Portable electronic apparatus functioning as pen-table and computer system using the same

• US 9,253,267 B2
• Filed: 12/27/2013
• Issued: 02/02/2016
• 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
• Primary Examiner(s): GONZALES, APRIL GUZMAN
• Application Number:
  US14/141,763
• Publication Number:
  US 20140108612A1
• Time in Patent Office: 767 Days
• Field of Search: 455/557, 455/566
• US Class Current: 1/1
• 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. 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 with the first electronic device;

obtaining, by the first electronic device, position data of the input corresponding to the at least one region; and

transmitting, by the first electronic device, the position data to a second electronic device external to the first electronic device such that the position data corresponding to a resolution of a display of the second electronic device is reset in the second electronic device, wherein an indication representing the input is presented via the display operatively coupled with the second electronic device at a region corresponding to the position data.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the indication is displayed using an application executing in the second electronic device.

3. The method of claim 2, 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.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the first electronic device is configured to:

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

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the position data is selectively converted to a corresponding one of a first region or a second region of the display based at least in part on a resolution of the display.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the first electronic device is configured to:

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

7. The method of claim 1, wherein at least one portion of the position data is transmitted via at least one of Bluetooth, universal serial bus, a parallel bus, a serial bus, a wireless personal area network, Wi-Fi, or near field communication.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

displaying, at the first electronic device, graphical information corresponding to the position data.

17. The method of claim 1, wherein the indication is presented at a first region of the display based at least in part on a determination that the position data corresponds to a first region of the touch screen, and the indication presented at a second region of the display based at least in part on a determination that the position data corresponds to a second region of the touch screen.

9. An apparatus comprising:

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

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

obtain position data of the input corresponding to at least one region of the touch screen through which the input is received; and

transmit the position data the to an electronic device external to the apparatus such that the position data corresponding to a resolution of a display of the external electronic device is reset, wherein an indication representing the input is presented via the display operatively coupled with the external electronic device at a region corresponding to the position data.

10. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the controller is configured to:

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

11. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the indication is displayed using an application executing in the electronic device.

12. The apparatus of claim 9, further comprising:

at least one display, wherein the controller is configured to;

display, via the at least one display, graphical information corresponding to the position data.

13. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the controller is configured to:

present one or more functions supported by the apparatus.

14. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the position data 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.

18. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the indication is presented at a first region of the display based at least in part on a determination that the position data corresponds to a first region of the touch screen, and the indication is presented at a second region of the display based at least in part on a determination that the position data corresponds to a second region of the touch screen.

15. An apparatus comprising:

a display; and

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

receive, from an electronic device external to the apparatus, position data corresponding to an input detected via at least one region from of a touch screen operatively coupled with the electronic device and resetting the position data corresponding to a resolution of the display; and

present an indication representing the input via the display at a region corresponding to the position data.

16. The apparatus of claim 15, wherein the controller is configured to:

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

19. The apparatus of claim 15, wherein the controller is configured to:

present the indication at a first region of the display based at least in part on a determination that the position data 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 position data corresponds to a second region of the touch screen.

20. The apparatus of claim 15, wherein the indication comprises a graphical indication.