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A pen is a handheld device used to apply ink to a surface, usually paper, for writing or drawing. [1] Additional types of specialized pens are used in specific types of applications and environments such as in artwork, electronics, digital scanning and spaceflight, and computing.
A Wacom Bamboo Capture graphics tablet with supplied inductive pen. The crop marks on the surface indicate the active area, which measures 14.7×9.2 cm or 5.8×3.6 in. An active pen (also referred to as active stylus ) is an input device that includes electronic components and allows users to write directly onto the display of a computing ...
The earliest computer-related usage for a stylus was in 1643 with Pascal's calculator. [4] The device had rotary dials that rotated in accordance with the selected numbers; with gears, drums, and clever engineering, it was capable of addition, subtraction, multiplication and division (using 9's constant). A stylus was used to turn the dials.
This type of pen is used in conjunction with a graphics tablet, tablet computer, smartphone or digital notebook. The input device captures the handwriting data, that, once digitized, can be displayed on a screen. Common digital pen protocols are: Microsoft Pen Protocol (MPP) (formerly N-trig) Wacom AES 1.0 and 2.0; Wacom EMR
A graphic tablet. A graphics tablet (also known as a digitizer, digital graphic tablet, pen tablet, drawing tablet, external drawing pad or digital art board) is a computer input device that enables a user to hand draw or paint images, animations and graphics, with a special pen-like stylus, similar to the way a person draws pictures with a pencil and paper by hand.
Pen computing refers to any computer user-interface using a pen or stylus and tablet, over input devices such as a keyboard or a mouse.. Historically, pen computing (defined as a computer system employing a user-interface using a pointing device plus handwriting recognition as the primary means for interactive user input) predates the use of a mouse and graphical display by at least two ...
It defines a two-way communication protocol between the stylus and the computer and allows the stylus to remember user preferences for ink color and stroke. It support 9-axis inertial measurement. [4] Products started coming to market in 2019 including one stylus and several Chromebooks from different manufacturers. [1]
A stylus is a small pen-shaped instrument that is used to input commands to a computer screen, mobile device or graphics tablet. The stylus is the primary input device for personal digital assistants, smartphones and some handheld gaming systems such as the Nintendo DS that require accurate input, although devices featuring multi-touch finger ...