Aiptek International Gmbh

Waltop International Corporation

Wacom Co., Ltd.

Ching-Chuan Chao

Chung-Wen Hsu

Chih-An Chen

Chia-Jui Yeh

Ping-Hung Chen

Shi-Hao Cheng

Bor-Sen Chang

I-Wen Wang

Chung Wen Hsu

A multi-induction loop layout of an electromagnetic inductive system is disclosed. The multi-induction loop layout of the invention comprises a plurality of inductive loops, one terminal of each inductive loop connecting to a loop switch, and the other terminal connecting to the common node. Every logical inductive loop is a relative close inductive loop, the relative close inductive loop possessing a plurality of-type sections, forming a sawtooth-shaped region and corresponding to and closing each other to form a plurality of close-like regions. The form of which gradually approaches the multi-induction loop layout.

Electromagnetic inductive system with multi-induction loop layout and battery less pointer device and its method for locating the coordinate

The invention, an improved device and method for the pointer system of a digitizer tablet, is to repetitiously emit signals sequentially from a specific set of inductive loop when the position pointed by the wireless pointer device is located within a range formed by this specific set of inductive loop induced most intensively during a locally scanning process. After a transient energy storage of the wireless pointer device, corresponding resonant signals are emitted out and are received sequentially by several sets of inductive loop located on the digitizer tablet in the neighborhood of this specific set of inductive loop and, by these signals, the wireless pointer device's coordinate position on the digitizer tablet is calculated out relatively. Thereby, the intensities of the resonant signals received by these several sets of inductive loop will be displayed as a linear distribution, such that the calculation formula for coordinate position and the design for relative circuit elements may be simplified greatly, and the production cost and the power consumption may further be lowered down effectively.

Device and method for pointer system of digitizer tablet

An electromagnetic induction device with a writing function is disclosed in this present invention. The design of this invention combines an electromagnetic induction device and a writing device in a pen-like device. The electromagnetic induction device can be employed as a pointer device of a tablet. The writing device can be used as an ink pen. Moreover, while writing on paper, the tablet can detect and calculate the coordinates of the writing device and save the coordinates in memory device, such as a RAM. After communicating with the host machine, the monitor can response and display the handwriting trace. Hence, it is very convenient for a user to bring and carry a pen-like device with multiple functions according to this invention.

Electromagnetic induction pen-like device with writing function

A computer peripheral input system with two input types and a method of data communication for the same is provided. The computer peripheral input system comprises a first input module, a second input module and control means having a communication interface installed therein. The first input module is used for inputting at least a first input data and generating a first input signal corresponding thereto. The second input module is used for inputting at least a second input data and generating a second input signal corresponding thereto. Control means reads and processes the first and second input signals, and then stores a first and second information respectively corresponding thereto. The first information represents the first input data. The second information represents the second input data. The communication interface sends the first and second information stored in control means by a polling method.

Computer peripheral input system with two input types and method of data communication for the same

The purpose of the present invention is to reduce power consumption caused by controlling circuit in transmitting/receiving process between tablet system and cord less-battery less pointer apparatus. The present invention provides multi-channel switches set produced in semi-conductor process to replace traditional analog switch and tri-state element used in prior art as signal transmitting/receiving selector of inductive loops of tablet, which can simplify controlling circuit, enhance power efficiency of signal transmitting/receiving between tablet system and cord less and cell less pointer apparatus, and increase speed of response of signal transmitting/receiving between tablet and cord less-battery less pointer apparatus.

Tablet system with inductive loops and cord less-battery less pointer apparatus controlled by multi-channel switches set and method for transmitting and receiving its signal

A plurality of single-induction-loops are inserted in an electromagnetic induction system in which multi-induction-loop is deployed. Deployment of a multi-induction-loop layout is constituted by induction loops with sawtooth-shaped areas and close-like areas formed by-type sections of same and opposite phases for reducing the number of switch in use, completely deploying induction loops of X axis and Y axis on a same common contact, effectively reducing area demand of electromagnetic induction system, and thus increasing effective area of panel board in use. Moreover, in order to further enhance ability of interference immunity of electromagnetic induction system, a plurality of single-induction-loops are inserted around multi-induction-loop for isolating interference of noise to multi-induction-loop and thus relatively increasing linearity and efficiency of electromagnetic induction system.

