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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7444159 | Data input device, systems using the device, and methods for operating such systems A data storage device 5 having a storage capacity of at least 8 Mbyte is surrounded by a housing including a stylus portion 23, having a tip 25 for indicating a position. The stylus permits the data storage device 5 to be used for data en... | 10/28/2008 |
| 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 digital pen strokes in the memory as a function of said movements, and ... | 06/10/2008 |
| 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 functions of a device (2, 2′) to be controlle... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7245270 | Electronic memorandum system An electronic memorandum system for organizing miscellaneous personal information and messages. The electronic memorandum system includes a data entry device for receiving manual entry of information from a user, and a data display member operationally coupled to th... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7142198 | Method and apparatus for remote pointing A remote pointing apparatus including a remote control that generates an optical signal that is periodically expanded and/or reduced around the origin and an optical sensor that detects whether the optical signal is received, and a remote pointing method therefor. T... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7123239 | Computer system control with user data via interface surface A method and system for enabling user interaction with computer software running in a computer system. The user is provided with an interface surface containing information relating to the computer software and including coded data indicative of at least one interac... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7085693 | Manipulation of electronic media using off-line media The system generally comprises a probe device, a computing device, an electronic media, a presentation device, and a suitable medium as a specimen. The probe is manipulated over the specimen and information from the probe is transmitted to the computing device. The ... | 08/01/2006 |
| 6982701 | Handwritten text capture via interface surface and sensor with identifier A method and system for enabling user interaction with computer software running in a computer system via an interface surface and a sensing device. The interface surface contains information relating to the computer software and coded data indicative of a text fiel... | 01/03/2006 |
| 6975299 | Computer system control with user data via interface surface with coded marks A method and system for enabling user interaction with computer software running in a computer system. The user is provided with an interface surface containing information relating to the computer software and including coded data indicative of at least one interac... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6947032 | Touch system and method for determining pointer contacts on a touch surface A system and method for determining pointer contacts on a touch surface includes a touch surface to be contacted by a pointer. At least one imaging device having a field of view looks generally along the touch surface. At least one processor communicates with the at... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6909420 | Device indicating movements for software A system for transforming the movements of at least one joint of a user into control signals for a computer. The system includes a sleeve for putting on over the joint and a movement sensor fixed to the sleeve for the sensor to be placed and held in the hollow of th... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6839053 | Hand-drawing capture via interface surface and processing sensor A method and system for enabling user interaction with computer software running in a computer system via an interface surface and a sensing device. The interface surface contains information relating to the computer software and coded data indicative of a drawing f... | 01/04/2005 |
| 6813039 | Method and system for accessing the internet A method and system for interacting with computers by means of printed matter and sensing devices. The method includes providing a document with printed information relating to an Internet resource, such as a Web page, and at least one user interactive element repre... | 11/02/2004 |
| 6803906 | Passive touch system and method of detecting user input A passive touch system includes a passive touch surface and at least two cameras associated with the touch surface. The at least two cameras acquire images of the touch surface from different locations and have overlapping fields of view. A processor receives and pr... | 10/12/2004 |
| 6789191 | Interactive device network registration protocol In a network connected to an interactive device and a registration server, a protocol for registering the interactive device with the registration server, including the steps of: installing a secret key and a public unique identifier in non-volatile memory in the in... | 09/07/2004 |
| 6785418 | Image identification apparatus and method of identifying images An image identification apparatus for identifying an image from a hand drawn representation of at least part of the image, the image identification apparatus comprising an image processor arranged in operation to generate a reference identification in response to sp... | 08/31/2004 |
| 6686579 | Digital pen using speckle tracking A digital pen that has an ink writing tip includes a laser on a pen body that directs light toward paper across which the writing tip is stroked. A CMOS camera or CCD is also mounted on the pen body for detecting reflections of the laser light, referred t... | 02/03/2004 |
| 6677935 | Position pointing device, program, and pointed position detecting method An objective is to provide a position pointing device, a program and a method for detecting the position pointing device which relates to a device pointing a position on a display screen and which can discriminate a scan mode of a display device and obtai... | 01/13/2004 |
| 6657618 | Optical memory unit for capturing complete analog motion A device is provided for capturing complete analog motion, rather than digital events. A beam of columnated light, generated from a laser emitting diode, it directed at a clear, rotatable ball bearing having a series of reflecting indicia within the surfa... | 12/02/2003 |
