Extendable Mouth Stylus
AssigneeThe United States Government as represented by the Department of Veterans Affairs
InventorsUrsula Draper, Michael Kerrigan, Jeffrey Craighead, Jan Jasiewicz, Telina Caudill
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Abstract
An extendable stylus operated with a mouth, the stylus having an extending portion configured to have an adjustable length, a conductive tip that can interface with a touch screen device, the conductive tip located at a first end of the extending portion, a mouthpiece that engages the mouth of a user, wherein the mouthpiece is located at a second end of the extending portion opposite the first end and a control mechanism disposed at or near the second end of the extending portion, wherein the control mechanism is configured to control the length of the extending portion based on an operation by the mouth of the user.
Claims22
An extendable stylus configured to be operated with a mouth, the extendable stylus comprising:
- an extending portion configured to have an adjustable length;
- a conductive tip configured to interface with a touch screen device, wherein the conductive tip is disposed at a first end of the extending portion;
- a mouthpiece configured to engage the mouth of a user, wherein the mouthpiece is disposed at a second end of the extending portion, opposite the first end;
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- a control mechanism disposed proximate to the second end of the extending portion, wherein the control mechanism is configured to control the length of the extending portion based on an operation by the mouth of the user.
A system for allowing operation of a touch screen device using a mouth, the system comprising:
- an extendable stylus configured to be operated with the mouth, the extendable stylus comprising:
- an extending portion configured to have an adjustable length;
- a conductive tip configured to interface with the touch screen device, wherein the conductive tip is disposed at a first end of the extending portion;
- a mouthpiece configured to engage the mouth of a user, wherein the mouthpiece is disposed at a second end of the extending portion, opposite the first end;
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- a control mechanism disposed at or proximate to the second end of the extending portion, wherein the control mechanism is configured to control the length;
- a first sensor configured sense a first mouth operation and be removably attached to the extendable stylus;
- a second sensor configured to sense a second mouth operation and be removably attached to the extendable stylus,
- wherein one of the first sensor and the second sensor is selected to be attached to the extendable stylus based on a physical capability of the user;
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- wherein the control mechanism is configured to control the length of the extending portion based on one of the first mouth operation and the second operation of the selected one of the first sensor and the second sensor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.