MULTIFUNCTIONAL STYLUS

• US 20140043245A1
• Filed: 08/10/2012
• Published: 02/13/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 08/10/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Adobe Inc.
• Original Assignee: Adobe Systems Incorporated (Adobe Inc.)
• Inventors: Dowd, Geoffrey, Moskalonek, Christoph, Bice, Matthew, Couillard, Nic
• Granted Patent: US 9,164,599 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/173
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/03545 Pens or stylus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text

Abstract

One exemplary embodiment involves receiving an input on a device, the input comprising at least one of an amount of pressure applied to the device against a computing device, a click of a physical button associated with the device, or a movement of the device against the computing device. The embodiment also includes transmitting the received input to the computing device via a wireless transceiver associated with the device. Additionally, the embodiment includes causing a plurality of actions to be performed on the computing device based at least in part on the received input.

Claims

1. A stylus comprising:

a tip at an end of the stylus, the tip for interacting with a touch surface of a computing device

a storage device for storing content; and

a wireless transceiver for communicating with the computing device, wherein the wireless transceiver is configured to provide content from the storage device to the computing device.

2. The device of claim 1, wherein the device is encased in an aluminum material that houses at least one microprocessor, a memory, and a circuit board.

3. The device of claim 1 further comprising a physical button, wherein the wireless transceiver is configured to communicate with the computing device in response to interaction with the physical button.

4. The device of claim 1 configured to receive an input, the input being at least one of an amount of pressure applied to the device against the computing device, a movement of the device on or near the touch surface of the computing device, or one or more interactions with a physical button on the device, wherein the device is configured to cause one or more actions on the computing device based at least in part on the received input.

5. The device of claim 4, wherein the one or more actions are application specific, the one or more actions determined based on an application currently being implemented on the one of the computing devices when the input is received.

6. The device of claim 1 wherein the stylus comprising an outer shape, the outer shape twisting along a length of the stylus.

7. The device of claim 1 wherein the stylus comprises an outer shape, wherein the outer shape has a triangular or square cross section perimeter that gradually rotates about an axis of the outer shape along the length of the outer shape.

8. A method comprising:

receiving an input on a computing device via a device, the device comprising a stylus, a storage device, and a wireless transceiver configured to communicate with a computing device; and

causing an action to be performed on the computing device based at least in part on the received input.

9. The method of claim 8 wherein the input comprising at least one of an amount of pressure applied to the device against a computing device, or a movement of the device against the computing device.

10. The method of claim 8, wherein the action to be performed comprises providing content from the computing device for receipt by the wireless receiver of the device.

11. The method of claim 8, wherein the action to be performed comprises receiving content at the computer device, the content transmitted from:

the storage device via the wireless transceiver or from a cloud storage device. the wireless transceiver or to a cloud storage device.

12. The method of claim 8, wherein the action performed on the computing device are application specific, the action determined based at least in part on an application currently being implemented on the computing device when the input is received and the received input.

13. The method of claim 8 wherein the input comprising an angle of the device with respect to the computing device.

14. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

receiving an additional input via a button on the device, the additional input being a click of the button;

transmitting the additional input to the computing device; and

causing the computing device to perform one or more actions based at least in part on the additional input.

15. A method comprising:

receiving, on a device, content from a first computing device via a wireless transceiver associated with the device, the device comprising a stylus, the receiving of the content occurring in response to interaction between the stylus and a touch screen of the first computing device;

storing, on a storage device associated with the device, the content from the first computing device; and

providing, to a second computing device, the stored content via the wireless transceiver, the providing of the stored content occurring in response to interaction between the stylus and a touch screen of the second computing device.

16. The method of claim 15, further comprising:

indicating, with the device, the content on the first computing device to be received by the device.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein indicating the content comprises at least one of:

applying an amount of pressure on the device against the first computing device;

clicking a physical button associated with the device;

or

causing a movement of the device against the first computing device.

18. The method of claim 16, wherein indicating the content comprises positioning the device against the first computing device at a known angle with respect to the first computing device.

19. The method of claim 15, wherein the wireless transceiver is at least one of a Bluetooth®

transceiver or a wireless network transceiver.

20. The method of claim 15, wherein the device is encased in an aluminum material that houses at least one microprocessor, a memory, and a circuit board.