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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 02, 2005
Filed:
Dec. 07, 2001
Masayoshi Nakano, Machida, JP;
Hirohide Komiyama, Kanagwawa-ken, JP;
Takayuki Akai, Sagamihara, JP;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A pen input apparatus includes a plurality of penpoints for drawing tracks on a recording medium such as paper, and a selector for selecting a specific penpoint from the plurality of penpoints. The input apparatus including a type recognition unit for recognizing the type of the selected penpoint (such as the color of a line which can be drawn, the thickness of the line, pen type such as ballpoint pen, sign pen or fluorescent pen), and a transmitter for transmitting the track of the penpoint as position information, and transmitting the information on the type recognized by the type recognition unit to a computer system.