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7345677 |
Method for locating an impact on a surface and device therefor
Apparatus and methods for locating an impact point on a surface of an object. The object is provided with an acoustic sensor that senses the impact from the acoustic waves that are generated when...
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7342575 |
Electronic writing systems and methods
Electronic writing systems and methods are described. In one aspect, an electronic writing system includes an elongated housing, an inertial sensor, an optical sensor, and a tracking module. The...
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7342572 |
System and method for transforming an ordinary computer monitor into a touch screen
A system and method for turning a regular computer monitor screen into a touch screen using an ordinary camera. It includes an image-screen mapping procedure to correct for the non-flatness of the...
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7342350 |
Handheld device having ultrasonic transducer for axial transmission of acoustic signals
A handheld stylus having an elongated housing, a writing and drawing implement disposed within the housing and including a tip extending through an opening at an end of the housing where ultrasonic...
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7339580 |
Method and apparatus for integrating manual input
Apparatus and methods are disclosed for simultaneously tracking multiple finger and palm contacts as hands approach, touch, and slide across a proximity-sensing, compliant, and flexible multi-touch...
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7336828 |
Multiple handwriting recognition engine selection
A system and method for switching between handwriting recognizers is described. A user may select between various recognizers to associate received handwritten ink with the recognizers....
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7336267 |
Attribute selection surface for use with a pen
An attribute selection surface for use with a pen is provided. The pen has an electronically controllable marking device and a sensor. The surface comprises a substrate having information disposed...
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7336266 |
Haptic pads for use with user-interface devices
Embodiments of the invention relate to haptic devices for use with a variety of computer/video interface devices. Such haptic devices can work in conjunction with and thereby provide “haptic...
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7333326 |
Handheld computer
A handheld computer having a housing with a midframe construction is described. The housing includes a front shell and a back shell coupled to a midframe. The handheld computer also includes two...
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7333135 |
Method, apparatus, and system for remotely annotating a target
A system, method and apparatus for remotely annotating an object. An embodiment of the present invention includes a video camera projector that captures video images of a local object and projects...
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7333086 |
Dual mode computer mouse
A dual mode computer mouse including a first mouse body and a second mouse body is disclosed. The first mouse body includes a first sensor, a first button and at least a second button. A second...
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7331530 |
Method of obtaining at least a portion of a document
A method of providing a copy of at least a portion of a document ( 2 ) comprising providing the document ( 2 ) with at least one document identifying indicia identifying at least a portion of the...
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7330590 |
Pen out-of-proximity handwriting-recognition trigger
In a computer system that accepts handwritten input, a digitizer tracks the location of a user's pen while the pen is not in contact with the digitizer's writing surface. The digitizer maps the...
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7327349 |
Advanced navigation techniques for portable devices
The present invention provides a unique system and method that facilitates navigating smoothly and gracefully through any type of content viewable on portable devices such as cell-phones, PDAs,...
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7321689 |
Serial storage of ink and its properties
Ink is stored in a data structure that permits later retrieval by applications. The ink includes stroke information and property information. Properties may be associated globally with the ink...
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7319789 |
Serial storage of ink and its properties
Ink is stored in a data structure that permits later retrieval by applications. The ink includes stroke information and property information. Properties may be associated globally with the ink...
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7319460 |
Electronic device with retractable stylus
An electronic device with retractable stylus. The electronic device comprises a main body and a stylus. The stylus comprises a resilient member disposed therein and a latching mechanism for...
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7319458 |
Electronic device with functions comparable to joystick and tablet
A multifunction electronic device with function comparable to joystick and tablet, comprising: an electromagnetic signal emitting unit, having an electromagnetic signal emitter arranged at the...
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7317834 |
Serial storage of ink and its properties
Ink is stored in a data structure that permits later retrieval by applications. The ink includes stroke information and property information. Properties may be associated globally with the ink...
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7317450 |
Spatial chirographic sign reader
The present invention discloses spatial tracking of writing for interpretation of writing motion using three-dimensional position sensors to identify signs, symbols, or glyphs made by a writing...
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7315649 |
Information recognition device operating with low power consumption
A character recognition device recognizing characters with low power consumption includes a data input unit for entering handwriting data representing a character to be recognized, a character...
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7310779 |
Method for creating and selecting active regions on physical documents
A system, method and program product for presenting and selecting an active region of a physical document page. A transparent electro-luminescent tablet or touch sensitive plate positioned over the...
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7310091 |
Handwriting pen capable of simulating different strokes
A handwriting pen used in a tablet type handwriting entry device comprises a pen tip, a pen tip position sensor, and a pressure sensor. The pen tip position recognizer captures a main position...
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7302350 |
Selection of software and hardware functions with a force/torque sensor
A force-moment sensor ( 1 ) is used as a switch, with which, depending on the introduction of forces and moments onto an operating part ( 5 ) of the force-moment sensor ( 1 ), software or hardware...
