Stylus Patents (Class 345/179)
  • Patent number: 11941186
    Abstract: Provided is an electronic pen including a rod-shaped core body having conductivity, a pen pressure transmitter which is connected to the core body and has conductivity and which, in operation, transmits a pen pressure applied to the core body to a pen pressure detector, and a signal transmitter which, in operation, generates a signal to be transmitted from the core body, in which the pen pressure transmitter includes a shock-absorbing mechanism which, in operation, when the pen pressure applied to the core body has a predetermined value or more, absorbs the pen pressure, and the signal from the signal transmitter, in operation, is supplied to the core body through the pen pressure transmitter and transmitted to an outside of the electronic pen through the core body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Wacom Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ryuto Sakamoto, Shinya Aoki
  • Patent number: 11941187
    Abstract: An electronic pen includes a signal generator, a power supply, and a resonance circuit. The signal generator is configured to generate a signal. The power supply is configured to supply power to the signal generator. The resonance circuit is configured to generate a current based on the signal and emit a magnetic field based on the current.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chul Kim, Yun-Ho Kim, Jaeuk Choi
  • Patent number: 11940301
    Abstract: Provided is a position indicator of an electromagnetic induction type including a position indicator cartridge housed in a hollow portion of a housing, in which the position indicator cartridge includes a first resonant circuit including a first coil wound around a magnetic core arranged on one end of the position indicator cartridge in an axial direction of the position indicator cartridge and a first capacitor, a second coil that is independent of the position indicator cartridge provided outside of the position indicator cartridge, at a position where the second coil, in operation, is magnetically coupled to the first coil of the position indicator cartridge, and a switch turned on and off by an operation portion provided outside of the position indicator cartridge, the operation portion, in operation, receiving an operation of a user, and a closed circuit including the second coil is formed when the switch is turned on.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Wacom Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Masamitsu Ito
  • Patent number: 11934592
    Abstract: A position indicator that indicates a position is disclosed. The position indicator includes a casing of an electronic pen, a position indicating part, a tracker, and a grip part configured to be gripped by a user. The position indicating part is disposed at one end of the casing. The position indicating part, in operation, indicates the position. The tracker, in operation, causes an external device to detect the position in a three-dimensional space. The grip part is orthogonal to the casing of the electronic pen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Wacom Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Munakata, Hiroshi Tamano, Yuanhao Chen
  • Patent number: 11922009
    Abstract: The technology relates to allowing a user to enter text into text boxes using a stylus. For instance, first user input identifying a text box displayed on a display of the computing device may be received. Based on the received first user input, a handwriting field may be generated on the display without visual impact on the display. A second user input within the handwriting field may be received. The second user input may be converted into typed text, and the typed text may be displayed in the text box.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Donny Chen Reynolds, Claire Tauziet, Ana Raquel Garcia, John Henry Charles Palmer
  • Patent number: 11914780
    Abstract: A finger-mounted device may include finger-mounted units. The finger-mounted units may each have a body that serves as a support structure for components such as force sensors, accelerometers, and other sensors and for haptic output devices. The body may have sidewall portions coupled by a portion that rests adjacent to a user's fingernail. The body may be formed from deformable material such as metal or may be formed from adjustable structures such as sliding body portions that are coupled to each other using magnetic attraction, springs, or other structures. The body of each finger-mounted unit may have a U-shaped cross-sectional profile that leaves the finger pad of each finger exposed when the body is coupled to a fingertip of a user's finger. Control circuitry may gather finger press input, lateral finger movement input, and finger tap input using the sensors and may provide haptic output using the haptic output device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Paul X Wang, Alex J. Lehmann, Michael J. Rockwell, Michael Y. Cheung, Ray L. Chang, Hongcheng Sun, Ian M. Bullock, Kyle J. Nekimken, Madeleine S. Cordier, Seung Wook Kim, David H. Bloom, Scott G. Johnston
  • Patent number: 11907446
    Abstract: An electronic device with a touch-sensitive display displays an electronic calendar and detects a hand-drawn input on the touch-sensitive display. The hand-drawn input extends over a vertical portion, less than all, of an area corresponding to a first day in the calendar. In response to detecting the hand-drawn input, the device displays, over the vertical portion of the first day, one or more graphics that correspond to the hand-drawn input. While displaying the graphics, the device detects an input that corresponds to a request to create an event in the electronic calendar. In response, the device creates, in the first day in the electronic calendar, an event with a start time and an end time, wherein the start time and the end time of the event are in accordance with the first day that the hand drawn input extends over.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Jeffrey Traer Bernstein, Linda L. Dong, Mark K. Hauenstein, Julian Missig
