Underlay body for acquisition of handwriting information

• US 9,911,029 B2
• Filed: 05/19/2014
• Issued: 03/06/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 06/28/2013
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Ebihara, Munetake, Kawaguchi, Hiroto, Kodate, Manabu
• Primary Examiner(s): Bekele, Mekonen
• Application Number:
  US14/889,586
• Publication Number:
  US 20160125225A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,387 Days
• Field of Search: 382188, 382155, 382115, 345173, 345179, 345126, 345156
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04102 Flexible digitiser, i.e. constructional details for allowing the whole digitising part of a device to be flexed or rolled like a sheet of paper
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0412 Digitisers structurally integrated in a display
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0445 using two or more layers of sensing electrodes, e.g. using two layers of electrodes separated by a dielectric layer
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0446 using a grid-like structure of electrodes in at least two directions, e.g. using row and column electrodes
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0447 Position sensing using the local deformation of sensor cells
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/16 Sound input; Sound output speech processing G10L
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/165 Management of the audio stream, e.g. setting of volume, audio stream path
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 30/1423 the instrument generating sequences of position coordinates corresponding to handwriting preprocessing or recognising digital ink G06V30/32
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 30/32 Digital ink
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 40/376 Acquisition
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 40/382 Preprocessing; Feature extraction

Abstract

An underlay body includes a surface on which a writing medium is placed, and a sensor that detects a pressure distribution on the surface.

Claims

1. An underlay body, comprising:

a surface on which a writing medium is placed,

wherein the writing medium includes a plurality of concavities and a plurality of convexities,

wherein the plurality of concavities and a plurality of convexities record identification information of the writing medium;

a sensor configured to detect a pressure distribution on the surface,

wherein the sensor comprises

a flexible conductive layer,

an electrode layer that comprises at least one intersection area, and

a plurality of structures to separate the flexible conductive layer and the electrode layer,

wherein the electrode layer includes a plurality of first electrodes in a first direction and at least a second electrode in a second direction,

wherein the plurality of first electrodes intersect at least the second electrode in the at least one intersection area,

wherein at least one structure of the plurality of structures is on the flexible conductive layer and opposed to the at least one intersection area, and

wherein the at least one structure of the plurality of structures is in a third direction perpendicular to both the first direction and the second direction; and

a processing section configured to acquire the recorded identification information from the plurality of concavities and the plurality of convexities, based on the detected pressure distribution.

2. The underlay body according to claim 1, further comprising

a storage section configured to associate and store the identification information of the writing medium and format information of the writing medium.

3. The underlay body according to claim 2, wherein the storage section is further configured to store the format information of the writing medium in association with handwriting information detected by the sensor.

4. The underlay body according to claim 1, further comprising a controller configured to judge whether the writing medium is placed on the surface, based on the pressure distribution detected by the sensor.

5. The underlay body according to claim 4, wherein the controller is further configured to switch from a first mode to a second mode based on a placement of the writing medium on the surface, and switch from the second mode to the first mode based on a removal of the writing medium from the surface.

6. The underlay body according to claim 4, further comprising a display apparatus on the surface,

wherein the controller is further configured to turn off display of the display apparatus based on a placement of the writing medium on the surface, and

wherein the controller is further configured to turn on the display of the display apparatus based on a removal of the writing medium from the surface.

7. The underlay body according to claim 1, further comprising a controller configured to:

judge a sheet including a first surface having a plurality of keys and a second surface having a plurality of concavities and a plurality of convexities is placed on the surface, based on the detected pressure distribution, and

control an input operation based on the plurality of keys.

8. The underlay body according to claim 1, further comprising

a controller configured to judge an exchange of the writing medium with respect to the surface, based on the pressure distribution detected by the sensor.

9. The underlay body according to claim 1, further comprising a controller configured to detect a write operation on the writing medium placed on the surface, based on the pressure distribution detected by the sensor.

10. The underlay body according to claim 9, wherein the controller is further configured to output a sound effect based on the detection of the write operation.

11. The underlay body according to claim 10, wherein the controller is further configured to change the sound effect based on writing pressure of the write operation.

12. The underlay body according to claim 1, further comprising a controller configured to judge one of a write operation by a writing tool or an erase operation by an erasing tool with respect to the writing medium placed on the surface, based on the pressure distribution detected by the sensor.

13. The underlay body according to claim 1, wherein the processing section is further configured to correct a first deviation of handwriting information accompanied with a second deviation of the writing medium placed on the surface, based on the pressure distribution detected by the sensor.

14. The underlay body according to claim 1, further comprising a storage apparatus configured to store handwriting information detected by the sensor.

15. The underlay body according to claim 1, further comprising a communication section configured to transmit handwriting information, detected by the sensor, to an external apparatus.

16. The underlay body according to claim 1, wherein the processing section is further configured to generate at least one of character data or image data from handwriting information detected by the sensor.

17. The underlay body according to claim 1, wherein the processing section is further configured to acquire a position of a writing tool and writing pressure of the writing tool, based on the detected pressure distribution associated with a write operation.

18. The underlay body according to claim 1, wherein the writing medium is paper.