Pen data storage apparatus
Provided is a pen data storage apparatus that stores pen data including at least coordinate data regarding a position instructed and input by an electronic pen, in units of the pen data, in which each piece of the stored pen data includes function identification information that identifies a processing function for the pen data.
1 . A pen data storage apparatus, comprising:
a position detection device including a sensor having a detection region that includes at least a first region and a second region different from the first region, wherein the sensor, in operation, detects coordinates of a plurality of positions input by an electronic pen; and
a processor configured to cause a data storage device to store pen data including at least coordinate data regarding the plurality of positions input by the electronic pen,
wherein the first region corresponds to a first processing function corresponding to a first software application, and the second region corresponds to a second processing function different from the first processing function corresponding to a second software application different from the first software application,
wherein the pen data includes at least first processing function identification information that identifies the first processing function corresponding to the first software application, and second processing function identification information that identifies the second processing function corresponding to the second software application, and
wherein, in the pen data, the first processing function identification information is associated with the coordinate data regarding one or more of the positions input by the electronic pen in the first region, and the second processing function identification information is associated with the coordinate data regarding one or more of the positions input by the electronic pen in the second region.
2 . The pen data storage apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the pen data includes information regarding a time of input by the electronic pen.
3 . The pen data storage apparatus according to claim 2 , further comprising:
the data storage device,
wherein, when the data storage device receives a pen data acquisition request including information regarding a period of input by the electronic pen, the data storage device, in operation, returns the pen data including the information regarding the time in the period included in the pen data acquisition request to a device that has requested acquisition of the pen data.
4 . The pen data storage apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the pen data includes position information regarding a location of input by the electronic pen.
5 . The pen data storage apparatus according to claim 4 , further comprising:
the data storage device,
wherein, when the data storage device receives a pen data acquisition request including information regarding the location of input by the electronic pen, the data storage device, in operation, returns the pen data of the location included in the pen data acquisition request to a device that has requested acquisition of the pen data.
6 . The pen data storage apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the pen data includes at least one of information regarding a time of an input by the electronic pen, position information regarding a location of the input by the electronic pen, information regarding a height position of the electronic pen from an input surface, information regarding a pen pressure detected by the electronic pen, state information regarding a switch provided on the electronic pen, or information regarding a tilt of the electronic pen with respect to the input surface.
7 . The pen data storage apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the pen data includes identification information of the electronic pen.
8 . The pen data storage apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising:
an information processing device which, in operation, performs the first processing function and the second processing function.
9 . The pen data storage apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein
the first region overlaps the second region,
the information processing device, in operation, manages the first region and the second region of the sensor as regions respectively associated with different ranks, and,
when one or more of the positions input by the electronic pen are detected in the first region, the information processing device, in operation, refers to information regarding the different ranks and specifies the first processing function identification information that identifies the first processing function, wherein the first processing function identification information that identifies the first processing function is set in association with the first region.
10 . The pen data storage apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein
the position detection device and the information processing device are integrated in an apparatus.
11 . The pen data storage apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the detection region of the sensor of the position detection device includes a region for which the pen data is not stored in the data storage device.
12 . The pen data storage apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising:
an information processing device which, in operation, performs the first processing function and the second processing function,
wherein the detection region of the sensor of the position detection device includes a region in which one of the first processing function and the second processing function is not activated by an instruction input by the electronic pen but the pen data is stored.
13 . The pen data storage apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising:
the data storage device,
wherein the data storage device, in operation, operates as a server that acquires the pen data through a communication network and stores the pen data.
14 . The pen data storage apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising:
the electronic pen; and
an information processing device which, in operation, performs the first processing function and the second processing function for the pen data.
15 . The pen data storage apparatus according to claim 14 , wherein
the electronic pen, in operation, transmits information that designates the first processing function and the second processing function for the pen data to the information processing device, and
the information processing device, in operation, uses the first processing function and the second processing function designated by the information that designates the first processing function and the second processing function received from the electronic pen to process the pen data.
16 . The pen data storage apparatus according to claim 14 , further comprising:
the data storage device,
wherein the data storage device, in operation, operates as a server that acquires the pen data through a communication network and that stores the pen data.
17 . The pen data storage apparatus according to claim 14 , wherein
the position detection device and the information processing device are integrated in an apparatus.
18 . The pen data storage apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising:
the data storage device,
wherein, when the data storage device receives a pen data acquisition request including the first processing function identification information and the second processing function identification information, the data storage device returns the pen data associated with the first processing function identification information and the second processing function identification information included in the pen data acquisition request to a device that has requested acquisition of the pen data.
19 . The pen data storage apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising:
the data storage device,
wherein, when the data storage device receives a pen data acquisition request including identification information of the electronic pen, the data storage device, in operation, returns the pen data including the identification information of the electronic pen included in the pen data acquisition request to a device that has requested acquisition of the pen data.
20 . The pen data storage apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the first processing function and the second processing function are included in software of an information processing device.