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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:
May. 25, 1999
Filed:
Jun. 11, 1996
Applicant:
Inventor:
Makoto Suzuki, Nagoya, JP;
Assignee:
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08C / ; G09G / ; G09G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
178 1901 ; 178 1903 ; 178 1904 ; 178 1906 ; 345158 ; 345169 ;
Abstract
An electronic pen has a body frame in a rod-like or pillar-like shape with an input mechanism and an output mechanism respectively on each end. A slope detecting mechanism changes a circuit system corresponding to the slant state of the body frame of the electronic pen, so that power is supplied from a battery to only either an input mechanism control circuit or an output mechanism control circuit. Consequently, power is supplied only to a circuit system in use. Thereby, unnecessary power consumption is prevented, and the device can be used for a long time.