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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 11, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 14, 2016
Position indicator, position detecting device, and input control method of position detecting device
Wacom Co., Ltd., Saitama, JP;
Takeshi Kobori, Tokyo, JP;
Toshihiko Horie, Saitama, JP;
WACOM CO., LTD., Saitama, JP;
Abstract
A position detecting device includes two different types of sensors. A position indicator includes resonant circuits that enable detection of the position indicator by a first sensor both when a first end of a chassis of the position indicator is oriented toward the position detecting device and when a second end of the chassis is oriented toward the position detecting device. The position indicator also includes a conductive cap that is provided at the second end of the chassis and that enables detection of the position indicator by a second sensor when the second end is brought close to the position detecting device. A control circuit included in the position detecting device changes processing according to when the control circuit is receiving only one of an output signal from a detection circuit coupled to the first sensor and an output signal from a detection circuit coupled to the second sensor and when the control circuit is receiving the output signals from both detection circuits.