An electronic pen includes a cylindrical pen housing having an opening on a pen tip side and having a hollow portion inside, and an electronic pen main body having a cylindrical main body housing to be housed in the hollow portion of the pen housing. An axial member is installed on one end side of the main body housing, while another end side of the main body housing is locked in the pen housing. A projection portion projecting in a direction crossing the axial direction is formed on an outer circumference portion of the main body housing at a predetermined position in the axial direction. A stopper portion to be engaged with the projection portion in a state in which a tip end side of the axial member is exposed outside from the opening is formed on an inner wall surface of the hollow portion of the pen housing.
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To prevent a delay in display of a stroke image due to a delay in processing in a computer without the provision of an overlay engine in a timing controller. A computer includes a host processor that generates a stroke image representing a stroke indicated by a series of pieces of coordinate data each representing the position of a pen on a touch surface, and generates a video signal representing the generated stroke image, a timing controller that controls the potential of each of a plurality of gate lines arranged in a display panel, based on a video signal, and an MCU that generates, in parallel with the host processor, a provisional stroke image representing the same stroke as the stroke represented by the stroke image. The above-described provisional stroke image is superimposed onto the video signal that has not yet been supplied to the timing controller.
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A cartridge-type electronic pen main body includes a conductive center electrode and a peripheral electrode disposed around the center electrode. The peripheral electrode includes a tapered part on a pen tip side and a cylindrical shaped part on an opposite side along an axial direction. When the cartridge-type electronic pen main body is in use, one end of the center electrode forming a pen tip is projected to the outside from an opening of a cylindrical housing of an electronic pen, and a portion of the tapered part of the peripheral electrode is also projected to the outside such that both the one end of the center electrode and the portion of the tapered part of the peripheral electrode are projected beyond a distal end of the cylindrical housing to capacitively couple with a sensor surface while the cylindrical shaped part of the peripheral electrode remains within the cylindrical housing.
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The present invention relates to an input system and an input method. One or more processors (56) with which an input system (10) is provided perform: a detection process for applying image processing for detecting a sensor device (30) to an image signal acquired through image capture by a camera (53), and acquiring a device state quantity indicating the position/orientation of the sensor device (30) in a display coordinate space (CS2); a calculation process for calculating a coordinate conversion rule for mapping from a sensor coordinate space (CS1) to the display coordinate space (CS2), using the acquired device state quantity; and a conversion process for converting a first pen state quantity that indicates the position/orientation of an electronic pen (20) in the sensor coordinate space (CS1) into a second pen state quantity that indicates the position/orientation of the electronic pen (20) in the display coordinate space (CS2), in accordance with the calculated coordinate conversion rule.
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Provided is a controller including a housing and a position indicator that is provided at a front end of the housing and indicates a position in a space. The housing includes a marker provided along a circumferential direction on a side surface of the housing, the marker including a code for detecting a rotation angle about a housing shaft of the housing.
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COMMUNICATION METHOD FOR COMMUNICATION BETWEEN PEN AND SENSOR CONTROLLER
Provided is a communication method for communication performed between a pen and a sensor controller that, in operation, transmits uplink signals to the pen in a frame cycle. The communication method includes transmitting, by the sensor controller, a first uplink signal in a first frame, the first uplink signal including an identifier that identifies a type of data to be transmitted to the pen in a second frame following the first frame, and transmitting, by the sensor controller, a second uplink signal in the second frame, the second uplink signal including a value of the data of the type indicated by the identifier.
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A touch pad is configured to receive input operations using objects including a finger and a stylus. The touch pad includes a touch screen including a touch detection surface that serves as a button and as a position detection region for detecting positions of the objects. The touch pad includes an integrated circuit having an object detection function of detecting the positions of the objects on the touch detection surface and a button function of detecting a press state of the button based on a force applied to the touch detection surface. The touch pad includes a button function stop unit configured to cause, according to an operation state of the stylus or according to a setting related to an input operation of the stylus, the integrated circuit to stop outputting a button press state value indicative of the press state detected by the button function.
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DRIVING CIRCUIT, ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, AND DRIVING METHOD FOR VIBRATION DEVICE
Provided is a driving circuit for driving a vibration device that vibrates according to a driving signal, the driving circuit including a signal generation circuit that, in operation, generates the driving signal so as to have a driving frequency, and transmits the driving signal to the vibration device, a detection circuit that, in operation, detects vibration information related to a vibration of the vibration device from the vibration device, and a control circuit that, in operation, determines the driving frequency of the driving signal based on the vibration information detected by the detection circuit, and transmits information indicating the driving frequency to the signal generation circuit.
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TERMINAL DEVICE AND POSITION DETECTION SENSOR INCLUDING SENSOR ELECTRODES AND LINEAR MEMBERS ARRANGED IN BETWEEN BACKGROUND
There is provided a terminal device including electronic paper and a position detection sensor disposed on a lower side of a display screen of the electronic paper and configured to detect a position indicated by an electronic pen on the display screen. The position detection sensor includes an insulating substrate having a first surface on a side facing the display screen, and a plurality of first electrodes arranged in a first direction on the first surface of the insulating substrate. One or more first linear members extended in a direction along the first electrodes are arranged in each space between two of the first electrodes having a predetermined distance from each other in the first direction, among the plurality of first electrodes, on the first surface of the insulating substrate.
A pairing method between a stylus and a position detecting apparatus that detects a position pointed to by the stylus includes: sharing, by the position detecting apparatus, a sensor identifier (ID) that is included in an uplink signal transmitted to the stylus while the stylus and the position detecting apparatus are proximate to each other at or within a predetermined distance, the sensor ID uniquely identifying the position detecting apparatus; and determining, by the position detecting apparatus using the sensor ID, whether information is transmitted from the stylus, the information being transmitted via a first wireless communication having a range that is longer than the predetermined distance.
