Stylus device

• US 9,304,608 B2
• Filed: 12/20/2011
• Issued: 04/05/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 12/20/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: HTC Corporation
• Original Assignee: HTC Corporation
• Inventors: Tudosoiu, Bogdan Ionut
• Primary Examiner(s): Lao, Lun-Yi
• Assistant Examiner(s): Lau, Johny
• Application Number:
  US13/330,816
• Publication Number:
  US 20130154956A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,568 Days
• Field of Search: 395/106, 395/112, 395/825, 364/709.01, 364/709.11, 341/20, 345/179, 345/467, 345/173, 178/18.01, 178/18.03, 178/19.01
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/03545 Pens or stylus
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/26 Speech to text systems G10L15/08 takes precedence

Abstract

Various embodiments for inserting data are disclosed. One embodiment is a system that comprises a stylus device and a computing device. The stylus device comprises an input device configured to capture data, memory configured to store the captured data, and logic for transmitting the stored data. The computing device comprises a touchscreen display, a stylus interface for receiving the transmitted capture data, and an application executable in the computing device, where the application comprises logic that inserts the data received by the stylus interface on the touchscreen display.

Claims

1. A system, comprising:

a stylus device, comprising;

an input device configured to capture data;

memory configured to store the captured data;

logic for transmitting the stored data; and

logic for maintaining an index of the captured data according to media type; and

a computing device, comprising;

a touchscreen display configured to receive an insertion point from the stylus device via the stylus device coming in contact with the touchscreen display,

the insertion point directly corresponding to a location where the stylus device applies a tap to the touchscreen display,

wherein the stylus transmits the index to the computing device responsive to the stylus device coming in contact with the touchscreen display;

a peripheral interface for receiving the transmitted captured data responsive to the touchscreen display sensing the tap applied by the stylus device; and

an application executable in the computing device, the application comprising;

logic for receiving the index from the stylus device;

logic for displaying a user interface according to the received index;

logic for receiving a selection responsive to the displayed user interface and transmitting the selection to the stylus,

wherein responsive to receiving the selection, the stylus transmits captured data corresponding to the selection,

logic that displays the captured data received by the peripheral interface at the insertion point on the touchscreen display.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the logic that inserts the data is configured to insert the data based on the determined insertion point.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the input device comprises a microphone.

4. The system of claim 3, wherein the stylus device further comprises logic that transcribes speech captured by the input device and stores the transcribed speech into the memory.

5. The system of claim 3, wherein the stylus further comprises logic that stores media content captured by the digital camera into the memory.

6. The system of claim 3, wherein the stylus device further comprises a stylus peripheral interface configured to establish a connection with the peripheral interface of the computing device.

7. The system of claim 6, wherein the connection comprises a Bluetooth connection.

8. The system of claim 6, wherein the connection comprises an IEEE 802.11 connection.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein the input device comprises a digital camera.

10. The system of claim 1, wherein the user interface comprises a selection component listing on the touchscreen display for selecting data stored in the memory of the stylus device, and wherein items in the selection component listing corresponding to the captured data are arranged in the user interface according to the media type.

11. A method for inserting data into content displayed on a touchscreen display of a computing device, comprising:

capturing, by a stylus device, data and storing the captured data in a memory in the stylus device;

maintaining, by the stylus device, an index of the captured data according to media type;

receiving, by the computing device, an insertion point based on contact by the stylus device with the touchscreen display;

downloading, by the computing device, the index from the memory in the stylus device responsive to the stylus device coming in contact with the touchscreen display of the computing device;

displaying, by the computing device, a user interface according to the downloaded index;

receiving, by the computing device, a selection responsive to the displayed user interface;

transmitting, by the computing device, the selection to the stylus;

responsive to receiving the selection, transmitting, by the stylus, captured data corresponding to the selection; and

displaying, by the computing device, the captured data in the content displayed on the touchscreen display according to the insertion point.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein capturing and storing data comprises:

capturing human speech by a microphone implemented in the stylus device;

transcribing, by the stylus device, the captured human speech; and

storing the transcribed speech in the memory.

13. The method of claim 11, wherein capturing and storing data comprises:

capturing, by an integrated digital camera in the stylus device, media content, wherein the media content comprises one of;

digital images and a video; and

storing the captured media content in the memory.

14. The method of claim 11, further comprising establishing a wireless connection between the stylus device and the computing device, the wireless connection comprising one of:

a Bluetooth connection and an IEEE 802.11 connection.

15. A system, comprising:

a stylus device, comprising;

an input device configured to capture data, wherein the data comprises at least one of;

speech input, a digital image, and video;

memory configured to store the captured data;

logic for generating an index of the captured data according to media type;

logic for transmitting the stored data;

a computing device, comprising;

a touchscreen display configured to receive an insertion point from the stylus device via the stylus device coming in contact with the touchscreen display, the insertion point directly corresponding to a location where the stylus device applies a tap to the touchscreen display,

wherein the stylus transmits the index to the computing device responsive to the stylus device coming in contact with the touchscreen display;

a stylus interface for establishing a wireless connection with the stylus device, the stylus interface further configured to receive the transmitted captured data and the index; and

an application executable in the computing device, the application comprising;

logic that generates a user interface on the touchscreen display according to the index responsive to the touchscreen display sensing the tap applied by the stylus device;

logic that receives a selection responsive to the user interface and transmits the selection to the stylus,

wherein responsive to receiving the selection, the stylus transmits captured data corresponding to the selection;

and logic that inserts the captured data received by the stylus interface at the insertion point on the touchscreen display.

16. The system of claim 15, wherein the computing device comprises one of:

a smartphone and a tablet computing device.

17. The system of claim 15, wherein the wireless connection comprises one of:

a Bluetooth connection and an IEEE 802.11 connection.