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Date of Patent:
Oct. 19, 2021

Filed:

Feb. 07, 2018
Applicants:

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;

Research & Business Foundation Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon-si, KR;

Inventors:

Hyung-sun Lee, Yongin-si, KR;

Kang-yoon Lee, Seoul, KR;

Sung-hun Cho, Suwon-si, KR;

Gwan-hyung Kim, Suwon-si, KR;

Sang-yun Kim, Suwon-si, KR;

Ho-chul Ryu, Suwon-si, KR;

Sang-ho Kim, Hwaseong-si, KR;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/044 (2006.01); G06F 3/038 (2013.01); G06F 3/0354 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0442 (2019.05); G06F 3/0383 (2013.01); G06F 3/03545 (2013.01); G06F 3/0441 (2019.05); G06F 3/0446 (2019.05);
Abstract

Disclosed is an input device. The input device includes a communicator configured to communicate with an electronic device, a pen tip provided at one end of the input device, a first electrode portion including a plurality of first sub-electrodes spaced apart from each other by a predetermined distance from the pen tip, a second electrode portion including a plurality of second sub-electrodes spaced apart from each other to correspond to each of the plurality of first sub-electrodes at a position spaced apart from the first electrode portion by a predetermined distance, a processor to provide a driving signal to the first electrode portion and the second electrode portion, generate tilt information of the input device on the basis of a plurality of capacitances formed between the plurality of first sub-electrodes and the plurality of second sub-electrodes, and transmit the tilt information to the electronic device.


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