Abstract: Disclosed is a passive electromagnetic fountain pen, which includes a pen core and a pen body, wherein the pen body includes a first iron core and an iron core holder, a pen core clamp link, a second iron core, a third iron core, an elastic component, a pressure regulating plate, and a first structure matched with the pressure regulating plate are disposed sequentially from front to back in the iron core holder, coils are wound outside the first iron core and the second iron core, the first iron core is close to a pen tip of the pen core, the second iron core is fixedly connected with the iron core holder, the pen core is configured to pass through a center of the first iron core, and then be clamped by one end of the pen core clamp link.

Abstract: A mobile device includes a sensing unit configured to determine whether the stylus pen is separated from the mobile device; a communication unit configured to receive a control signal including a first control signal and a second control signal from the stylus pen separated from the mobile device; and a controller configured to operate in a first control mode for performing an operation of an application being executed on the mobile device. The controller performs a first operation of the application in response to the first control signal, and performs a second operation of the application in response to the second control signal.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a stylus with one or more electrodes and one or more computer-readable non-transitory storage media embodying logic for transmitting signals wirelessly to a device through a touch sensor of the device has one or more sensors for detecting movement of the stylus.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a reception unit, a recognition unit, an extraction unit, and a processing unit. The reception unit receives drawing information which is information on a drawing operation by a user. The recognition unit recognizes whether or not a last part of the drawing operation is a gesture which the user designates a command, based on the drawing information. The extraction unit extracts a type of a figure drawn by the user before the user performs the gesture. The processing unit performs a process based on the extracted type of the figure.

Abstract: A collaboration system is provided and includes memory storing collaboration data including a spatial event map locating events in a virtual workspace and a local display including a screen space. The collaboration system further includes logic to identify a local client viewport in the virtual workspace, logic to render, in the screen space on the local display, graphical objects identified by events in the spatial event map that have locations within the local client viewport, logic to change a location and a dimension of the local client viewport in the virtual workspace in response to input signals, logic to render, in the screen space on the local display, graphical objects identified by events in the spatial event map that have locations within the changed local client viewport, and logic to generate a viewport change event in response to the change of the local client viewport in response to input signals.

Abstract: Disclosed is a passive electromagnetic pen, which includes a pen core, a first iron core, and an iron core holder, wherein a coil is wound outside the first iron core, the first iron core is fixed to an end of the iron core holder close to a pen tip of the pen core, a second iron core, an elastic component, a pressure regulating plate, and a first structure matched with the pressure regulating plate are disposed in the iron core holder sequentially from front to back, and the pen core is configured to pass through a center of the first iron core, and then drive the second iron core to move; and the pressure regulating plate when in rotation is configured to be in surface contact with the first structure by a surface, so as to generate an axial displacement to change an axial displacement of the elastic opponent.

Abstract: The systems and methods of gesture triggered automatic erasure on a private network, comprising: establishing a secure and encrypted private network with one or more profile computing devices; embedding local information on a first profile within one or more secure objects; embedding transit information exchanged by the first profile on the private network within one or more secure objects at source and destination; receiving a signal from the first profile computing device; automatically deleting one or more of the secure objects with embedded local and transit information from all profile computing devices.

Abstract: A sensor controller is provided, to be connected to a sensor electrode group configuring a surface. The sensor controller supplies a determined AC signal to one or more AC signal transmission electrodes that form part of a plurality of sensor electrodes included in the sensor electrode group, and the sensor controller transmits, from cancellation signal transmission electrode(s) different from the AC signal transmission electrodes, a cancellation signal configured to prevent a signal transmitted from the AC signal transmission electrodes from appearing in a ground terminal of a detection circuit of the stylus. The sensor controller thusly configured may facilitate preventing a situation in which the stylus cannot detect an uplink signal and facilitate preventing the uplink signal from affecting the operation of another apparatus such as a display apparatus.