  • Patent number: 11904061
    Abstract: A self-sanitizing stylus for use in combination with a touch screen device and method of using the same is disclosed. The self-sanitizing stylus comprises a body including a component retaining enclosure and longitudinal member. The longitudinal member has a body defined between a distal end with a touch tip disposed thereon, and a proximal end secured with an operative end of the component retaining enclosure. At least one ultraviolet radiation emitting device is disposed on the body. The component retaining enclosure includes a power source and switch connected between the power source, and the ultraviolet radiation emitting device, which when pressed establishes an electrical connection between the power source and the ultraviolet radiation emitting device, which emits UV radiation to disinfect the body or portion thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Inventor: Shannon M. Perry
  • Patent number: 11901754
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a charging base. The charging base is applied to electrically connect to an electronic device and charge a stylus. The charging base includes: a base, a connector, a first charging end conductive structure, and a second charging end conductive structure. The base includes a through-hole. The connector is disposed on one side of the base and is used for being electrically connected to the electronic device. The first charging end conductive structure is formed on an upper surface of the base and is electrically connected to the connector. The second charging end conductive structure is formed in the through-hole and is electrically connected to the connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: ASUSTEK COMPUTER INC.
    Inventors: Chin Chung Lai, Yung-Hsiang Chen
  • Patent number: 11899860
    Abstract: An electronic device may include: a first communication circuit for connecting first communication with a remote input device positioned in the electronic device; a second communication circuit for connecting second communication with an external display device; a wireless charging coil for sensing a change in a magnetic field signal of a remote input device, and outputting an electrical signal according to the change in a magnetic field signal; and a processor electrically connected to the first communication circuit, the second communication circuit, and the wireless charging coil, wherein the processor determines detachment of the electronic device of a remote input device, receives, through wireless communication, a button input signal of the remote input device and sensor data of the remote input device, and can activate one from among a plurality of interactions on the basis of the button input signal and/or the sensor data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Inhyung Jung, Banghyun Kwon, Sangheon Kim, Jiwoo Lee
  • Patent number: 11899856
    Abstract: Provided is an electronic pen stylus including a front-end part which, in operation, comes into contact with a position pointing input surface, and a rod-shaped axial center part formed integrally with the front-end part, in which at least the front-end part is made of a filler-mixed resin of which a base resin is mixed with a fibrous material as the filler having a hardness that is higher than a hardness of the base resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Wacom Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuta Sato, Tomohiro Kamai
  • Patent number: 11893173
    Abstract: Provided is an electronic pen including an electronic pen body portion, an electronic pen housing being a cylindrical body housing the electronic pen body portion, a connector portion including a connector substrate, and a terminal portion including a base portion raised from the connector substrate in a direction crossing an axial direction and a contact portion extended to a back end side from a position separated from the connector substrate on a back end surface of the base portion, and a connector housing being a cylindrical body housing the connector portion and connected to a back end side of the electronic pen housing. A cross section of the connector housing in a direction orthogonal to the axial direction is substantially triangular. An axial center of the connector substrate coincides with an axial center of the electronic pen body portion when the connector housing is attached to the electronic pen housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: Wacom Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinya Aoki, Yoshiyuki Hashimoto, Takenori Kaneda
  • Patent number: 11893171
    Abstract: Computing systems and input devices can include a chassis with a computing device and an input tool with a sensor, such as a pen- or rod-like input tool, that can be positioned relative to the chassis in multiple configurations. In one configuration, the tool can be spaced away from the chassis and its sensor output can cause a first output signal in response to input provided to the sensor. In another configuration, the tool can be contacting the chassis and its sensor output can cause a second output signal in response to input provided to the sensor. For example, an input tool can be stowed in a recess of a keyboard housing or device chassis, and the input tool can produce a first output when it is in the recess and a second input when it has been removed from the chassis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Paul X. Wang, Dinesh C. Mathew, John S. Camp
  • Patent number: 11886650
