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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20090015567 | Digital Stand Alone Device For Processing Handwritten Input A standalone real time device to process handwritten text for further applications. The system includes a means for making visible markings on writing surface, accompanied with a motion detector for detecting the handwritten text. It also comprises a microprocessor for ... | 01/15/2009 |
| 20090009489 | Portable Apparatus and Method for Inputing Data With Electronic Pen and Transmitting Data Disclosed is a portable apparatus and a method for inputting data with an electronic pen and transmitting data. More particularly, there is provided a portable apparatus for creating image data with an electronic pen and transmitting the created image data, or inputting... | 01/08/2009 |
| 20090009490 | Ultrasonic input device for information display Present invention provides an ultrasonic input device for information display. The ultrasonic input device includes a stylus 140, an ultrasonic receiving unit 130. The stylus further includes a piezoelectric disk element 210 that vibrates toward a c... | 01/08/2009 |
| 20090008163 | PEN UNIT AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS A retention member holds a pen received in the inner space of a unit body through the opening. A driving mechanism applies a driving force to the pen to direct the pen toward the opening. A narrowed path member is placed within the inner space at a position spaced from ... | 01/08/2009 |
| 20090000831 | MULTI-FUNCTION TABLET PEN INPUT DEVICE This invention relates to the field of remotely controlling the mobile computing device. It further relates to an apparatus and method of at least replicating in a portable pen-like device the ability to control a portable computing device to the same extent as the leve... | 01/01/2009 |
| 20090002346 | Electronic Pen An electronic pen has a casing and a tip to be put on a surface. The pen includes a positioning module for detecting the position of the tip on the surface, and an audio module configured to output signals responsive to the detected position of the tip on the surface. T... | 01/01/2009 |
| 20090002345 | Systems and Methods for Interacting with Position Data Representing Pen Movement on a Product A versatile electronic pen (100) includes a system for interacting with position data representing the pen's movement on a product (110) provided with a position-coding pattern (P). The system comprises an audio module which is operable to correlate the po... | 01/01/2009 |
| 20080319656 | System And Method For Providing Player Interfacing Layouts For Geolocational Activities A system and method for providing player interfacing layouts for geolocational activities is provided. A plurality of cartridges is maintained. Each cartridge includes events for a geolocational activity. Each event is associated with a zone that includes stored geoloca... | 12/25/2008 |
| 20080309636 | Pen Tracking and Low Latency Display Updates on Electronic Paper Displays A system and a method are disclosed for fast pen tracking a low latency display updates on an electronic paper display. Pen input information is received on an electronic paper display that updates at a predetermined display update rate. A line drawing module of the ele... | 12/18/2008 |
| 20080309646 | Large Screen information interactive system and method of use A large screen information interactive system and method are disclosed, including a computer 3, a projector 4, a pointer equipment 2, and an interactive whiteboard 1 including at least one display panel 6 on the same plane and at least... | 12/18/2008 |
| 20080309645 | MOBILE ELECTRONIC DEVICE A mobile electronic device includes a display module and a location module which is separable from the display module. The mobile electronic device utilizes a stylus and ultrasonic transducers arranged in the location module and the stylus to locate the stylus. The disp... | 12/18/2008 |
| 20080309621 | PROXIMITY BASED STYLUS AND DISPLAY SCREEN, AND DEVICE INCORPORATING SAME An electronic device includes a display for displaying icons selectable with use of a stylus, a stylus location determination function that determines a location of the stylus in relation to the display without necessitating that the stylus make physical contact with th... | 12/18/2008 |
| 20080297491 | Stylus for a touch-screen device A stylus for use in operating any small device requiring contact for inputting commands. The stylus is comprised of a wrap and a conductive contactor. The wrap encircles and engages a user's digit. The conductive contactor is positioned to easily contact a touch-screen ... | 12/04/2008 |
