The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
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:
Sep. 05, 2006
Filed:
May. 14, 2001
Scott Lekuch, New York, NY (US);
Ken Inoue, Elmsford, NY (US);
Dan Peter Dumarot, Cornwall, NY (US);
Mary R. Seminara, Ossining, NY (US);
Sreenivasulu Kesavarapu, Terrytown, NY (US);
John Peter Karidis, Ossining, NY (US);
Scott LeKuch, New York, NY (US);
Ken Inoue, Elmsford, NY (US);
Dan Peter Dumarot, Cornwall, NY (US);
Mary R. Seminara, Ossining, NY (US);
Sreenivasulu Kesavarapu, Terrytown, NY (US);
John Peter Karidis, Ossining, NY (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A computing system includes a handwriting input device and a computing device, the handwriting input device including an electronic pen input device having a first tip that emits a signal having a first characteristic and second tip that emits a signal having second characteristic; a detector for detecting the characteristic of the emitted signal; and a controller, interfaced with the computing device, for selectively interpreting the emitted signal as handwriting or as control information for the computing device based on the detected characteristic of the emitted signal.