Abstract: Example stylus holders for an electronic device are disclosed. In an example, the stylus holder includes a sleeve that is to receive a stylus therethrough. In addition, the stylus holder includes an actuation assembly coupled to the sleeve. The actuation assembly includes a cam that is magnetically actuated by the stylus to extend the sleeve through an aperture in an external surface of the electronic device.

Abstract: An active pen that is used together with a sensor controller includes: an electrode provided at a pen tip, a memory that stores identification data, and a processor connected to the electrode and the memory. The processor returns, as a response to a first uplink signal transmitted from the sensor controller, a response signal including the identification data stored by the memory, and decides, based on whether data corresponding to the identification data is included in a second uplink signal received after the response signal is transmitted, whether the active pen is detected by the sensor controller.

Abstract: An arrangement for the conversion of at least one detected force from the movement of a sensing unit into an auditory signal. The arrangement includes at least one sensor for generating a force signal from the at least one detected force. A processing unit is configured for converting the force signal into a digital auditory signal. An output unit for converting the digital auditory signal into an auditory signal is further included wherein the digital auditory signal includes in formation of acceleration, strength and duration of a single detected force. The present method is used for converting at least one detected force affecting an object into auditory signal, as well as the use of an arrangement according to the present invention for various entertainment and/or therapeutic purposes.

Abstract: In one example in accordance with the present disclosure, an electronic input device is described. The electronic input device includes a scribing shaft disposed within a housing, the scribing shaft to translate along a longitudinal axis as a result of contact with a substrate. The electronic input device also includes an input sensor. The input sensor includes a plate secured within the housing. The plate elastically deforms responsive to the translation of the scribing shaft. A full-bridge strain gauge of the input sensor is disposed on a surface of the plate. The full-bridge strain gauge detects a deformation of the plate and outputs a corresponding signal, which corresponding signal varies dependent upon the amount of deformation of the plate. The input sensor also includes a failure protection device to limit the deformation of the plate to within a predetermined amount.

Abstract: The invention relates to Electronic pen (100) with pen position detection, comprising at least a writing lead, at least one electric voltage source, at least one digital processing unit, at least one data transfer module, and an inertial position detection sensor system for determining the location and movement of the electronic pen (100), wherein the electronic pen (100) is configured for an initial specification of a writing coordinate system with two axes X, Y (107, 108) being orthogonal to each other on a two-dimensional writing substrate (106) and with an axis Z being perpendicular to the two-dimensional writing substrate, characterized in that the inertial position detection sensor system is configured for the determination of accelerations and acceleration profiles of the electronic pen along the X-axis (107) and along the Y-axis (108) for a plurality of pairs of different axis orientations of the X-axis and Y-axis on the writing substrate (106), whereby for each pair of axis orientations, the axis ori

Abstract: An electronic pen includes a core body including a tip portion having a tip and a tapered side surface tapered toward the tip and having a recessed section recessed toward a tip side of the core body from a side of the core body that is opposite to the tip side of the core body, and including a core rod that passes through a center axis of the recessed section from a side of the tip portion that includes the tip and extends away from the tip; and a tubular casing in which a pen-pressure detector is installed, the core body being attached to the tubular casing in an axially movable manner such that the core rod is pressable against the pen-pressure detector, and the tubular casing having a surface that is adjacent to an inner or outer surface of the recessed section of the core body.

Abstract: A touch pen, a method for controlling the same, a touch control device and a readable storage medium are provided. The touch pen includes: a pen body; and a first controller, a touch sensing circuit and an accommodation part that are arranged on the pen body. The accommodation part is configured to accommodate a fluid, and is coupled to the touch sensing circuit. The touch sensing circuit is configured to contact the fluid in the accommodation part in a case that the pen body is in an inclined posture, detect position information of the fluid in contact with the touch sensing circuit and determine a corresponding reference value based on the position information. The first controller is coupled to the touch sensing circuit, and is configured to output a control signal according to the reference value.

