Active Stylus with Energy Harvesting
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1. A stylus comprising:
- one or more electrodes and one or more computer-readable non-transitory storage media embodying logic for transmitting signals wirelessly from the stylus to a device through a touch sensor of the device; and
one or more sensors harvesting kinetic, thermal, solar, or electric energy from the stylus or an environment of the stylus.
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Abstract
In one embodiment, a stylus includes one or more electrodes and one or more computer-readable non-transitory storage media embodying logic for transmitting signals wirelessly from the stylus to a device through a touch sensor of the device. The stylus has one or more sensors for kinetic, thermal, solar or electric energy harvesting from an environment of the stylus or from the stylus itself.
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20 Claims
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1. A stylus comprising:
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one or more electrodes and one or more computer-readable non-transitory storage media embodying logic for transmitting signals wirelessly from the stylus to a device through a touch sensor of the device; and one or more sensors harvesting kinetic, thermal, solar, or electric energy from the stylus or an environment of the stylus. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. An method comprising:
harvesting, by one or more sensors on or in a stylus, kinetic, thermal, solar, or electric energy of the stylus or from an environment of the stylus, the stylus comprising one or more electrodes and one or more computer-readable non-transitory storage media embodying logic for transmitting signals wirelessly from the stylus to a device through a touch sensor of the device. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. One or more computer-readable non-transitory storage media embodying logic that is operable when executed to:
harvest, by one or more sensors on or in a stylus, kinetic, thermal, solar, or electric energy of the stylus or from an environment of the stylus, the stylus comprising one or more electrodes and the media further embodying logic for transmitting signals wirelessly to a device through a touch sensor of the device. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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