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Electronic reading system

US8419222B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJun 22, 2011
Grant dateApr 16, 2013
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Expiry dateDec 9, 2031

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG09G2380/14
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An electronic reader system includes an electronic book and a stylus. The electronic book includes a battery and a cover. The stylus includes a pen body for writing on the electronic book to input data or commands into the electronic book, and an illumination member detachably attached to the pen body. The illumination member can be detached from the pen body and attached onto the electronic book, receiving electrical power from the book as it does so, to illuminate the electronic book.

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