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US 8,619,027 B2Granted
Interactive input system and tool tray therefor
AssigneeSMART Technologies ULC
InventorsDoug Hill, Michael Rounding, Michael Trenholm-Boyle, Edward Tse
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Abstract
A tool tray for an interactive input system comprises a housing having an upper surface defining at least one receptacle sized to receive a tool for interacting with an interactive surface, a sensor configured to detect the presence of the tool within the receptacle and at least one display in communication with the sensor. The display is configured to present a pointer attribute selection screen upon removal of the tool from the receptacle.
Claims41
A tool tray for an interactive input system comprising:
- a housing configured to be mounted adjacent a bottom edge of an upright touch-enabled interactive surface and having an upper surface defining at least one receptacle sized to receive a tool for interacting with the interactive surface;
- a sensor configured to detect the presence of the tool within the receptacle;
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- at least one display panel mounted on said housing and being responsive to the sensor, the display panel comprising a touch-enabled display surface configured to present a pointer attribute selection screen upon removal of the tool from the receptacle.
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An interactive input system comprising:
- an interactive surface defining a primary display surface of said interactive input system on which an image is presented;
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- a tool tray adjacent the interactive surface comprising:
- a housing configured to accommodate at least one tool for interacting with the interactive surface;
- a sensor configured to detect the presence of the tool when accommodated by the housing;
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- at least one display on the housing, the display having a touch-enabled surface configured to present a control screen for said interactive input system, said control screen comprising at least one selectable attribute and being presented on said touch-enabled surface upon removal of the tool from the housing.
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An interactive input system comprising:
- a touch-enabled interactive surface on which an image is presented, said interactive surface being a primary display surface of said interactive input system;
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- at least one display panel adjacent said interactive surface, said at least one display panel comprising a touch-enabled surface on which a control screen for said interactive input system is presented, said interactive surface and the touch-enabled surface of said display panel being individually responsive to input touch events;
- wherein the image presented on said interactive surface is a computer desktop and wherein the control screen presented on the touch-enabled surface of said display panel comprises at least one selectable attribute;
- said interactive input system further comprising a tool tray mounted on said interactive surface, said tool tray supporting said display panel and accommodating tools for interacting with the interactive surface;
- wherein default selectable attributes are presented on said control screen upon removal of a tool from said tool tray.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.