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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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 )...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
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.
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...
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,...
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...
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...