Underlay body for acquisition of handwriting information

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9911029-B2
Application number	US-201414889586-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 19, 2014
Priority date	Jun 28, 2013
Publication date	Mar 6, 2018
Grant date	Mar 6, 2018

Abstract

An underlay body includes a surface on which a writing medium is placed, and a sensor that detects a pressure distribution on the surface.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An underlay body, comprising:
a surface on which a writing medium is placed,
wherein the writing medium includes a plurality of concavities and a plurality of convexities,
wherein the plurality of concavities and a plurality of convexities record identification information of the writing medium;

a sensor configured to detect a pressure distribution on the surface,
wherein the sensor comprises
a flexible conductive layer,
an electrode layer that comprises at least one intersection area, and
a plurality of structures to separate the flexible conductive layer and the electrode layer,
wherein the electrode layer includes a plurality of first electrodes in a first direction and at least a second electrode in a second direction,
wherein the plurality of first electrodes intersect at least the second electrode in the at least one intersection area,
wherein at least one structure of the plurality of structures is on the flexible conductive layer and opposed to the at least one intersection area, and
wherein the at least one structure of the plurality of structures is in a third direction perpendicular to both the first direction and the second direction; and

a processing section configured to acquire the recorded identification information from the plurality of concavities and the plurality of convexities, based on the detected pressure distribution.

2. The underlay body according to claim 1 , further comprising
a storage section configured to associate and store the identification information of the writing medium and format information of the writing medium.

3. The underlay body according to claim 2 , wherein the storage section is further configured to store the format information of the writing medium in association with handwriting information detected by the sensor.

4. The underlay body according to claim 1 , further comprising a controller configured to judge whether the writing medium is placed on the surface, based on the pressure distribution detected by the sensor.

5. The underlay body according to claim 4 , wherein the controller is further configured to switch from a first mode to a second mode based on a placement of the writing medium on the surface, and switch from the second mode to the first mode based on a removal of the writing medium from the surface.

6. The underlay body according to claim 4 , further comprising a display apparatus on the surface,
wherein the controller is further configured to turn off display of the display apparatus based on a placement of the writing medium on the surface, and
wherein the controller is further configured to turn on the display of the display apparatus based on a removal of the writing medium from the surface.

7. The underlay body according to claim 1 , further comprising a controller configured to:
judge a sheet including a first surface having a plurality of keys and a second surface having a plurality of concavities and a plurality of convexities is placed on the surface, based on the detected pressure distribution, and
control an input operation based on the plurality of keys.

8. The underlay body according to claim 1 , further comprising
a controller configured to judge an exchange of the writing medium with respect to the surface, based on the pressure distribution detected by the sensor.

9. The underlay body according to claim 1 , further comprising a controller configured to detect a write operation on the writing medium placed on the surface, based on the pressure distribution detected by the sensor.

10. The underlay body according to claim 9 , wherein the controller is further configured to output a sound effect based on the detection of the write operation.

11. The underlay body according to claim 10 , wherein the controller is further configured to change the sound effect based on writing pressure of the write operation.

12. The underlay body according to claim 1 , further comprising a controller configured to judge one of a write operation by a writing tool or an erase operation by an erasing tool with respect to the writing medium placed on the surface, based on the pressure distribution detected by the sensor.

13. The underlay body according to claim 1 , wherein the processing section is further configured to correct a first deviation of handwriting information accompanied with a second deviation of the writing medium placed on the surface, based on the pressure distribution detected by the sensor.

14. The underlay body according to claim 1 , further comprising a storage apparatus configured to store handwriting information detected by the sensor.

15. The underlay body according to claim 1 , further comprising a communication section configured to transmit handwriting information, detected by the sensor, to an external apparatus.

16. The underlay body according to claim 1 , wherein the processing section is further configured to generate at least one of character data or image data from handwriting information detected by the sensor.

17. The underlay body according to claim 1 , wherein the processing section is further configured to acquire a position of a writing tool and writing pressure of the writing tool, based on the detected pressure distribution associated with a write operation.

18. The underlay body according to claim 1 , wherein the writing medium is paper.

Assignees

• Sony Corp

Inventors

• Ebihara Munetake
• Kawaguchi Hiroto
• Kodate Manabu

Classifications

• G06F2203/04102

  Flexible digitiser, i.e. constructional details for allowing the whole digitising part of a device to be flexed or rolled like a sheet of paper · CPC title

• G06F3/165

  Management of the audio stream, e.g. setting of volume, audio stream path · CPC title

• G06F3/16

  Sound input; Sound output (speech processing G10L) · CPC title

• G06F3/0412

  Digitisers structurally integrated in a display · CPC title

• G06K9/222

  Physics · mapped topic