Abstract: An active touch pen, a touch input system and a method of driving the same are provided. The active touch pen includes a pen tip and a pen body, where a control circuit and a signal supply circuit are in the pen body. The control circuit is configured to detect a detection parameter value corresponding to an inclination angle of the pen body, and adjust, according to the detection parameter value, a signal amplitude of an output signal supplied by the signal supply circuit; an input end of the signal supply circuit is connected to an output end of the control circuit, to supply the output signal through the pen tip.

Abstract: An apparatus, the apparatus comprising at least one processor, and at least one memory including computer program code, the at least one memory and the computer program code configured, with the at least one processor, to cause the apparatus to perform at least the following: based on one or more determined input manner characteristics of user electronic-scribed input, associate the user electronic-scribed input with a function to be performed using the user electronic-scribed input.

Abstract: An electronic device may have light-emitting devices. A light-emitting device may include light-emitting diodes, a display, or other components that emit visual output. One or more image transport layers may be included in the electronic device. An image transport layer may have an input surface that receives an image and an output surface to which the image transport layer transports the image for viewing by a user. The image transport layers may have areas with compound curvature and other shapes. Deformed image transport layer structures such as deformed fibers in a coherent fiber bundle may be configured to hide gaps in displays and other structures. Displays may include light detectors that serve as a two-dimensional touch sensor. The touch sensor may detect touch input on an output surface of an image transport layer. Image transport layer material may be incorporated into buttons, elongated housings, wearable devices, and other equipment.

Abstract: A method, including receiving, by a computer, a two-dimensional image (2D) containing at least a physical surface and segmenting the physical surface into one or more physical regions. A functionality is assigned to each of the one or more physical regions, each of the functionalities corresponding to a tactile input device, and a sequence of three-dimensional (3D) maps is received, the sequence of 3D maps containing at least a hand of a user of the computer, the hand positioned on one of the physical regions. The 3D maps are analyzed to detect a gesture performed by the user, and based on the gesture, an input is simulated for the tactile input device corresponding to the one of the physical regions.

Abstract: An electronic pen includes a pen tip, circuitry, and a shell. The shell houses the circuitry and is coupled to the pen tip. The pen tip includes a primary conductor, a secondary conductor and shielding between the primary conductor and the secondary conductor. The circuitry includes a transmit/receive circuit, a raw data circuit, and a secondary circuit. The transmit/receive circuit receives a signal from a touch screen via the primary conductor, generates a ring-back signal based on the signal, and transmits the ring-back signal via the primary conductor to the touch screen. The raw data circuit generates raw data regarding the electronic pen. The secondary circuit receives the raw data, up-converts the raw data into a data transmit signal, and transmits the data transmit signal via the secondary conductor to the touch screen.

Abstract: A touch pen, a control method thereof, a touch device, a readable storage medium are provided. The touch pen includes a pen body, a controller, a detecting part, an accommodation part. The controller, the detecting part, the accommodation part are on the pen body. The detecting part has a current detecting circuit, there is a conductive fluid in the accommodation part, the accommodation part is connected to the detecting part; at least a part of the current detecting circuit is inside the detecting part, and configured to contact the conductive fluid and form a circuit with the conductive fluid when the pen body is in a tilt posture, and output a corresponding reference value according to magnitude of a current in the circuit. The controller is electrically connected to the current detecting circuit and configured to output a control signal according to the reference value.

Abstract: An electronic pen includes a rectifier circuit, a first integrated circuit, and a second integrated circuit. The rectifier circuit, in operation, stores a voltage in a first capacitor based on energy received from a position detecting device. The first integrated circuit operates using the voltage stored in the first capacitor. The first integrated circuit, in operation, controls transmission of a first signal that is wirelessly transmitted from a pen tip. The second integrated circuit, in operation, wirelessly transmits a second signal after the voltage stored in the first capacitor is greater than a predetermined voltage.