An electronic pen includes an electronic pen body portion unit, a power supply portion unit that supplies a power supply voltage to the electronic pen body portion unit, and a first housing portion and a second housing portion that form an electronic pen outer casing. The electronic pen body portion unit has a columnar shape, wherein a core body can be installed on one end side in the axial direction, and an electrical first terminal portion is included on another end side in the axial direction. The power supply portion unit includes a second terminal portion. In a columnar housing space of the electronic pen outer casing, the electronic pen body portion unit and the power supply portion unit are lined up and arranged in the axial direction to remain in position in the axial direction, and the first terminal portion and the second terminal portion are electrically connected.
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A rendering device that renders an object in a virtual reality space includes a processor and a memory storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform a first rendering process that renders in the virtual reality space an image of an input surface on which a position is indicated by a stylus, perform a second rendering process that renders in the virtual reality space an image of a display surface that displays the object, the image of the display surface being different from the image of the input surface, perform an acquisition process that acquires the position on the input surface indicated by the stylus, and perform a display process that displays the object in the image of the display surface based on the position on the input surface acquired by performing the acquisition process.
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PROVIDING SELECTABLE QUICK ACTIONS ON HANDWRITTEN DATA IN A HANDWRITTEN DOCUMENT
A method for providing selectable quick actions on handwritten data in a handwritten document is disclosed. The method includes fetching the handwritten data corresponding to strokes made by a user in the handwritten document and recognizing text associated with the received handwritten data by employing a handwriting recognition technique. The method also includes identifying keywords in the recognized text and classifying each identified keyword into an entity type by employing a named entity recognition, a named entity linking, and/or a knowledge graph. In some embodiments, the method includes determining actionable items associated with the classified entity type corresponding to each keyword and creating quick actions, selectable by the user, for each keyword based on the determined actionable items via the knowledge graph. The method includes rendering the created quick actions associated with each keyword on the handwritten document based on a profile associated with the user.
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The present invention pertains to a sensor controller, an electronic apparatus, and a position detection method. A sensor controller (22A) is provided with: a scan control unit (66) that executes a plurality of types of operation modes in which pen-scanning and touch-scanning on a touch sensor (20) are repeated in a time-division manner; and a signal transmission unit (68) that transmits an uplink signal (US) via a plurality of sensor electrodes (20X, 20Y) during execution of the pen-scanning. While a passive pointer (16) is not detected by the touch-scanning, the signal transmission unit (68) lowers the frequency of transmission of the uplink signal (US), as compared with the case when the passive pointer (16) is detected.
To provide a haptic pen and a haptic control waveform generation method that can suppress an increase in the power consumption necessary for operating a haptic element and that can realize an increase in the continuous operation time. A haptic pen includes a linear resonant actuator (LRA) motor that operates according to a reproduced waveform. The reproduced waveform includes a resonant frequency period including a waveform of a sine wave vibrating at a resonant frequency of the LRA motor and a period including a waveform vibrating at one or more frequencies different from the resonant frequency of the LRA motor.
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POSITION INDICATOR, POSITION DETECTING DEVICE, POSITION DETECTING CIRCUIT, AND POSITION DETECTING METHOD
A signal transmission method is provided, which may be implemented by a position indicator. The signal transmission method includes a step of dividing first information, which is represented in a digital signal of a first defined number of bits, into a plurality of information parts respectively represented in digital signals of a second defined number of bits smaller than the first defined number of bits. The signal transmission method includes a step of transmitting, from the position indicator to a position detecting device, the information parts, and distinguishing information usable for distinguishing the information parts from each other, wherein each of the information parts is transmitted with second information different from the first information.
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CAPACITIVE ELECTRONIC PEN INCLUDING DETACHABLE AXIAL CORE BODY
A capacitive electronic pen includes a housing, a core body, and a peripheral electrode. In the capacitive electronic pen, the core body includes an electrode core formed of a conductor having a spherical section and a shaft center section. The spherical section of the electrode core is not surrounded by the peripheral electrode and is disposed on a tip (distal) end of the capacitive electronic pen protruding from one opening in the axial direction of the housing. The shaft center section of the electrode core has multiple portions that vary in thickness (a cross-section size) including a thin portion, which coupled with the spherical section, and a thick portion. When the core body is fitted to the core body holder, at least a portion of the shaft center section of the electrode core is thinner than the diameter of the spherical section of the electrode core.
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POSITION DETECTION SYSTEM, SENSOR CONTROL CIRCUIT, AND ELECTRONIC PEN USING SELECTED PORTION OF SENSOR ELECTRODES AS TRANSMISSION ELECTRODES
A position detection system is provided including an electronic pen including pen electrodes, and a sensor control circuit that is connected to a capacitance touch sensor including sensor electrodes. The sensor control circuit controls transmission of uplink signals through the touch sensor. The electronic pen selects one or more reception electrodes from the pen electrodes, and the sensor control circuit selects transmission electrodes from the sensor electrodes. A set of the transmission electrodes and the reception electrodes of the uplink signals is changed according to time in a time-division manner.
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SENSOR FOR DETECTING PEN SIGNAL TRANSMITTED FROM PEN
A sensor is provided for detecting a pen signal transmitted from a pen. The sensor includes a touch sensor, flexible printed circuit (FPC) connector terminals, and a detection pattern. The touch sensor has linear electrodes, which form a position detection area and are configured to respectively detect the pen signal. The FPC connector terminals are connected to the linear electrodes, respectively, via routing traces arranged outside the position detection area. The detection pattern is arranged in a region outside the position detection area, near the FPC connector terminals, and is configured to detect the pen signal.