    Abstract: A tracking system includes a stylus comprising a light emitter, a head-mounted device comprising an optical sensor configured to detect the light emitter, and a processor communicatively coupled to the optical sensor and configured to determine a position of the stylus based on detection of the light emitter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Killian J. Poore, Stephen E. Dey, Trevor J. Ness
  • Patent number: 11886657
    Abstract: A method of palm rejection is executed by a sensor controller that is connected to a plurality of sensor electrodes and that detects a downlink signal transmitted from an active pen. The method includes determining whether or not a phase of the detected downlink signal matches a phase shared in advance between the sensor controller and the active pen, and outputting, when it is determined that the phases match, a position of the active pen derived on the basis of a distribution of levels of the downlink signal in the plurality of sensor electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: Wacom Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masayuki Miyamoto, Hideyuki Hara
  • Patent number: 11886801
    Abstract: Systems and methods of text editing are disclosed. A system may include a touchscreen, a memory, and a processor. A method may include receiving, from an electronic pen in communication with the processor, pressure signals indicating a detection of a first amount of pressure at a pen tip. In response to receiving the pressure signals, handwriting recognition may be activated. Touch input representing handwriting a first location of the touchscreen may then be received, and the touch input may then be converted into rendered textual content corresponding to the handwriting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wei Li, Che Yan, Soheil Kianzad, Jay Henderson
  • Patent number: 11886069
    Abstract: A display device includes: a display panel; and a stacked structure on the display panel, wherein the stacked structure includes: a first coupling member on the display panel; a reflective layer on the first coupling member; a second coupling member on the reflective layer; a code pattern part on the second coupling member; and a light blocking layer on the code pattern part and including an ultraviolet absorber, and a thickness between a lower surface of the reflective layer and an upper surface of the light blocking layer is 100 ?m or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Gil Yeong Park, Da Som Gu, Ki Jun Roh, Sung Guk An, Hee Young Lee, So Yeon Han
  • Patent number: 11880514
    Abstract: Provided is an electronic pen that includes a body portion housing of an electronic pen body portion has housed therein a refill body and a circuit board having a side switch formed by a push button switch mounted thereon, and has a pen-point opening portion through which a pen point of the refill body protrudes. A pressing member is provided in a side opening portion of the body portion housing such that the pressing member is disposed on the side switch in such a manner as to be prevented by an engagement portion from protruding outwardly from a side surface of the body portion housing. The side switch of the circuit board is operated through the pressing member of the electronic pen body portion when an operation unit of the outer housing having the electronic pen body portion installed therein is pressed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: Wacom Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Teppei Kanno, Yuta Sato
  • Patent number: 11874974
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a stylus receives a first signal from a first electrode of the stylus, the stylus being operable to communicate wirelessly with a device through a touch sensor of the device; receives a second signal from a second electrode of the stylus, the second signal being a reference signal and the second electrode being a reference electrode; and compares the first signal with the second signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: Wacom Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kishore Sundara-Rajan, Yassar Ali, Igor Polishchuk, James D. Lyle
  • Patent number: 11868844
    Abstract: The present description relates to a 2D visual code based on the superposition of pure flat waves framed in black, designed to be read at long distances, with different types of degradation (noise, blurring or movement) and in adverse lighting conditions. To this end, the information carrying elements are waves that are distributed over the whole image. The combination of waves with different directions, frequencies, amplitudes and phases permits generating a high number of configurations that may be decoded in a robust and efficient manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: UNIVERSIDAD DE MURCIA
    Inventors: Pedro Enrique López De Teruel Alcolea, Alberto Ruiz Garcia, Felix Jesus García Clemente
  • Patent number: 11861082
    Abstract: An e-pen includes e-pen sensor electrodes (including a first and a second e-pen sensor electrode) and drive-sense circuits (DSCs) (including a first DSC and a second DSC. The first DSC drives a first e-pen signal having a first frequency via a first single line coupling to the first e-pen sensor electrode and simultaneously senses, via the first single line, the first e-pen signal. Based on e-pen/touch sensor device interaction, the first e-pen signal is coupled into at least one touch sensor electrode of the touch sensor device. The first DSC process the first e-pen signal to generate a first digital signal representative of a first electrical characteristic of the first e-pen sensor electrode. Similarly, the second DSC drives a second e-pen signal having a second frequency via a second single line coupling to the second e-pen sensor electrode and simultaneously senses, via the second single line, the second e-pen signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: SIGMASENSE, LLC.
