Executing gestures with active stylus
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1. A stylus comprising:
- one or more sensors for detecting movement of two or more gestures of the stylus, the sensors comprising an accelerometer, a gyroscope, or a magnetometer; and
one or more electrodes and one or more computer-readable non-transitory storage media embodying logic for transmitting signals based on the movement of the two or more gestures of the stylus detected by the sensors wirelessly to a device;
wherein functionality associated with the signals based on the movement of the two or more gestures of the stylus depends on a sequence of the two or more gestures, a first sequence of the two or more gestures comprising a first gesture occurring before a second gesture, the first sequence being associated with first functionality, a second sequence of the two or more gestures comprising the second gesture occurring before the first gesture, the second sequence associated with second functionality, the second functionality being different than the first functionality.
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Abstract
In one embodiment, a stylus has one or more sensors that detect the movement of the stylus, such as an accelerometer, a gyroscope, or a magnetometer. The stylus wirelessly transmits signals to a device based on the movement of the stylus.
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1. A stylus comprising:
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one or more sensors for detecting movement of two or more gestures of the stylus, the sensors comprising an accelerometer, a gyroscope, or a magnetometer; and one or more electrodes and one or more computer-readable non-transitory storage media embodying logic for transmitting signals based on the movement of the two or more gestures of the stylus detected by the sensors wirelessly to a device; wherein functionality associated with the signals based on the movement of the two or more gestures of the stylus depends on a sequence of the two or more gestures, a first sequence of the two or more gestures comprising a first gesture occurring before a second gesture, the first sequence being associated with first functionality, a second sequence of the two or more gestures comprising the second gesture occurring before the first gesture, the second sequence associated with second functionality, the second functionality being different than the first functionality. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method comprising:
detecting movement of two or more gestures of a stylus by one or more sensors, the sensors comprising an accelerometer, a gyroscope, or a magnetometer, and the stylus comprising one or more electrodes and one or more computer-readable non-transitory storage media embodying logic for transmitting signals based on the movement of the two or more gestures of the stylus detected by the sensors wirelessly to a device, wherein functionality associated with the signals based on the movement of the two or more gestures of the stylus depends on a sequence of the two or more gestures, a first sequence of the two or more gestures comprising a first gesture occurring before a second gesture, the first sequence being associated with first functionality, a second sequence of the two or more gestures comprising the second gesture occurring before the first gesture, the second sequence associated with second functionality, the second functionality being different than the first functionality. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. One or more non-transitory computer-readable storage media embodying logic operable to:
detect movement of two or more gestures of a stylus, the logic comprising an accelerometer, a gyroscope, or a magnetometer, and the stylus comprising one or more electrodes and one or more computer-readable non-transitory storage media embodying logic for transmitting signals based on the movement of the two or more gestures of the stylus detected by the sensors wirelessly to a device, wherein functionality associated with the signals based on the movement of the two or more gestures of the stylus depends on a sequence of the two or more gestures, a first sequence of the two or more gestures comprising a first gesture occurring before a second gesture, the first sequence being associated with first functionality, a second sequence of the two or more gestures comprising the second gesture occurring before the first gesture, the second sequence associated with second functionality, the second functionality being different than the first functionality. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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