US 11,816,275 B1
In-air control regions
Tushar Agrawal, West Fargo, ND (US); Thomas Jefferson Sandridge, Tampa, FL (US); Martin G. Keen, Cary, NC (US); and Sarbajit K. Rakshit, Kolkata (IN)
Assigned to International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US)
Filed by INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US)
Filed on Aug. 2, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/816,761.
Int. Cl. G06F 3/0346 (2013.01); G06F 3/038 (2013.01); G06F 3/0354 (2013.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 3/0346 (2013.01) [G06F 3/016 (2013.01); G06F 3/038 (2013.01); G06F 3/03545 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system comprising:
one or more processors; and
one or more computer-readable storage media collectively storing program instructions which, when executed by the one or more processors, are configured to cause the one or more processors associated with an electronic pen and a device to perform a method comprising:
establishing communication between the electronic pen and the device;
defining two or more in-air control regions above the device, each in-air control region specifying a set of functions that the electronic pen is configured to perform, wherein the two or more in-air control regions are displayed as virtual boundaries by an extended reality (XR) device worn by a user;
determining that the electronic pen is within a first in-air control region of the two or more in-air control regions, the first in-air control region specifying a first set of functions that the electronic pen is configured to perform; and
executing, in response to input received from the electronic pen within the first in-air control region, at least one function of the first set of functions.