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A pen-type controller includes a pen portion having a pen shape, a grip portion that intersects an axis direction of the pen portion, and a first light emitting part disposed at an end part of the grip portion, wherein the end part is closer to the axis of the pen portion than another end part of the grip portion.
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An active stylus includes at least one electrode, and an integrated circuit coupled to the at least one electrode. The integrated circuit is configured to: operate in a first mode to unilaterally transmit signals to a sensor controller from one of the at least one electrode; determine whether a pen tip of the active stylus is in contact with a sensor panel; responsive to determining that the pen tip is in contact with the sensor panel, transmit a pen pressure value of the pen tip; and responsive to determining that the pen tip is not in contact with the sensor panel, instead of transmitting the pen pressure value, detect an uplink signal transmitted from the sensor panel.
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Provided is a content evaluation system including an electronic pen, a data generation section that generates content data from writing operations performed by the electronic pen, a data acquisition section that acquires the content data, a first calculation section that calculates, from the acquired content data, a plurality of kinds of time-series feature amounts indicating a temporal change in a plurality of kinds of feature amounts related to a creation process of the handwritten content, a second calculation section that calculates an integrated feature amount related to the creation process of the handwritten content by using two or more kinds of time-series feature amounts from among the plurality of kinds of time-series feature amounts, and a content evaluation section that evaluates the handwritten content in reference to the integrated feature amount and outputs evaluation result information indicating the evaluation result of the handwritten content.
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Disclosed herein is an information processing system including a position indicator, and an information processing device including a position detection sensor, in which the position indicator includes a first transmission circuit that transmits a signal to the position detection sensor, a motion sensor that outputs motion detection information, and a second transmission circuit that transmits the motion detection information to the information processing device. The information processing device includes a position detector that detects a position of the position indicator, a reception circuit that receives the motion detection information, and a processor that causes the information processing device to detect that the position indicator has moved, detect a motion pattern of the position indicator from the motion detection information received by the reception circuit, and perform the function.
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An information sharing system includes a plurality of terminal devices and an information sharing device communicable with the terminal devices. Each of the terminal devices includes a display unit which displays content in a display region, and a processor which performs display control over the display unit. The information sharing device includes a classification processing unit which classifies a plurality of users of the terminal devices into groups in reference to a result of evaluation of pieces of stroke data each indicating the content handwritten by a user of a corresponding one of the terminal devices. The information sharing device includes a display instruction section which instructs each of terminal devices corresponding to two or more constituent members belonging to one of the groups classified by the classification processing unit, among the terminal devices, to display a status information column indicating states of the two or more constituent members.
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G06F 3/04883 - Techniques d’interaction fondées sur les interfaces utilisateur graphiques [GUI] utilisant des caractéristiques spécifiques fournies par le périphérique d’entrée, p. ex. des fonctions commandées par la rotation d’une souris à deux capteurs, ou par la nature du périphérique d’entrée, p. ex. des gestes en fonction de la pression exercée enregistrée par une tablette numérique utilisant un écran tactile ou une tablette numérique, p. ex. entrée de commandes par des tracés gestuels pour l’entrée de données par calligraphie, p. ex. sous forme de gestes ou de texte
H04L 67/12 - Protocoles spécialement adaptés aux environnements propriétaires ou de mise en réseau pour un usage spécial, p. ex. les réseaux médicaux, les réseaux de capteurs, les réseaux dans les véhicules ou les réseaux de mesure à distance
Provided is an electronic device including a display element, a first position detection sensor of an electromagnetic induction type disposed on a back side of the display element, wherein the first position detection sensor, in operation, detects a position pointed to on a display screen of the display element, and a reinforcing plate interposed between the display element and the first position detection sensor and having a slit part corresponding to an entire surface of the display screen, the slit part having slits of a first type and of a second type, each of the first type of the slits extending in a vertical direction of the display screen and each of the second type of the slits extending in a horizontal direction of the display screen, the first and second types of the slits being provided uniformly in a manner having substantially the same opening dimensions.
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G06F 3/041 - Numériseurs, p. ex. pour des écrans ou des pavés tactiles, caractérisés par les moyens de transduction
G06F 3/044 - Numériseurs, p. ex. pour des écrans ou des pavés tactiles, caractérisés par les moyens de transduction par des moyens capacitifs
G06F 3/046 - Numériseurs, p. ex. pour des écrans ou des pavés tactiles, caractérisés par les moyens de transduction par des moyens électromagnétiques
[Problem] To realize height reduction of a reflection-type display which responds to an stylus input of an electromagnetic resonance (EMR) system. [Solution] A reflection-type display according to the present invention includes: a reflection display layer 13 including a plurality of reflection elements C for reflecting light that entered from a cover glass 18 at a set gradation; a backplane 20 provided at a position farther than the reflection display layer 13 when viewed from an operation surface 1a; and a common electrode layer 14 provided between the cover glass 18 and the reflection display layer 13. The backplane 20 has, in the display region, a plurality of pixel electrodes PX arranged in a matrix along the x direction and the y direction, a plurality of data lines DL extended along the y direction, and a plurality of sensor electrodes X1 extended along the y direction. The plurality of sensor electrodes X1 are used for detecting the position of a pen P within the operation surface 1a by generating an electromagnetic resonance action with an inductor in the pen P.