    Inventors: Patrick Troy Gray, Gerald Dale Morrison, Daniel Keith Van Ostrand, Richard Stuart Seger, Jr., Michael Shawn Gray, Kevin Joseph Derichs
  • Patent number: 11861160
    Abstract: A writing interaction method, a smart interactive display device and a writing interaction system are provided. The writing interaction method includes: detecting a first touch event of one or more smart pens and acquiring one or more corresponding identifiers of the one or more smart pens (S100); generating handwriting according to the first touch event (S102A), and determining whether the generated handwriting corresponds to multiple smart pens of the smart pens according to the identifiers of the smart pens (S102B); under a condition that the handwriting corresponds to the multiple smart pens, generating multiple non-overlapping writing regions, wherein the multiple writing regions are in one-to-one correspondence with the multiple smart pens, each writing region covers handwriting of a corresponding smart pen, and each writing region only responds to a touch event of the corresponding smart pen for generating handwriting (S104).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: SHENZHEN HITEVISION TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Zipeng Yu
  • Patent number: 11861085
    Abstract: A touch panel is disclosed. The touch panel includes a substrate, a touch layer positioned on the substrate, and a photochromic layer positioned on the touch layer. The photochromic layer includes a photosensitive resistor layer positioned on the touch layer and connecting to the touch layer, and a color-changing cathode layer, positioned on the photosensitive resistor layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: HUIZHOU CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Dongchen Huang, Chingyuan Cheng
  • Patent number: 11853483
    Abstract: An image processing method and apparatus for a smart pen, and an electronic device where the method comprises: monitoring a working state of a second pressure switch provided at a pen tip of a smart pen after a first pressure switch of the smart pen is in a closed state; controlling an infrared transceiver circuit on the smart pen to send an infrared signal to an area where the smart pen writes; acquiring a lightweight network model preset in the smart pen, so as to perform feature extraction processing on an original image; performing classification processing on a feature matrix by using a fully connected layer in the lightweight network model, to obtain a trajectory classification result; and displaying a writing trajectory of the smart pen on a target object in real time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: SHENZHEN EAGLE SOUL INTELLIGENCE & TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Qiwei Lu, Fangyuan Chen, Yang Lu, Pengyu Chen
  • Patent number: 11836315
    Abstract: Disclosed is electronic device for identifying touch position, touch system including electronic device, and operation method thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: Korea University Research and Business Foundation
    Inventors: Chulwoo Kim, Soonsung Ahn
  • Patent number: 11822783
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes circuitry to receive an input of hand drafted input data. The hand drafted input data is input to an input area being displayed. The circuitry displays, in the input area, an object corresponding to the hand drafted input data, and displays, based on a part of the object failing to be displayed within the input area, a display component related to an additional object representing at least the part of the object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventor: Yui Furumi
  • Patent number: 11816292
    Abstract: A pen state detection circuit that is connected to a touch sensor of a capacitance type and adapted to detect a state of an electronic pen in accordance with an output signal from the touch sensor. The touch sensor includes sensor electrodes disposed in a planar manner, and the electronic pen includes a first electrode and a second electrode. The pen state detection circuit includes a processor configured to sequentially and repeatedly: acquire first and second coordinate values in a sensor coordinate system, the coordinate system being defined on a detection surface of the touch sensor, the first coordinate values indicating a projected position of the first electrode, the second coordinate values indicating a projected position of the second electrode; calculate an inclination value indicative of an inclination of the electronic pen from the acquired first and second coordinate values in accordance with calculation rules; and output the inclination value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: Wacom Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yoshio Nomura
  • Patent number: 11809645
    Abstract: An electronic pen includes a casing, an opening portion formed on one side of the casing, a core body that projects outside of the casing through the opening portion, a pen module part, and a core body insertion member disposed in the casing and having a hollow space that houses the core body. The hollow space includes a hollow portion between an inner circumferential surface of the core body insertion member and an outer circumferential surface of the core body when the core body insertion member houses the core body, the hollow portion communicating, via the opening portion, with a first space external to the electronic pen. The hollow portion is separated from a second space in which the pen module part is disposed within the casing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: Wacom Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenichi Ninomiya, Takayuki Arai, Kohei Tanaka, Takenori Kaneda
  • Patent number: 11810449
    Abstract: The wrist rest may include a base structure; at least two flexible supports extending from the base structure; a vibration assembly supported on the at least two flexible supports in a manner such that the vibration assembly may be spaced apart from the base structure; and a cushion assembly including a cushion disposed over the vibration assembly in a manner so as to conceal the vibration assembly between the base structure and the cushion. The cushion may be secured to the base structure. The at least two flexible supports may be configured to isolate the base structure from a vibrating motion of the vibration assembly. A surface of the vibration assembly directed towards the cushion assembly may move relative to a corresponding surface of the cushion assembly in a manner so as to allow the vibration motion of the vibration assembly to be sensed through the cushion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: Razer (Asia-Pacific) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Kok Kiong Low, Chang Sern Gwee, Alvin Sim
