Electronic input apparatus and method thereof

Details Electronic input apparatus and method thereof Electronic input apparatus and method thereof

2005-08-02

2005-08-02

Tran, Henry N. (Department: 2674)

Telegraphy

Systems

Position coordinate determination for writing

C345S173000, C345S178000, C345S179000, C178S018010, C178S018030, C178S019020, C178S019030, C178S019040, C178S019050, C178S020010, C382S188000

Reexamination Certificate

active

06924442

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.

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