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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 2026
Filed:
Aug. 20, 2024
Wacom Co., Ltd., Saitama, JP;
Yoshio Nomura, Saitama, JP;
Masafumi Utsugi, Saitama, JP;
Jun Kadowaki, Saitama, JP;
Ryutaro Nitobe, Saitama, JP;
Susumu Yamada, Saitama, JP;
Haruhiko Hisano, Saitama, JP;
Hideyuki Hara, Saitama, JP;
Naoki Watanabe, Saitama, JP;
Wacom Co., Ltd., Saitama, JP;
Abstract
Provided is an active pen used with electronic equipment including a touch sensor that is of a capacitive system and that includes sensor electrodes, the active pen including a receiving circuit that receives an uplink signal from the electronic equipment, a transmitting circuit that transmits a downlink signal to the electronic equipment, an attendant function circuit that performs an attendant function different from reception of the uplink signal and transmission of the downlink signal, and a controller that controls operation of the receiving circuit, the transmitting circuit, or the attendant function circuit according to a plurality of kinds of operation modes including a normal mode and a low power consumption mode.