Battery driven mobile drawing device, including electromagnetic induction and capacitive position detectors and a control circuit for causing a parameter setting area to be displayed, and a test drawing area to be displayed transparently, superimposed, on a portion of a drawing in an image display area of a display, for rendering a drawing using an electronic pen

• US 9,886,103 B2
• Filed: 03/20/2014
• Issued: 02/06/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 08/19/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Wacom Co Limited (Wacom)
• Original Assignee: Wacom Co Limited (Wacom)
• Inventors: Maruoka, Isao, Luppi, Marcello, Adam, Susan, Dunnihoo, Jarrod, Hidaka, Juli
• Primary Examiner(s): Haley, Joseph
• Assistant Examiner(s): Kiyabu, Karin
• Application Number:
  US14/221,091
• Publication Number:
  US 20150049031A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,419 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04804 Transparency, e.g. transparent or translucent windows
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/03545 Pens or stylus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0481 based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04845 for image manipulation, e.g. dragging, rotation, expansion or change of colour
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04847 Interaction techniques to control parameter settings, e.g. interaction with sliders or dials
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 11/001 Texturing; Colouring; Generation of texture or colour inpainting G06T5/77

Abstract

A drawing device includes a sensor arranged in a superimposed relationship with a display device and having an indicator operation detection area sized to detect indictor operations in the image display area of the display device; a memory that stores drawing information; and a control circuit that renders a drawing in the image display area of the display device based on the drawing information stored in the memory. The control circuit causes a test drawing area and a parameter setting area to be displayed superimposed on the drawing image that is displayed in response to a detection, by the sensor, of an indication operation by the indicator, the test drawing area enabling a drawing operation to be performed using the indicator, the parameter setting area enabling changes to parameters of the drawing information generated by the drawing operation in the test drawing area using the indicator. The control circuit causes the test drawing area to be displayed transparently with a portion of the drawing appearing through the test drawing area.

Claims

1. A drawing device comprising:

a display device having an image display area;

a sensor arranged in a superimposed relationship with the image display area of the display device and having an indicator operation detection area sized so as to detect indicator operations in the image display area of the display device;

a memory adapted to store drawing information drawn by a user using an indicator on the display device; and

a control circuit that renders a drawing in the image display area of the display device based on the drawing information stored in the memory, and

the control circuit causing a test drawing area and a parameter setting area to be simultaneously displayed superimposed on the drawing in the image display area of the display device in response to a detection, by the sensor, of an indication operation by the user using the indicator, the test drawing area enabling a drawing operation by the user using the indicator in an area falling within the test drawing area and a test drawing image rendered in the test drawing area as a result of the user using the indicator in the test drawing area, the parameter setting area enabling changing of parameters of drawing information generated by the drawing operation in the test drawing area by the user using the indicator,

the control circuit causing the test drawing area to be displayed in a visually identifiable manner in the image display area of the display device and causing the test drawing area to be displayed transparently with a portion of the drawing in the image display area of the display device appearing through the test drawing area,

wherein the parameter setting area and the test drawing area that are simultaneously displayed superimposed on the drawing in the image display area of the display device are separable from or combinable with each other under control of the control circuit in response to an operation of the indicator.

2. The drawing device of claim 1, wherein

a peripheral portion of the test drawing area is controlled by the control circuit to be less transparent than at least one other portion of the test drawing area such that the at least one other portion of the test drawing area is displayed superimposed on the drawing in the image display area of the display device in a transparent and visually identifiable manner.

3. The drawing device of claim 2, wherein

the peripheral portion of the test drawing area is frame shaped and is controlled by the control circuit to be less transparent than the at least one other portion of the test drawing area such that the at least one other portion of the test drawing area is displayed superimposed on the drawing in the image display area of the display device in a transparent and visually identifiable manner.

4. The drawing device of claim 1, wherein

the drawing information is displayed superimposed on the drawing in the image display area of the display device generated by the drawing operation using the indicator in the test drawing area, and is controlled by the control circuit in such a manner that changes to parameters in the parameter setting area are reflected in the drawing.

5. The drawing device of claim 4, wherein

at least one of a line thickness, a hue, and a brightness parameter is changeable in the parameter setting area.

6. The drawing device of claim 1, wherein

the drawing information is acquired, under control of the control circuit, for a position of the drawing in the image display area of the display device displayed through the test drawing area indicated by the indicator, and wherein

the parameters are specified in the parameter setting area based on the acquired drawing information.

7. The drawing device of claim 1, wherein

the sensor detects a position indicated to the sensor by the indicator by being electromagnetically coupled to the indicator and the position is indicated in a frame area surrounding the image display area of the display device by the indicator, and wherein

the control circuit causes the parameter setting area and the test drawing area to be displayed superimposed on the drawing in the image display area of the display device when the position indicated by the indicator is in the frame area.

8. The drawing device of claim 1, wherein

the sensor detects a position indicated to the sensor by the indicator by being electromagnetically coupled to the indicator, in conjunction with a switch provided on the indicator, and wherein

the control circuit causes the parameter setting area and the test drawing area to be displayed superimposed on the drawing in the image display area of the display device in response to an operation made in the image display area of the display while at the same time the switch provided on the indicator is operated.

9. The drawing device of claim 1, wherein

the sensor detects a position indicated to the sensor by the indicator by being electromagnetically coupled to the indicator, in conjunction with an operation button provided on the display, and wherein

the control circuit causes the parameter setting area and the test drawing area to be displayed superimposed on the drawing in the image display area of the display device in response to an operation made in the image display area of the display device using the indicator while at the same time the operation button provided on the display is operated.

