Stylus for operation with a digitizer
AssigneeMicrosoft Technology Licensing, LLC
InventorsAmit Schwitzer, Ahia Peretz
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Abstract
A stylus for operation with a digitizer device is described. The stylus comprises a housing, at least one transmitter within the housing, electronic circuitry within the housing, the electronic circuitry configured to generate a signal for transmission by the transmitter such that in use, the digitizer device is able to detect the transmitted signal and infer a position of the transmitter with respect to the digitizer device; and an electrically conducting connector. The connector connects the transmitter to the electronic circuitry, and conveys the generated signal from the electronic circuitry to the transmitter. The connector and the transmitter are formed as a single element.
Claims20
A stylus for operation with a digitizer device, the stylus comprising:
- a housing;
- a transmitter within the housing;
- electronic circuitry within the housing, the electronic circuitry configured to generate a signal for transmission by the transmitter such that in use, the digitizer device is able to detect the transmitted signal and infer a position of the transmitter with respect to the digitizer device;
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- an electrically conducting connector directly connecting the transmitter to the electronic circuitry with no intervening element between the transmitter and the electronic circuitry, the connector configured to convey the generated signal from the electronic circuitry to the transmitter;
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- wherein the connector and the transmitter are formed as a single element.
A method of operating a stylus with a digitizer device, the method comprising:
- generating a signal, using electronic circuitry in the stylus, the signal being for transmission by a transmitter in the stylus to a digitizer device such that the digitizer device is able to infer a position of the transmitter with respect to the digitizer device;
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- conveying the generated signal from the electronic circuitry to the transmitter, using an electrically conducting connector directly connecting the transmitter to the electronic circuitry with no intervening element between the connector and the transmitter;
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- configuring the transmitter and the electrically conducting connector as a single element.
A transmitter of a stylus, the transmitter comprising:
- a transmitting element configured to transmit a signal to a digitizer device;
- an electrically conducting connector configured to directly connect the transmitting element to electronic circuitry in the stylus with no intervening element between the connector and the transmitter, the connector configured to convey a signal generated by the electronic circuitry to the transmitter for transmission as the signal to the digitizer device;
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- wherein the connector and the transmitter are integrated.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.