| 6633282 | Ballpoint pen type input device for computer A wireless input device having an outward appearance resembling a standard ballpoint pen operates as both a standard ballpoint pen or similar writing instrument as well as an input device. The pen includes directional sensors for determining the direction... | 10/14/2003 |
| 6567076 | Hand-writing input and recording device A hand-writing input and recording device is housed in a case and may be hand-held by a user when in use. The device includes a contact element, an amplifying element, a sense element, an X-Y axes matrix element, a recording and storing element, a transmi... | 05/20/2003 |
| 6476378 | Imaging apparatus and method of same An imaging apparatus optically extruding parts of a screen image and outputting the extruded images from surfaces different in dimension from the screen surface, wherein a set of image guides formed by bundles of optical fibers placed on the surface of th... | 11/05/2002 |
| 6311141 | Controlling a physical Relationship between a display and a viewer of the display A method and an apparatus are used with a display. A physical relationship between the display and a viewer of the display is determined, and the physical relationship is monitored to detect when the relationship substantially changes. In response to the ... | 10/30/2001 |
| 6154200 | Computer input stylus and system A computer-input stylus which provides visual color feedback when utilized in conjunction with a computer-implemented software-based drawing application. The input stylus includes a cylindrical body in a conical tip. A color display within the stylus is u... | 11/28/2000 |
| 5877752 | Computer light pen interface system A light pen computer interface system utilizes a coil located externally of the computer's CRT display monitor to sense the magnetic field which provides the raster for the CRT. Vertical and horizontal sync detection circuits receive the sensor coil outpu... | 03/02/1999 |
| 5696538 | Apparatus for detecting input-pen's inclination, and pen input apparatus equipped with it A pen input apparatus of the present invention is provided with an apparatus for detecting an inclination of an input pen. The apparatus for detecting an inclination of an input pen is composed of a hemispherical container, a conductive movable body, and ... | 12/09/1997 |
| 5691749 | Image display apparatus An image display apparatus detects the position of a point on a screen opposed to a photosensor based on the average of the number of scanning lines displayed before detecting an electron beam in the first scanning direction by the photosensor, and based ... | 11/25/1997 |
| 5600348 | Adjustable tip light pen A light pen for use in data imput to data processing equipment, has an adjustable tip assembly wherein the tip switch sensitivity and tactile feel or feedback to the user can be varied according to user preferences and particular applications. In one mode... | 02/04/1997 |
| 5579481 | System and method for controlling data transfer between multiple interconnected computer systems with an untethered stylus A system and method are provided wherein a user of an interconnected computer system can identify a specific piece of data and then access this data from another computer in the network. This is extremely useful since it is often desirable for data to be ... | 11/26/1996 |
| 5187467 | Universal light pen system A light pen system in accordance with the present invention comprises (a) detecting means for detecting horizontal and vertical sync signals for controlling a raster-scan display; (b) line counter means, coupled to the detecting means and responsive to th... | 02/16/1993 |
| 5184115 | Touch-screen arrangement In an arrangement wherein an inquiry and a choice of respones thereto are displayed on a CRT screen, a selection is made by holding a touch-screen device against the area of the screen corresponding to the desired response. Such a touch-screen device is d... | 02/02/1993 |
| 5119075 | Scheme for determining position of surface contact of cathode ray tube screen A touch-screen scheme is employed in an arrangement wherein an inquiry and a choice of responses thereto are displayed on a CRT screen. In accordance with this scheme, a first touch-screen device is held against a predetermined spot on the screen. A selec... | 06/02/1992 |
| 4700181 | Graphics display system A system for the storage, retrieval and manipulation of data for producing a display, in which inter alia, color availability is in the form of appropriately pre-selected palettes, three-dimensional or planar objects are composed of patterns or elements w... | 10/13/1987 |
| 4608601 | Video response testing apparatus Apparatus for testing the response of a viewer to questions or problems displayed on a video screen comprises apparatus to modulate the video signal to display coded patches on the screen. The patches are coded by alternately raising and lowering the lumi... | 08/26/1986 |
| 4602907 | Light pen controlled interactive video system A system for detecting the position of a light responsive pen with respect to a TV display wherein successive frames of a video recording are encoded by placing a lighted area in a different place on each such successive frame. Then, by determining the fr... | 07/29/1986 |
| 4190831 | Light pen detection system for CRT image display In addition to the binary code that controls the image, or portion thereof, that is to be graphically traced on the screen of a cathode ray tube, a refresh memory also provides an identification code indicative of the image, or portion thereof, within the... | 02/26/1980 |
| 4093947 | Raster display position detection In order to accurately detect and commmunicate the position of a data location in a raster type luminescent display utilizing light-sensitive detection means, the permitted response time for the light detection means is extended by allowing detection of o... | 06/06/1978 |
| 3944988 | Image-display system interacting with light pen Alphanumerical characters and other figures traced on an oscilloscope screen consist of elemental image components defined by code words which are called forth from a computer memory to actuate a function generator whose analog output is inscribed in a mo... | 03/16/1976 |
