# US 2025/0147618 A1 · Touch device and operation method thereof > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2025/0147618 A1 - Document ID: US20250147618A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 18/502,079 - Filed: 2023-11-06 - Published: 2025-05-08 - Earliest claimed: 2023-11-06 - Assignees: Novatek Microelectronics Corp. - Applicants: Novatek Microelectronics Corp. - Inventors: Chin-Tang Chang; Yun-Hsiang Yeh; Ta-Keng Weng - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20250147618A1 ## CPC - G06F 3/04166: {Details of scanning methods, e.g. sampling time, grouping of sub areas or time sharing with display driving (Synchronisation with the driving of the display or the backlighting unit to avoid interferences generated internally G06F3/04184)} - G06F 3/04162: {for exchanging data with external devices, e.g. smart pens, via the digitiser sensing hardware} - G06F 3/0442: {using active external devices, e.g. active pens, for transmitting changes in electrical potential to be received by the digitiser} - G06F 2203/04104: Multi-touch detection in digitiser, i.e. details about the simultaneous detection of a plurality of touching locations, e.g. multiple fingers or pen and finger - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) ## Abstract The touch device includes a processor and a driving circuit. The processor performs an active object detection through the driving circuit to detect a first position of an active stylus on a touch panel. The processor performs a passive object detection through the driving circuit to detect a second position of a passive object on the touch panel. The processor defines a first detection range including the first position. The processor defines a second detection range on the touch panel based on the first detection range, in which the first detection range is mutually exclusive from the second detection range. Then, the processor performs the active object detection in the first detection range through the driving circuit, and the processor disables or ignores the active object detection in the second detection range. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A touch device, comprising: a processor; and a driving circuit coupled to the processor, wherein the processor performs an active object detection on a touch panel through the driving circuit during a first period to detect a first position of an active stylus on the touch panel; the processor performs a passive object detection on the touch panel through the driving circuit during a second period different from the first period to detect a second position of a passive object on the touch panel; the processor defines a first detection range on the touch panel based on the first position of the active stylus, wherein the first position is comprised in the first detection range; the processor defines a second detection range on the touch panel based on the first detection range, wherein the first detection range is mutually exclusive from the second detection range; and during a third period different from the first period and the second period, the processor performs the active object detection in the first detection range through the driving circuit, and the processor disables or ignores the active object detection in the second detection range. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The touch device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the driving circuit comprises: a driving signal generating circuit controlled by the processor; an analog front-end amplifying circuit controlled by the processor; and a multiplex circuit controlled by the processor, wherein a first selection end of the multiplex circuit is coupled to an output end of the driving signal generating circuit, a second selection end of the multiplex circuit is coupled to an input end of the analog front-end amplifying circuit, and a common end of the multiplex circuit is coupled to a sensor pad of the touch panel. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The touch device as claimed in claim 2, wherein, in a first time phase of the passive object detection, the multiplex circuit selectively transmits a driving signal output by the driving signal generating circuit to the sensor pad of the touch panel; in a second time phase of the passive object detection, the multiplex circuit selectively couples the sensor pad of the touch panel to the input end of the analog front-end amplifying circuit; and in the active object detection, the multiplex circuit selectively couples the sensor pad of the touch panel to the input end of the analog front-end amplifying circuit. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The touch device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the processor defines other ranges on the touch panel except the first detection range as the second detection range. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The touch device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the processor defines the second detection range based on the first detection range of the active stylus and the second position of the passive object, the second position is comprised in the second detection range, and the first position of the active stylus is located outside the second detection range. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The touch device as claimed in claim 5, wherein the processor performs the active object detection in other ranges on the touch panel except the first detection range and the second detection range during the third period. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The touch device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the driving circuit comprises a plurality of analog front-end amplifiers; the processor disables at least one analog front-end amplifier corresponding to the second detection range among the analog front-end amplifiers to disable the active object detection in the second detection range; and the processor enables at least one analog front-end amplifier corresponding to the first detection range among the analog front-end amplifiers to perform the active object detection in the first detection range. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The touch device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the driving circuit comprises a plurality of analog front-end amplifiers; the processor ignores an output of at least one analog front-end amplifier corresponding to the second detection range among the analog front-end amplifiers to ignore the active object detection in the second detection range; and the processor receives and processes an output of at least one analog front-end amplifier corresponding to the first detection range among the analog front-end amplifiers to perform the active object detection in the first detection range. ### Claim 9 An operation method of a touch device, comprising: performing an active object detection during a first period to detect a first position of an active stylus on a touch panel; performing a passive object detection during a second period different from the first period to detect a second position of a passive object on the touch panel; defining a first detection range on the touch panel based on the first position, wherein the first position is comprised in the first detection range; defining a second detection range on the touch panel based on the first detection range, wherein the first detection range is mutually exclusive from the second detection range; and performing the active object detection in the first detection range and disabling or ignoring the active object detection in the second detection range during a third period different from the first period and the second period. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The operation method as claimed in claim 9, further comprising: defining other ranges on the touch panel except the first detection range as the second detection range. ### Claim 11 (depends on 9) The operation method as claimed in claim 9, further comprising: defining the second detection range based on the first detection range of the active stylus and the second position of the passive object, wherein the second position is comprised in the second detection range, and the first position of the active stylus is located outside the second detection range. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The operation method as claimed in claim 11, further comprising: performing the active object detection in other ranges on the touch panel except the first detection range and the second detection range during the third period. ### Claim 13 (depends on 9) The operation method as claimed in claim 9, further comprising: disabling at least one analog front-end amplifier corresponding to the second detection range among a plurality of analog front-end amplifiers to disable the active object detection in the second detection range; and enabling at least one analog front-end amplifier corresponding to the first detection range among the analog front-end amplifiers to perform the active object detection in the first detection range. ### Claim 14 (depends on 9) The operation method as claimed in claim 9, further comprising: ignoring an output of at least one analog front-end amplifier corresponding to the second detection range among a plurality of analog front-end amplifiers to ignore the active object detection in the second detection range; and processing an output of at least one analog front-end amplifier corresponding to the first detection range among the analog front-end amplifiers to perform the active object detection in the first detection range.