Patent ID: 7971784
Filing Date: 2011-07-05
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A sensing device for interacting with a substrate and communicating with a computer system, said sensing device being operable in a plurality of modes including a cursor control mode and a hyperlinking mode, said sensing device comprising: a nib for interacting with the substrate and experiencing a nib force from said interaction; a nib switch cooperating with said nib, said nib switch being configured for actuation when said nib force exceeds a predetermined threshold, said nib switch being configured to effect a mode change between said cursor control mode and said hyperlinking mode; an optical sensor for imaging at least some of the coded data printed on the substrate when operating in at least said hyperlinking mode, said coded data being indicative of a region identity associated with the substrate and of a plurality of coordinate locations on the substrate; a processor for generating; a transceiver for communicating said cursor control data or said interaction data to a computer system, wherein the cursor control data initiates a cursor control response in said computer system and the interaction data initiates a hyperlinking response in said computer system.