PORTABLE ELECTRONIC APPARATUS FUNCTIONING AS PEN-TABLE AND COMPUTER SYSTEM USING THE SAME

• US 20140108612A1
• Filed: 12/27/2013
• Published: 04/17/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 09/09/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: KIM, Young-Suk, SONG, Hyon-Myong, KIM, Jong-Woo, YI, Young-Jin
• Granted Patent: US 9,253,267 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/217
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1626 with a single-body enclosure integrating a flat display, e.g. Personal Digital Assistants [PDAs]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/03545 Pens or stylus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/041661 using detection at multiple resolutions, e.g. coarse and fine scanning; using detection within a limited area, e.g. object tracking window
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/52 specially adapted for the location of the user terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72412 using two-way short-range wireless interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/12 WLAN [Wireless Local Area Networks]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/02 Terminal devices

Abstract

A portable electronic apparatus functioning as a pen-table, includes a touch-screen module for detecting contact with an external object and creating position data of a detected region. The portable electronic apparatus, by functioning as a pen-table, eliminates the need to install or carry a mouse, a pen-table, etc. for controlling a personal computer, a laptop computer or the like. A local area communication module transmits and receives data based on a local area communication protocol, and a display module displays the detected region and information on a user interface (UI) and functions of the apparatus. A controller controls the operations of the modules in response to the user'"'"'s input so as to transmit position data created by the touch-screen module to an electronic device that includes the functions of a pen-table and local area communication.

Claims

1-13. -13. (canceled)

14. A method comprising:

receiving, at a first electronic device, an input from an object external to the first electronic device via at least one region of a touch screen operatively coupled to the first electronic device;

obtaining location information corresponding to the at least one region; and

transmitting the location information to a second electronic device external to the first electronic device such that the second electronic device can present an indication representing the input at a first region of a display operatively coupled to the second electronic device based at least in part on a determination that the location information corresponds to a first region of the touch screen, and present the indication at a second region of the display based at least in part on a determination that the location information corresponds to a second region of the touch screen.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein the indication is displayed using an application executing in the second electronic device.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein the application comprises at least one of an image editing application, a multimedia application, a text editing application, a game application or a dictionary application.

17. The method of claim 14, wherein the indication comprises a mouse pointer.

18. The method of claim 14, wherein the first electronic device is configured to:

present one or more functions supported by the first electronic device.

19. The method of claim 14, wherein the location information is to be selectively converted to a corresponding one of the first region or the second region of the display based at least in part on a resolution of the display.

20. The method of claim 14, wherein the first electronic device is configured to:

provide at least one of a voice call or a video call.

21. The method of claim 14, wherein at least one portion of the location information is to be transmitted using at least one of Bluetooth, a universal serial bus, a parallel bus, a serial bus, a wireless personal area network, WiFi, or near field communication.

22. The method of claim 14, further comprising:

displaying graphical information corresponding to the location information via the first electronic device.

23. An apparatus comprising:

a touch screen to receive an input from an object external to the apparatus; and

a controller operatively coupled to the touch screen, the controller configured to;

obtain location information corresponding to at least one region of the touch screen in which the input is received; and

transmit the location information to an electronic device external to the apparatus such that the electronic device can present an indication representing the input at a first region of a display operatively coupled to the electronic device based at least in part on a determination that the location information corresponds to a first region of the touch screen, and present the indication at a second region of the display based at least in part on a determination that the location information corresponds to a second region of the touch screen.

24. The apparatus of claim 23, wherein the controller is configured to:

provide at least one of a voice call or a video call.

25. The apparatus of claim 23, wherein the controller is configured to:

transmit at least one portion of the location information using at least one of Bluetooth, a universal serial bus, a parallel bus, a serial bus, a wireless personal area network, WiFi, or near field communication.

26. The apparatus of claim 23, wherein the indication is displayed using an application executing in the electronic device.

27. The apparatus of claim 26, wherein the application comprises at least one of an image editing application, a multimedia application, a text editing application, a game application, or a dictionary application.

28. The apparatus of claim 23, further comprising:

another display to display graphical information corresponding to the location information.

29. The apparatus of claim 23, wherein the controller is configured to:

present one or more functions supported by the apparatus.

30. The apparatus of claim 23, wherein the indication comprises a mouse pointer.

31. The apparatus of claim 23, wherein the location information comprises coordinates corresponding to the at least one region, the coordinates obtained using a change of at least one of radio frequency, resistance, voltage, ultrasonic waves, an optical signal, a pressure signal, or a sound signal.

32. An apparatus comprising:

a display to present an indication representing an input obtained via at least one region of a touch screen operatively coupled to an electronic device external to the apparatus; and

a controller operatively coupled to the display, the controller configured to;

receive location information corresponding to the at least one region from the electronic device; and

present the indication at a first region of the display based at least in part on a determination that the location information corresponds to a first region of the touch screen, and present the indication at a second region of the display based at least in part on a determination that the location information corresponds to a second region of the touch screen.

33. The apparatus of claim 32, wherein the controller is configured to:

selectively convert the location information to a corresponding one of the first region or the second region of the display based at least in part on a resolution of the display.