Abstract: Some embodiments of the present technology involve methods, devices, and systems for determining an orientation of a surgical tool during ophthalmic surgery. An example method includes performing an optical imaging scan in the surgical site, using a scan pattern that intersects the surgical tool and generating a scan image from the optical imaging scan. The example method further comprises analyzing the scan image to determine a location in the scan image corresponding to where the surgical tool intersected the optical imaging scan, and determining an orientation of the surgical tool, based on the determined location.

Abstract: The subject matter of this specification can be embodied in, among other things, a system that includes a tracking device to generate movement information for use in moving a user interface object on a graphical user interface. The tracking device is configured to receive at least a portion of a user's finger. The system also includes a base device configured to receive the tracking device. The base device is configured to translate movement of the base device relative to an adjacent surface for use in moving the user interface object.

Abstract: A display apparatus is provided. The display apparatus includes a communicator configured to communicate with an external device, a touch screen, and a processor configured to, in response to a preset event occurring in a standby mode, control the touch screen to receive a handwriting input of a user, and in response to the handwriting input of the user to control an external device being received through the touch screen, control the communicator to transmit a control command corresponding to the handwriting input to the external device.

Abstract: The present invention discloses an operation and control apparatus for operating and controlling a personal computer and a control method therefor. The operation and control apparatus includes a touch unit and a control unit. The touch unit includes a touchpad, configured to sense an external tap behavior. The control unit includes a control module electrically connected to the touchpad and a memory module electrically connected to the control module. The memory module is configured to store at least one initial coordinate. The control module obtains the external tap behavior sensed by the touchpad, to generate a tap coordinate. The control module analyzes a position of the tap coordinate by using the initial coordinate as a basis point, to generate a control instruction for operating and controlling the personal computer.

Abstract: An article including a magnetic-containing layer having a first surface and a second surface opposite the first; a first reflector layer external to the first surface of the magnetic-containing layer; a second reflector layer external to the second surface of the magnetic-containing layer; a first selective light modulator layer external to the first reflector layer; a second selective light modulator layer external to the second reflector layer; a first absorber layer external to the first selective light modulator layer; and a second absorber layer external to the second selective light modulator layer; wherein at least one of the first and second selective light modulator layers comprises at least one of a curing agent, and at least one coating aid is disclosed. Methods of making the disclosed article are also disclosed.

Abstract: The present disclosure discloses an input device for an electronic device and an input system. The input device includes: a body, a holding information acquiring component, and a style recognizing component, and the holding information acquiring component is disposed on the body and configured to acquire holding information of the user, and the style recognizing component is configured to determine a handwriting style according to the holding information.

Abstract: An electronic pen configured to transmit signals to a sensor of a position detecting device includes a core body; a signal transmitter which transmits a signal for position detection and a signal including information about the electronic pen to the sensor of the position detecting device; and a protector which sets at least a tip of the core body between a protected state and an unprotected state. In response to at least the tip of the core body being in the unprotected state, the signal for position detection and the signal including the information are transmitted from the signal transmitter to the sensor of the position detecting device. In response to at least the tip of the core body being in the protected state, the signal for position detection is transmitted from the signal transmitter and the signal including the information is not transmitted from the signal transmitter.

Abstract: In various examples there is a stylus for use with a digitizer. The stylus comprises a shaft running on a longitudinal axis of the stylus and having a stylus tip at a tip end of the shaft. The stylus has a vibration generator configured to vibrate the stylus tip along the longitudinal axis. The stylus also has a detector configured to detect the vibration causing the stylus tip to contact a surface external to the stylus.

Abstract: An electronic device includes a device body including a stylus receiver having a first end, a second end, and an intermediate portion defining a surface. One or more locking members extend along the intermediate portion. The one or more locking members is selectively shiftable relative to the surface. A stylus is selectively positionable in the stylus receiver. The stylus includes a locking device operable to shift the one or more locking members relative to the surface releasing the stylus from the stylus receiver.

Abstract: An electronic stylus can include an elongated body, a rechargeable battery supported by the elongated body, a retention mechanism extending from the elongated body, a retention mechanism, and a release mechanism. The retention mechanism can include an electrically conductive contact. The electrically conductive contact can be electrically coupled to the rechargeable battery. The release mechanism can be configured to cause the electrically conductive contact to retract within the retention mechanism.

