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Executing gestures with active stylus

  • US 9,116,558 B2
  • Filed: 03/13/2012
  • Issued: 08/25/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/28/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A stylus comprising:

  • one or more electrodes;

    one or more sensors in or on the stylus for detecting a stylus movement comprising a rotation of the stylus, one or more functionalities associated with the detected stylus movement defined based at least in part on;

    user-configurable stylus settings associated with the stylus such that the one or more functionalities are initiated in response to a detection of the stylus movement according to the user-configurable stylus settings; and

    one or more of;

    a stylus orientation; and

    a stylus location, the stylus location being independent of the location of a device; and

    one or more computer-readable non-transitory storage media embodying logic for wirelessly transmitting signals from the one or more electrodes to a touch sensor of the device.

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