[Problem] To provide a position detection device that includes a foldable display and is compatible with EMR detection of the position of an electromagnetic induction pen. [Solution] A position detection device according to the present invention detects the position of a pen on a panel surface by electromagnetic induction action, said position detection device comprising: a display image generation layer which generates a display image according to the control by a drive circuit; a first electrode layer in which at least one first electrode that constitutes a plurality of first coils disposed side by side a first direction is provided; and a second electrode layer which is on the side opposite from the first electrode layer with respect to the display image generation layer and in which at least one second electrode that constitutes a plurality of second coils disposed side by side in a second direction intersecting the first direction is provided.
The present invention reduces the thickness of a stack structure and improves ease of design while maintaining performance as a position detection device. Provided is a position detection device 1 for detecting the position of a pen by using an electromagnetic induction action, the position detection device 1 including: a first electrode layer (first sensor coil group 100) in which a first electrode for generating an alternating magnetic field is provided; a display layer for controlling a display pixel along with blinking of the display pixel; and a second electrode layer (second sensor coil group 200) in which a plurality of second electrodes for detecting a pen alternating magnetic field generated by a pen, in which energy is accumulated due to the alternating magnetic field, are disposed on a side opposite the side where the first electrode layer is provided, with the display layer being located at center.
[Problem] To provide a position detection device capable of achieving reduction in thickness of a structure, including an EMR sensor. [Solution] A position detection device according to the present invention is for detecting the positions of a pen and a finger on a panel surface and includes: a display image generation layer for generating a display image in accordance with control by a drive circuit; and an integrated sensor layer disposed between the panel surface and the display image generation layer. The integrated sensor layer includes a touch sensor and an EMR sensor. The touch sensor includes a plurality of first electrodes arranged side by side in a first direction, and a plurality of second electrodes arranged side by side in a second direction intersecting the first direction. The EMR sensor includes a plurality of first coils arranged side by side in the first direction and a plurality of second coils arranged side by side in the second direction, and at least a portion of each of the plurality of second electrodes is formed in the same layer as the plurality of the first coils or the plurality of the second coils.
The present invention improves design properties by making a stack structure thinner while maintaining performance as a position detecting device. The present invention includes an on-cell mutual capacitance touch sensor TS1, and an RX electrode layer (RX sensor coil group 200) having a plurality of RX electrodes arranged thereon for detecting a pen alternating magnetic field generated by a pen in which energy is accumulated by means of an alternating magnetic field from a TX electrode layer (TX sensor coil group 100) provided with a TX electrode that generates the alternating magnetic field, which is for detecting the position of the pen using an electromagnetic induction effect. The RX electrode layer (RX sensor coil group 200) is surrounded by a touch electrode formed by a mesh electrode pattern provided in an on-cell touch layer of the on-cell mutual capacitance touch sensor TS1, and RX electrode wiring is formed in a straight line by using jumper wiring to couple together floating patterns that are adjacent to one other in an extension direction of the RX electrodes.
The present invention improves the accuracy of coordinate derivation. Provided is a position detection method in a position detector 1 comprising a first sensor coil group including a plurality of conductors having a plurality of electrodes arranged side by side in a first direction and a second sensor coil group including a plurality of conductors having a plurality of electrodes arranged side by side in a second direction intersecting the first direction, the position detection method comprising: a first step in which the position detector generates an alternating magnetic field from the first sensor coil group; a second step in which the position detector 1 acquires, using at least the second sensor coil group, the level of a pen signal, which is a response alternating magnetic field from a pen accumulated due to the alternating magnetic field; and a third step in which the position detector derives information on the position of the pen using a two-dimensional distribution of the level of the pen signal at intersections of the plurality of electrodes of the first sensor coil group and the plurality of electrodes of the second sensor coil group.
A highly reliable waterproof electronic pen includes a board holder in a board housing including a recessed portion having an opening over a lower surface of the recessed portion. A circuit board is housed in the recessed portion of the board housing. Circuit components easily affected by heat are installed on a first surface of the circuit board, and circuit components not easily affected by heat are installed on a second surface of the circuit board. A thermosetting resin formed over the second surface of the circuit board when the circuit board is housed in the recessed portion seals the opening over the lower surface of the recessed portion of the board housing.
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34.
ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT, TOUCH SENSOR, AND POSITION DETECTION APPARATUS
Electronic equipment includes a touch sensor including a plurality of electrodes arranged in a plane shape and separated from each other in an array direction, a differential amplifier that amplifies a difference between a positive-side signal and a negative-side signal selectively output from the plurality of electrodes and that outputs the difference, a position detection unit that detects a touch position in a sensor area that is formed by the touch sensor, based on an output signal from the differential amplifier, and a conductive part that is a part made of a conductive material or contains a conductive material and that is arranged to partially overlap the sensor area in plan view. The conductive part is arranged such that an outermost end point thereof in the array direction is positioned on one of the plurality of electrodes.
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35.
METHOD OF TRANSMITTING TRANSMISSION DATA FROM SENSOR CONTROLLER TO PEN, AND PEN
A method is provided for transmitting transmission data from a sensor controller that detects a pen to the pen through a sensor electrode group. The pen includes a pen tip electrode arranged near a pen tip, and an analog circuit that detects edges of a signal led to the pen tip electrode. The pen also includes a digital circuit that performs a correlation operation of an output signal of the analog circuit and known patterns to detect the transmission data. The sensor controller is configured to generate a pulse signal representing the transmission data. The sensor controller is configured to transmit the pulse signal, by using a main signal and a sub signal of the pulse signal so as to enhance the edges, thereby transmitting the transmission data through the sensor electrode group.
