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Stylus with active color display/select for touch sensitive devices

  • US 9,760,187 B2
  • Filed: 03/11/2013
  • Issued: 09/12/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/11/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A stylus comprising:

  • an elongated body portion including a stylus tip on an end of the elongated body portion, the stylus tip configured to interact with a touch sensitive surface of a touch sensitive device;

    a communication circuit configured to communicate with the touch sensitive device, wherein the communication circuit is configured to at least one of transmit active color selection information to the touch sensitive device and receive active color selection information from the touch sensitive device using a communication link established using the communication circuit;

    a color indication circuit configured to display an active color on the stylus, the active color being associated with a color input for the touch sensitive device in response to the stylus tip interacting with the touch sensitive surface of the device; and

    a rotatable button mechanism on an end of the elongated body portion opposite the stylus tip and configured to twist relative to the elongated body portion to allow a user to select the active color from the stylus, the rotatable button mechanism further configured to depress in a direction along the elongated body portion to provide input to the touch sensitive device, wherein the color indication circuit is configured to display the active color from the rotatable button mechanism, such that the rotatable button mechanism provides 360 degrees of visibility of the active color;

    wherein the active color can be switched between a primary color and a secondary color in response to manipulation of a stylus hardware control feature, and wherein the rotatable button mechanism is further configured to simultaneously display the primary and secondary colors.

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