US 11,899,855 B2 · Changing a mode of operation of a computing device by a pen device

Abstract

The disclosure herein describes changing a mode of operation of a computing device using signals from a pen device. The pen device obtains gesture input data from at least one sensor of the pen device and the obtained gesture input data is compared to at least one gesture pattern. Based on the gesture input data matching the at least one gesture pattern, the pen device transitions to an active state. The pen device detects, via an electrostatic communication channel, an uplink signal from the computing device and sends a signal to change a mode of operation of the computing device by at least one of a network interface or a communication channel, other than the electrostatic communication channel. Changing modes of operation of a computing device provides a flexible, stream-lined way to enhance the user experience of using a computing device with a pen device (e.g., performing an initial pairing process).

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Dependent claims

A system comprising:

a processor associated with a pen device;
a network interface associated with the pen device;
a sensor associated with the pen device;
and
a memory associated with the pen device, the memory comprising computer program code, the memory and the computer program code configured to, with the processor, cause the processor to:
obtain, via the sensor, gesture input data;
compare the obtained gesture input data to an application-specific gesture pattern;
based on the gesture input data matching the application-specific gesture pattern, transition the pen device to an active state;
responsive to detecting an uplink signal from a computing device, send, via the pen device, a wakeup event signal to change a mode of operation of the computing device, wherein the wakeup event signal requests a transition of the computing device from a low power state to an active state and triggers activation of a particular application, corresponding to the application-specific gesture pattern, to open;
and
receive an adjusted application-specific gesture pattern from the computing device based at least in part on feedback provided regarding the wakeup event.

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One or more computer storage media having computer-executable instructions for changing a mode of operation of a computing device using a pen device that, based at least in part on execution by a processor of the pen device, cause the processor of the pen device to:

obtain, via a sensor of the pen device, gesture input data;
compare the obtained gesture input data to an application-specific gesture pattern;
based on the gesture input data matching the application-specific gesture pattern, transition the pen device to an active state;
responsive to detecting an uplink signal from the computing device, send, via the pen device, a wakeup event signal to change a mode of operation of the computing device, wherein the wakeup event signal requests a transition of the computing device from a low power state to an active state and triggers activation of a particular application, corresponding to the application-specific gesture pattern, to open;
and
receive an adjusted application-specific gesture pattern from the computing device based at least in part on feedback provided regarding the wakeup event.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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