Abstract: An information handling system stylus makes inputs to a touchscreen display with a writing tip disposed at one end of a cylindrical housing. In an opening at the end of the cylindrical housing opposite the writing tip, a port and a push button are disposed under a removeable flexible cap to provide a cable connection for charging the stylus when the cap is removed and an input device to activate a wireless function when the flexible cap is in place, such as by translating end user pushes through a steel plate integrated in the flexible cap. An attachment member extends from the flexible cap into a sliding engagement with an end cap so that the flexible cap lifts out of the opening and flexes about the attachment member to expose the port in the opening.

Abstract: The present application provides a method of displaying virtual content. The method includes: capturing a first image including a first marker; determining a display region corresponding to a first interaction device based on the first marker in the first image and displaying the first virtual object; displaying second virtual object corresponding to the first virtual object. The first marker is arranged on the first interaction device. A first display position of the first virtual object in a virtual space corresponds to the display region. A second display position of the second virtual object in the virtual space corresponds to a predefined superimposing region, and the second virtual object is at least a part of the first virtual object.

Abstract: An electronic device include a housing, a touchscreen display viewable through a portion of the housing, a wireless communication circuitry disposed inside the housing, a processor disposed inside the housing and operatively connected to the touchscreen display and the wireless communication circuitry, and a memory operatively connected to the processor. The memory stores instructions that, when executed, cause the processor to receive a first signal indicating a charging state of a battery from an external electronic device including the battery through the wireless communication circuitry, and to provide a user interface corresponding to charging of the battery, based at least partially on the first signal.

Abstract: An electronic device including an electronic pen and a method of controlling a communication connection with the electronic pen is provided. The electronic device include a housing, a touch-screen display, a first wireless communication circuit, an extended recess disposed inside the housing, a first wireless charging circuit; an electronic pen including a second wireless communication circuit and a second wireless charging circuit electrically coupled to the first wireless charging circuit, a processor, and a memory. The memory stores instructions causing the processor to detect whether the electronic pen is inserted into the recess, charge the electronic pen through the first wireless charging circuit based on the detection, receive inherent information of the electronic pen through the first wireless communication circuit during or after the charging, and maintain or re-establish a communication connection with the electronic pen based on at least a portion of the received inherent information.

Abstract: A mobile terminal for controlling display includes: a frame body including a middle frame; a touch screen provided on a front surface of the frame body and attached onto the middle frame; wherein the touch screen covers whole of the front surface of the frame body, or the touch screen covers a remaining area except a predetermined area on the front surface of the frame body, the predetermined area being an exposure area for additional electronic devices provided on the front surface of the frame body; a touch integrated circuit connected with the touch screen; and a processor connected with the touch integrated circuit. According to the disclosure, the whole front surface of the frame body is covered by the touch screen without providing the upper forehead area and the lower button area thereon.

Abstract: In some embodiments, a device performs character recognition based on spatial and temporal components of touch input detected on a touch-sensitive surface. In some embodiments, a device provides feedback about handwritten input and its recognition by the device. In some embodiments, a device presents a user interface for changing previously-inputted characters.

Abstract: According to some embodiments, an accessory device for interacting with an electronic device having a touch sensitive surface, is described. The accessory device can include a housing having walls suitable for carrying a processor capable of providing instructions and an interface unit extending through an opening at a distal end of the housing, where the interface unit is capable of interacting with the touch sensitive surface. The accessory device can further include a sensor in communication with the processor and the interface unit, where the sensor is capable of (i) detecting a stimulus generated by the interaction between the interface unit and the touch sensitive surface, and (ii) responding by providing a feedback parameter to the processor that responds by providing a feedback instruction. The accessory device can further include a feedback component that responds to the feedback instruction by transmitting a feedback force to the walls of the housing.

Abstract: An apparatus and a method for simultaneous localization of multiple targets in 3-D cooperative wireless sensor networks (WSNs), utilizing combined measurements of received signal strength (RSS) and angle of arrival (AoA) are disclosed herein. By exploiting the convenient nature of spherical representation of the considered problem, the measurement models are linearized and a sub-optimal estimator is formulated. The method disclosed herein has a straightforward adaptation to the case where the target's transmit power is also not known. A representative set of simulations and experiments verify the potential performance improvement realized with embodiments of the method for RSS/AoA network localization in 3-D space.

