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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 03, 2001
Filed:
Mar. 22, 1999
Yonald Chery, Cambridge, MA (US);
Andrew Kelley, III, Cambridge, MA (US);
William P. Moyne, Cambridge, MA (US);
Matthew D. Verminski, Cambridge, MA (US);
Virtual Ink. Corp., Boston, MA (US);
Abstract
In a transcription system which includes a plurality of signal receivers for positioning adjacent a writing surface and for receiving a position signal transmitted from a stylus when the stylus is positioned adjacent the writing surface, the signal receivers producing timing signals in response to receiving the position signal from the stylus, the transcription system using the timing signals to determine a position of the stylus adjacent the writing surface, a detector assembly comprising: a housing for mounting to the writing surface; a plurality of signal receivers; and at least one user activated control switch whose activation by a user when the detector assembly is mounted to the writing surface produces a control signal which causes the transcription system to perform a function in response.