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The Wireless Printer Pen
This
week, Ericsson received a wireless printer-pen patent that can transfer
hand writing to electronic text to send emails and receives content and
can print it to special paper taking into account the position of the
pen on the paper.With all this typing, is there still room for writing
instrument innovation? After a few seconds of thinking, our answer is
yes.

The Printer Pen
Ericsson’s
new patent highlights the ability to write an email out on paper, and
then transfer it to electronic text to send it. Moreover, the invention
envisions also having a printing capability that relies on the position
of the pen and the image to be output. This concept builds on a lot of
prior inventions (list of related technologies).

The Digital Recording Pen
Logitech
io2 is a pen and data capture device that Mi-Corporation has designed
data capture software for. The ability to search for handwritten stuff
is cool. People write stuff, even folks with BlackBerries, using a pen
and making notes digital is a nice add. Losing a pen that costs $150,
not so good.

The Digitally Controlled Ink Pen
Silverbrook
Research has developed a number of ink technologies including a
recently issued one that allows for electronic control of the pen’s
writing abilities, such as turning on or off the ink when not in use or
a different design to the path. Silverbrook has done quite a bit of
work in the multi-ink, printer-style pen field worth flipping through
as the idea of fusing inks in a pen like a printer is the makings for
the ultimate 4-ink click pen. (List of Silverbrook Pen Patents)

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March 29, 2007 at 11:01 AM