Abstract: An electronic pen is provided that is enhanced in strength such as not to be bent or broken even when made to be thinner (smaller in diametric size). A connection section holds a core body at one end thereof and holds a circuit board at the other end thereof. The circuit board is accommodated in a board protecting pipe, which is fitted to the connection section. The board protecting pipe is provided with a side opening, and an operation on an electronic part on the circuit board accommodated therein and a work on an electronic circuit formed on the circuit board can be performed through the side opening. An electronic pen main body section wherein the core body and the circuit board and the board protecting pipe are united together through the connection section is accommodated in a casing, to constitute the electronic pen.

Abstract: Disclosed is an electronic device capable of intuitively allocating a function to a button of a digital pen using different types of signals generated from an input tool, and that can more conveniently set a user environment by intuitively mapping a function to a button input of the digital pen.

Abstract: A display device includes a display panel including a plurality of pixels and a drive circuit which displays an image, which corresponds to input data received from outside, on the display panel in a normal operation mode, and displays an image, which corresponds to an analog clock representing a current time, on the display panel based on end point coordinates of clock hands that are internally stored in the drive circuit in a standby mode.

Abstract: Apparatuses, methods, systems, and program products are disclosed for measuring light using a digital pen. An apparatus includes a processor and a memory that stores code executable by the processor. In one embodiment, the processor determines whether a digital pen that is configured to communicate with an information handling device is in a docked position. The processor receives a light measurement sensed by the digital pen and performs an adjustment to an output parameter of a display for the information handling device in response to receiving the light measurement. A method, system, and computer program product may perform the functions of the apparatus.

Abstract: A pen detection unit and a display device including a pen detection panel. The pen detection panel includes a plurality of sensor parts, and each of the sensor parts includes a first loop antenna and at least one transistor connected to the first loop antenna. A pen driving circuit detects a position of a pen, based on a sensing signal received through the first loop antenna in a first mode, and transfers the sensing signal to an external electromagnetic induction device in a second mode different from the first mode.

Abstract: A method of controlling a device using a stylus pen having a front end and a distal end includes displaying, via a touchscreen display of the device, a first execution screen of a first application, identifying a first touch input performed by the front end on the first execution screen, outputting a first processing result with respect to the first touch input on the first execution screen, identifying a second touch input performed by the distal end of the stylus pen on the first execution screen including the first processing result, outputting a second processing result with respect to the second touch input on the first execution screen including the first processing result, displaying, via the touchscreen display, a second execution screen of a second application after the second processing result is output, wherein the first application is different from the second application, identifying a third touch input performed by the distal end of the stylus pen on the second execution screen, and outputting a

Abstract: In one aspect, a device may include at least one processor and storage accessible to the at least one processor. The storage may include instructions executable by the at least one processor to receive, from a stylus, at least one transmission indicating movement of the stylus. The instructions may also be executable to take, based on the at least one transmission, at least one action at the device. The stylus itself may include one or more motion sensors to sense the movement.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a display device. The display device includes a display module and a sensing circuit board including a plurality of sensing dots disposed on the display module and generating a magnetic field. Each of the sensing dots includes continuous first and second periods. Additionally or alternatively, the sensing dots includes a transmitter, a driver, a charger, and an outputter. The transmitter transmits a reference alternating current signal. The driver is connected to the transmitter and a sensing node and outputs a node current signal. The charger is connected to the sensing node and generates a magnetic field. The outputter is electrically connected to an output terminal and outputs a sensing signal.

Abstract: Systems, computer program products, and methods are described herein for character recognition in a digital image processing environment. The present invention is configured to electronically retrieve one or more documents from a document repository, wherein the one or more documents are in an image format; initiate one or more image super resolution algorithms on the one or more documents; generate, based on at least the one or more image super resolution algorithms, one or more high-resolution images associated with each of the one or more documents; initiate one or more image bottleneck ensembles (IBE) algorithms on the one or more high-resolution images; extract, using the one or more IBE algorithms, one or more features associated with the one or more high resolution images; and store the one or more features extracted from the one or more high resolution images in a feature repository.