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A sensor includes a plurality of coils including a plurality of first coils each extending in a first direction, and a plurality of second coils each extending in a second direction, a plurality of terminals provided for one ends and other ends of the plurality of coils, and a plurality of lead wires which connect the plurality of terminals to the corresponding one ends or other ends of the plurality of coils. The plurality of lead wires are arranged to extend along any of one or more directions which are at an angle relative to both the first direction and the second direction.
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37.
METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DERIVING PEN POSITION AND REPORTING PEN POSITION TO HOST COMPUTER
A method performed by a device (e.g., touch controller) includes deriving a pen position, and transmitting a report indicating the derived pen position to a host computer. The report includes a first area storing position data indicating the derived position and a second area storing non-position data different from the position data. The method includes securing a buffer area for retaining a plurality of the reports in a memory, deriving the pen position at each determined scanning time, and generating a report including the position data indicating the derived position. The method includes storing the report in the buffer area and, in response to obtaining the non-position data, writing the non-position data in the second area of each of one or more of the reports stored in the buffer area. The method includes transmitting the plurality of the reports stored in the buffer area to the host computer.
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In one embodiment, a device includes a stylus tip capable of communicating wirelessly with another device through a touch sensor of the other device. The stylus tip includes one or more surface areas, one or more substrates disposed along one or more of the surface areas of the stylus tip, and a plurality of electrodes disposed on or in the one or more substrates.
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The present invention provides an electronic pen with a high degree of repairability and capable of preventing uneven wear of a core. The electronic pen comprises an electronic pen body unit, an additional unit, and first and second housing sections that couple in an axial direction to form an electronic pen outer housing. The electronic pen body unit has a columnar shape, in which a core can be attached to one end in the axial direction, and an electrical first terminal part is provided at the other end in the axial direction. The additional unit has a columnar shape, in which a second terminal part electrically connected to the first terminal part of the electronic pen body unit is provided at one end in the axial direction. Inside the electronic pen outer housing, the electronic pen body unit and the additional unit are juxtaposed in a non-movable state in the axial direction, the first terminal part and the second terminal part are electrically connected, and the electronic pen body unit is unable to rotate about the axial direction with respect to the electronic pen outer housing.
A stylus capable of bidirectionally communicating with a sensor controller includes a receiver that receives an uplink signal sent by the sensor controller, a controller that determines whether a signal having a predetermined waveform is to be continuously sent over a second time period or to be continuously sent over a first time period longer than the second time period, on the basis of the uplink signal, and a transmitter that continuously sends the signal having the predetermined waveform over the first time period or the second time period on the basis of the result of determination by the controller. As a result, the sensor controller can detect a burst signal from the stylus over a wide range in a sensor touch surface, to thereby reduce the possibility that the sensor controller may fail to detect the burst signal.
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41.
ACTIVE CAPACITIVE STYLUS, SENSOR CONTROLLER, RELATED SYSTEM AND METHOD
A method may be executed by one or more active capacitive styluses and a sensor controller connected to sensor electrodes. The method includes: a discovery step, executed by the sensor controller, of repeatedly sending out a discovery packet for detecting any of the active capacitive styluses; a discovery response step, executed by a first active capacitive stylus among the one or more active capacitive styluses, by which the discovery packet is detected, of returning a response packet to the discovery packet; a configuration step, executed by the sensor controller, of transmitting a configuration packet including time slot designation information that designates a first time slot to the first active capacitive stylus; and a data transmission step, executed by the first active capacitive stylus, of transmitting operation state data indicative of an operation state of the first active capacitive stylus using the designated first time slot.
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42.
METHOD TO BE PERFORMED BY STYLUS AND SENSOR CONTROLLER, STYLUS, AND SENSOR CONTROLLER
A method to be performed by a sensor controller that periodically transmits an uplink signal, and by a stylus that, upon receiving the uplink signal, determines a transmission and reception schedule for a downlink signal and the uplink signal on the basis of the reception timing of the uplink signal. The method includes executing, by the stylus, an uplink signal receiving operation for a first predetermined period of time according to the transmission and reception schedule. The method includes, responsive to the uplink signal not received through the receiving operation and expiration of the first predetermined period of time, continuing, by the stylus, the uplink signal receiving operation for a second predetermined period of time, instead of transmitting the downlink signal according to the transmission and reception schedule.
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Provided is a pen input device sheet disposed over a position detection region of a position detecting sensor, the pen input device sheet including an elastic material layer that is composed of a plurality of layer portions stacked in a thickness direction and has elasticity, an opposite side of a side of the position detecting sensor in the elastic material layer being employed as a side of a writing input surface to which writing input with an electronic pen is made, and the pen input device sheet being configured such that a vibration frequency characteristic of a kinetic friction coefficient when the electronic pen is moved at a predetermined speed on the writing input surface of the pen input device sheet matches a vibration frequency characteristic of a kinetic friction coefficient when a predetermined writing material is moved at the predetermined speed on a predetermined writing medium.
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44.
INFORMATION INPUT/OUTPUT SYSTEM FOR ACTIVE PEN WITH STORAGE
Disclosed herein is an information input/output system including an indication operation device, and an information processing device including a sensor. The indication operation device includes a first electrode, a second electrode, a signal generation circuit which generates a signal to be transmitted to the information processing device, a first transmission circuit which transmits the signal from the signal generation circuit to the sensor of the information processing device through the first electrode or the second electrode, a reception circuit which receives information from the information processing device through the first electrode or the second electrode, an information storage device which stores the information received by the reception circuit, and a transmitter which transmits the information stored in the information storage device to an outside of the indication operation device. The information processing device includes a processor, an acquisition circuit, and a second transmission circuit.