  • Patent number: 11809640
    Abstract: The embodiments of the disclosure provide a method for detecting a movement of a ring controller, a ring controller, and a computer readable medium. The method includes: obtaining a plurality of moving parameters of the movement of the ring controller, wherein the ring controller is used to interact with a user interface; determining a rotating condition of the ring controller based on the moving parameters; and adjusting a visual content provided in the user interface based on the rotating condition of the ring controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: HTC Corporation
    Inventor: Wei-Cheng Chiu
  • Patent number: 11803286
    Abstract: Provided is an electronic pen with a cylindrical housing including an opening at an end portion of the housing on a pen tip side of the housing, a cylindrical member disposed in the housing and fixed to the housing at a part on the pen tip side of the housing, and a core body formed in a rod shape by a material containing a pigment, the core body including a body portion inserted into the cylindrical member through the opening of the housing and a pull-out portion configured to enable the core body to be pulled out of the housing. A diameter of the body portion of the core body inserted into the cylindrical member is larger than a difference between an outer diameter of the cylindrical member and an inner diameter of the cylindrical member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: Wacom Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takenori Kaneda, Mamoru Ogata, Kenichi Ninomiya
  • Patent number: 11803257
    Abstract: An input support device arranged above a detection device including a plurality of electrodes, the input support device comprising: an LC circuit; a first electrode coupled to one end side of the LC circuit; a second electrode coupled to another end side of the LC circuit, and an adjustment circuit coupled to the LC circuit and configured to adjust circuit characteristics of the LC circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Makoto Hayashi, Yuto Kakinoki, Takaaki Kono
  • Patent number: 11797129
    Abstract: A display device includes: a display unit that displays an image during a plurality of frames; and a sensor unit that overlaps the display unit, where the sensor unit includes a plurality of sensors. During a first period of an Nth frame of the plurality of frames, the plurality of sensors transmit a first signal. During a second period of the Nth frame, the plurality of sensors transmit a second signal. During a third period of an (N+1)th frame of the plurality of frames, the plurality of sensors transmit a third signal. During a fourth period of the (N+1)th frame, the plurality of sensors transmit a fourth signal. The first signal and the third signal have phases opposite to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Sang Hyun Lim
  • Patent number: 11789536
    Abstract: An input device includes a contact body to contact an object, a pressure sensor to detect pressure of contact of the contact body with the object, a vibrator to generate a vibration to provide a tactile sensation, and a vibration controller. The vibration of the vibrator when the pressure detected based on the output of the pressure sensor is large is larger than that when the pressure detected based on the output of the pressure sensor is small.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: NIDEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Atsunori Hirata, Tomohiro Hasegawa, Daisuke Adachi, Hiroaki Hirano, Tomohiro Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 11789550
    Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a housing, a nib which is disposed in the housing, includes a pen tip protruding to the outside through the second end, and includes a dielectric coil wound multiple times therein, a printed circuit board electrically connected to the dielectric coil, a board seating part which is at least partially coupled to the nib and in which a printed circuit board is seated, an elastic member seating part disposed in the housing such that the elastic member seating part and the board seating part are at least partially fitted to each other, and an elastic member disposed between the elastic member seating part and the board seating part, when the nib is pressed in a direction toward the inside of the housing by the pen pressure, the pen pressure is transmitted to the elastic member via the board seating part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yongmin Kim, Juwan Park
  • Patent number: 11782526
    Abstract: An electronic pen cartridge is replaceable with a refill of a stationery ballpoint pen such that the stationery ballpoint pen housing can be reused as the electronic pen housing. The electronic pen cartridge is of a capacitance type and includes a pen tip which is projectable from an opening on one side in an axial direction of the pen housing. Inside the tubular cartridge housing are an electronic circuit including a signal transmission circuit configured to generate a signal to be supplied to a position detection sensor, and a rechargeable power storage device configured to supply a power supply voltage to the electronic circuit. A coil is wound around a rear end portion of the cartridge housing on a side of the cartridge housing opposite from the pen tip side. The power storage device is charged by a current induced in the coil based on an externally supplied magnetic field.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: Wacom Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinya Aoki, Takenori Kaneda, Yoshiyuki Hashimoto, Toru Eguchi
  • Patent number: 11775086
    Abstract: A stylus comprising a housing and a nib portion configured to be attached to the housing and to extend out from the housing, wherein the nib portion comprises at a tip area an integrated conductive tip electrode and at least one integrated conductive ring electrode surrounding the tip electrode at least partially and electrically isolated from the tip electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC.
