(Credit: Apple/USPTO)
A newly awarded Apple patent describes a pen that acts as a portable, wireless computer.
Granted to Apple today by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), a patent known simply as “portable computers” speaks of a pen computer with a built-in screen that can display e-mails, text message, and voice data. The device, which would be equipped with cellular and/or GPS technology to allow wireless communication, also would act as an advanced digital pen. The patent explains that the pen would include accelerometers to recognize handwriting and facilitate both speech-to-text and text-to-speech conversion.
Along with a cellular transceiver and GPS receiver, the pen computer would be equipped with a microphone and speaker, a touchscreen, and a rechargeable battery. In some areas, the patent describes the pen-shaped device as a portable computer, and in other areas, a cellular telephone:
A cellular telephone comprising: a case, the case sized and shaped to be held in one hand resting between the root of the thumb and index finger of the hand; the case being non-hinged and the case housing: a microphone and a speaker; a display, the display resting in the dorsal area at the back of the hand when the … [Read more]
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