Abstract: An electronic circuit of an electronic pen includes an integrated circuit, and a resonant circuit that is formed of a parallel circuit of a coil and a first capacitor and is externally connected to the integrated circuit. The integrated circuit includes a variable-capacitance circuit which, in operation, adjusts a frequency of the resonant circuit, and has a connection pin connecting the variable-capacitance circuit to outside of the integrated circuit. A first end of the parallel circuit is grounded and a second end of the parallel circuit is connected to a first end of a second capacitor externally connected to the integrated circuit. A second end of the second capacitor is connected to the connection pin of the integrated circuit and is connected to a diode which, in operation, clamps a potential of the second end of the second capacitor to a predetermined value.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the technical field of electroacoustic products, and discloses sound-absorbing material, sound-absorbing particle, speaker module manufacturing processes, a particle and a module. The process comprises the following steps: placing a raw powder of a porous sound-absorbing material into a heating furnace to perform calcination, and introducing a processing gas during the calcination, wherein the calcination temperature is 120° C. to 800° C., and the calcination time is 6 h to 72 h.

Abstract: A stylus can be provided with a glass member that defines a portion of an outer periphery of the stylus. The glass member can facilitate detection of touch input with a capacitive touch sensor within the stylus. The glass member can further facilitate magnetic coupling with a host device and wireless charging from the host device. The glass member also provides a durable outer surface along a section of the stylus to reduce the effects of wear. The glass member can be provided in a variety of shapes and arrangements that offer aesthetic options and customization for personal preferences.

Abstract: A case for a tablet-shaped device.

Abstract: Disclosed are a touch-sensing system, a display device, an active pen, and a pen recognition method which can perform rapid and accurate pen recognition as the active pen provides pen identification information to the display device through a predetermined path, and which can also simultaneously process pen inputs through many active pens by distinguishably recognizing the many pens.

Abstract: An electronic pen includes a first casing that includes a side switch operating element that is operable by a user; an electronic pen main body that performs an electronic pen function, the electronic pen main body being housed within the first casing; and a second casing that encloses the electronic pen main body, the second casing including a contact or an operation receiving portion of a switch that is exposed on the second casing and that is operable by the side switch operating element of the first casing.

Abstract: A testing system for testing a touch screen graphical user interface is disclosed. The testing system includes a touch screen for displaying the graphical user interface under test and for receiving a first plurality of touch inputs from at least one user, a first module for recognizing the first plurality of touch inputs received by the touch screen as a second plurality of data structures, a second module for receiving the second plurality of data structures from the first module and constructing at least one test model, a third module for generating a third plurality of test cases based on the at least one test model constructed by the second module, and a fourth module for executing the third plurality of test cases generated by the third module.

Abstract: An apparatus for capturing and displaying handwritten annotations, for use with a computer system, comprises a transparent digitizing tablet adapted to cooperate with a stylus in order to capture handwritten annotations. It also comprises a transparent electro-luminescent display adapted to display captured handwritten annotations, the transparent digitizing tablet being superposed on the transparent electro-luminescent display.

Abstract: Content can be using an input device without a touch-sensitive surface. In some examples, touch-down and lift-off on a non-touch-sensitive surface can be monitored by a force sensor of the input device. The position and/or motion of the input device can be tracked according to various methods including one or more of a motion and orientation sensor, a camera, or an electromagnetic- or sound-based triangulation scheme. The force data and position/motion data can be processed to generate content, including textual character input and three-dimensional objects. In some examples, the content can be generated based on tracking position and/or motion of the input device without requiring contact with a surface.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus to use predicted actions in VR environments are disclosed. An example method includes predicting a predicted time of a predicted virtual contact of a virtual reality controller with a virtual object, determining, based on at least one parameter of the predicted virtual contact, a characteristic of a virtual output the object would make in response to the virtual contact, and initiating producing the virtual output before the predicted time of the virtual contact of the controller with the virtual object.

