Smart pen

• US 9,201,523 B1
• Filed: 08/28/2014
• Issued: 12/01/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 08/28/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Congqin Miao, Jimmy Duong, Joon Ung Hwang
• Original Assignee: Congqin Miao, Jimmy Duong, Joon Ung Hwang
• Inventors: Hwang, Joon Ung, Duong, Jimmy, Miao, Congqin
• Primary Examiner(s): ABDULSELAM, ABBAS I
• Application Number:
  US14/472,076
• Time in Patent Office: 460 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1643 the display being associated to a digitizer, e.g. laptops that can be used as penpads details related to the relative motion of the display enclosure with respect to the body enclosure, e.g. to move between laptop and tablet PC configuration G06F1/1615
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1694 the I/O peripheral being a single or a set of motion sensors for pointer control or gesture input obtained by sensing movements of the portable computer
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0346 with detection of the device orientation or free movement in a 3D space, e.g. 3D mice, 6-DOF [six degrees of freedom] pointers using gyroscopes, accelerometers or tilt-sensors
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/03545 Pens or stylus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures

Abstract

A smart pen is configured to communicate with a computer peripheral device. The smart pen includes an external assembly comprising a pen upper body connected to a pen middle body. A curved touch screen display is attached to the pen upper body. A microcontroller is housed in the pen upper body and communicatively coupled to the curved touch screen display with a controller configured to determine where the curved touch screen display is touched. A dual mode Bluetooth circuit is housed in the pen upper body and communicatively coupled to the central processing unit and configured to send data to and receive data from the computer peripheral device. The central processing unit is connected to memory configured to load processing instructions for touching the curved touch screen display to select at least one executable icon to execute at least one software application.

Claims

1. A smart pen, configured to communicate with a computer peripheral device;

the smart pen comprising;

an external assembly comprising a pen upper body connected to a pen middle body;

a curved touch screen display, attached to the pen upper body;

a microcontroller further comprising a central processing unit connected to memory, housed in the pen upper body and communicatively coupled to the curved touch screen display with a controller configured to determine where the curved touch screen display is touched;

a nine-axis gyroscope and accelerometer circuit, housed in the pen upper body and communicatively coupled to the central processing unit; and

a dual mode Bluetooth circuit, housed in the pen upper body, communicatively coupled to the central processing unit and configured to send data to and receive data from the computer peripheral device;

an induction coil, connected to a power management unit wherein the induction coil is configured to charge a rechargeable battery;

wherein the central processing unit is connected to memory configured to load processing instructions for the following;

touching the curved touch screen display selects at least one executable icon to execute at least one software application; and

providing a data feed from the computer peripheral device to the curved touch screen display by programming the computer peripheral device to push the data feed to the curved touch screen display at a desired time interval.

2. The smart pen of claim 1, wherein the processing instructions further comprise:

notifying of an email on the computer peripheral device by pushing an icon to the curved touch screen display by pushing a notification signal from the computer peripheral device to the microcontroller.

3. The smart pen of claim 1, wherein the processing instructions further comprise:

rotating the pen upper body engages the nine-axis gyroscope and accelerometer circuit to reverse an arrangement of selector icons on the curved touch screen display.

4. The smart pen of claim 1, wherein the processing instructions further comprise:

shaking the pen upper body returns the curved touch screen display to another menu.

5. The smart pen of claim 1, wherein the processing instructions further comprise:

configuring a motion in the computer peripheral device in order to equate the motion with a predetermined message;

creating the predetermined message by maneuvering the nine-axis gyroscope and accelerometer circuit equivalent to the motion; and

pressing the curved touch screen display for sending the predetermined message from the computer peripheral device.

6. The smart pen of claim 1, wherein the processing instructions further comprise:

engaging air mouse functionality by selecting an air mouse application on the curved touch screen display;

displaying a right mouse button and a left mouse button on the curved touch screen display;

displaying a mouse icon on the computer peripheral device; and

moving the mouse icon by maneuvering the nine-axis gyroscope and accelerometer circuit to maneuver the mouse icon;

pressing a mouse button by pressing the curved touch screen display.

7. The smart pen of claim 1, wherein the processing instructions further comprise:

entering a presentation mode having slides shown on a display as directed by the computer peripheral device;

creating a virtual laser pointer onto the display with an individualized icon;

moving the virtual laser pointer by maneuvering the pen upper body; and

advancing slides on the display.