Abstract: A touch sensing apparatus is disclosed comprising a touch surface, and a touch sensor configured to determine a first set of coordinates on the touch surface of an object in contact with the touch surface. The touch sensing apparatus is configured to determine a virtual brush angle associated with the object, determine a movement of the object to a second set of coordinates determine an updated virtual brush angle for the object in dependence on a position of the second set of coordinates relative to the first set of coordinates, and output the second set of coordinates and the updated virtual brush angle. An associated method is also disclosed.

Abstract: A user input system including a stylus and an electronic device. A user may manipulate the stylus across an input surface of the electronic device and the movement may be detected using axially-aligned electric fields generated by the stylus. The stylus may also include a force-sensitive structure that can be used to estimate a force applied to the electronic device by the stylus.

Abstract: A transmitter processing method comprising: when in an all channel mode, do following steps: receiving beacon signals, transmitted by a touch panel, in multiple channels; and switching from the all channel mode to a single channel mode if the beacon signals are received in one channel of the multiple channels; and when in the single channel mode, do following steps: transmitting electrical signals in a time slot after the beacon signals are received; and receiving the beacon signals only in the one channel of the multiple channels.

Abstract: An apparatus includes a housing, a tip that moves with respect to the housing based on applied contact force and a pressure sensor that detects the force applied on the tip. The pressure sensor includes a first element integrated or fixed to the tip and a second element that is stationary with respect to the housing and positioned to face the first element. The first element is formed from a rigid material that is conductive. The second element is conductive and has elastic properties. In addition, one of the first element or the second element is coated with a non-conductive layer. The first element moves toward the second element based on force applied on the tip and deforms the second element based on the force. The sensor additionally includes a circuit to detect capacitance between the first element and the second element.

Abstract: An input device is provided. The input device includes a communicator for communicating with an electronic device, a pen tip provided on one end portion of the input device, an electrode part provided at a position spaced apart at a predetermined interval from the pen tip, and a processor configured to apply a predetermined frequency signal to the electrode part, and control the communicator so as to transmit, to the electronic device, the signal of which frequency changed according to a capacitance formed between the electrode part and the electronic device.

Abstract: An information handling system stylus performs touch inputs at a touchscreen display with an active writing tip that receives a capacitive signal from a processing resource, such as an ASIC. A tip position controller selectively retracts and extends the writing tip at an opening formed in a tip cap disposed at the end of the stylus. A power interface cuts off power to the processing resource when the writing tip retracts and applies power to the processing resource when the writing tip extends.

Abstract: An electronic device, in response to detecting an input on a touch-sensitive surface: processes the input with a first gesture recognizer for an operating system application; and processes the input with a second gesture recognizer for a first software application, distinct from the operating system application. If the first gesture recognizer recognizes the input as a gesture matching a gesture definition of the first gesture recognizer, the device performs an operation defined by the operating system application and transitions the second gesture recognizer into an event impossible state. If the second gesture recognizer recognizes the input as a gesture matching a gesture definition of the second gesture recognizer, the device delays performance of an operation defined by the first software application for the input until the first gesture recognizer indicates that the input does not match the gesture definition of the first gesture recognizer.

Abstract: An electronic device, accessory device and method using the same are disclosed herein. The accessory device is stowable in the electronic device, and includes at least a first sensor, a second sensor, a communication interface and a processor. The method includes receiving, through the communication interface, information from the electronic device corresponding to an application executed in the electronic device, in response to the received information, obtaining the first data through the first sensor when the received information is a first information and obtaining the second data through the second sensor when the information is a second information, and transmitting, to the electronic device, data based on at least one of the first data and the second data.

Abstract: An electronic device has a sensor panel and a display upon which content is rendered in use. A control module controlling the sensor panel enters a whiteboard-style erase mode when specified conditions are met. The control module is configured to, in the whiteboard-style erase mode detect a first position on the sensor panel of a first point on a stylus; detect a second position on the sensor panel of a second point on the stylus, the second point being spaced from the first point; compute the location of the longitudinal axis of the stylus on the sensor panel from at least the detected first and second positions; and trigger an update of the rendered content at a location on the display related to the location of the longitudinal axis of the stylus on the sensor panel.

