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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 23, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 12, 2013
Todd M. Buelow, Chanhassen, MN (US);
Farhad Nourbakhsh, Apple Valley, MN (US);
Todd M. Buelow, Chanhassen, MN (US);
Farhad Nourbakhsh, Apple Valley, MN (US);
BBY Solutions, Inc., Richfield, MN (US);
Abstract
A grip-enabled touchscreen stylus for teaching a proper writing grip comprises a stylus shaft and a stylus tip for writing on a capacitive touchscreen electronic device. Three buttons situated around the stylus shaft activate the stylus tip. The stylus has a normally-off state, in which the tip is disabled and cannot interact with a touchscreen. When a thumb, index, and middle finger of a hand correctly grip the stylus by pressing all three buttons simultaneously, an actuator within the stylus causes the tip to activate in order to interact with the touchscreen. The stylus actuator may be mechanical, electronic, or electromechanical. The stylus may be supplemented by software or logic on the touchscreen-enabled device enabling the desired user experience of requiring proper grip on the stylus for touchscreen input to be validated.