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7403658 Direct homography computation by local linearization  
A method and apparatus for determining a homography between an image and an expected image is described. The homography accounts for differences in perspective of a camera viewing an objective...
7401227 System and method for providing a form for registering a sensing device with a relay device  
A system for registering a sensing device with a relay device using a form. The system includes a computer system for determining information relating to at least one interactive element associated...
7400769 Position-code bearing notepad employing activation icons  
An interactive product is provided. The product comprises a surface having a writing position-code region. The writing position-code region has a first subset of a position-code provided thereon...
7397949 Serial storage of ink and its properties  
The present invention relates to storing electronic ink. Ink is stored in a data structure that permits later retrieval by applications. The ink includes stroke information and property...
7397469 Electronic module for sensing pen motion  
An electronic module that inserts into or is otherwise associated with a pen or other writing instrument. The electronic module includes a mechanism, such as an accelerometer, for detecting pen...
7397468 Method and system for creating a document having metadata  
The present application describes systems and methods for creating a document having metadata using a pointing device such as a digital pen. In one configuration, a digital pen captures pen stroke...
7397465 Coordinate input control method  
A coordinate input control method is used in a display-integrated coordinate input apparatus which includes a display having thereon a first area and a second area, and a single coordinate-input...
7396178 Universal pen with optical, position and/or motion sensors  
A pen for marking a visible path on a surface. The pen has a marking device adapted to change one or more attributes of the visible path, and a sensing device having at least one of a position...
7396177 Universal pen with position or motion sensing  
A pen that includes a marking device for marking a visible path onto a first surface. The marking device is electronically controllable to change a value of an attribute of the path such as color,...
7394460 Apparatus and method for hand motion tracking and handwriting recognition  
Apparatus and method for handwriting recognition including a hand-held device including at least one accelerometer providing an acceleration indicating output, computation circuitry receiving the...
7394450 Display control device and method, and display system  
A display control device executes different types of control according to a case wherein a screen region has been set with a display device and a case wherein a screen region has not been set with...
7391413 Positional information outputting device, positional information outputting method, and signal processing method  
A positional information outputting device comprising: a display screen; a positional information outputting circuit for outputting the information of a position designated on the display screen;...
7391410 Input device for touch screen  
A movement input device for use on a touch screen and a portable electronic device including such a device are described. The movement input device includes a fastening unit securing the movement...
7388571 System and method of integrating a touchscreen within an LCD  
A touchscreen liquid crystal display that includes a liquid crystal display including a viewing surface, a liquid crystal area containing liquid crystal located behind the viewing surface, a...
7385597 Information processing device with rotatable screen and external input device  
In an information processing device, system operations can be simply performed while a screen of a display body is viewed, even when the display body is folded against a main body. In the...
7385596 Stylus attachment structure for IT products  
In a stylus attachment structure for an IT product, the attachment structure formed on an IT product, such as, a laptop, a tablet PC and a PDA, comprises an attachment slot, a push-out member, a...
7385595 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...
7385594 Position encoded sensing device and a method thereof  
A position encoded sensing device having a display panel, a light guiding layer disposed on the display panel. The light guiding layer is configured to have encoded information therein. In...
7382361 Electronic pen, and control device and method thereof  
An electronic pen has a force sensor whose electrical resistance varies in accordance with the amount of force applied to the pen stem of the pen. The force sensor is a modular unit with an...
7382352 Optical joystick for hand-held communication device  
An optical joystick for a hand-held communication device employs an image capture device for sensing movement of a stylus by capturing images of the stylus or a target attached to a socket...
7379056 System and method for taking over a document  
A document taking-over system includes a terminal device provided with an electronic pen which gets information written by hand on a document prepared to be able to specify a kind thereof together...
7375720 Coordinate input apparatus and coordinate input method  
In a coordinate input apparatus including the detection unit of a sensor unit ( 1 R, 1 L) arranged at a corner of a coordinate input region ( 4 ), a retroreflecting member ( 3 ) arranged at the...
7374359 Expandable and contractible stylus  
An expandable and contractible stylus for interfacing with a touchscreen of an electronic device. The expandable and contractible feature allows for a stylus that contracts to fit into a stylus...
7365894 Electrode structure including transparent electrode structure, and applications thereof  
Electrode structures including transparent electrode structures, in particular self supporting electrode structures, are described herein. Further, applications of the herein novel electrode...
7362563 System for housing writing instruments of different sizes in a portable computer  
A system that includes an electronic device (such as a portable computer), a writing instrument, and a receptacle located on the device for removably receiving the writing instrument. The...
7362315 Apparatus and method for digitizer pen calibration  
A system for calibrating a digitizing pen applies a known actual pen force to a tip of the digitizing pen, infers an indicated pen force from a pen force signal sent by the digitizing pen, and...
7358965 Tapping to create writing  
The present invention provides a method and system for tapping to create document structure, such as writing. A tapping gesture received from the user is interpreted by a writing application to...
7358964 Electromagnetic inductive system with multi-induction loop layout and battery less pointer device and its method for locating the coordinate  
A multi-induction loop layout of an electromagnetic inductive system is disclosed. The multi-induction loop layout of the invention comprises a plurality of inductive loops, one terminal of each...
7356769 Method and apparatus for providing inputs to a communication or computing device  
A miniaturized user input device or input button ( 14 ) for a computing or communication device, such as a personal digital assistant device or a mobile phone. A user provides inputs to the...
7353453 Method and system for categorizing data objects with designation tools  
A system and method for categorizing data objects with designation tools. A designation tool is provided for categorizing data in an electronic document. A user may select a designation tool...
7352366 Dynamic rendering of ink strokes with transparency  
Apparatus and methods for dynamically rendering transparent ink strokes, in some situations such that the rendered ink stroke has transparency similar to physical ink while it is being drawn. For...
7352365 Flexible computer input  
The invention relates to a “Flexible Computer Input”, determined from the data from a touch-sensitive input surface for fingertip positions and pressure trigger regions in comparison with a...
7352355 Transparent overlay input device  
A transparent overlay input device includes a transparent non-conductive substrate, a plurality of transparent conductive electrode pairs and a transparent non-conductive cover. The plurality of...
7349001 Electronic device  
An electronic device. The electronic device comprises a housing, an abutment and an indexing device. The housing comprises an engaging portion and an outer surface, and the abutment disposed on the...
7348970 Display system and method of using same  
An optically addressable display includes a plurality of receptor and emitter pairs where each pair is for receiving optical display information and for generating light indicative of the display...
7348969 Passive light stylus and user input device using same  
The present disclosure provides a passive light stylus that produces a defined intensity profile detectable by a user input device when at least a portion of a tip of the stylus is proximate an...
7348968 Wireless force feedback input device  
A wireless force feedback device includes a housing, a central processing unit (CPU) disposed in the housing, a wireless communication receiver disposed in the housing and communicatively coupled...
7348964 Single-piece top surface display layer and integrated front cover for an electronic device  
A single-piece top surface display and integrated front cover for an electronic device. In one embodiment, the cover comprises a thin, flexible, transparent layer coupled with a supporting...
7345681 Pen data capture and injection  
A tool that allows a user, such as a software developer, to create test data that can consistently be employed to simulate the operation of a hardware pen or stylus. Raw pen data, such as position...
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...