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US 2008/0166048 A1Published application
Method and System for Digital Pen Assembly
AssigneeEpos Technologies Limited Trident Chambers
InventorsRan Raif, Noam Kedem, Michael Kokarev, Max Gotman, Nathany Altman
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Abstract
A digital pen comprising: an electric circuit, an acoustic transmitter, detached from the electric circuit, and configured to transmit acoustic signals, and a resilient holder, configured to mechanically press the electric circuit into electrical contact with the transmitter, so as to electrically connect the electric circuit and the transmitter.
Claims47
A digital pen comprising:
- an electric circuit;
- an acoustic transmitter, detached from said electric circuit, and configured to transmit acoustic signals;
- and
- a resilient holder, configured to mechanically press said electric circuit into electrical contact with said transmitter, so as to electrically connect said electric circuit and said transmitter.
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A resilient holder comprising a base and extensions arising perpendicularly therefore and configured for location of a first electrical circuit and a second electrical circuit thereon within the confines of a housing, and such as to bring about an electrical contact between said first and second electrical circuits due to said confinement within said housing.
A digital pen comprising:
- an acoustic transmitter, configured to transmit acoustic signals;
- and
- a switch assembly having two switching points for pressing said assembly to achieve first and second switching modes respectively, the assembly further having a third mode selectable upon said two switching points being pressed substantially simultaneously.
A digital pen comprising:
- a pen tip,
- an acoustic transmitter, configured to transmit acoustic signals, and located in proximity to said pen tip;
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- a smooth contact switch, configured to smoothly actuate the digital pen upon transmission thereto of a writing pressure from said pen tip.
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A digital pen comprising:
- an elongated body terminating in a writing tip;
- a writing element protruding from said writing tip;
- an acoustic transmitter, deployed adjacent to said writing tip, configured to transmit an acoustic signal, and
- a rotating cover, adjacently mounted to said writing tip, covering said writing element upon being rotated in one direction, and exposing said writing element upon being rotated in a direction opposite to said one direction.
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A digital pen comprising:
- an elongated body terminating in a writing tip;
- a writing element protruding from said writing tip,
- an acoustic transmitter deployed adjacent to said writing tip, configured to transmit an acoustic signal, and
- an elongated housing covering said elongated body, said elongated body being movable inside said elongated housing for exposing and for covering said writing element.
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A digital pen comprising two acoustic signal transmitters, each acoustic signal transmitter being configured to transmit an acoustic signal, and positioned respectively apart on the digital pen.
A digital pen, comprising:
- an acoustic signal transmitter, configured to transmit acoustic signals;
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- an acoustic wave guide, positioned adjacent to said acoustic transmitter, said acoustic wave guide comprising a plurality of fins radiating outwardly in a direction away from said acoustic signal transmitter.
A receiving unit for receiving an acoustic signal from a digital pen, comprising:
- at least two ultrasound receivers, for receiving ultrasound signals from the digital pen;
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- an electric circuit connected to said ultrasound receivers, and configured to extract ultrasound signals received by said ultrasound receivers, said extraction comprises referencing a reference model comprising data pertaining to expected reference signals.
A digital pen system, comprising:
- a digital pen having an elongated body terminating in a writing tip, a writing element protruding from said writing tip, and an acoustic signal transmitter deployed adjacent to said writing tip and configured to transmit an acoustic signal;
- at least one receiving unit for receiving said acoustic signal from said digital pen;
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- a processor, associated with said at least one receiving unit, configured to process said received acoustic signal, for determining presence of said digital pen in a predefined area, and to trigger a predefined functionality upon said determining presence;
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- a map, configured to graphically map said predefined area, so as to assist a user in positioning the digital pen in said predefined area.
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A digital pen system comprising:
- a digital pen having an electric circuit, an acoustic transmitter configured to transmit acoustic signals, detached from said electric circuit, and a resilient holder, configured to press said electric circuit into contact with said transmitter upon applying a mechanical pressure to said resilient holder, so as to electrically connect said electric circuit and said transmitter;
- at least one receiving unit for receiving said acoustic signals from said digital pen;
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- a processor, associated with said at least one receiving unit, configured to process said received acoustic signals for determining location of said digital pen.
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A digital pen system comprising:
- a digital pen having an acoustic transmitter, configured to transmit acoustic signals and a switch assembly having two switching points for pressing said assembly to achieve first and second switching modes respectively, said assembly further having a third mode selectable upon said two switching points being pressed substantially simultaneously
- at least one receiving unit, configured to receive said acoustic signals from said digital pen;
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- a processor, associated with said at least one receiving unit, configured to process said received acoustic signals for determining location of said digital pen.
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A digital pen system comprising:
- a digital pen having an acoustic transmitter, configured to transmit acoustic signals, and a smooth contact switch configured to actuate the digital pen upon applying a pressure on said smooth contact switch;
- at least one receiving unit, configured to receive said acoustic signals from said digital pen;
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- a processor, associated with said at least one receiving unit, configured to process said received acoustic signals, for determining location of said digital pen, said smooth contact switch comprises a resilient element, mounted on a first side of an open electric circuit and disconnected from a second side of said electric circuit, said resilient element being compressible into a position where said resilient element contacts said second side of said electric circuit, thereby closing said electric circuit, upon applying a writing pressure compressing said resilient element into said position.
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A digital pen system comprising:
- a digital pen having an acoustic transmitter, configured to transmit acoustic signals;
- at least one receiving unit, said receiving unit having at least two ultrasound receivers, configured to receive an ultrasound signal from said digital pen;
- and
- a processor, associated with said at least one receiving unit, configured to process said ultrasound signals, for extracting location of said digital pen, said extraction comprises referencing a reference model comprising data pertaining to expected reference signals.
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A digital pen system comprising:
- a digital pen having an acoustic transmitter, configured to transmit acoustic signals;
- at least one receiving unit, said receiving unit having a housing, and at least two acoustic signal receivers positioned inside said housing, less than 60 mm apart from each other, and configured to receive an acoustic signal from said digital pen;
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- a processor, associated with said at least one receiving unit, configured to process said acoustic signal, for determining location of said digital pen.
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A smooth contact switch, comprising:
- a resilient element, mounted on a first side of an open electric circuit and disconnected from a second side of said electric circuit, said resilient element being compressible into a position where said resilient element contacts said second side of said electric circuit, thereby closing said electric circuit, upon applying pressure compressing said resilient element into said position.
A digital sleeve, mountable on a writing instrument, the digital sleeve comprising:
- an acoustic signal transmitter, configured to transmit an acoustic signal;
- a writing sensor, connected to said acoustic transmitter, configured to detect a predefined movement of the writing instrument in relation to the digital sleeve and to actuate said acoustic signal transmitter upon said detection.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.