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US 6,627,870 B1Granted
Sensing device with interchangeable nibs
AssigneeSilverbrook Research Pty Ltd
InventorsPaul Lapstun, Kia Silverbrook
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Abstract
A sensing device for use with a surface, the sensing device including a motion sensor configured to generate movement data indicative of movement of the sensing device relative to the surface, a nib for marking the surface, the nib having associated nib information indicative of at least one surface-marking characteristic of the nib, and a transmitter for transmitting the movement data together with the nib information to a computer system.
Claims18
A sensing device for use with a surface, the sensing device including:
- a motion sensor configured to generate movement data indicative of movement of the sensing device relative to the surface,
- a nib for marking the surface, the nib having associated nib information indicative of at least one surface-marking characteristic of the nib, the surface-marking characteristic being selected from the group comprising:
- a nib shape, a nib size, a line width, a color, and a texture, and
- a transmitter for transmitting the movement data together with the nib information to a computer system.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.