    Inventor: Eliyahu Barel
  • Patent number: 11762486
    Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a communication circuitry, a camera, and a processor, wherein the processor may be configured to detect at least one of a first specific color or a first specific shape from at least one surface of the stylus pen, and execute a first specific function based on the detecting of the at least one of the first specific color or the first specific shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Nammin Jo, Junwhon Uhm
  • Patent number: 11763590
    Abstract: The method, system, and non-transitory computer-readable medium embodiments described herein are directed to verifying identification documents. In various embodiments, a server may receive a first image of a front-side of an identification document. The server may extract a first feature of the front-side of the identification document from the first image using optical character recognition (OCR) and identify a first environmental feature from the first image. The server may receive a second image of a backside of the identification document and identify a second feature of the backside of the identification document from the second image. The server may also identify a second environmental feature from the second image. The server may verify the identification document by confirming that the first feature matches the second feature and the first environmental feature matches the second environmental feature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: Capital One Services, LLC
    Inventors: Jason Pribble, Daniel Alan Jarvis, Swapnil Patil
  • Patent number: 11747918
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a touch pen capable of being used in electronic devices. The touch pen includes a pen body having an accommodation space extending in a longitudinal direction, a pen tip coupled to one end of the pen body, a plurality of weight members disposed inside the accommodation space of the pen body, and a buffer material disposed between adjacent weight members among the plurality of weight members to prevent movement of the plurality of weight members in the longitudinal direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jong Pil Seo, Dong Keun Kang, Dong Oh Kim, Sung Jun Kim, You Sub Lee, Yoong-Kwan Cho
  • Patent number: 11740729
    Abstract: A method for electronic device identifier assignment at a host computing device includes receiving a current local identifier of a separate electronic device and a full unique identifier of the separate electronic device. A host-specific identifier is assigned to the separate electronic device by, based at least in part on determining that the current local identifier of the separate electronic device is included in a set of local identifier values available for assignment, assigning the host-specific identifier to the separate electronic device with a same local identifier value as the current local identifier. Based at least in part on determining that the current local identifier of the separate electronic device is already assigned by the host computing device to a different separate electronic device, the host-specific local identifier is selected from the set of local identifier values available for assignment and assigned to the separate electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Arie Yehuda Gur, Nadav Linenberg
  • Patent number: 11714450
    Abstract: Example stylus holders for an electronic device are disclosed herein. In an example, the stylus holder is coupled to an outer housing of the electronic device. In addition, the stylus holder includes a sleeve that is to transition between: an extended position, in which the sleeve is projected out of the aperture of the outer housing; and a retracted position, in which the sleeve is retracted into the aperture of the outer housing from the extended position. Further, the stylus holder includes a biasing member disposed within the outer housing and coupled to the sleeve. The biasing member is to bias the sleeve toward the retracted position when the sleeve is in the extended position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.
    Inventors: Andrew Shane Elsey, Derek Kyle Joseph Kanas, Kun-Chih Wang
  • Patent number: 11715208
    Abstract: A method for segmenting an image includes receiving one or more object seeds associated with one or more first object portions represented by a first image and receiving one or more background seeds associated with one or more first background portions represented by the first image. A second image representing one or more second object portions and one or more second background portions is received, wherein the first image comprises a plurality of subportions and the second image is a subportion of the plurality of subportions of the first image. The second image is processed based on the one or more object seeds and the one or more background seeds to determine the one or more second object portions and the one or more second background portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: Mako Surgical Corp.
