Ink-Type Pointer Digital Handwriting Capture via Electromagnetic Induction
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Solution Overview
Problem
Users who prefer writing with physical pens and ink face inconvenience in storing and recovering handwriting, as it requires additional procedures like scanning or photographing, making it difficult to preserve and record physical handwriting.
Innovation Solution
An ink-type pointer with a housing, circuit unit, pen and ink writing module, and electromagnetic unit that allows for digital handwriting capture while physically writing, using a cartridge, nib, and liquid ink, along with a magnet and coil for electromagnetic induction, enabling simultaneous physical writing and digital recording.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If physical pen and ink are used for writing, then the writing experience is authentic and familiar, but the storage and recovery of handwriting becomes inconvenient and requires additional procedures
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines the physical writing function (pen and ink) with the digital recording function (electromagnetic induction unit) into a single integrated pointer device. The cartridge with nib and liquid ink provides authentic writing experience, while the electromagnetic unit simultaneously captures handwriting digitally, merging two previously separate functions into one device.
Solution Approach 2:
The pointer serves multiple functions: it acts as both a traditional writing instrument (pen with cartridge and nib) and a digital recording device (electromagnetic induction unit). This multi-functionality allows users to write physically while simultaneously capturing digital handwriting, eliminating the need for separate scanning or photographing procedures.
2Loss of information
If a scanner or photographing procedure is used to store handwriting, then the handwriting can be preserved digitally, but the process becomes time-consuming and complex
Solution Approach 1:
The electromagnetic induction unit continuously captures and stores handwriting data in real-time during the writing process itself. This preliminary action of digital recording occurs simultaneously with physical writing, eliminating the need for subsequent scanning or photographing steps that would otherwise be required to preserve the handwriting.
Solution Approach 2:
The pointer automatically performs the digital recording function without requiring additional user actions. As the user writes with the pen, the electromagnetic induction unit autonomously captures the handwriting data and stores it digitally, making the preservation process automatic and eliminating manual intervention for storage.
3Reliability
If paper with physical handwriting is lost, then the handwriting cannot be easily recovered
Solution Approach 1:
The electromagnetic induction unit creates a digital copy of the physical handwriting in real-time. This digital copy is stored electronically and can be recovered even if the original paper is lost. The system maintains both the physical writing (for authentic experience) and a digital replica (for reliable recovery and storage).
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
Enables the storage and recording of digital handwriting during physical writing, allowing for easy preservation and retrieval of handwritten content, mimicking the experience of traditional pen and ink while providing digital convenience.
Implementation Method 1
the electromagnetic unit is disposed inside the accommodation space and includes a magnet and a coil, where the magnet includes a through hole, the through hole runs through two ends of the magnet in the axial direction, the coil is wound round the magnet and is electrically connected to the circuit unit
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AI summary
An ink-type pointer including a housing, a circuit unit, a pen and ink writing module, and an electromagnetic unit. The housing includes an end opening and an accommodation space. The end opening is in communication with the accommodation space. The circuit unit is disposed inside the accommodation space. The pen and ink writing module is disposed inside the accommodation space, and includes a cartridge, a nib, and liquid ink. The cartridge includes a chamber, the nib is connected to the cartridge and extends out of the end opening, and the liquid ink is accommodated in the cartridge and is output through the nib. The electromagnetic unit is disposed inside the accommodation space and includes a magnet and a coil. The magnet includes a through hole, the coil is wound round the magnet and is electrically connected to the circuit unit, and the cartridge passes through the through hole.