Color optical pen for electronic panel
A color optical pen includes a tip unit, a pen body unit attached to the tip unit; a pressure sensor that is disposed in the tip unit and configured to sense at least contact between a display unit of a terminal device and the tip unit; a light source that is disposed in the pen body unit and is configured to output light through the tip unit, if the pressure sensor senses the contact; a color selection switch that is disposed on the pen body, the color selection switch configured to select a color in response to operation by a user; and a driver configured to drive the light source at a frequency or pattern based on operation of the color selection switch.
1. A color optical pen comprising:
a tip unit;
a pen body unit attached to the tip unit;
a pressure sensor that is disposed in the tip unit, the pressure sensor configured to sense at least contact between a display unit of a terminal device and the tip unit;
a light source that is disposed in the pen body unit, the light source configured to output light through the tip unit, if the pressure sensor senses the contact;
a driver configured to drive the light source to emit the light of a selected color onto the display unit to instruct the display unit, via the light emitted therefrom, to draw a line thereon having the selected color of the light emitted thereto; and
a plurality of color selection switches disposed on an exterior of the pen body, the plurality of color selection switches configured to instruct the driver to emit the light having the selected color, the selected color being selected by a user via the plurality of color selection switches, wherein
the plurality of color selection switches are each associated with different ones of at least two colors such that,
when a single one of the plurality color selection switches is selected, the light that is emitted has one of the at least two colors associated with a selected one of the plurality of color selection switches, and
when at least two of the plurality of color selection switches are selected at a same time, the light that is emitted has a different color than the at least two colors such that more colors than a number of the plurality of color selection switches is emittable by the color optical pen.
2. The color optical pen of claim 1 , wherein the light source and the driver are disposed in the pen body unit.
3. The color optical pen of claim 1 , wherein the lens unit is configured to adjust a size of a beam of the output light.
4. The color optical pen of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of color selection switches comprise:
at least two of the following: a black selection switch, a red selection switch, a green selection switch, and a blue selection switch.
5. The color optical pen of claim 1 , further comprising:
an erasure selection switch configured to select an operation of erasing.
6. The color optical pen of claim 5 , wherein the erasure selection switch is a button disposed at an upper portion of the pen body unit.
7. The color optical pen of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of color selection switches are configured to select the selected color in response to the user pressing the color selection switch.