Universal pen with position or motion sensing
OwnerPaul Lapstun, Kia Silverbrook +1inventors
InventorsPaul Lapstun, Kia Silverbrook, Tobin Allen King
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Abstract
The present invention provides a pen which includes a marking device, the pen being operative to mark a visible path onto a surface, the marking device being electronically controllable to change an attribute of the path, the pen including a user interface whereby a user may modify the attribute, the pen including at least one sensing device for sensing images or colors or both.
Claims13
A pen including a marking device operative to mark a visible path onto a surface, the marking device being electronically controllable to change the value of at least one attribute of the path, the pen including at least one position sensing device or a motion sensing device or both and a controller operable to change the value of at least one attribute, the value derived from the position of the pen relative to the surface, the speed of the pen relative to the surface or both.
The pen of claim 6 wherein the at least one sensing device is operable by pushing the at least one sensing device against a surface.
The pen of claim 11 wherein the stored sets of values of at least one attribute are cycled by sequentially displaying information on a display.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.