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7299971 |
Print media information systems and methods
The present invention relates to a novel interactive information system which can be used to make a traditional print medium such as a magazine, “interactive”. When the traditional print medium...
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7298367 |
Light emitting stylus and user input device using same
The present invention provides a user input device that includes and array of light detectors and a light emitting stylus configured to emit a beam of light detectable by the light detectors. The...
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7296075 |
Method, apparatus and system for connecting a portable unit to a particular server unit from among a plurality of server units
The present invention relates to a method for connecting a portable unit ( 1 ) to a particular server unit from among a plurality of server units ( 5, 6, 7 and 8 ). The portable unit ( 1 )...
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7295193 |
Written command
A handheld electronic device which is adapted to carry out at least one operation. The device is controllable by a user using the device as a pen and writing a command for initiating said...
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7295183 |
Extension of battery life in a battery-powered optical pointing device
A method for extending battery life in an optical pointing device powered by one or more battery cells ( 30 ), the optical pointing device including an optical motion sensing device ( 10 ) for...
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7293234 |
Method and system for capturing a note-taking session using sensor with identifier
A system and method capturing, in a computer system, data relating to a note-taking session, the session consisting of handwritten annotations made by a user by way of a writing implement on a...
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7293233 |
Method and system for capturing a note-taking session using processing sensor
A system and method capturing, in a computer system, data relating to a note-taking session, the session consisting of handwritten annotations made by a user by way of a writing implement on a...
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7293231 |
Data entry for personal computing devices
In one aspect of the invention, the user can rapidly enter and search for text through a combination of entering one or more characters (a partial text entry) on a digitally displayed keyboard with...
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7292727 |
Electronic ink as a software object
Described is electronic ink maintained as a software object, thereby associating ink functionality with electronic ink data. The ink may be separated into words or characters, with one object per...
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7290210 |
Method and system for capturing a note-taking session using coded marks
A system and method capturing, in a computer system, data relating to a note-taking session, the session consisting of handwritten annotations made by a user by way of a writing implement on a...
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7289112 |
Presentation device
A presentation device for generating a virtual screen used for performing a pointing operation, has a photographing section of which an angle of view can be adjusted by operating a zoom function...
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7289110 |
Method and arrangement for identifying and processing commands in digital images, where the user marks the command, for example by encircling it
A user captures a digital image of a paper where the user has marked one or several objects or commands with a pen. The marking is done according to a predefined set of marking rules, which eases...
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7289105 |
Real motion detection sampling and recording for tracking and writing instruments using electrically-active viscous material and thin films
The present invention details a system for tracking writing motions internally to the pen (or other instrument) and communicating such motions to a general or specific purposes computer systems. In...
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7286706 |
Device for detecting and representing movements
The present invention concerns a device for detecting and representing movements. The device includes a position sensor for detecting the current position of a reference point of the device, a data...
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7286113 |
Method and system for user registration
A method and system for enabling registration of a user to use a computer system. The method includes providing a printed registration form containing information relating to user registration, the...
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7286111 |
Apparatus for electro-optically writing a display
A display writer for writing on a light writable display of the type having a layer of cholesteric liquid crystal material disposed between two conductors, the cholesteric liquid crystal material...
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7279646 |
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...
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7277089 |
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....
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7274357 |
Touch pad module including separate touch pad and control circuit units
A touch pad module includes a touch pad unit for generating contact signals in response to operation thereof, a control circuit unit separate from the touch pad unit, and an electrical coupling...
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7274353 |
Capacitive touchpad integrated with key and handwriting functions
A capacitive touchpad integrated with key and handwriting functions is provided for operation in key, handwriting and mouse modes. Several regions are defined on the panel of the touchpad and have...
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7272259 |
Systems and methods for capturing handwritten information using handwriting analysis
Methods and systems are provided for analyzing and assessing documents using a writing profile for documents, such as a payment instrument. A method may include providing a document to a computer...
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7268774 |
Tracking motion of a writing instrument
Motion of a writing instrument is tracked from sensors located in the vicinity. The signals generated from the sensors are processed and used in a wide variety of ways.
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7268772 |
Information processing apparatus operating in touch panel mode and pointing device mode
An information processing apparatus comprises a display device and a touch panel disposed in front of the display device. The apparatus further comprises: a unit for switching between a touch panel...
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7268771 |
Panel display screen with touch control function
A flat panel display screen includes a flat panel display screen main unit and a touch control induction layer. The touch control induction layer is placed behind the flat panel display screen,...
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7265747 |
Optically based operating device for a household appliance
An operating element can be used to operate or control a household appliance, for example a cook top heating element. A seven-segment display is arranged beneath a cover in the region of a contact...
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7263225 |
Information management system with authenticity check
A product comprising at least one authentication writing area is provided. The product is adapted to receive handwritten authentication information from a user and is provided with a...
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