Abstract: The present disclosure pertains to stylus' for electronic devices, and in particular, to passive stylus' with multi-faceted functionality. A passive stylus has a first end and a second end wherein at the first end, a first nib is present, and at the second end, a second nib is present. The passive stylus may be suited to effect communication with a touch-input device adaptable to receive input from both ends of the stylus. The touch-input device contains code, when executed, to cause the device to initialize a touch application, receive an indication of touch data, identify a tip pattern from the received touch data, and execute a set of pre-determined instructions associated with the identified tip pattern. Furthermore, the touch-input device includes aprocessing unit communicatively coupled to memory. The memory includes code to identify a tip pattern from a set of known tip patterns associated with touch data.

Abstract: A computing device having a display panel, a cover layer having an integrated lens (e.g., a Fresnel lens), and a sensor associated with the lens. The cover layer having the integrated lens may be a display cover disposed over the display panel, or a speaker grille disposed over a speaker of the computing device. The display cover may be polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) or polycarbonate. The speaker grille may be high density polyethylene (HDPE) or polycarbonate, for example.

Abstract: Techniques related to abrasion scorings for illuminating operating system selections are described herein. A first abrasion scoring of a display material may reflect light from a first light source resulting in an image associated with a first operating system of the computing device being illuminated at the display material. A second abrasion scoring of the display material may reflect light from a second light source resulting in an image associated with a second operating system of the computing device being illuminated at the display material.

Abstract: Embodiments of the invention describe apparatuses, systems and methods for capturing, selecting and analyzing image data of a user of a computing device display from multiple viewpoints. Embodiments of the invention capture or receive data comprising a plurality of images from an image capture system, wherein the plurality of images comprises images of a user of a computing system from multiple viewpoints. A gaze direction of the user with respect to the display is determined based, at least in part, on the plurality of images. Embodiments further determine a target area on the computing device display based, at least in part, on the determined gaze direction of the user, and execute an application operation in response to determining the target area of the user's gaze.

Abstract: An apparatus and system for a touchscreen display is provided. In an example, a computing device includes a display panel cover permanently bonded to a sensor panel, wherein the display panel cover is a scratch resistant plastic material, and the sensor panel includes a touch sensor that can detect at least 15 simultaneous touch inputs on the display cover.