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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120039662 | STYLUS A stylus includes a housing defining a receptacle therein; a stylus body assembly including a stylus body. The stylus body includes a first end, a stylus head mounted on the first end, a second end opposite to the first end and a pen head mounted on the second end; the ... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20120026091 | PEN-TYPE MOUSE A pen-type mouse includes a shoe that is movable with respect to a flat surface, an elongated body, and a joint connecting the shoe and the body such that the body is at least partially rotatable with respect to the shoe about a first axis that is generally parallel to ... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120026125 | TOUCH PANEL A touch panel, operated by a magnetic stylus, including: a display panel, having a display plane and an interface plane, the interface plane underlying the display plane; and a sensing assembly, underlying the display panel, having a first conductive layer, a second con... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120019487 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD There are provided an electronic device that enables a user to perform handwriting input in one-subject display of a content and to call, from an item, a one-subject display screen of the item to which handwriting is added, and a control method of the electronic device.... | 01/26/2012 |
| 20120019488 | STYLUS FOR A TOUCHSCREEN DISPLAY Embodiments of the present invention disclose a stylus 110 for use with a system having a touchscreen display 105 coupled to a processor 120. According to one embodiment, the touchscreen display 105 is configured to determine positional infor... | 01/26/2012 |
| 20120013578 | PEN-SHAPED POINTING DEVICE AND SHIFT CONTROL METHOD THEREOF A shift control method is used with a pen-shaped pointing device and a controlled device. Firstly, shift information, tilt angle information and rotating angle information in response to a configuration change of the pointing device relative to a supporting plane are se... | 01/19/2012 |
| 20120007838 | SENSING DEVICE FOR SENSING SURFACE REGIONS A sensing device is provided for sensing data encoded on a surface. The device has a region identity sensor and a transmitter. The region identity sensor senses region identity data of the coded data when the sensing device is positioned or moved relative to a region of... | 01/12/2012 |
| 20110316815 | TOUCH SCREEN PEN FOR CAPACITIVE TYPE TOUCH SCREEN The screen touch pen used for inputting commands to a capacitive type touch screen, comprising a pen-tip having a first portion and a second portion along an axial direction, the first portion of the pen-tip being exposed for inputting commands to the capacitive type to... | 12/29/2011 |
| 20110310065 | STYLUS RETAINING MECHANISM FOR PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE A stylus retaining mechanism for portable electronic device includes a housing and a locking assembly. The housing includes a fixing portion, an opening and a receiving chamber communicating with the opening. The receiving chamber is configured to receive a stylus, the ... | 12/22/2011 |
| 20110310066 | DIGITAL PEN A digital pen, which comprises an ink cartridge with a writing tip for marking a surface; a camera system for capturing images of the surface in order to digitally record pen strokes formed on the surface, and a detachable cap to be placed at a writing end of the digita... | 12/22/2011 |
| 20110304544 | HANDWRITING INPUT DEVICE A handwriting input device includes a housing and a nib selectively exposed from a bottom side of the housing or hidden in the housing. The device further includes a pressure sensor, a motion sensor, and a microcontroller. The pressure sensor generates pressure signals ... | 12/15/2011 |
| 20110304577 | CAPACITIVE TOUCH SCREEN STYLUS In some embodiments, a stylus for providing input to a capacitive touch screen, having a tip including or consisting of conductive felt, which provides a deformable conductive surface for contacting the touch screen. The tip is produced by felting base fibers (which are... | 12/15/2011 |
| 20110298760 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR WRITING ON AND USING ELECTRONIC PAPER Embodiments of the present invention are directed to systems and methods for writing on electronic paper (“e-paper”) and display platforms implemented with e-paper. In one aspect, a system for writing information to electronic paper includes a writing module and an ... | 12/08/2011 |
