Interface with and communication between mobile electronic devices
First Claim
1. An input device comprising:
- a display device;
a capacitive touch sensor overlying the display device; and
a pressure-sensing layer underlying or overlying the display device.
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Abstract
An input device and mobile electronic devices having improved user interface capabilities are described. In one embodiment, An input device includes a display device, a capacitive touch sensor overlying the display device, and a pressure-sensing layer underlying the display device. The display device may be, for example, a cholesteric liquid crystal display that directly captures and displays writing in response to applied pressure. Such an input device may be used to greatly facilitate input of text and graphical information to mobile electronic devices. In another embodiment, a mobile electronic device includes a first housing portion and a second housing portion connected together in a hinged manner, a display housed by the first housing portion, and a pressure-sensing layer housed by the second housing portion for performing writing capture in response to a stylus. In another embodiment, a method of sending a message includes establishing a communication session, capturing stylus input, and as part of the communications session, sending a representation of the captured stylus input. The representation may be a textual representation or a graphical representation. The graphical representation may be sent in real time and displayed as a succession of images, each successive image updating a prior image, and the communications session may include voice communications.
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1. An input device comprising:
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a display device; a capacitive touch sensor overlying the display device; and a pressure-sensing layer underlying or overlying the display device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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a first housing portion and a second housing portion connected together in a hinged manner; a display housed by the first housing portion; and a pressure-sensing layer housed by the second housing portion for performing writing capture in response to a stylus. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11)
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establishing a communication session; capturing stylus input; and as part of the communications session, sending a representation of the captured stylus input. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25)
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