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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
May. 18, 2021

Filed:

Feb. 25, 2020
Applicant:

Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Sakai, JP;

Inventor:

Kuniaki Matsui, Sakai, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/045 (2006.01); G06F 3/039 (2013.01); G06F 3/0488 (2013.01); G06F 3/044 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/039 (2013.01); G06F 3/0446 (2019.05); G06F 3/04883 (2013.01);
Abstract

Provided is a touch in, system for entering an input with an input tool onto an input surface for touch input. The touch input system includes a plurality of sensor electrodes, a position detection circuit that executes a position detection process for detecting a position on the input surface contacted by the input tool, based on a change in electrostatic capacitance of the plurality of sensor electrodes, an input tool identification circuit that executes an attribute identification process for identifying an attribute for the input tool, and a discharge circuit that executes a discharge process for discharging electric charges charged in the plurality of sensor electrodes.


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