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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 08, 2016
Filed:
Jan. 09, 2015
Atmel Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);
Shahrooz Shahparnia, Monte Sereno, CA;
Vivek Pant, San Jose, CA (US);
Esat Yilmaz, Santa Cruz, CA (US);
Vemund Kval Bakken, Tiller, NO;
Kishore Sundara-Rajan, San Jose, CA (US);
John Stanley Dubery, Basingstoke, GB;
Martin J. Simmons, Whiteley, GB;
Sherif Hanna, Foster City, CA (US);
Atmel Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
In one embodiment, a method includes receiving sensor data from one or more sensors in or on a stylus, the stylus including one or more electrodes and one or more computer-readable non-transitory storage media embodying logic for wirelessly transmitting signals to a device through a touch sensor of the device. The method includes generating a carrier signal and modulating the carrier signal to communicate the sensor data and wirelessly transmitting from the stylus to the device the carrier signal as modulated through the touch sensor of the device.