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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 18, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 11, 2014
Applicant:
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);
Inventors:
Denis Varlamov, Portland, OR (US);
Jonathan Westhues, Portland, OR (US);
Assignee:
MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0354 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/03545 (2013.01);
Abstract
A discrete circuit multiplexing system in an interactive stylus is provided. The discrete circuit multiplexing system includes a first electrode and second electrode positioned in a stylus body, with a shared transmitting sub-system coupled to the first electrode and the second electrode. The circuit further includes a microcontroller configured to cause selective transmission of waveforms from the shared transmitting sub-system to the first electrode and the second electrode to selectively stimulate either the first electrode or the second electrode.