| 20110292003 | STYLUS A stylus includes a stylus member including a first housing defining a first receptacle; a stylus body assembly slidably and non-rotatably accommodated in the first receptacle. The stylus body assembly including a first threaded hole, and a pen member including a second... | 12/01/2011 |
| 20110291998 | Calibrating a Digital Stylus A method for calibrating a digital stylus comprising imaging a portion of a calibration pattern area of a data encoding pattern using an imaging module of the stylus in order to generate calibration data representing an error in alignment for the stylus, and using the c... | 12/01/2011 |
| 20110292002 | STYLUS RETAINING MECHANISM FOR PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE A stylus retaining mechanism is configured for retaining a stylus to a housing. The stylus includes a latching portion. The stylus retaining mechanism includes a locking assembly. The housing includes a fixing portion, an opening and a receiving chamber communicating wi... | 12/01/2011 |
| 20110291999 | STYLUS A stylus includes a housing, a stylus body and a first rotating member. The stylus body includes a tip. The first rotating member is coupled between the housing and the stylus body so the stylus body rotatably engages with the housing. The tip moves from one side of the... | 12/01/2011 |
| 20110294417 | ELECTRONIC PEN, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND PROGRAM There is provided an electronic pen including a wireless communication section which performs short-range one-to-one communication with a communication partner device having a display section, a pen tip which is for specifying information displayed on the display sectio... | 12/01/2011 |
| 20110292000 | STYLUS A stylus includes a housing, a stylus body including a tip, a pen including a head, a first rotating member and a second rotating member. The first rotating member is coupled between the housing and the stylus body so the stylus body rotatably engages with the housing. ... | 12/01/2011 |
| 20110292001 | STYLUS RETAINING MECHANISM FOR PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE A stylus retaining mechanism for portable electronic device includes a housing, a button assembly and a rejection assembly. The housing defines a receiving chamber to receive a stylus. The button assembly attached to the housing includes a button and a first elastic mem... | 12/01/2011 |
| 20110285671 | STYLUS AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE This invention provides a stylus and an electronic device. The electronic device includes a stylus and a main body. The main body includes a display screen and at least one sensing element. The stylus is detachably connected with the main body. The stylus includes a pen... | 11/24/2011 |
| 20110285672 | POINTING DEVICE AND DISPLAY APPARATUS A pointing device and a display apparatus applying the same are provided. The pointing device corrects an error that occurs in a boundary between block in calculating a current location of the pointing device and calculates the current location. Accordingly, an error oc... | 11/24/2011 |
| 20110285670 | STYLUS PEN A stylus pen includes a penholder and a pen tip connected to the penholder. The pen tip includes a first pen tip and a second pen tip. A first contact surface and a second contact surface are respectively defined in one end of the first pen tip and the second pen tip, a... | 11/24/2011 |
| 20110289462 | Computing Device Magnification Gesture Computing device magnification gesture techniques are described. In implementations, a first input is recognized as a magnification gesture to initiate magnification of at least a portion of a user interface displayed by a display device of a computing device. The magni... | 11/24/2011 |
| 20110279415 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR IMPLEMENTING A USER INTERFACE FOR A DEVICE EMPLOYING WRITTEN GRAPHICAL ELEMENTS A method and system for implementing a user interface for a device through user created graphical elements. The method includes recognizing a graphical element icon created by a user. Once recognized, a function related to the graphical element icon is accessed and an o... | 11/17/2011 |
| 20110279416 | ELECTROMAGNETIC STYLUS WITH AUTO-SWITCHING An electromagnetic stylus includes a body, a core and an induction coil. The body includes a first shell and a second shell telescopically sleeved on the first shell. The core is received in and has a nib end extending out of the first shell. The induction coil is sleev... | 11/17/2011 |