10. The drawing device of claim 1, wherein

the sensor detects a position indicated to the sensor by the indicator as a change in capacitance, in conjunction with a switch provided on the indicator, and wherein

the control circuit causes the parameter setting area and the test drawing area to be displayed superimposed on the drawing in the image display area of the display device in response to an operation made in the image display area of the display device while at the same time the switch provided on the indicator is operated.

11. The drawing device of claim 1, wherein

the sensor detects a position indicated on the sensor by the indicator as a change in capacitance, in conjunction with an operation button provided on the display, and wherein

the control circuit causes the parameter setting area and the test drawing area to be displayed superimposed on the drawing in the image display area of the display device in response to an operation made in the image display area of the display device using the indicator while at the same time the operation button provided on the display is operated.

12. The drawing device of claim 1, wherein

the indictor has first and second indicators, wherein

the sensor includes:

a first sensor that detects a position indicated by the first indicator; and

a second sensor that detects a position indicated by the second indicator using a type of position detection different from a type of position detection of the first sensor, and wherein

the drawing operation is performed using the first indicator, and the indication operation is performed using the second indicator.

13. The drawing device of claim 12, wherein

the first sensor detects a position indicated to the first sensor by the first indicator by being electromagnetically coupled to the first indicator, and wherein

the second sensor detects a position indicated to the second sensor by the second indicator as a detected change in capacitance.

14. The drawing device of claim 12, wherein

the first indicator is pen-shaped, and wherein

the second indicator is at least one of a pen-shaped indicator and a finger.

15. The drawing device of claim 12, wherein

the test drawing area that is displayed superimposed on the drawing in the image display area of the display device is movable in the image display area of the display device under control of the control circuit in response to an operation of the first indicator or the second indicator.

17. The drawing device of claim 1, wherein

the control circuit causes the test drawing area to be displayed superimposed on the drawing in the image display area of the display device in response to the detection, by the sensor, of the indication operation by the indicator in the image display area of the display device such that a position where the indication operation was detected is included in the test drawing area.

16. A drawing device comprising:

a display device having an image display area;

a sensor arranged in a superimposed relationship with the image display area of the display device and having an indicator operation detection area sized so as to detect indicator operations in the image display area of the display device;

a memory adapted to store drawing information drawn by a user using an indicator on the display device; and

a control circuit that renders a drawing in the image display area of the display device based on the drawing information stored in the memory, and

the control circuit causing a test drawing area and a parameter setting area to be simultaneously displayed superimposed on the drawing in the image display area of the display device in response to a detection, by the sensor, of an indication operation by the user using the indicator, the test drawing area enabling a drawing operation by the user using the indicator in an area falling within the test drawing area and a test drawing image rendered in the test drawing area as a result of the user using the indicator in the test drawing area, the parameter setting area enabling changing of parameters of drawing information generated by the drawing operation in the test drawing area by the user using the indicator,

the control circuit causing the test drawing area to be displayed in a visually identifiable manner in the image display area of the display device and causing the test drawing area to be displayed transparently with a portion of the drawing in the image display area of the display device appearing through the test drawing area,

wherein, when the parameter setting area and the test drawing area are simultaneously displayed superimposed on the drawing in the image display area of the display device and are separated from each other, and if, as a result of an operation of the indicator, a distance between the parameter setting area and the test drawing area, separated from the parameter setting area, becomes smaller than a predetermined value, the test drawing area moves, under control of the control circuit, such that the test drawing area is combined with the parameter setting area.

19. The drawing device of claim 16, wherein

a peripheral portion of the test drawing area is controlled by the control circuit to be less transparent than at least one other portion of the test drawing area such that the at least one other portion of the test drawing area is displayed superimposed on the drawing in the image display area of the display device in a transparent and visually identifiable manner.

20. The drawing device of claim 16, wherein

the control circuit causes the test drawing area to be displayed superimposed on the drawing in the image display area of the display device in response to the detection, by the sensor, of the indication operation by the indicator in the image display area of the display device such that a position where the indication operation was detected is included in the test drawing area.

18. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a computer program product for a drawing device, the drawing device including:

a display device having an image display area,

a sensor arranged in a superimposed relationship with the image display area of the display device and having an indicator operation detection area sized to detect indictor operations in the image display area of the display device, and

a memory that stores drawing information drawn by a user using an indicator on the display device;

the computer program product causing;

the drawing device to render a drawing in the image display area of the display device based on the drawing information stored in the memory;

the drawing device to simultaneously display a test drawing area and a parameter setting area superimposed on the drawing in the image display area of the display device in response to a detection, by the sensor, of an indication operation by the user using the indicator;

the test drawing area enabling a drawing operation by the user using the indicator in an area falling within the test drawing area and a test drawing image rendered in the test drawing area as a result of the user using the indicator in the test drawing area, the parameter setting area enabling changes to parameters of the drawing information generated by the drawing operation in the test drawing area using the indicator; and

the drawing device to display the test drawing area in a visually identifiable manner in the image display area of the display device and displaying the test drawing area transparently with a portion of the drawing in the image display area of the display device appearing through the test drawing area,

wherein the parameter setting area and the test drawing area that are simultaneously displayed superimposed on the drawing in the image display area of the display device are separable from or combinable with each other under control of the computer program product in response to an operation of the indicator.