Abstract: Disclosed is an input device. The input device includes a communicator configured to communicate with an electronic device, a pen tip provided at one end of the input device, a first electrode portion including a plurality of first sub-electrodes spaced apart from each other by a predetermined distance from the pen tip, a second electrode portion including a plurality of second sub-electrodes spaced apart from each other to correspond to each of the plurality of first sub-electrodes at a position spaced apart from the first electrode portion by a predetermined distance, a processor to provide a driving signal to the first electrode portion and the second electrode portion, generate tilt information of the input device on the basis of a plurality of capacitances formed between the plurality of first sub-electrodes and the plurality of second sub-electrodes, and transmit the tilt information to the electronic device.

Abstract: A mouse capable of receiving a stylus pen, characterized in that: a housing space capable of receiving a stylus pen is provided in the mouse, where the housing space forms an opening at a side of the mouse, and the stylus pen is placed inside the opening and is fixed in the housing space. An objective of the present invention is to provide a mouse capable of receiving a stylus pen, to store the stylus pen into the mouse, so as to reduce space occupied by peripheral devices and avoid making a working environment in a mess.

Abstract: A mouse device includes a mouse body, a stylus, and a power module. A long and narrow accommodating space is disposed at one side of the mouse body, and the long and narrow accommodating space has a first length. The stylus is detachably accommodated in the long and narrow accommodating space. When the stylus is accommodated in the long and narrow accommodating space, the stylus has a second length. When the stylus is detached from the mouse body, the stylus has a third length. The third length is longer than the second length and the first length. When the stylus is accommodated in the long and narrow accommodating space, a charging area of the stylus is electrically connected to the power module to charge the stylus.

Abstract: A search device includes: a storage unit configured to store a video obtained from a camera; a screen unit to display the video; and a control unit to control operation of the storage unit and the screen unit, wherein the screen unit may display a time control interface for receiving a time condition, wherein the search device may search for videos and events stored in the storage unit in response to the time condition, and wherein the time control interface may include an AM control interface for receiving a morning time as the time condition and a PM control interface for receiving an afternoon time as the time condition.

Abstract: Various aspects disclosed herein are directed to Online Education techniques and award incentives for facilitating collaborative, social online education. One aspect disclosed herein is directed to different methods, systems, and computer program products for facilitating mobile video presentations using digital compositing techniques.

Abstract: An electronic device according to certain embodiments may comprise a display configured to display a user interface including one or more objects corresponding to one or more functions; at least one wireless communication circuit configured to wirelessly connect to a stylus pen; at least one processor operatively connected to the display and the wireless communication circuit; and a memory operatively connected to the at least one processor, wherein the memory is configured to store the user interface, and wherein the memory stores instructions that, when executed, cause the at least one processor to: provide the user interface to the display; detect contact or proximity of the stylus pen with a selected object of the one or more objects of the user interface on the display, wherein the selected object corresponds to a selected function of the one or more functions; receive a first user input using the stylus pen through the wireless communication circuit, the first user input having a selected stylus pen inp

Abstract: Some embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method and a system for transmitting a signal, an active stylus, a touch screen and a readable storage medium. The method for transmitting a signal comprises: receiving a DSSS signal sent by the touch screen through a coupling capacitor formed between the active stylus and the touch screen, where the DSSS signal is a spread-spectrum coded signal to be transmitted; and parsing the received DSSS signal to obtain the signal to be transmitted. The method requires just a small amount of additional hardware resources and low power consumption, and can be well applied to an active stylus touch system.

Abstract: An electronic pen and a tilt handwriting adjustment method thereof, a tilt handwriting adjustment system and an adjusting method thereof are provided. The electronic pen includes a pen body, a detector and a processor provided within the pen body. The detector is configured to detect a tilt angle of the pen body with respect to a writing plane, and output a corresponding detection parameter value; and the processor is configured to acquire the detection parameter value, and generate and output a driving signal according to the detection parameter value, and a characteristic parameter value of the driving signal corresponds to the tilt angle.

