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AssigneeWacom Co., Ltd.
InventorsHideyuki Hara, Sadao Yamamoto
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A method is carried out by a stylus, wherein the stylus is a dual stylus configured to be capable of transmitting signals pursuant to both a first system and a second system and receiving at least a signal pursuant to the first system. The dual stylus has a detection function of detecting a writing pressure applied to a stylus (pen) tip. The method includes detecting contact between the stylus and a touch surface based on the writing pressure detected by the detection function, activating a signal reception operation pursuant to the first system for a predetermined time period, and, responsive to reception of a signal pursuant to the first system in the predetermined time period, setting an operation mode of the stylus to a first operation mode, in which signals are transmitted and received pursuant to the first system.
A method carried out by a stylus, the stylus being a dual stylus capable of transmitting a signal pursuant to a first system and a signal pursuant to a second system and capable of receiving at least a signal pursuant to the first system, the dual stylus being capable of detecting a writing pressure applied to a stylus tip, the method comprising:
A method carried out by a dual stylus and a dual controller, wherein the dual stylus is capable of transmitting a signal pursuant to a first system and a signal pursuant to a second system to the dual controller and capable of receiving at least a signal pursuant to the first system from the dual controller, and the dual controller is capable of receiving a signal pursuant to the first system and a signal pursuant to the second system from the dual stylus and capable of transmitting at least a signal pursuant to the first system to the dual stylus, the method comprising:
A dual stylus capable of transmitting a signal pursuant to a first system and a signal pursuant to a second system and capable of receiving at least a signal pursuant to the first system, the dual stylus comprising:
A dual stylus capable of transmitting a signal pursuant to a first system and a signal pursuant to a second system to an external touch sensor controller and capable of receiving at least a signal pursuant to the first system from the external touch sensor controller, the dual stylus comprising:
A dual stylus capable of transmitting a signal pursuant to a first system and a signal pursuant to a second system to an external touch sensor controller and capable of receiving at least a signal pursuant to the first system from the external touch sensor controller, the dual stylus comprising:
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By capacitive means: using active external devices, e.g. active pens, for receiving changes in electrical potential transmitted by the digitiser,…
Input arrangements or combined input and output arrangements for interaction between user and computer: arrangements for converting the position…
With detection of two-dimensional [2D] relative movements between the device, or an operating part thereof, and a plane or surface, e.g. 2D…
Control and interface arrangements therefor, e.g. drivers or device-embedded control circuitry: signal control means within the pointing device
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The present disclosure relates to a method carried out by a stylus, a method carried out by a dual stylus and a dual controller, and a dual stylus.
In recent years, electronic equipment including a stylus that transmits a signal by using capacitive coupling has been attracting attention as an input device. This kind of electronic equipment further includes a touch sensor and a sensor controller, and the sensor controller is configured to receive a signal from the stylus received through the touch sensor and carry out position detection and writing pressure detection of the stylus based on the received signal.
Regarding the above-described electronic equipment, electronic equipment of various systems have come into existence in recent years. Concrete examples thereof are disclosed in PCT Patent Publication No. WO2015/111159, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2014-63249, U.S. Pat. No. 8,536,471, and U.S. Patent Application Publication No. 2012-0105362 (hereinafter, Patent Documents 1 to 4, respectively).
FIG. 1 is a diagram depicting the configuration of a position detecting system according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;
FIG. 2 is a diagram depicting the configuration of a sensor controller according to the embodiment of the present disclosure;
FIG. 3 is a mode transition diagram of a stylus and the sensor controller according to a first embodiment of the present disclosure;
Embodiments of the present disclosure will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings.
FIG. 1 is a diagram depicting the configuration of a position detecting system 1 according to a first embodiment of the present disclosure. As depicted in this diagram, the position detecting system 1 includes a stylus 2 and electronic equipment 3. The electronic equipment 3 is a tablet-type computer for example, and has a sensor 30 forming a touch surface 3t, a sensor controller 31, and a system controller 32 that controls the respective elements of the sensor controller 31.
The stylus 2 and the sensor controller 31 are a dual stylus and a dual controller, respectively, compatible with system A (first system) and system B (second system) that do not have compatibility with each other. Systems A and B are both compatible with bidirectional communication between the stylus 2 and the sensor controller 31. Systems A and B are given the order of priority and a higher order of priority is set for system A than system B.