# US 2025/0165086 A1 · Position indicator and input system > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2025/0165086 A1 - Document ID: US20250165086A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 19/031,003 - Filed: 2025-01-17 - Published: 2025-05-22 - Earliest claimed: 2020-10-20 - Assignees: Wacom Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Wacom Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Nobutaka IDE; Koji YANO; Takahiko HOEN; Mu-Tzu CHEN; Tadakuni TSUBOTA - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20250165086A1 ## CPC - G06F 3/0383: {Signal control means within the pointing device} - G06F 3/016: {Input arrangements with force or tactile feedback as computer generated output to the user} - G06F 3/02: Input arrangements using manually operated switches, e.g. using keyboards or dials - G06F 3/03545: {Pens or stylus} - G06F 3/041: Digitisers, e.g. for touch screens or touch pads, characterised by the transducing means - G06F 3/044: by capacitive means - G06F 3/046: by electromagnetic means - G06F 3/0442: {using active external devices, e.g. active pens, for transmitting changes in electrical potential to be received by the digitiser} - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) ## Abstract A position indicator that is used with a position detection device including a position detection sensor, the position indicator including a first function module and a second function module. The first function module includes a core body that, in operation, is brought into contact with an input surface for position detection in the position detection sensor, and a position detection signal transmission circuit, in operation, that transmits a position detection signal to the position detection sensor. The second function module includes a first function circuit that, in operation, generates characteristic selection information corresponding to a characteristic of the core body or a characteristic of the input surface and transmits the characteristic selection information, or a second function circuit that, in operation, generates a stimulus corresponding to the characteristic selection information such that a user who is holding the position indicator audibly or tactilely perceives the stimulus. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A position indicator that is used with a position detection device including a position detection sensor, the position indicator comprising: a first function module including a core body that, in operation, is brought into contact with an input surface for position detection in the position detection sensor, and a position detection signal transmission circuit that, in operation, transmits a position detection signal to the position detection sensor; and a second function module including a first function circuit that, in operation, generates characteristic selection information corresponding to a characteristic of the core body or a characteristic of the input surface and transmits the characteristic selection information to an outside of the position indicator, or a second function circuit that generates, in operation, a stimulus corresponding to the characteristic selection information such that a user who is holding the position indicator audibly or tactilely perceives the stimulus. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The position indicator according to claim 1, wherein the stimulus corresponds to a state change that occurs in the position indicator during an input operation with the core body in contact with the input surface. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The position indicator according to claim 1, wherein the first function module and the second function module are integrally formed. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The position indicator according to claim 1, wherein the first function module and the second function module are formed separately from each other. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The position indicator according to claim 1, wherein: the first function module and the second function module are disposed in an axial direction of a casing, and a tip end of the core body of the first function module projects to the outside of the position indicator from an opening on a first end in the axial direction of the casing. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The position indicator according to claim 5, wherein the second function module is disposed on the first end in the axial direction of the casing and is attachable to and detachable from the casing. ### Claim 7 (depends on 5) The position indicator according to claim 5, wherein the casing is formed from resin. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The position indicator according to claim 1, wherein the first function module excluding the core body and the second function module are embedded in an axial direction of a casing. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The position indicator according to claim 1, wherein the second function module is embedded in a casing. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The position indicator according to claim 1, wherein: a tip end of the core body projects to the outside of the position indicator from an opening on a first end in an axial direction of a casing, and the second function module covers the first end in the axial direction of the casing and a second end opposite to the first end, and is attachable to and detachable from the first end and the second end in the axial direction of the casing. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The position indicator according to claim 10, further comprising: a start switch that, in operation, turns on and off an operation state of the second function module, wherein when the second function module is mounted to cover the second end in the axial direction of the casing, the start switch turns on the operation state of the second function module. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The position indicator according to claim 1, further comprising: a start switch that, in operation, turns on and off an operation state of the second function module, and the start switch is a press button switch that is disposed such that an operation state of the second function module is on during a position indication input in which the position detection signal is transmitted from the first function module to the position detection sensor. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The position indicator according to claim 1, wherein the second function module is separate from a casing in which the first function module is disposed and which, in operation, is held by a first hand of the user, and the second function module, in operation, is held by a second hand of the user.