Abstract: A system may include a resistive-inductive-capacitive sensor, a driver configured to drive the resistive-inductive-capacitive sensor at a driving frequency, a measurement circuit communicatively coupled to the resistive-inductive-capacitive sensor and configured to measure phase information and amplitude associated with the resistive-inductive-capacitive sensor, and a noise detection circuit communicatively coupled to the measurement circuit and configured to determine a presence of external interference in the system based on at least one of the phase information and the amplitude information.

Abstract: Examples disclosed herein provide a digital pen for a computing device. As an example, the digital pen includes a barrel and a clip coupled to the barrel via a spring, wherein the clip is movable within the barrel in a direction opposite a force provided by the spring. The digital pen includes a first set of magnetic members to magnetically couple with a second set of magnetic members of the computing device, when the first and second sets of magnetic members are brought within proximity of each other. The digital pen includes a lever arm disposed within the barrel and comprising a wedge along an end of the lever arm. As an example, the wedge is to frictionally engage a retractable part of the computing device and an interior panel of the barrel, when the first and second sets of magnetic members are to magnetically couple with each other.

Abstract: A processing method for character stroke and related device are provided. The method comprises: obtaining handwriting information of a first handwriting point and handwriting information of a second handwriting point in a character stroke, the handwriting information comprising coordinate information; determining a display effect related to the first handwriting point according to the handwriting information of the first handwriting point and the handwriting information of the second handwriting point; rendering the display effect related to the first handwriting point within a display range of the first handwriting point. The display manner of the character stroke can be enriched through above manner, thereby improving the user experience.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method for selecting a graphical element displayed on a touch-sensitive display. The method comprises displaying a graphical element on the touch-sensitive display; detecting a first location of a first user interaction on the touch-sensitive display; displaying a window on the display, the window comprising a pointer for selecting a graphical element; rendering in the window an area surrounding the first location of the first user interaction; detecting a second user interaction on the touch-sensitive display; detecting a move of the second user interaction on the touch-sensitive display; and moving the pointer within the window according to the move of the second user interaction.

Abstract: A writing and/or drawing system including one or more user controllers, one or more sensors, one or more display devices, a remote system, and/or one or more setup computers each executing a setup application. The writing and/or drawing system may recognize when users come in range or go out of range and may receive one or more inputs from in range users. The writing and/or drawing system may automatically provide a user with access to information in the user's account when the user comes in range and may automatically save writing and/or drawing content to the user's account when the user goes out of range.

Abstract: Some embodiments of the present invention include placing a smart device and a peripheral device in pairing mode; detecting at least one pairing motion event with a dual use piezo circuit within the peripheral device; transmitting an indication of the occurrence of the at least one pairing motion event to the smart device; receiving in the smart device the indication of the occurrence of the at least one pairing motion event in satisfaction of at least one pairing condition; and pairing the smart device with the peripheral device in response to satisfaction of the at least one pairing condition. Numerous other aspects are provided.

Abstract: A battery measurement device has an input terminal that receives a voltage of a secondary battery, a measurement circuit that measures a voltage value of a voltage received by the input terminal and generates a measurement information signal representing measurement results, a transmission unit that wirelessly transmits the measurement information signal, and a power source circuit that generates a power source voltage having a prescribed voltage value on the basis of the voltage of the input terminal, and supplies the power source voltage to the measurement circuit and the transmission unit.

Abstract: One embodiment is directed to a method comprising obtaining, using a portable device, identifier information about one or more identifiers associated with one or more of a rack and equipment installed in the rack and displaying on the portable device a picture of the rack captured and displaying on the portable device an overlay that includes markings that define a perimeter of the rack and a plurality of equipment positions within the rack. The method further comprises receiving, by the portable device, an alignment of the overlay on the picture of the rack and the equipment positions and receiving location information for the rack. The method further comprises storing the picture of the rack, the alignment of the overlay on the picture of the rack, the identifier location, and the location information by a management application. Other embodiments are disclosed.