One-stroke Writing and Drawing Robot Architecture

Of course, although Xianke Electronics couldn't compare to brands like Midea, Chigo, and Aux today, a dead tiger still retained its might.

It was still considered an outstanding large electronics company, one that countless small and medium-sized domestic electronics companies looked up to.

To Xingtu Technology, Xianke Electronics was practically a giant. The two weren't even on the same level.

Now that they wanted to enter the Handwriting Robot industry, it was practically a disaster for Xingtu Technology.

It had to be said that Lin Feng had successfully changed history, because he had found the right customer base for Handwriting Robots ahead of time.

He had also launched the near-perfect Second-generation Pen Master Handwriting Robot, ultimately achieving sales far more impressive than in his previous life.

Those stronger sales results had attracted the attention of even more companies, bringing him many enemies he hadn't encountered in his previous life.

It really was true that if you wanted something, you had to bear the cost. He who would wear the crown must bear its weight.

Fortunately, Xianke Electronics was a conglomerate that dabbled in everything, and recently, its main focus had been range hoods in the kitchen and bathroom appliance sector.

Handwriting Robots were merely an idle move for them, not a flagship product. So, against the powerful yet inattentive Xianke Electronics, Xingtu Technology, fighting with its back to the wall, might not be without a chance.

Of course, the two sides weren't destined to clash anytime soon, because research and development required time.

Even a company like Xianke Electronics, skilled at developing products across different industries, needed time to work around Xingtu Technology's patents and create its own Handwriting Robot.

So for at least the next month or two, the two sides wouldn't officially go to war, and the pressure on Xingtu Technology wasn't too great yet.

However, although Xianke Electronics' Handwriting Robot hadn't appeared, shameless copycat products of the same kind came out first—and they arrived with frightening force!

On November 1, 2013, a Shencheng company called Zhisu Technology directly listed products modeled after the First-generation Pen Master Handwriting Robot and Second-generation Pen Master Handwriting Robot on Taobao.

Their products were codenamed the Bond First-generation Handwriting Robot and Bond Second-generation Handwriting Robot.

Their structures were identical to the core structure of the Pen Master Handwriting Robot. They had merely made some adjustments outside the core components, such as to the baseplate and corners.

The similarity was as high as 90%. On the surface, they looked like different products, but a careful comparison would reveal that they were fundamentally the same thing.

They were also priced a full twenty yuan cheaper than the Pen Master Handwriting Robot, stealing a substantial number of Xingtu Technology's orders.

Moreover, in their advertising videos and product description pages, they claimed that they were the true inventors of the Handwriting Robot.

To prove it, they presented documents showing that their company had started a Handwriting Robot R&D project as early as early March, along with some preliminary design drafts.

They used this to prove that they had begun developing Handwriting Robots half a year ago, while a certain Master's Handwriting Robot was merely a despicable thief.

On top of that, they hired more than a dozen well-known uploaders on Bilibili, AcFun, Youku, and other platforms to make videos explicitly accusing Xingtu Technology of copying and stealing Zhisu Technology's patented technology.

After learning that sales had suddenly plummeted and then searching online for the relevant news, Lin Feng's mother, He Xueqing, exploded with rage. She was so angry that night that she couldn't even eat dinner.

"How could there be such shameless people? Does the owner of Zhisu Technology have no shame at all? It's bad enough that they're illegally infringing on and selling our Pen Master Handwriting Robot.

"How dare they claim that we copied them? How can someone be this shameless?"

He Xueqing was thoroughly enraged. She couldn't forgive Zhisu Technology in Shencheng at all and felt utterly disgusted by what they had done.

At that moment, Lin Feng's father, Lin Guohua, said helplessly:

"Isn't that how so-called successful businessmen grow? They'll do anything for money.

"From my experience working construction for over twenty years and following more than a dozen construction crews, there aren't many contractors who could be called conscientious.

"Either they pass off inferior steel as good steel, use substandard building materials, or find ways to mislead homeowners so they can fleece them for more money."

At those words, everyone fell silent.

When Lin Feng heard the name Zhisu Technology, he too felt somewhat dazed.

Come to think of it, in early 2015, two years later, Zhisu Technology had also entered the Handwriting Robot market, muddying the waters even further.

But perhaps because they had entered the market two years later in his previous life, they hadn't dared to claim that they had invented the Handwriting Robot.

That they would be this arrogant in this life truly exceeded Lin Feng's expectations. It could only be said that the human heart was not something easily understood.

At that moment, Lin Feng's father, Lin Guohua, thought for a moment before frowning.

"We have to do something. We can't let them control public opinion. Otherwise, if a lie gets repeated enough, it'll become the truth.

"Just like that matter of Little Lin living off his parents at home. We tried our best to explain that Little Lin wasn't mooching off us at home, but developing products.

"But how could the two of us possibly outtalk so many mouths? In the end, even our neighbor Aunt Ba believed what others said, let alone everyone else."

He Xueqing frowned, then said with a headache:

"But people's mouths are their own. How can we make them shut up and convince everyone that we're the ones who invented the Handwriting Robot?"

Suddenly, He Xueqing seemed to think of something. She turned to Lin Feng and asked:

"I heard that you submitted patent applications to the state online, didn't you?

"It's been a month now. Have our patent certificates come through?"

"The patent types I applied for were utility model patents and invention patents, but the two types of patent certificates are issued at different times.

"Even utility model patents, which are the fastest to be issued, usually take around six to ten months before you receive the certificate."

There were actually more than thirty software patents registered as well, but software patent certificates took longer to issue, generally requiring a year and a half to two years.

As for the mechanical design patents for the Pen Master Handwriting Robot, there were more than seventy of them. The three most important core patents were structural patents, and they were also the three universal structural patents for Handwriting Robots in his previous life.

The first was the most classic and widely adopted Linear Structure. The second was the Partial Frame Structure. The third was the Cross Structure.

Handwriting Robots with a Partial Frame Structure were the most precise and stable when writing and drawing, capable of making more delicate movements.

Moreover, because of their stable structure and stronger support, they could later be designed with automatic pen-changing and paper-flipping functions, along with other features.

But the drawback was their complex structure and higher production costs. Still, to be safe, Lin Feng had applied for technical patents, blocking off others' paths in advance.

Next came the Cross Structure. Its defining feature was a long, suspended arm extending outward, with the machine moving left and right along the arm.

The advantage of this structure was its extremely low manufacturing cost. It only needed two Stepper Motors and one Pen Control Stepper Motor, making it remarkably cheap.

But its drawback was that the extended arm hung in midair, making its center of gravity inherently unstable. If it was accidentally bumped and even slightly deformed, the entire Handwriting Robot would be ruined.

Of course, despite the Cross Structure's many flaws, Lin Feng had also applied for patents on it, blocking off others' paths in advance and leaving them nowhere to go. It was downright despicable.

The next architecture was the Linear Architecture. It was the most universal architecture, and in his previous life, nearly 80% of Handwriting Robots had used it. That showed just how classic it was.

The reason it was called a Linear Architecture was naturally because, on the surface, it only had a vertical cantilever moving around, without a suspended horizontal arm.

This structure was more stable than the Cross Structure, and it could also later be fitted with an Automatic Paper-Flipping Function, making it highly popular with manufacturers.

The structure currently used by Pen Master was undoubtedly the most classic Linear Structure. Its advantages were its simple construction and relatively low production cost.

But its drawback was that it required one extra motor, making it slightly more expensive than the Cross Type Architecture. There was also a certain chance of accidental contact causing random drawing, though that could be solved through programming and refined mechanical design.

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