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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 10, 2003
Filed:
Aug. 18, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Illya Schiller, Brookline, MA (US);
Arkady Pittel, Brookline, MA (US);
Assignee:
Digital Ink, Inc., Brookline, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G09G 5/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G09G 5/00 ;
Abstract
A wireless pen apparatus for producing signals representative of writing by a user, including: a wireless pen; a removable cap on the pen; and, when the cap is removed from the pen and placed at a reference position, communicating wave energy between at least one location on the pen and at least one location on the cap for determining the position of the at least one location on the pen with respect to the reference position of the cap, and for producing signals that depend on the determined position of the at least one location on the pen.