and systems for enhancing the input fidelity of personal digital assistants (PDAs), and other handheld stylus-engagable computing devices are described. In some embodiments, this can be...
6667739 Electronic whiteboard system eraser  
An eraser for use on an electronic whiteboard with a protrusion area on the erasing surface forming a convex area on the erasing surface for establishing a positive point of contact with the...
6664982 Multi-user on-screen keyboard  
A plurality of wireless interface devices, interfaced to a server that may be connected in either a wireless or wired LAN. Each wireless interface device may be a pen-based device which...
6664954 Coordinate input indicator  
A cap covering a light-emitting element attached to the distal end of an indicator is held by a sliding member, and is slidably attached axially along the indicator. By pressing/separating the cap...
6664953 Method and receptacle for receiving and releasing a pen  
Pen receptacles for storing and easy ejecting of pens without the pens overshooting the receptacles are described. In one embodiment, the pen has a tapered surface which interacts with a pair of...
6661409 Automatically scrolling handwritten input user interface for personal digital assistants and the like  
A handheld device 100 such as a personal digital assistant (PDA) or the like, a handwritten input user interface (HIUI), a method of interfacing handwritten text and a program product therefor. A...
6657618 Optical memory unit for capturing complete analog motion  
A device is provided for capturing complete analog motion, rather than digital events. A beam of columnated light, generated from a laser emitting diode, it directed at a clear, rotatable ball...
6654008 Electronic whiteboard and penholder used for the same  
An electronic whiteboard capable of being drawn by using marker pens of several colors and one penholder, and a penholder for use in such an electronic whiteboard are disclosed. In a penholder for...
6650319 Touch screen based topological mapping with resistance framing design  
A new touch screen is based upon the mapping of coordinates from an equipotential space defined by a simple set of screen electrodes to some other, more useful coordinates, such as Cartesian. The...
6650320 Digital pen using visible image and autocorrelation of substrate pattern  
A digital pen that has an ink writing tip includes a light source on a pen body that directs light toward paper across which the writing tip is stroked. A CMOS camera or CCD is also mounted on the...
6647145 Means for inputting characters or commands into a computer  
An apparatus and method for inputting a hand-generated character into a computer. A user draws a character using a drawing apparatus. As the user draws, movement of the apparatus and...
6646635 Stylus apparatus and method for transmitting light  
A stylus apparatus and method includes a manually operable lightpipe for transmitting light. The manually operable lightpipe includes a body portion for transmitting the light, the body portion...
6639586 Efficient entry of characters from a large character set into a portable information appliance  
A system for entering characters from a large character set into a small and portable information appliance such as a mobile telephone, wherein the information appliance includes a touchpad having...
6640007 Electronic writing implement and method of electronic writing  
An electronic seal stamp and an electronic sheet are used. The electronic seal stamp has a stamp surface, and has a storing function and output function for electronic information. The electronic...
6639587 Method and apparatus for a scaleable touch panel controller  
A method and an apparatus for determining the contact position on a touch panel sensor. The method and apparatus utilizes a counter to determine the elapsed time that occurs before a circuit...
6639584 Methods and apparatus for controlling a portable electronic device using a touchpad  
Apparatus and methods for controlling a portable electronic device, such as an MP3 player; portable radio, voice recorder, or portable CD player are disclosed. A touchpad is mounted on the housing...
6636204 Pen-based entry electronic device  
A pen-based entry electronic device has a body having a holder portion for holding a pen that is carried along with the body and a keyboard having an engagement portion that engages with the holder...