Electronic ink ball point pen with memory
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1. An electronic pen for recording motion data relating to use of the pen, comprising:
- a pen body;
a ball mounted in the pen body;
a sensor in the pen body, located proximate the ball, for detecting motion of the ball and converting the motion into corresponding electronic signals;
a memory in the pen body, electronically coupled to the sensor, for receiving the electronic signals and storing corresponding data related to the motion, the data including data points related to positions of the ball and enabling extrapolation to generate lines representing the motion of the ball; and
a circuit, electronically coupled to the sensor and the memory for sampling the sensor at a particular rate and controlling transmission of the corresponding electronic signal from the sensor to the memory, the circuit including a timer for determining the particular rate at which the sensor is sampled.
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Abstract
An electronic pen for recording motion data relating to use of the pen. It includes a pen body and a ball mounted in the pen body. A sensor in the pen body, located proximate the ball, detects motion of the ball and converts the motion into corresponding electronic signals. A memory in the pen body, electronically coupled to the sensor, receives the electronic signals and stores corresponding data related to the motion. Use of a high-density memory, such as an atomic resolution storage memory, permits recording sufficient data for the motion within a memory module small enough to fit within the pen body.
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1. An electronic pen for recording motion data relating to use of the pen, comprising:
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a pen body; a ball mounted in the pen body; a sensor in the pen body, located proximate the ball, for detecting motion of the ball and converting the motion into corresponding electronic signals; a memory in the pen body, electronically coupled to the sensor, for receiving the electronic signals and storing corresponding data related to the motion, the data including data points related to positions of the ball and enabling extrapolation to generate lines representing the motion of the ball; and a circuit, electronically coupled to the sensor and the memory for sampling the sensor at a particular rate and controlling transmission of the corresponding electronic signal from the sensor to the memory, the circuit including a timer for determining the particular rate at which the sensor is sampled. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 19, 20)
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10. A method for recording motion data relating to use of a pen having a pen body, a ball mounted in the pen body, a memory, and a sensor located proximate the ball, comprising:
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detecting motion of the ball using the sensor; sampling the sensor at a particular rate using a circuit electronically coupled to the sensor and to the memory, the circuit including a timer for determining the particular rate at which the sensor is sampled; converting the motion into corresponding electronic signals; receiving the electronic signals; controlling transmission of the electronic signals from the sensor to the memory using the circuit; and staring in the memory, based upon the electronic signals, corresponding data related to the motion, the data including data points related to positions of the ball and enabling extrapolation to generate lines representing the motion of the ball. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 21)
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