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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 02, 2014
Filed:
Nov. 20, 2006
Alexander J. Cohen, Mill Valley, CA (US);
B. Isaac Cohen, Mill Valley, CA (US);
Ed Harlow, Boston, MA (US);
Eric C. Leuthardt, St. Louis, MO (US);
Royce A. Levien, Lexington, MA (US);
Mark A. Malamud, Seattle, WA (US);
Alexander J. Cohen, Mill Valley, CA (US);
B. Isaac Cohen, Mill Valley, CA (US);
Ed Harlow, Boston, MA (US);
Eric C. Leuthardt, St. Louis, MO (US);
Royce A. Levien, Lexington, MA (US);
Mark A. Malamud, Seattle, WA (US);
The Invention Science Fund I, LLC, Bellevue, WA (US);
Abstract
Embodiments include a method, a manual device, a handheld manual device, a handheld writing device, a system, and an apparatus. An embodiment provides a system. The system includes a manual device. The manual device includes a first writing element operable to discharge a first marking substance on a surface in response to a movement of the first writing element upon the surface. The manual device also includes a second writing element operable to discharge a second marking substance on the surface in response to a controller. The controller is operable to encode information corresponding to an environment of the manual device by regulating a discharge of the second marking substance. The system also includes a sensor operable to acquire data indicative of an environment of the manual device.