Device including electrode having thickness to facilitate tracking
AssigneeMicrosoft Technology Licensing, LLC
InventorJustin A. Coppin
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Abstract
Devices are described herein that include an electrode having a thickness to, among other things, facilitate tracking. For example, the thickness of an electrode that is included in a device may be configured to cause a midpoint of a projection of the electrode on a sensor matrix to track a point on the device (or on a portion thereof, such as the electrode) that is closest to the sensor matrix. In another example, the thickness may be configured to cause a location of the electrode that is detected by the sensor matrix to track a point on the device (or on a portion thereof, such as the electrode) that is closest to the sensor matrix.
Claims20
A device comprising:
- a member that extends along an axis between a first end and a second end;
- and
- a module coupled to the first end, the module including an electrode that is configured to provide a signal to a sensor matrix of a computing device,
- the electrode having a thickness along the axis, the thickness configured to cause a location of the electrode that is detected by the sensor matrix to track a point on the electrode that is closest to the sensor matrix as the member is rotated from a first position in which the member is orthogonal to the sensor matrix to a second position in which the member is non-orthogonal to the sensor matrix,
- a cross-sectional area of electrically conductive material in the electrode increasing from a first cross-sectional area in a first plane that is perpendicular to the axis and that includes a first point on the axis to a second cross-sectional area in a second plane that is perpendicular to the axis and that includes a second point on the axis,
- the first point being a first distance from the second end,
- the second point being a second distance from the second end, and
- the first distance being greater than the second distance.
A device comprising:
- a member that extends along an axis between a first end and a second end;
- and
- a module coupled to the first end, the module including an electrode that is configured to provide a signal to a sensor matrix of a computing device,
- the electrode having a thickness along the axis, the thickness configured to cause a location of the electrode that is detected by the sensor matrix to track a point on the electrode that is closest to the sensor matrix as the member is rotated from a first position in which the member is orthogonal to the sensor matrix to a second position in which the member is non-orthogonal to the sensor matrix, the thickness configured to be approximately equal to a width of the electrode in a plane that is perpendicular to the axis.
A device comprising:
- a member that extends along an axis between a first end and a second end;
- and
- a module coupled to the first end, the module including an electrode that is configured to provide a signal to a sensor matrix of a computing device,
- the electrode having a thickness along the axis, the thickness configured to cause a midpoint of a projection of the electrode on the sensor matrix to track a point on the electrode that is closest to the sensor matrix as the member is rotated from a first position in which the member is orthogonal to the sensor matrix to a second position in which the member is non-orthogonal to the sensor matrix, the thickness configured to be approximately equal to a width of the electrode in a plane that is perpendicular to the axis.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.