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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 20, 2011
Filed:
Sep. 01, 2010
Applicant:
David Thomas Eliot Ely, Waterbeach, GB;
Inventor:
David Thomas Eliot Ely, Waterbeach, GB;
Assignee:
Synaptics (UK) Limited, Cambridge, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/041 (2006.01); G06K 11/06 (2006.01); G08C 21/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An X-Y digitizer system is described for embedding within a host device, such as a tablet PC, a mobile telephone, a personal digital assistant or the like. The digitizer is configurable so that it can detect and track the position of different types of position indicator. The digitizer also includes novel digitizer windings and novel excitation circuitry for energizing the windings.