| 20080297493 | Stylus for a touch-screen device A stylus for use in operating any small device requiring contact for inputting commands. The stylus is comprised of a wrap and a tip. The wrap encircles and engages a user's digit. The tip is positioned to easily contact a touch-screen device when the wrap is placed on ... | 12/04/2008 |
| 20080297492 | Storage medium storing movement controlling program and movement controlling apparatus A movement controlling apparatus includes a pointing device for operating a movement of an object. A distance between a straight line connecting previous input coordinates and current input coordinates and a central point of the object is calculated. A velocity of the o... | 12/04/2008 |
| 20080297490 | Stylus for a touch-screen device A stylus for use in operating any small device requiring small buttons or touch-screen commands. The stylus is comprised of a wrap, and stylus tip. The wrap encircles and engages a user's digit. The tip of the stylus extends downward from the central axis of the user's ... | 12/04/2008 |
| 20080291178 | TOUCH PEN HAVING AN ANTENNA AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE HAVING THE TOUCH PEN An electronic apparatus has a touch pen. The touch pen includes a pen tube and an antenna. The pen tube has a hollow tube body and a touch end. The tube body is used to accommodate the antenna. Further, the antenna has a fixed tube body and a telescopic tube body. The i... | 11/27/2008 |
| 20080284750 | METHOD FOR MULTIPLE SELECTIONS FOR AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND THE SOFTWARE THEREOF A method for multiple selections for the user interface of an electronic device and the software thereof are provided. A processor in the electronic device receives an input signal through a touch sensor. Then the processor determines the type of the input tool which tr... | 11/20/2008 |
| 20080284745 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE An electronic device that has a sensing function with no-hindrance touching is provided. The electronic device includes a casing, a touch display and a processor. The casing has an opening, and the touch display is disposed inside the opening for receiving an operation ... | 11/20/2008 |
| 20080278462 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH TOUCH SCREEN A portable electronic device with a simulation touch screen includes a main body, a display screen, a stylus, a camera unit and a processing unit. The display screen is mounted on the main body. The stylus is used for controlling movement of a cursor on the display scre... | 11/13/2008 |
| 20080266260 | Apparatus Having Handwriting and Mouse Input Functions An apparatus having handwriting input and the mouse functions is an external input device of computer field. A handwriting screen is amounted inside a mouse body, and the handwriting screen is connected to a processor. An optical displacement sensor is connected to the ... | 10/30/2008 |
| 20080259055 | Manipulating An Object Utilizing A Pointing Device The present invention is directed toward a system and process that controls a group of networked electronic components using a multimodal integration scheme in which inputs from a speech recognition subsystem, gesture recognition subsystem employing a wireless pointing ... | 10/23/2008 |
| 20080260252 | System, Method, and Apparatus for Continuous Character Recognition A technique for continuously recognizing a character entry into a computer. In one example embodiment, this is achieved by drawing a character in a continuous stroke order using a stylus [210] on touch screen [220]. As associated data of the drawn continuo... | 10/23/2008 |
| 20080252621 | SENSING DEVICE HAVING CAPACITIVE FORCE SENSOR A sensing device is provided for interacting with a substrate. The sensing device has a force sensor for detecting whether the sensing device is interacting with the substrate and an image sensor for sensing coded data disposed on the substrate. The force sensor has a c... | 10/16/2008 |
| 20080246745 | STYLUS FOR PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE A portable electronic device (40) includes a housing (41), a display section (42) formed on the housing, and a stylus (20) connected to the housing. The display section has a screen. The stylus includes a writing portion (21), a sleeve... | 10/09/2008 |
| 20080238885 | System and method for multiple object detection on a digitizer system A digitizer system comprises at least one object incorporating an electronic tag configured for radiating at least one modulated signal and at least one second signal; a digitizer sensor configured for detecting the at least one second signal while the object is positio... | 10/02/2008 |
