Patent ID: 8378977
Filing Date: 2013-02-19
Classification: G06F,G06K

Abstract:
1. A device configured to electronically capture a handwritten user input, comprising: a device housing having a front side, a rear side opposite to the front side, a right housing edge, a left housing edge opposite to the right housing edge, a lower housing edge and an upper housing edge opposite to the lower housing edge; and, an input field integral to said device housing and configured to electronically capture in an orientation-specific manner the handwritten user input made on the input field using a writing device, the input field being disposed on or in the front side of the housing asymmetrically between the right housing edge and the left housing edge, and simultaneously being disposed asymmetrically between the lower housing edge and the upper housing edge; and, wherein the input field is configured to be switchable between at least two different usage positions, so that, in a first usage position, the handwritten user input is electronically captureable in said orientation-specific manner and, in a second usage position, which is different from the first usage position, the handwritten input is again electronically captureable in the same said orientation-specific manner; thereby a hand-resting surface provided for the user when signing on the input field on the front side of the housing is identically enlarged in both the first usage position and the second usage position by the same hand-resting area; wherein said input field is rotated 180 degrees with said device housing from said first usage position to said second usage position and said orientation-specific manner remains the same when said input field is tapped; and, wherein the input field includes a first edge and an opposing second edge and a signature line, the signature line being located proximate the first edge before the input field is tapped and located proximate to the opposing second edge when the input field is tapped.