View source for 18812916. Handheld Controllers with Surface Marking Capabilities (Apple Inc.)

=Handheld Controllers with Surface Marking Capabilities=


==Organization Name==

[[:Category:Apple Inc.|Apple Inc.]]


[[Category:Apple Inc.]]

==Inventor(s)==

[[:Category:Ian P Colahan of San Jose CA US|Ian P Colahan of San Jose CA US]][[Category:Ian P Colahan of San Jose CA US]]

[[:Category:Christopher K Ewy of San Francisco CA US|Christopher K Ewy of San Francisco CA US]][[Category:Christopher K Ewy of San Francisco CA US]]

[[:Category:Yuhao Pan of Sunnyvale CA US|Yuhao Pan of Sunnyvale CA US]][[Category:Yuhao Pan of Sunnyvale CA US]]

[[:Category:Tong Chen of Fremont CA US|Tong Chen of Fremont CA US]][[Category:Tong Chen of Fremont CA US]]

[[:Category:David D Dashevsky of San Jose CA US|David D Dashevsky of San Jose CA US]][[Category:David D Dashevsky of San Jose CA US]]

==Handheld Controllers with Surface Marking Capabilities==


This abstract first appeared for US patent application 18812916 titled 'Handheld Controllers with Surface Marking Capabilities

==Original Abstract Submitted==

A system may include an electronic device such as a head-mounted device and a handheld controller for controlling the electronic device. The handheld controller may have a housing with an elongated shaft extending between first and second tip portions. A removable tip member may be coupled to the first tip portion. A position sensor may be located in the removable tip member and may be used to track surface markings made with the handheld controller on a surface. The position sensor may be an optical flow sensor, a visual inertial odometry camera, an interferometer, or other sensor. A force sensor at the first tip portion may be used to detect when the tip contacts a surface. The position sensor may switch from air input mode to surface marking mode in response to detecting contact with the surface.



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