| 20110273406 | Texting ring for operating the keys of keypads of cell phones and hand-held communication devices A texting ring with attached extension arm is provided for texting messages on the key pads of a hand-held communication device. The extension arm has its proximal end attached to a ring member and its distal end extending over the key pad of the texting device. The ext... | 11/10/2011 |
| 20110267316 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME A mobile terminal is presented. The mobile terminal includes an elongated body having a central axis and being structured to form an outer side having a circumference, an end portion located at one end of the elongated body, a touch screen coupled to the body, a project... | 11/03/2011 |
| 20110267318 | DYNAMIC RESISTANCE CONTROL OF A STYLUS Dynamic resistance control of a stylus is described. In implementations, a stylus includes a housing configured to be grasped by a user. A roller ball is captured in a socket of the housing to provide rolling movement of the roller ball across a surface of a computing d... | 11/03/2011 |
| 20110261025 | STYLUS A stylus comprises a housing, a stylus body and an elastic element. The housing has a receptacle longitudinally defined therethrough. The stylus body is hinged to housing and located in the receptacle. The elastic element is located between the housing and the stylus bo... | 10/27/2011 |
| 20110261022 | STYLUS An exemplary stylus includes a housing, a stylus body, a latching element and an elastic element. The housing has a receptacle defined therethrough. The stylus body is rotatably assembled to the receptacle. The latching element is slidably accommodated in the receptacle... | 10/27/2011 |
| 20110261023 | STYLUS A stylus comprises a shell, a stylus body and at least one stopping member. The shell has a compartment defined therethrough, the shell further has at least one first stopping hole and at least one second stopping hole defined in an inner surface thereof and adjacent to... | 10/27/2011 |
| 20110261024 | STYLUS A stylus comprises a housing, an axle, a follower, a connecting rod, a stylus body and a pin. The housing has a receptacle and a guiding groove. The axle is rotatably mounted in the receptacle and a threaded portion formed thereon. The follower includes a main body, a n... | 10/27/2011 |
| 20110261026 | STYLUS FOR CELLULAR PHONE The present invention is to protect a pen tip by covering the pen tip of a touch pen used to input data on a touch screen or a touch panel with a conductive or nonconductive cap. A stylus for a cellular phone according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention... | 10/27/2011 |
| 20110254813 | POINTING DEVICE, GRAPHIC INTERFACE AND PROCESS IMPLEMENTING THE SAID DEVICE A graphical interface pointing device comprising an optical assembly, image detection means, control and/or monitoring means, data transceiver means, feeding means and a central processing unit, a process for implementing said device, and a system implementing said meth... | 10/20/2011 |
| 20110254781 | STYLUS AND PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE UTILIZING SAME An exemplary stylus for portable electronic device with an electrostatic capacitive touch panel includes a main body, a touch nib, and a connecting element. The touch nib is electrically connected to the main body. The touch nib includes a flat or planar contacting port... | 10/20/2011 |
| 20110248964 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR HAND MOTION DETECTION AND HAND MOTION TRACKING GENERALLY Apparatus and method for hand motion tracking including a hand-held device including at least one accelerometer providing an acceleration indicating output, computation circuitry receiving the acceleration indicating output and providing a non-user specific output and a... | 10/13/2011 |
| 20110242061 | STYLUS A stylus includes a stylus barrel, a electrically conductive stylus head connecting to the stylus barrel, a rod assembly and a shaft. The rod assembly includes a swing block and an elastic member connecting the end of the swing block. The rod assembly is assembled in st... | 10/06/2011 |
| 20110242062 | STYLUS AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME The present disclosure relates to a stylus and a method of manufacturing the same. The stylus is configured to select one of plural pieces of content installed in advance in a communication terminal and indicate an associated operation of the selected piece of content t... | 10/06/2011 |
| 20110241988 | INTERACTIVE INPUT SYSTEM AND INFORMATION INPUT METHOD THEREFOR An interactive input system includes at least one imaging device having a field of view looking into a region of interest and capturing images; at least one pen tool comprising an accelerometer configured to measure acceleration of the pen tool and to generate accelerat... | 10/06/2011 |
