Texture capture stylus and method
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1. A stylus comprising:
- a housing;
an image sensing device in the housing;
a light transmissive tip on the housing that contacts a surface adjacent to the light transmissive tip and transmits light from the surface to the image sensing device so that the image sensing device captures an image of the surface based on the transmitted light, wherein the surface includes distance variations between the surface and the light transmissive tip, and wherein the image captured by the image sensing device includes the distance variations;
a haptic output device that generates a haptic output based on the image captured by the image sensing device in the housing of the stylus; and
a light source that illuminates the surface to provide additional light to the image sensing device at least while the image sensing device captures the image, and wherein the additional light provided by the light source is adjusted based on the captured image.
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Abstract
Embodiments disclosed herein relate generally to a stylus for texture capture. The stylus includes an image sensing and capture device to permit a surface to be scanned using the stylus and an image may be stored and displayed on an electronic device to represent the texture of the scanned surface.
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1. A stylus comprising:
- a housing;
an image sensing device in the housing;
a light transmissive tip on the housing that contacts a surface adjacent to the light transmissive tip and transmits light from the surface to the image sensing device so that the image sensing device captures an image of the surface based on the transmitted light, wherein the surface includes distance variations between the surface and the light transmissive tip, and wherein the image captured by the image sensing device includes the distance variations;
a haptic output device that generates a haptic output based on the image captured by the image sensing device in the housing of the stylus; and
a light source that illuminates the surface to provide additional light to the image sensing device at least while the image sensing device captures the image, and wherein the additional light provided by the light source is adjusted based on the captured image. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
- a housing;
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8. A system comprising:
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an electronic device that includes a display screen; and a stylus in electrical communication with the electronic device, the stylus comprising; a tip at one end of the stylus;
an image sensing device that generates image data in response to light from a surface of an object other than the electronic device, wherein the tip is light transmissive and transmits light from the surface to the image sensing device, wherein the surface includes distance variations between the surface and the transmissive tip, and wherein the image data captured by the image sensing device includes the distance variations; and
a haptic output device coupled to the image sensing device that produces a haptic output based on the image data, wherein the haptic output is produced based on the distance variations in the image data. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 16)
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13. A method for operating an electronic device having a display screen, the method comprising:
- scanning a stylus over a plurality of different surfaces,
wherein the plurality of different surfaces each include different distance variations between the plurality of different surfaces and the stylus;
capturing images of the plurality of different surfaces with the stylus;
storing the captured images in memory in the stylus;
selecting one of the captured images for reproduction on the display screen of the electronic device, wherein the selected one of the captured images includes the distance variations of one of the plurality of different surfaces;
transmitting the selected one of the captured images to the electronic device; and
as the stylus is moved relative to the display screen, displaying the selected one of the captured images on the display screen of the electronic device in response to the movement of the stylus relative to the display screen. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15)
- scanning a stylus over a plurality of different surfaces,
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17. A system comprising:
- an electronic device having a display screen; and
a stylus in wireless communication with the electronic device, the stylus comprising;
a tip;
an image sensing device that generates image data in response to light from a surface that has a three-dimensional texture, wherein the surface is an object other than the electronic device, and wherein the three-dimensional texture of the surface includes variations between the surface and the tip;
a light source that illuminates the surface to provide additional light to the image sensing device at least while the image sensing device generates the image data, wherein the additional light provided by the light source is adjusted based on the image data; and
a wireless transmitter that transmits the image data to the electronic device, wherein the image data is displayed on the display screen as a two-dimensional representation of the distance variations of the three-dimensional texture. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19)
- an electronic device having a display screen; and
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