Multi-function stylus for motion capture and sensory based machine control

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9507442-B2
Application number	US-201414284280-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 21, 2014
Priority date	May 21, 2014
Publication date	Nov 29, 2016
Grant date	Nov 29, 2016

Abstract

Disclosed are a system and a device including a motion capture device and an input device, hereafter referred to as a stylus, which has additional functionality. The motion capture device detects the motion of the stylus and the detected motion is used as an input to a computer system. The system is able to differentiate identical movements of a stylus as different inputs by varying a detectable property of the stylus. The stylus may exhibit a variable reflective property that is detectable by the motion capture device. The variable reflective property gives the stylus additional functionality with an extended vocabulary. The extended vocabulary includes supplemental information and/or instructions detected by the motion capture device.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A multi-functional stylus comprising:
a housing comprising;
a first hollow portion; and
a second hollow portion;

a reflector within said housing comprising a highly reflective surface; and
a moveable element operably coupled within said housing to be moveable between a first position substantially within said first hollow portion and a second position at least partially within said second hollow portion;
wherein a portion of said second hollow por…

Assignees

• Leap Motion Inc

Inventors

• Holz David Samuel
• Horowitz Kevin A
• Schunick Justin

Classifications

• G06F3/03545 Primary

  Physics · mapped topic

• G06F3/0304

  Physics · mapped topic