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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 17, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 11, 2013
Barnes & Noble College Booksellers, Llc, Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Gerald B. Cueto, San Jose, CA (US);
Barnes & Noble College Booksellers, LLC, Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Abstract
Techniques are disclosed for interacting with a computing device using a stylus. The stylus is configured with a pressure-sensitive control feature that can be activated to perform various actions while the stylus is touching or otherwise sufficiently proximate to a stylus detection surface of the device. The pressure control feature function can be associated with a variety of tasks on the computing device such as: adjusting variables, executing a particular command, switching between tools, modifying a particular tool's settings, and launching an application. In some embodiments, the stylus-based pressure-sensitive control feature is configured to allow for squeeze actions, tapping actions, and various combinations of such pressure-types on the pressure-sensitive control feature to uniquely identify a corresponding function to be carried out on the computing device.