Electromagnetic induction system with single-induction-loop multi-induction-loop

An antenna loop structure applicable to a digitizer tablet is capable of reducing effect of electromagnetic interference (EMI) by aggregating a plurality of antenna loops, wherein each antenna loop further comprises a plurality of-shaped segmental antennas, and each pair of immediate neighboring segmental antennas is phase-inverted to each other for counteracting against external EMI.

Antenna loop structure

A digitizer tablet comprises a plurality of physical antenna loops distributed along the X- and Y-directions of two-dimensional Cartesian coordinates (X, Y) on the digitizer tablet, wherein each physical antenna loop comprises a plurality of logical sections. For the logical sections of each of the physical antenna loops distributed in the same direction, the adjacent logical sections of the logical sections belong to different physical antenna loops.

N-shaped antenna loops of digitizer tablet for reducing antenna switches and the method for locating the cordless pen

A pressure sensitive pen is provided. The pressure sensitive pen comprises a core body, an elastic element, a first magnetic body having one coil formed of at least a wire wound around, a second magnetic body, a sliding member, a hollow cylindrical body with an annular element formed therein and an inductance-capacitance type resonant circuit. The resonant circuit is electrically connected with the first magnetic body having the coil wound around. When a force is upward applied on the core body, the force is further applied on the sliding member through the core body such that the sliding member in conjunction with the second magnetic body move upward and make the elastic element deformed, and changing a predetermined distance between the first magnetic body and the second magnetic body, thereby changing an inductance generated by the coil, and the resonance frequency of the resonant circuit is thus changed.

Pressure sensitive pen

The layout of multi-antenna loops in this invention comprises: a plurality of antenna loops, wherein one terminal of each antenna loop is electrically coupled with an antenna switch and the other terminal is electrically connected to a ground wire. All antenna loops are symmetrical antenna loops each of which contains a plurality of n-shaped sections to form sawtooth-shaped regions and compound into a plurality of dummy closed regions. If the symmetrical antenna loops are in-phase state, the plurality of sawtooth-shaped regions consist of the plurality of n-shaped sections with the non-interlacing method; if the symmetrical antenna loops are oppositephase state, the plurality of sawtooth-shaped regions consist of the n-shaped sections with the interlacing method.

Layout for multi-antenna loops of the electromagnetic-induction system

A digitizer tablet apparatus uses edge areas on the surface of the apparatus as macro cell areas. The location of a pointing device in the apparatus is determined from a plurality of detected magnetic voltages. Threshold values are used to determine if the pointing device is in an edge area. A macro cell in an edge area may be a relative precise macro cell or a coarse macro cell. When a pointing device is in an edge area, the detected voltages may not provide enough data for determining the exact location of the pointing device. If only the exact location in X direction or Y direction can not be determined, the macro cell selected by the pointing device is a relative precise macro cell. If the exact location in both X direction and Y direction can not be determined, the macro cell is a coarse macro cell.

Digitizer tablet apparatus with edge area as a macro cell

An apparatus for automatically changing the operation of a dual-mode digitizer tablet system. The system comprises a cordless pen device generating an electromagnetic wave of a variable frequency and a cordless mouse device generating an electromagnetic wave of a different frequency. The cordless pen device operates in an absolute mode and the cordless mouse device operates in a relative movement mode. The apparatus comprises a detection loop sensing circuit for detecting electromagnetic waves and a signal processing circuit for extracting the signal of either the pen device or the mouse device. The extracted signal is rectified and digitized for determining the position of the cordless pointing device by a micro-controller. A frequency counter determines the frequency of the detected signal. By detecting and determining the frequency of the electromagnetic wave received in the tablet system, the operation mode is adjusted automatically.

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Ching-Chuan Chao