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45.
COMBINATION TOUCH AND TRANSDUCER INPUT SYSTEM AND METHOD
A position indicator is provided for use in an input system including the position indicator and a sensor, wherein the sensor includes an array of electrodes and is configured to detect a position of the position indicator on the array of electrodes. The position indicator includes an indicator controller configured to determine data including one of pressure information indicative of a pressure applied to a tip of the position indicator, switch information indicative of an operation state of a switch provided on the position indicator, identification information of the position indicator, tilt information of the position indicator, or rotation information of the position indicator. The position indicator includes a transmitter configured to transmit the data to the sensor as digital data using a wireless communication protocol.
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Provided is a pen data storage apparatus that stores pen data including at least coordinate data regarding a position instructed and input by an electronic pen, in units of the pen data, in which each piece of the stored pen data includes function identification information that identifies a processing function for the pen data.
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47.
SYSTEM INCLUDING PEN AND PEN POSITION DETECTION APPARATUS, PEN POSITION DETECTION APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF ACTIVATING HAPTIC ELEMENT BUILT IN PEN
A system includes a pen and a pen position detection apparatus. The pen includes a signal transmitter that transmits a pen signal, a signal receiver that receives a vibration control signal, and a haptic element that is activated in response to the vibration control signal. The pen position detection apparatus is configured to detect the pen signal to derive a pen position, detect occurrence of an event that a drawing line indicated by a series of derived pen positions crosses or comes into contact with a predetermined line segment, and transmit the vibration control signal to activate the haptic element in response to the detection of the occurrence of the event.
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Provided is a drilling training assistance system comprising a wearable display, a pseudo drilling instrument, a position detection device, and a control device. The pseudo drilling instrument comprises a six-axis sensor that measures accelerations and angular velocities in three-dimensional directions, and an oscillator that oscillates. The position detection device detects the position of the pseudo drilling instrument and the angle of the pseudo drilling instrument with respect to the position detection device. The control device controls the oscillation of the oscillator on the basis of the position of the position detection device, the angle of the pseudo drilling instrument with respect to the position detection device, and the accelerations and angular velocities in the three-dimensional directions of the pseudo drilling instrument, and displays a drilling instrument on the wearable display on the basis of the position of the position detection device, the angle of the pseudo drilling instrument with respect to the position detection device, and the accelerations and angular velocities in the three-dimensional directions of the pseudo drilling instrument.
Provided is a sensor controller connected to a capacitive touch sensor. The sensor controller includes a scan execution circuit which, in operation, repeatedly performs a first scan and a second scan on the capacitive touch sensor in a time-division manner, a first calculation circuit which, in operation, calculates a first pen position from a first detection signal acquired through the first scan performed by the scan execution circuit, a second calculation circuit which, in operation, calculates a touch position and a second pen position from a second detection signal acquired through the second scan performed by the scan execution circuit, and an output processing circuit which, in operation, outputs a pen position that differs depending on a result of a comparison process in which the first pen position calculated by the first calculation circuit is compared with the second pen position calculated by the second calculation circuit.
An electronic pen includes a tubular casing; a vibration transmitting member disposed within a hollow portion of the tubular casing and capable of transmitting vibration occurring in the vibration transmitting member to the tubular casing; a vibrator disposed on the vibration transmitting member; a pulse generator configured to generate a pulse signal which drives the vibrator; and a power supply circuit to power the pulse generator. The vibrator includes a plurality of electrode pins planted on the vibration transmitting member, and one or more wires formed of a shape memory alloy and extending between two electrode pins among the plurality of electrode pins. The one or more wires when supplied with the pulse signal from the pulse generator through the electrode pins expand and contract to thereby vibrate. Vibration of the one or more wires is transmitted to the tubular casing via the electrode pins and the vibration transmitting member.
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51.
POSITION DETECTION CIRCUIT, POSITION DETECTION METHOD, AND POSITION DETECTION SYSTEM
A position detection circuit for detecting, by using a touch sensor, a position indicated by a passive pointer to a touch surface disposed on the touch sensor. The position detection circuit includes a detection circuit that detects a touch of the passive pointer to the touch surface, a calculation circuit that calculates a total value of capacitance values in a calculation region surrounding at least part of a touch region indicating a region of the touch, and an output circuit that outputs an indicated position that is indicated by the touch, based on the total value of the capacitance values. The output circuit outputs the indicated position when the total value is equal to or less than a threshold value, and does not output the indicated position or invalidates the indicated position and outputs the indicated position that has been invalidated, when the total value exceeds the threshold value.
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G06F 3/044 - Numériseurs, p. ex. pour des écrans ou des pavés tactiles, caractérisés par les moyens de transduction par des moyens capacitifs
Disclosed herein is a pen including a structure including a housing, a processing circuit that receives a vibration control signal, a signal transmitting circuit that, in operation, transmits a pen signal in accordance with an instruction from the processing circuit, a haptic element that, in operation, is controlled based on an instruction from the processing circuit according to the vibration control signal and that has one end fixed to the structure, and an offset transmitting section disposed inside the housing. The offset transmitting section, in operation, transmits a vibration of the haptic element to a position offset from a position where the haptic element is fixed in the structure.
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G06F 3/038 - Dispositions de commande et d'interface à cet effet, p. ex. circuits d'attaque ou circuits de contrôle incorporés dans le dispositif
53.
