Stylus Device

• US 20130154956A1
• Filed: 12/20/2011
• Published: 06/20/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 12/20/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: HTC Corporation
• Original Assignee: HTC Corporation
• Inventors: Tudosoiu, Bogdan Ionut
• Granted Patent: US 9,304,608 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/173
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/03545 Pens or stylus
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/26 Speech to text systems G10L15/08 takes precedence

Abstract

Various embodiments for inserting data are disclosed. One embodiment is a system that comprises a stylus device and a computing device. The stylus device comprises an input device configured to capture data, memory configured to store the captured data, and logic for transmitting the stored data. The computing device comprises a touchscreen display, a stylus interface for receiving the transmitted capture data, and an application executable in the computing device, where the application comprises logic that inserts the data received by the stylus interface on the touchscreen display.

Claims

1. A system, comprising:

a stylus device, comprising;

an input device configured to capture data;

memory configured to store the captured data;

logic for transmitting the stored data;

a computing device, comprising;

a touchscreen display;

a peripheral interface for receiving the transmitted capture data; and

an application executable in the computing device, the application comprising logic that inserts the data received by the peripheral interface on the touchscreen display.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the application executable in the computing device further comprises logic that determines an insertion point according to contact by the stylus device on the touchscreen display.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein the logic that inserts the data is configured to insert the data based on the determined insertion point.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the input device comprises a microphone.

5. The system of claim 4, wherein the stylus device further comprises logic that transcribes speech captured by the input device and stores the transcribed speech into the memory.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the input device comprises a digital camera.

7. The system of claim 4, wherein the stylus further comprises logic that stores media content captured by the digital camera into the memory.

8. The system of claim 4, wherein the stylus device further comprises a a stylus peripheral interface configured to establish a connection with the peripheral interface of the computing device.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein the connection comprises a Bluetooth connection.

10. The system of claim 8, wherein the connection comprises an IEEE 802.11 connection.

11. The system of claim 4, wherein the stylus device further comprises an indexer configured to generate an index of data stored in the memory.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the application executable in the computing device further comprises logic that generates a user interface on the touchscreen display for selecting data stored in the memory of the stylus device, wherein the user interface is generated according to the index.

13. A method for inserting data into content displayed on a touchscreen display of a computing device, comprising:

capturing, by a stylus device, data and storing the captured data in a memory in the stylus device; and

determining, by the computing device, an insertion point based on contact by the stylus device with the touchscreen device;

downloading, by the computing device, data from the memory in the stylus device; and

displaying, by the computing device, the downloaded data in the content displayed on the touchscreen display according to the insertion point.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein capturing and storing data comprises:

capturing human speech by a microphone implemented in the stylus device;

transcribing, by the stylus device, the captured human speech; and

storing the transcribed speech in the memory.

15. The method of claim 13, wherein capturing and storing data comprises:

capturing, by an integrated digital camera in the stylus device, media content, wherein the media content comprises one of;

digital images and a video; and

storing the captured media content in the memory.

16. The method of claim 13, further comprising establishing a wireless connection between the stylus device and the computing device, the wireless connection comprising one of:

a Bluetooth connection and an IEEE 802.11 connection.

17. A system, comprising:

a stylus device, comprising;

an input device configured to capture data, wherein the data comprises at least one of;

speech input, a digital image, and video;

memory configured to store the captured data;

logic for generating an index of the captured data;

logic for transmitting the stored data;

a computing device, comprising;

a touchscreen display;

a stylus interface for establishing a wireless connection with the stylus device, the stylus interface further configured to receive the transmitted capture data; and

an application executable in the computing device, the application comprising;

logic that generates a user interface on the touchscreen display according to the index; and

logic that inserts the data received by the stylus interface on the touchscreen display inserts the data according to a selection received via the user interface.

18. The system of claim 17, wherein the computing device comprises one of:

a smartphone and a tablet computing device.

19. The system of claim 17, wherein the wireless connection comprises one of:

a Bluetooth connection and an IEEE 802.11 connection.

20. The system of claim 17, wherein the logic that inserts the data received by the stylus interface further inserts the data according to a location specified by the stylus device.