Abstract: This invention discloses a capacitive stylus including a pen housing and an eraser for being applied to a touch device. The pen housing includes a tip for emitting an input signal, and the eraser can emit an erasing signal to the touch device. The intensity or erasing range of the erasing signal is determined by the pressure that the eraser exerted on the touch device. In addition, the eraser can trigger a signal to instruct the touch device performing an application.

Abstract: A touch system, a stylus, a touch apparatus, and a control method of the touch apparatus are provided. The control method includes following steps. At least one characteristic data of at least one input tool is obtained. An identifier of the input tool is generated according to the characteristic data. If a touch operation on the touch panel is performed with the input tool, a specific function of the touch apparatus is determined according to the identifier of the input tool.

Abstract: A position pointer is provided for indicating a position on a sensor of a position detection device. The position pointer includes an elongate pointer body having a distal end and a proximal end; a first electrode disposed near the distal end; and a second electrode different from the first electrode and disposed near the distal end, wherein both the first and second electrodes are capacitively coupleable with the sensor of the position detection device. The position pointer includes a detection circuit configured to intermittently detect signals transmitted from the position detection device; a signal circuit configured to generate a position signal to be transmitted to the position detection device; and a transmission circuit configured to control transmission of the position signal. The transmission circuit, based on a detection result of the detection circuit, controls transmission of the position signal via the first electrode.

Abstract: A splicing-screen display system and a splicing display method. The system includes: a display array formed by M×N display panels; and an image sending device. Each display panel includes a radar chip, a radar chip corresponding to a reference display panel is a primary chip, and other radar chips are secondary chips. The primary chip is configured to: acquire position information of each secondary chip; and send size information of each display panel, chip information of each secondary chip and position information of each secondary chip to the image sending device. The image sending device is configured to: calculate a panel coordinate of each display panel; divide a display image into M×N sub-images, and calculate an image coordinate of each sub-image; and send each sub-image to a corresponding display panel based on corresponding relationship between image coordinates of the M×N sub-images and panel coordinates of the M×N display panels.

Abstract: An electronic pen configured to transmit signals to a sensor of a position detecting device includes a core body; a signal transmitter which transmits a signal for position detection and a signal including information about the electronic pen to the sensor of the position detecting device; and a protector which sets at least a tip of the core body between a protected state and an unprotected state. In response to at least the tip of the core body being in the unprotected state, the signal for position detection and the signal including the information are transmitted from the signal transmitter to the sensor of the position detecting device. In response to at least the tip of the core body being in the protected state, the signal for position detection is transmitted from the signal transmitter and the signal including the information is not transmitted from the signal transmitter.

Abstract: An interactive assembly including at least one interactive surface element, at least a first region of the at least one interactive surface element having first user sensible functionality and at least a second region of the at least one interactive surface element having second functionality, different from the first user sensible functionality, input sensor functionality, including at least one input sensor located in propinquity to at least one of the at least one interactive surface element, operative to sense impingement of an electromagnetic radiation spot on at least one of the at least one first region and the at least one second region of the at least one interactive surface element and utilization functionality for employing outputs of the input sensor functionality in respect of impingement on either or both of the at least one first region and the at least one second region.

Abstract: A digital pen systems and methods are provided. The digital pen comprises an internal pen module comprising a cartridge and a pressure sensor, a body housing the internal pen module, and a shuttle connected to the internal pen module on a first end of the digital pen and connected to a twist mechanism on a second end of the digital pen. The shuttle moves the cartridge and the pressure sensor when the twist mechanism is engaged.

Abstract: A position indicator that can be used with a plurality of types of position detection systems. The position indicator includes a first transmitter, a second transmitter, an input circuit which, in operation, accepts an input from outside of the position indicator, a signal generation circuit which, in operation, generates a position detecting signal, a plurality of additional information generation circuits which, in operation, generate a plurality of types of additional information, and a controller. The controller controls, based on the input accepted by the input circuit, transmission of the position detecting signal through the first transmitter and controls, based on the input accepted by the input circuit, transmission of additional information generated by the plurality of additional information generation circuits from the first transmitter or the second transmitter.

