PEN TYPE INPUT DEVICE AND INPUT METHOD USING THE SAME

• US 20110006982A1
• Filed: 07/07/2010
• Published: 01/13/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 07/07/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Lee, Jeong-Seok, Seo, Seong-Min, Rhee, Do-Young
• Granted Patent: US 9,946,372 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/157
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/03545 Pens or stylus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/038 Control and interface arrangements therefor, e.g. drivers or device-embedded control circuitry
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0383 Signal control means within the pointing device

Abstract

A pen-type input device and method for sending positional input to a host device, in which a first switch, located on the pen'"'"'s tip is provided to input character strokes in a character input mode and move a mouse cursor in a mouse mode, a second switch is provided to perform a mouse left-click operation in the mouse mode, and a third switch is provided to switch an input mode of the pen-type input device.

Claims

1. A pen-type input device for performing input to a host device, comprising:

a first switch located on a pen tip, for inputting a character stroke in a character input mode and moving a mouse cursor in a mouse mode;

a second switch for performing a mouse left-click operation in the mouse mode; and

a third switch for switching an input mode of the pen-type input device.

2. The pen-type input device of claim 1, further comprising a transmitter for transmitting location information of the pen tip of the pen-type input device and input information of each of the first to third switches, to the host device.

3. The pen-type input device of claim 2, wherein the transmitter transmits 15 input data to the host device using at least one of Bluetooth and ZigBee short-range wireless communication.

4. A method for performing input in a host device using a pen-type input device, comprising:

determining a current input mode of the pen-type input device;

when the input mode is a character input mode, moving a cursor according to location information of the pen-type input device and displaying a character stroke, while a first switch located on a pen tip of the pen-type input device is input; and

when the input mode is a mouse mode, moving the cursor according to location information of the pen-type input device while the first switch is clicked, and maintaining the cursor while the first switch is not clicked.

5. The method of claim 4, further comprising, when the input mode is a mouse mode, moving the cursor according to location information of the pen-type input device, and performing a mouse left-click operation if a second switch is input.

6. The method of claim 4, further comprising switching the input mode from mouse mode to character input mode or from character input mode to mouse mode, if a third switch is clicked.

7. The method of claim 4, wherein the input mode of the pen-type input device is automatically set to an initial input mode when the pen-type input device is first connected or after the host device is powered on.

8. The method of claim 4, wherein the input mode of the pen-type input device is automatically set according to an application for which an input operation is to be executed.

9. The method of claim 4, wherein the input mode of the pen-type input device is automatically set to character input mode when an application or an input window for character input is activated in the host device.