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Electronically controllable pen device

  • US 6,957,923 B2
  • Filed: 10/21/2002
  • Issued: 10/25/2005
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/25/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A pen, including:

  • a user interface for placing the pen into a select mode;

    a marking device operable to mark a visible path onto a surface in accordance with at least one current attribute value, a visible appearance of the marked path being electronically controllable on the basis of the at least one current attribute value;

    a memory for storing at least one set of the attribute values; and

    a switch for controlling the marking device, the switch being activated by sensing a compression force when a uses used the pen to mark a visible path on the surface;

    wherein, in the select mode, the pen is configured to;

    (a) determine, using the switch, that the user has used, the pen to mark a visible path;

    (b) for each of a plurality of sequential visible paths marked using the pen, selecting a different one of the attribute values from the memory and making it the current attribute value.

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