INPUT SYSTEM, ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM
Provided are an input system, an electronic apparatus, and a computer program with which it is possible to reduce the difference between the aspect ratio of a position detection area and the aspect ratio of a display area without requiring user effort. This input system comprises a position detection device and an electronic apparatus. The position detection device and the electronic apparatus are configured to be capable of being communicatively connected with each other. The position detection device detects the position to which a pointer points in a position detection area set on the position detection device. The electronic apparatus performs processing corresponding to a position in a display area set on a display screen of the electronic apparatus that corresponds to the detected pointed-to position in the position detection area. The electronic apparatus includes a setting information generation unit and a transmission unit. When the position detection device and the electronic apparatus are communicatively connected with each other, the setting information generation unit generates second setting information for performing setting regarding the aspect ratio of the position detection area, on the basis of first setting information set regarding the aspect ratio of the display area. The transmission unit transmits the generated second setting information to the position detection device. The position detection device includes a setting unit. The setting unit performs setting regarding the aspect ratio of the position detection area in accordance with the second setting information transmitted from the transmission unit.
[Problem] To provide a display that does not inhibit achieving a thin bezel and can avoid an increase in the circuit scale of a sensor controller while supporting position detection of both a finger and an electromagnetic induction pen. [Solution] This display comprises: a display layer 10 provided with a light-emitting element 30 disposed in a display area A1 and a pixel driving circuit 35 that controls blinking of the light-emitting element 30; an encapsulation layer 13 that encapsulates the display layer 10; linear electrodes 52, 53 provided on the upper side of the encapsulation layer 13; and a routing line 60 having one end connected to the linear electrode 52. A switching circuit 70 for switching between a first mode in which the linear electrodes 52, 53 are used for induced current detection and a second mode in which the linear electrodes 52, 53 are used for capacitance detection is disposed in the display layer 10 within the display area A1, and connected to the other end of the routing line 60.
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G06F 3/046 - Numériseurs, p. ex. pour des écrans ou des pavés tactiles, caractérisés par les moyens de transduction par des moyens électromagnétiques
G09F 9/30 - Dispositifs d'affichage d'information variable, dans lesquels l'information est formée sur un support, par sélection ou combinaison d'éléments individuels dans lesquels le ou les caractères désirés sont formés par une combinaison d'éléments individuels
An active pen is provided that transmits, through coupling capacitance, a signal to a sensor electrode connected to a sensor controller. The active pen includes a pen tip electrode provided on a leading end in a pen axis direction of the active pen; a peripheral electrode provided behind in the pen axis direction as viewed from the pen tip electrode; and a signal processor that transmits a downlink signal from the pen tip electrode and that transmits a reverse-phase signal of the downlink signal from the peripheral electrode at the same time.
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G06F 3/041 - Numériseurs, p. ex. pour des écrans ou des pavés tactiles, caractérisés par les moyens de transduction
57.
METHOD CARRIED OUT IN SYSTEM INCLUDING ACTIVE STYLUS AND SENSOR CONTROLLER, SENSOR CONTROLLER, AND ACTIVE STYLUS
A sensor controller includes a transmitter configured to transmit an uplink signal including a first partial signal and a second partial signal. The transmitter is configured to transmit the first partial signal by direct spreading using a first spread code and transmit the second partial signal by direct spreading using a second spread code which is different from the first spread code and which has an identical chip time length to the first spread code. An active stylus includes a receiver configured to receive an uplink signal including a first partial signal and a second partial signal. The receiver is configured to synchronize with the uplink signal by detecting the first partial signal using a first spread code and thereafter detect the second partial signal using a second spread code, which is different from the first spread code and has an identical chip time length to the first spread code.
A combination touch and transducer input system is provided, which facilitates user input into an electronic system with a finger and/or a transducer (e.g., a stylus). The system includes a transducer configured to generate an electric field, and a sensor including an array of electrodes and a controller. The transducer is configured to transmit digital data, such as pen pressure data and switch status data, to the sensor. For example, the transducer comprises electronic circuitry configured to encode the digital data in a signal for transmission to the sensor. The sensor controller is configured to operate both in a touch sensing mode and in a transducer sensing mode. During the touch sensing mode, the controller determines a position of a proximate object (e.g., a finger) by capacitively sensing the object with the array of electrodes. During the transducer sensing mode, the controller determines a position of the transducer based on a signal received by the array of electrodes from the transducer, and also receives and decodes the digital data encoded in the received signal. Digital data can be encoded in a signal using any suitable digital modulation techniques, such as a Frequency-Shift Keying (FSK) technique.
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59.
CONTENT EVALUATION DEVICE, COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM STORING CONTENT EVALUATION PROGRAM, CONTENT EVALUATION METHOD, AND CONTENT EVALUATION SYSTEM
Provided is a content evaluation device including a processor and a memory storing a program that, when executed by the processor, causes the content evaluation device to: calculate a state feature relating to a drawing state in a creation period from a start timing to an end timing of creation of content, and generate a picture-print that is a set or locus of points on a feature space that represents the state feature.
G06T 11/20 - Traçage à partir d'éléments de base, p. ex. de lignes ou de cercles
G06V 10/44 - Extraction de caractéristiques locales par analyse des parties du motif, p. ex. par détection d’arêtes, de contours, de boucles, d’angles, de barres ou d’intersectionsAnalyse de connectivité, p. ex. de composantes connectées
60.
POSITION INDICATING DEVICE AND SPATIAL POSITION INDICATING SYSTEM
A position indicating device includes a housing in which an electronic pen including a pen tip is mountable, a force sense generator configured to generate a force sense, and a processor configured to control the force sense generator to generate the force sense when, with the electronic pen mounted in the housing, a distance between a position of the pen tip of the electronic pen in a virtual reality space and an object in the virtual reality space is equal to or less than a predetermined value.
