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Input tools having vibro-acoustically distinct regions and computing device for use with the same

  • US 9,329,688 B2
  • Filed: 03/25/2015
  • Issued: 05/03/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/28/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A passive input tool for interacting with a touch screen, the passive input tool comprising:

  • a body in the form of a stylus, the body having different materials adjacent to one another, each of the different materials having a different material property and forming a vibro-acoustically distinct region, wherein each vibro-acoustically distinct region produces a discrete vibro-acoustic signal when the passive input tool touches a surface of the touch screen, and wherein the vibro-acoustic signal is used to detect what region of the passive input tool was used.

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