US 2011/0298709 A1Published application

System and method for digital recording of handpainted, handdrawn and handwritten information

OwnerVladimir Vaganovinventor

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Abstract

The present invention provides method and system for recording hand-painted, hand-drawn and handwritten information defined by a hand and/or fingers movement. The system corresponding to the invented method comprises: a computing device with a display, an input device comprising: an end-point coupled to a force sensor, additional motion sensors, IC circuit for digitizing the information from sensors and processing the data related to the force and motion vectors components; hardware and software for providing a digital description of how the device has been pressed to the surface and how the device has been moved. Besides above mentioned applications the method and system can also be used for precise cursor navigation on the display, computer gaming and as a universal remote control for electronic equipment and appliances or as a security device with multi-level authentication. With an addition of several components the input device can be used as a smart cell-phone.

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A method of digital recording of hand-painted, hand-drawn and handwritten information and navigating a cursor on the display defined by a hand and/or fingers movement, said method comprising:

providing a computing device with a display;
providing an input device having an end-point coupled to an integrated at least one at least two-axis force sensor within the device;
providing any working surface suitable for moving the device having an end-point across the working surface in a process of painting, drawing, writing or cursor navigating;
moving the input device with a hand and/or fingers such that the end-point is contacting the working surface during the hand and/or fingers movement relative to the surface while recording with the integrated at least one at least two-axis force sensor the change of the vector force applied to the sensor by the end-point;
digitizing this information and processing the data related to the change of the force vector components;
providing a description in digital format of how the input device has been pressed to the working surface based at least in part on the force applied by the end-point to the working surface;
and providing a description in digital format of how the input device has been moved over the working surface based at least in part on the correlation between the force vector components and corresponding movement vector components.

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A system for digital recording of hand-painted, hand-drawn and handwritten information and for navigating a cursor on the display defined by a hand and/or fingers movement, said system comprising:

a computing device with a display;
an input device for hand-painting, hand-drawing and handwriting and for navigating a cursor on the display, said device comprising:
an end-point coupled to an integrated at least one at least two-axis force sensor within the device;
IC circuit for digitizing the information from at least one at least two-axis force sensor and processing the data related to the change of the force vector components;
hardware and software for providing a description in digital format of how the input device has been pressed to the surface based at least in part on the force applied by the end-point to the writing surface;
and hardware and software for providing a description in digital format of how the input device has been moved over the surface based at least in part on the correlation between the force vector components and corresponding movement vector components,
wherein the input device is moving with a hand and/or fingers such that the end-point is contacting a surface suitable for such movement across the surface in a process of painting, drawing, writing or cursor navigating while recording with the integrated at least one at least two-axis force sensor the change of the vector force representing the motion of the input device and force applied to the sensor by the end-point.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.