Dynamic visual indications for input devices
AssigneeApple Inc.
InventorChristopher J. STRINGER
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Abstract
An input device for providing input to a computing device. The input device includes a body, a visual element, and a processing element in communication with the visual element. The processing element dynamically changes a graphic displayed by the visual element to correspond to presentation data corresponding to the input device as presented to the computing device. The dynamic changes in the graphic provide indication to a user regarding the current state of the input device.
Claims20
A stylus for providing input to a computing device, the stylus comprising:
- a body configured to be gripped by a user;
- a tip;
- a force sensor operable to detect an amount of a force applied to the tip;
- a stylus display configured to display a first graphic, wherein the stylus display changes a color of the first graphic based on changes in the amount of the force applied to the tip;
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- a communication unit operable to instruct the computing device to display a second graphic on a computing device display of the computing device and in response to movement of the tip across a surface of the computing device display, the second graphic having the color of the first graphic.
A stylus for providing input to an electronic device having a screen, comprising:
- a body configured to be gripped by a user;
- a tip connected to a first end of the body;
- and
- a display connected to the body, the display providing a graphic having a dimension and a color, wherein:
- the dimension of the graphic corresponds to a dimension of an output for display on the screen;
- and
- the color of the graphic corresponds to a color of the output for display on the screen;
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- the display changes the dimension or the color of the output when the dimension or the color of the graphic changes on the display of the stylus.
A stylus for providing input to a computing device, the stylus comprising:
- a body;
- a tip connected to an end of the body;
- a stylus display configured to display a first graphic having a first pattern and a color;
- and
- a communication unit operable to instruct the computing device to display a second graphic on a computing device display of the computing device and in response to movement of the tip across a surface of the computing device display, the second graphic having a second pattern that is graphically the same as the first pattern and the color of the first graphic.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.