| 20080238887 | Method and apparatus for programming an interactive stylus button A method and apparatus are provided for programming an input device such as a stylus provided with a button and coupled to a computer. Information associated with a position of the stylus may be transferred and a substantially corresponding position of a cursor displaye... | 10/02/2008 |
| 20080238888 | IMAGE DETECTING DEVICE An image detecting device is provided. The image detecting device includes a first shaft; a second shaft; a connecting shaft connected between the first and the second shafts; and an image detector mounted in one of the first shaft and the connecting shaft, wherein a fi... | 10/02/2008 |
| 20080238871 | Display apparatus and method for operating a display apparatus A display apparatus includes a plurality of scanning lines and data lines and, at each intersection of said data lines and scanning lines, an electrochromic pixel element and a sensor element connected to the pixel element. The sensor element is sensitive to a user's gr... | 10/02/2008 |
| 20080231613 | DIGITIZER PEN CAPABLE OF UTILIZING SOLAR POWER A digitizer pen includes a solar cell for converting solar power into electrical energy, an energy storing circuit connected electrically to the solar cell for storing electrical energy therefrom, a magnetic field generating circuit for receiving electrical energy from ... | 09/25/2008 |
| 20080235626 | ELECTRONIC PAPER DEVICE FOR USE BY AIRCRAFT AND RAILWAY PASSENGERS An electronic paper device is disclosed for use by aircraft passengers. The electronic paper device may include a communication interface that facilitates downloading of media publications, the media publications being available for download prior to each flight, a memo... | 09/25/2008 |
| 20080231614 | Trigger operated portable electronic device A trigger operated portable electronic device is provided. A user only needs to insert a touch pen having a first metal contact into a touch pen receiving slot having second metal contacts. When the first metal contact is electrically coupled to the second metal contact... | 09/25/2008 |
| 20080235634 | ELECTRONIC PAPER DEVICE FOR USE BY AIRCRAFT PILOTS AND CREW An electronic paper device is disclosed for use by aircraft pilots and crew. The electronic paper device may include a communication interface that facilitates downloading of aviation-related documents, the aviation-related documents being and available for downloaded p... | 09/25/2008 |
| 20080225007 | 3D Pointing Method, 3D Display Control Method, 3D Pointing Device, 3D Display Control Device, 3D Pointing Program, and 3D Display Control Program A three-dimensional pointing method is disclosed. In the three-dimensional pointing method of the present invention, a desired point in a three-dimensional space represented on a display apparatus is pointed at based on two-dimensional coordinates of a position that is ... | 09/18/2008 |
| 20080225018 | Handheld Electronic Processing Apparatus and a Method of Operating the Same A personal digital assistant (PDA) (10) includes a casing (30) in which a touch-sensitive display screen (20) is mounted. The casing (30) also has a stylus-receiving bore (32) formed therein. A stylus (40) is provided for data i... | 09/18/2008 |
| 20080218494 | Touch detection for a digitizer A detector for detecting touches of at least one object on a transparent sensor located over a display screen, the detector comprising. a display screen; a patterned arrangement of conductors extending into said sensor situated over said display screen; and detection ci... | 09/11/2008 |
| 20080211786 | DISPLAY DEVICE A display device, includes: a touch panel which outputs a predetermined enable signal corresponding to an external pressure; a display panel which includes a light detector responding to external light and generating a predetermined electrical signal representing the po... | 09/04/2008 |
| 20080204429 | Controller Arrangement For An Optical Sensing Pen Provided is a controller arrangement for an optical sensing pen having a nib. The controller arrangement is configured to operatively sense location data by sensing location tags on a page of printed media, and to calculate an orientation of the pen and a nib-to-tag dis... | 08/28/2008 |
| 20080198146 | 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 digital pen strokes in the memory as a function of said movements, and supp... | 08/21/2008 |
| 20080192028 | ELECTRONIC PEN, AND CONTROL DEVICE AND METHOD THEREOF A control device is used in a method for controlling the pen based on an analog measuring signal from the force sensor by a processor comparing the analog measuring signal with a fixed reference signal and, based on the comparison, selectively initiating conversion of t... | 08/14/2008 |
