According to foreign media reports, Microsoft newly acquired a patent on February 15 appears to show that the company intends to completely replace the pen with a stylus Pen surface.
According to the patent picture, a touch-sensitive retention clip is added to the Surface Pen pen body, so that the stylus can be turned on, zoom in and zoom out and is now implemented by a mouse wheel As a result, users of touchscreen computers may find the stylus to be better than a mouse.
It is reported that Microsoft's patent documents show a different design paradigm.
In the first design, the touch sensing clip is connected to the stylus near the eraser and the conductive material is internally installed to enhance the conductivity. The materials used for the exterior of the touch sensing clip include plastic, paint and some ' Electrically isolating. "In addition, the Surface Pen's pen body has two built-in buttons that take the place of the left and right mouse buttons.
In another embodiment, the thickness of the conductive material inside the touch-sensitive clip does not change, and the thinner the portion of the outer insulating material closer to the pen tip, the thicker the portion closer to the end of the pen. Therefore, the closer the touch-sensitive clip is to the pen The end of the site, the overall thicker, and the principle of achieving a variety of functions basically unchanged.
At present, Microsoft has introduced several colors of platinum, black, burgundy and cobalt blue for the Surface Pen, each priced at $ 100 (approximately RMB 634). The product can be connected to a Windows 10 device via Bluetooth 4.0 and used 4 batteries.