Hand-writing input and recording device

• US 6,567,076 B2
• Filed: 01/10/2001
• Issued: 05/20/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 01/10/2001
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Chenming Mold Ind. Corp.
• Original Assignee: Chenming Mold Ind. Corp.
• Inventors: Yeh, Edward
• Primary Examiner(s): Hjerpe, Richard
• Assistant Examiner(s): Nguyen, Jennifer T.
• Application Number:
  US09/756,771
• Publication Number:
  US 20020089494A1
• Time in Patent Office: 860 Days
• Field of Search: 345/164-166, 345/179-183, 345/173, 178/19.05, 382/311-314
• US Class Current: 345/173
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0312 for tracking the rotation of a spherical or circular member, e.g. optical rotary encoders used in mice or trackballs using a tracking ball or in mouse scroll wheels tracking relative movement in co-operation with a regularly or irregularly patterned surface, e.g. as in optical mice G06F3/0317; constructional details of scroll or thumb-wheels G06F3/0362; optical rotary encoders G01D5/3473
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/03546 using a rotatable ball at the tip as position detecting member

Abstract

A hand-writing input and recording device is housed in a case and may be hand-held by a user when in use. The device includes a contact element, an amplifying element, a sense element, an X-Y axes matrix element, a recording and storing element, a transmitting element and a receiving element. When the contact element generates a displacement variation in the X-Y axes, the X-Y axes displacement variation value will be emitted from the transmitting element to the receiving element and input into a computer for display on a computer screen to show the characters or patterns generated from the X-Y axes displacement variation value.

Claims

1. A hand-writing input and recording device housed in a hand-held case, comprising:

a contact element for generating output signals including an X-Y axes displacement variation value;

an amplify element for receiving and amplifying said output signals including the X-Y displacement variation value;

a sense element for receiving the amplified signals of the X-Y axes displacement variation value from the amplify element;

an X-Y axes matrix element linked to an output end of the sense element for processing the X-Y axes displacement variation value signals output by the sense element;

a recording and storing element for recording and storing audio signals;

a transmitting element linked to the X-Y axes matrix element and recording and storing element for receiving signals output therefrom and performing transmission for a short distance; and

a receiving element for receiving the X-Y axes displacement variation value signals from the transmitting element and transmitting the signals to a computer for processing, and through the recording and storing element for recording and storing audio signals;

the audio signals also being transmitted by the transmitting element to the receiving element for transfer to the computer for processing,

wherein the amplify element is a mechanical type for amplifying the X-Y axes displacement variation value signals and includes a bar located in the case, the bar having one end in contact with the contact element and another end that contacts the sense element, and having a bearing located at a selected position thereof.

2. The hand-writing input and recording device of claim 1, wherein the X-Y axes matrix element links to at least one button key set.

3. The hand-writing input and recording device of claim 1, wherein the recording and storing element links to an input and output element concealed in the case, the input element being a non-directional high sensitive microphone, and the output element being a speaker.

4. The hand-writing input and recording device of claim 1, wherein the receiving element is selectively located in the computer or another case and having an input/output interface which is selectively a USB port or other standard interface.

5. The hand-writing input and recording device of claim 1, wherein the X-Y axes matrix element links to at least one button key set.

6. The hand-writing input and recording device of claim 1, wherein the recording and storing element links to an input and output element concealed in the case, the input element being a non-directional high sensitive microphone, and the output element being a speaker.

7. The hand-writing input and recording device of claim 1, wherein the receiving element is selectively located in the computer or another case and having an input/output interface which is selectively a USB port or other standard interface.

8. A hand-writing input and recording device housed in a hand-held case, comprising:

a contact element for generating an output signals including an X-Y axes displacement variation value;

an amplify element for receiving and amplifying said output signals including the X-Y displacement variation value;

a sense element for receiving the amplified signals of the X-Y axes displacement variation value from the amplify element;

an X-Y axes matrix element linked to an output end of the sense element for processing the X-Y axes displacement variation value signals output by the sense element;

a recording and storing element for recording and storing audio signals;

a transmitting element linked to the X-Y axes matrix element and recording and storing element for receiving signals output there from and performing transmission for a short distance; and

a receiving element for receiving the X-Y axes displacement variation value signals from the transmitting element and transferring the signals to a computer for processing, and through the recording and storing element for recording and storing audio signals;

the audio signals also being transmitted by the transmitting element to the receiving element for transfer to the computer for processing,

wherein the amplify element is an electronic type having a circuit board which has a contact surface printed with different resistance values enabling the contact element rolling thereon to cause the circuit board to output different resistance variation values to thereby sense the X-Y axes displacement variation value signals generated by the contact element.

9. The hand-writing input and recording device of claim 8, wherein the X-Y axes matrix element links to at least one button key set.

10. The hand-writing input and recording device of claim 8, wherein the recording and storing element links to an input and output element concealed in the case, the input element being a non-directional high sensitive microphone, and the output element being a speaker.

11. The hand-writing input and recording device of claim 8, wherein the receiving element is selectively located in the computer or another case and having an input/output interface which is selectively a USB port or other standard interface.

12. A hand-writing input and recording device housed in a hand-held case,

a contact element for generating an output signals including an X-Y axes displacement variation value;

an amplify element for receiving and amplifying said output signals including the X-Y displacement variation value;

a sense element for receiving the amplified signals of the X-Y axes displacement variation value from the amplify element;

an X-Y axes matrix element linked to an output end of the sense element for processing the X-Y axes displacement variation value signals output by the sense element;

a recording and storing element for recording and storing audio signals;

a transmitting element linked to the X-Y axes matrix element and recording and storing element for receiving signals output therefrom and performing transmission for a short distance; and

a receiving element for receiving the X-Y axes displacement variation value signals from the transmitting element and transfering the signals to a computer for processing, and through the recording and storing clement for recording and storing audio signals;

the audio signals also being transmitted by the transmitting element to the receiving element for transfer to the computer for processing,

wherein the amplify element is an optical type including an optical grate and a light source which projects light on the contact element which in turn reflects light to the optical grate for the same to generate binary signals which are sensed by the sense element to thereby sense the displacement variation value generated by the contact element.