New Apple patent – PC pen
Posted by staff / April 1, 2013 Appledigital penU.S. Patent and Trademark Officewireless communication
Last month Apple was awarded a patent by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) for a pen that it describes as a “portable, wireless computer.”
It would be a digital pen with a built-in screen essentially, with the ability to use wireless communication and/or GPS services to:
- display e-mails;
- text message;
- handle voice data.
It would also likely have:
- accelerometers to recognize handwriting and facilitate both speech-to-text and text-to-speech conversion;
- a microphone and speaker;
- a touchscreen;
- and a rechargeable battery.
Apple first filed for this in 1998, and the patent was first awarded in September 2011. But it was reconsidered after Apple added the latest features, above.
Read more about this patent application here: CNET.
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It might be useful for blogging on the go!
If would be neat to have a durable e-ink cover for the iPad that added handwriting abilities.