Stylus computer

• US 20040047505A1
• Filed: 06/26/2003
• Published: 03/11/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 12/26/2001
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Firooz Benjamin Ghassabian
• Original Assignee: Firooz Benjamin Ghassabian
• Inventors: Ghassabian, Firooz
• Application Number:
  US10/451,944
• Publication Number:
  US 20040047505A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 382/186
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 18/00 Pattern recognition

Abstract

The present invention is directed to a pointing device writing tip comprised of a surface being structured in a manner that while writing with the writing tip on a writing surface, the contacts of the writing tip with the writing surface produce different sounds in different directions. A hand writing recognition system is provided based on at least the recognition of sounds produced by the writing tip having a surface being structured in a manner that while writing with the writing tip on the writing surface, the contacts of the writing tip with the writing surface produce different sounds in different directions for use by the recognition system.

Claims

16. A pointing device comprising a writing tip, said writing tip having a surface being structured in a manner that while writing with said writing tip on a writing surface, in a different direction, the contacts of said writing tip with said writing surface produce a different sound.

17. The device according to claim 16, wherein writing procedure of a symbol on a writing surface with said pointing tip, produces a predefined sound waveform.

18. A handwriting recognition system according to claim 17, wherein said hand writing recognition system recognizes said waveform and selects a symbol assigned to said waveform.

19. A stylus type electronic device according to claim 18, wherein said stylus comprises said hand writing recognition system to permit recognition of symbols written by said stylus tip on a writing surface.

20. The device according to claim 19, wherein said stylus further comprises a microphone, a speaker, a display unit, and a transceiver for communication with other electronic devices.

21. The devices according to claim 20, wherein said stylus functions as a telephone device wherein said speaker and said microphone are far enough from each other to provide a distance between them wherein while using said telephone, said microphone and said speaker are in a relatively appropriate position closed to user'"'"'s mouth and ear.

22. The devices according to claim 20, wherein said stylus functions as a telephone device wherein said speaker and said microphone are located near opposite ends of said stylus telephone.

23. The devices according to claim 20, wherein a user dials a number by writing said number with the stylus writing tip.

24. The devices according to claim 20, wherein a user writes massages by writing said massages with the stylus writing tip and sends said massages using said stylus communication means.

25. The devices according to claim 20, wherein said stylus comprises a display unit wherein said display unit raps around said electronic device in a manner to cover at least a substantial portion of the surface of said electronic device.

26. The devices according to claim 20, wherein said stylus comprises a mouse unit wherein said mouse unit operates as a pointing and selecting unit of said stylus-type electronic instrument, said mouse being installed on one end of said electronic device in said stylus type electronic device axis.

27. The devices according to claim 20, wherein said stylus comprises a clip button wherein said clip button operates as a multi key unit wherein pressing on a different location of said clip button corresponds to pressing a different predefined key.

28. The devices according to claim 20, wherein said clip button is used to attach said stylus computer to user'"'"'s pocket.

37. The device according to claims 19 and 36, wherein said waveform is produced by vibrations sensed by said sensors.

38. The device according to claims 19 and 36, wherein said waveform is produced by heat sensed by said sensors.

39. The device according to claims 19 and 36, wherein said waveform is produced by sounds produced by said contacts.

29. A display unit for a stylus-type electronic device wherein said display unit raps around said electronic device in a manner to cover at least a substantial portion of the surface of said electronic device.

30. A mouse device operating as a pointing and selecting unit for a stylus-type electronic instrument, said mouse being installed at one end of said electronic device in said stylus-type device axis.

31. The device according to claim 30, wherein said mouse having rotating movements.

32. The device according to claim 30, wherein said mouse having at least two positions in said stylus axis.

33. The device according to claim 30, wherein said mouse having clicking movements in stylus axis.

34. The device according to claim 30, wherein said mouse responds to pressures applied on different locations on it.

35. A position recognition means, said means recognizes a position on a surface based on printed barcodes on said surface, wherein said barcodes comprise bars arranged in a multi-directional arrangements in a manner to provide crossing points of said bars.

36. A hand writing recognition system based on at least recognition of waveforms produced by a writing tip having a surface having sensors structured in a manner that the contacts of said writing tip with said writing surface, while writing a symbol, produce a predefined waveform.