Shape detecting input device
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1. A method of utilizing signet inputs, comprising:
- generating touch signals on a touch sensitive surface;
determining whether a given touch signal is generated from a finger, stylus or signet;
filtering out any finger or stylus generated touch signal as being a non-signet input;
processing further any signet generated touch signals, with each such signet generated touch signal representing a particular shape or pattern of the respective generating signet itself;
recognizing the particular signet shape or pattern; and
performing an action associated with the particular signet shape or pattern.
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Abstract
A system and method for recognizing a signet and for performing an action associated with the signet. In one embodiment, the method includes generating a touch signal with a signet, the touch signal representing a particular signet pattern, recognizing the particular signet pattern, and performing an action associated with the particular signet pattern.
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20 Claims
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1. A method of utilizing signet inputs, comprising:
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generating touch signals on a touch sensitive surface; determining whether a given touch signal is generated from a finger, stylus or signet; filtering out any finger or stylus generated touch signal as being a non-signet input; processing further any signet generated touch signals, with each such signet generated touch signal representing a particular shape or pattern of the respective generating signet itself; recognizing the particular signet shape or pattern; and performing an action associated with the particular signet shape or pattern. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A computer system, comprising:
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a touch screen that generates signet data associated with a signet shape or pattern when a signet is placed on the touch screen; and a computer that determines whether a given contact on the touch screen is generated from a finger, stylus or signet, filters out any finger or stylus generated contact as being a non-signet input, recognizes the signet data for a signet contact on the touch screen, and initiates an action associated with the recognized signet data. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A signet system, comprising:
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a signet having a distinctive shape or pattern thereon, wherein said signet is an inanimate object adapted to be manipulated by a user, and wherein said signet is selected from the group consisting of a roller signet, a punch card signet, and a ring signet adapted to be worn by the user; a touch sensitive area for placing said signet; and a detection system for generating a touch signal when the signet is presented on the touch sensitive area and for extracting shape or pattern data associated with the signet from the touch signal. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17)
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18. A computer readable medium storing at least computer code executable by a computer, the computer code comprising:
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storing shape data associated with one or more signets; determining whether a given touch signal on an associated touch sensitive device is generated from a finger, stylus or signet data; filtering out finger or stylus generated touch signal as being a non-signet input data; generating shape data based on a signet placed on said touch sensitive device; comparing the generated shape data to the stored shape data; and performing an action associated with the stored shape data when the generated shape data matches the stored shape data wherein the shape data is the shape of the signet itself. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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