US 5,313,024 AGranted

Coordinate reading system

AssigneeSeiko Instruments Inc.

InventorYoshiyuki Morita

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Abstract

A coordinate reading system that allows the determination of coordinate values without scanning has a simplified tablet structure and increased coordinate calculation speed. A coordinate indicator contains a coil and generates an AC magnetic field by excitation signals received from an excitation signal generating circuit. Sense lines having unequal width (zigzag sense lines) and/or rectangular return sense lines are laid in the tablet to induce signals having amplitudes that correspond to positions of the coil on the tablet when the AC magnetic field is generated. A selecting circuit directs the induced signals sequentially to a signal processing circuit. The signal processing circuit generates envelope signals of the induced signals. A calculating circuit calculates the coordinate values from the envelope signals generated by the signal processing circuit.

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Dependent claims

A coordinate reading system, comprising:

a tablet having a first zigzag sense line formed from a plurality of first sense lines connected in series in a direction perpendicular to a coordinate detecting direction, wherein the first sense lines are laid by gradually increasing their width along the coordinate detecting direction, and a second zigzag sense line formed from a plurality of second sense lines connected in series in the direction perpendicular to the coordinate detecting direction, wherein the second sense lines are laid by gradually decreasing their width along the coordinate detecting direction;
a coordinate indicator;
selecting means connected to said first and second zigzag sense lines for selecting either one of said first and second zigzag sense lines;
signal processing means connected to said selecting means for outputting an amplitude signal of an induced signal induced in a selected zigzag sense line;
and
calculating means for calculating a position of said coordinate indicator based on induced signals induced in said first and second zigzag sense lines due to electromagnetic coupling between said first and second zigzag sense lines and said coordinate indicator.

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A coordinate reading system, comprising:

a tablet in which a first sense line is laid by gradually increasing its width along the coordinate detecting direction, a second sense line is laid by gradually increasing its width along the opposite direction from that of said first sense line and each of m (m:
odd number) rectangular return sense line groups which is a group of conductor lines laid in parallel with each other in an equal interval in the coordinate detecting direction are returned and connected in a rectangular shape is laid with a gap of 2 n/m (0.ltoreq.n<m) of said interval of said conductor line group that comprises one rectangular return sense line;
and
a coordinate indicator,
said coordinate reading system calculating a position of said coordinate indicator based on induced signals induced in said sense line groups due to electromagnetic couplings between said sense line groups and said coordinate indicator.

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A coordinate reading system, comprising:

a tablet having a first zigzag sense line formed from a plurality of first sense lines connected in series in a direction perpendicular to a coordinate detecting direction, wherein the plurality of first sense lines are laid by gradually increasing their width along the coordinate detecting direction, and having a second zigzag sense line formed from a plurality of second sense lines connected in series in a direction perpendicular to the coordinate detecting direction, wherein the plurality of second sense lines are laid by gradually decreasing their width along the coordinate detecting direction, and having m rectangular return sense lines each composed of conductor lines laid in parallel with each other in an equal interval in the coordinate detecting direction and laid in the direction perpendicular to the coordinate detecting direction and returned and connected in a rectangular shape, the rectangular return sense lines being laid with a gap of 2 n/m (0.ltoreq.n<m) of said interval of said conductor lines;
coordinate indicating means for inducing signals in said zigzag and rectangular return sense lines by electromagnetic coupling between the coordinate indicator means and the zigzag and rectangular return sense lines;
and
calculating means for calculating a position of said coordinate indicator means based on said induced signals,

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