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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 03, 2020
Filed:
Apr. 05, 2019
Applicant:
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);
Inventor:
Ori Laslo, Rehovot, IL;
Assignee:
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0354 (2013.01); G06F 3/041 (2006.01); G06F 3/038 (2013.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/03545 (2013.01); G06F 3/016 (2013.01); G06F 3/0383 (2013.01); G06F 3/04162 (2019.05);
Abstract
In various examples there is a stylus for use with a digitizer. The stylus comprises a shaft running on a longitudinal axis of the stylus and having a stylus tip at a tip end of the shaft. The stylus has a vibration generator configured to vibrate the stylus tip along the longitudinal axis. The stylus also has a detector configured to detect the vibration causing the stylus tip to contact a surface external to the stylus.