    Inventor: Ian Michael Scott
  • Patent number: 11709555
    Abstract: A smart pen including: a body part; a nib part at an end of the body part; a code detection unit for receiving light reflected from a display panel and the nib part, wherein the light reflected from the display panel and the nib part is used to detect shape data for code patterns of the display panel; and a code processor for generating coordinate data based on the shape data and transmitting the coordinate data to a main processor for driving the display panel based on the coordinate data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Won Sang Park, Ju Yeon Kim, Chang Min Park, Chang Woo Shim, Gi Na Yoo, Seong Jun Lee
  • Patent number: 11698684
    Abstract: A gesture-recognition (GR) device is disclosed that includes a capacitive touch sensor panel and a controller. The capacitive touch sensor panel comprises a plurality of sensing pads arranged in a cylindrical pattern inside a handle of the GR device and detects a multi-factor touch assertion at a set of sensing pads of the plurality of sensing pads. The controller transmits a driving signal to each of the plurality of sensing pads for the detection of the multi-factor touch assertion, generates an assertion signal, determines a signal sequence based on the assertion signal, and converts a current inactive state of the GR device to an active state based on a validation of the determined signal sequence corresponding to the multi-factor touch assertion and an inferred user intent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: WARNER BROS. ENTERTAINMENT INC.
    Inventors: Nathan Nocon, Tom McWilliams
  • Patent number: 11698692
    Abstract: A transmitter comprising: a signal modulator for transmitting electrical signals via an electrode, wherein the electrical signals carry a message representing a signal value; and a controller, coupled to the signal modulator, configured for having the signal modulator transmitting the electrical signals with a first duty cycle in a reference signal time period and transmitting the electrical signals with a second duty cycle in a modulation signal time period, wherein a first ratio corresponding to the second duty cycle and the first duty cycle is corresponding to the signal value, wherein the lengths of the reference signal time period and the modulation signal time period are the same, and wherein the maximum amplitudes of the electrical signals during the reference signal time period and the modulation signal time period are the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: EGALAX_EMPIA TECHNOLOGY INC.
    Inventors: Chin-Fu Chang, Shang-Tai Yeh
  • Patent number: 11693556
    Abstract: A method comprising displaying, on a touchscreen, a digital electronic document; receiving first input from the touchscreen and determining that the first input comprises a rectangle gesture; receiving second input from the touchscreen and determining that the second input comprises a subdivision gesture that indicates dividing the rectangle; determining that the first input and the second input have been received within a time threshold; in response to determining that the first input and second input have been received within the time threshold, automatically generating a table that comprises a plurality of cells; automatically placing the table in the document at a location that is based on the first input and updating the document that is displayed on the touchscreen to visually show the table; wherein the method is performed by one or more computing devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: ATLASSIAN PTY LTD.
    Inventor: Marc Andrew Reisen
  • Patent number: 11693480
    Abstract: A haptic system includes a haptic device and a control device. A sensor of the haptic device detects contact of a finger of a user who grips a casing, a determination unit of the control device determines whether sensor information on a contact position of the finger detected by the sensor of the haptic device matches preset reference position information, and an instruction unit sends a notification unit a notification instruction in at least one of cases where the sensor information does not match the reference position information and where the sensor information matches the reference position information. On accepting the notification instruction, the notification unit of the haptic device notifies the user of an indication indicating that the contact position of the finger is shifted or an indication indicating that the contact position of the finger matches the reference position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tetsufumi Shoji, Toshiki Wada
  • Patent number: 11687174
    Abstract: A method may be executed by one or more active capacitive styluses and a sensor controller connected to sensor electrodes. The method includes: a discovery step, executed by the sensor controller, of repeatedly sending out a discovery packet for detecting any of the active capacitive styluses; a discovery response step, executed by a first active capacitive stylus among the one or more active capacitive styluses, by which the discovery packet is detected, of returning a response packet to the discovery packet; a configuration step, executed by the sensor controller, of transmitting a configuration packet including time slot designation information that designates a first time slot to the first active capacitive stylus; and a data transmission step, executed by the first active capacitive stylus, of transmitting operation state data indicative of an operation state of the first active capacitive stylus using the designated first time slot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: Wacom Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Naoki Watanabe
  • Patent number: 11681382
    Abstract: An electronic device comprising a stylus; said stylus comprising a pointed end having a touch capable compression tip, and a top end, said top end comprising a rotatable element disposed of at the end of the top end, comprising a first electronic element mounted on said rotatable element, a second electronic element mounted below said rotatable element; a first contact point and a second contact point disposed on said stylus between said second electronic element and said pointed end; and at least one sensing button; said stylus comprising means for electronically communicating with said electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: 4th-D Corp.
    Inventor: Peter Bakema