Abstract: A clipboard system comprising a clipboard that cooperates with a case of a portable computing device (e.g., a tablet computer) such that the case attaches to the clipboard to enable interchangeable usage of the portable computing device and the clipboard. The case enables the portable computing device to be enclosed and supported, and utilized while coupled with the clipboard. The case receives the computing device and secures the device therein, while exposing the device display and the device controls for user interaction. The case comprises a backside having affixed thereto an attachment material such as one part of a two-part fastener that securely interfaces to the other part of the fastener material affixed to the clipboard. The attachment material is of sufficient strength to hold the case and enclosed computing device to the clipboard during normal usage.

Abstract: Techniques and apparatus are described for obtaining user input via a stylus configured to serve as an interface for providing user input into a computing device. The computing device may obtain rotation-related information indicative of rotational position or rotational movement of the stylus about a longitudinal axis of the stylus. The computing device may identify an operation in response to the rotation-related information, and perform the identified operation.

Abstract: Various embodiments provide an electronic pen that ensures security of information, avoids of unnecessary transmission of information, and protects a core body. In one embodiment, the electronic pen includes a core body, a signal transmitter that transmits a signal to a sensor of a position detecting device, a protector that sets at least a tip of the core body to the state of being not exposed to an external environment, and a detector that detects whether or not at least the tip of the core body is in the state of being protected by the protector. A signal including information is allowed to be transmitted from the signal transmitter when at least the tip of the core body is not protected by the protector, and is precluded from being transmitted when at least the tip of the core body is protected by the protector.

Abstract: A method is provided for communication between a host processor and an active stylus via a sensor controller, wherein the sensor controller is coupled to a sensor configured to interact with the active stylus. The method includes generally three steps. First, the host processor transmits a command received from an application operating on the host processor. Second, the sensor controller receives the command from the host processor and forwards the command to the active stylus. Third, the active stylus, in response to the command, operates on the command and transmits a command response to the sensor controller.

Abstract: An electronic pen includes: a tubular casing; a rod-shaped core body that projects outside of the casing through an opening of the casing, the opening being formed on one side in axial direction of the casing; a pen pressure detector disposed within a hollow portion of the casing, wherein the pen pressure detector, in operation detects a pen pressure applied to the core body; a core body insertion member disposed between the pen pressure detector and the opening of the casing within the hollow portion of the casing, the core body insertion member housing the core body movably in the axial direction of the casing and having a hollow space closed on a side of the pen pressure detector by a barrier; and a first sealing member that separates the hollow space of the core body insertion member from the hollow portion of the casing.

Abstract: The present invention provides a touch sensitive processing method for calibrating a pressure value to a stylus. The method includes receiving a pressure value to the stylus; receiving a tilt angle between the shaft of the stylus and a touch screen plane; and calculating a calibrated pressure value based on the pressure value and the tilt angle.

Abstract: A position indicating device includes a variable capacitance capacitor, which has: a first electrode; a second electrode; and a dielectric separating the first electrode and the second electrode. A capacitance of the variable capacitance capacitor varies in response to application of pressure to the variable capacitance capacitor. The position indicating device also includes a core body having a tip including a third electrode, wherein, in operation, a signal is transmitted by the third electrode and pressure applied to the tip of the core body is transmitted to the variable capacitance capacitor, varying the capacitance of the variable capacitance capacitor. The position indicating device also includes a first terminal electrically connected to the first electrode; a second terminal electrically connected to the second electrode; a third terminal; and a core body holder configured to electrically connect the third electrode to the third terminal.

Abstract: The described technology includes a digital pen tip with a pen tip body and an elastomeric front end formed at a front end of the pen tip body, wherein the pen tip body is formed during a first stage of a two shot molding process and the front end is formed at a second stage of the two shot molding process.