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G06F 3/01 - Dispositions d'entrée ou dispositions d'entrée et de sortie combinées pour l'interaction entre l'utilisateur et le calculateur
61.
LIGHT-SOURCE-EQUIPPED SENSOR SUBSTRATE, LIGHT SOURCE SUBSTRATE, AND DISPLAY DEVICE
The present invention pertains to a light-source-equipped sensor substrate, a light source substrate, and a display device. A light-source-equipped sensor substrate (SB1) comprises: a plurality of mounting layers (LY11, LY14); and one or more insulating layers (LY12) that insulate adjacent layers among the plurality of mounting layers (LY11, LY14). The plurality of mounting layers (LY11, LY14) include at least a first mounting layer (LY11) provided with a portion of a drive wiring part and a light emitting element array, and a second mounting layer (LY14) provided with at least a portion or all of a coil wiring part. A portion of the coil wiring part is further provided in the first mounting layer (LY11), and/or another portion of the drive wiring part is further provided in the second mounting layer (LY14).
An authorship determining method is provided for determining authorship of an artwork by using a computer. The computer calculates a first hash value, which is a hash value of first pre-integration data, which is pre-integration data of the artwork, and generates a first creation certificate including the first hash value. According to another aspect, a computer is provided including a processor used to determine authorship of an artwork. The processor is configured to calculate a hash value of pre-integration data of the artwork, and generate a creation certificate including the hash value. According to a further aspect, a program is provided which causes a computer to execute processing of certifying authorship of an artwork. The program causes the computer to execute a step of calculating a hash value of pre-integration data of the artwork; and a step of generating a creation certificate including the hash value.
H04L 9/32 - Dispositions pour les communications secrètes ou protégéesProtocoles réseaux de sécurité comprenant des moyens pour vérifier l'identité ou l'autorisation d'un utilisateur du système
G06F 21/16 - Traçabilité de programme ou de contenu, p. ex. par filigranage
A pen is configured to supply an N-bit internal digital value NA to a sensor device, and includes an integrated circuit that acquires a series of the internal digital values NA(s) based on a state OPS of a writing pressure detector. The integrated circuit supplies a first internal digital value NA to the sensor device by transmitting, from an antenna, first transmission data MF including a first standard digital value MS corresponding to the first internal digital value NA. The integrated circuit supplies a second internal digital value NA to the sensor device by transmitting, from the antenna, second transmission data MF that is smaller than N bits and includes an M-bit relative digital value (M
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64.
POSITION INDICATOR, POSITION DETECTING DEVICE, AND POSITION DETECTING METHOD
Provided is a position indicator including a resonance circuit including a coil, and a control circuit including a memory that stores a digital value. The control circuit further includes a switch that switches a state of the resonance circuit between a first state and a second state which are different in resonance frequencies from each other, and, at a timing when an alternating magnetic field transmitted from a position detecting device is received, the control circuit controls the switch to set the resonance circuit to the first state, and, at a timing when a digital value stored in the memory is transmitted, the control circuit controls the switch in accordance with the digital value to be transmitted.
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H03K 17/56 - Commutation ou ouverture de porte électronique, c.-à-d. par d'autres moyens que la fermeture et l'ouverture de contacts caractérisée par l'utilisation de composants spécifiés par l'utilisation, comme éléments actifs, de dispositifs à semi-conducteurs
65.
POSITION DETECTION CIRCUIT, POSITION DETECTION SYSTEM, AND POSITION DETECTION METHOD IN WHICH OUTPUT OF TOUCH POSITION IS TEMPORARILY INHIBITED
Provided is a position detection circuit for detecting a position of an electronic pen and a position of a passive pointer on a touch surface disposed on a capacitive touch sensor constituted by a plurality of sensor electrodes arranged two-dimensionally, the electronic pen being configured to be capable of transmitting a pen signal, the passive pointer not transmitting any signal, the position detection circuit configured to detect a touch position indicative of the position of the passive pointer, and output the touch position if a size of a region forming the touch position is within a predetermined range, in which, if the electronic pen was in contact with the touch surface and becomes detached therefrom, the output of the touch position is temporarily inhibited.
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66.
SYSTEM AND SENSOR CONTROLLER FOR USE WITH ACTIVE PEN
An active pen includes an integrated circuit that transmits a downlink signal through a first electrode and receives an uplink signal through a second electrode different from the first electrode. The active pen includes a stop filter inserted between the second electrode and the integrated circuit. The integrated circuit, in operation, performs transmission of the downlink signal and the reception of the uplink signal at the same time.
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G06F 3/038 - Dispositions de commande et d'interface à cet effet, p. ex. circuits d'attaque ou circuits de contrôle incorporés dans le dispositif
G06F 3/041 - Numériseurs, p. ex. pour des écrans ou des pavés tactiles, caractérisés par les moyens de transduction
G06F 3/044 - Numériseurs, p. ex. pour des écrans ou des pavés tactiles, caractérisés par les moyens de transduction par des moyens capacitifs
67.
TRANSMISSION DRIVER INCLUDING CIRCUITRY THAT TRANSMITS SIGNALS WITH DIFFERENT VOLTAGE RANGES WHILE OPERATING IN DIFFERENT MODES, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND CONTROL METHOD OF ELECTRONIC DEVICE
A transmission driver receives an input signal, a first voltage, and a second voltage higher than the first voltage, and transmits a transmission signal according to the input signal, the transmission driver includes an output terminal that outputs the transmission signal and circuitry that is coupled to the output terminal and that operates in a first mode of transmitting the transmission signal with a first voltage range that ranges from the first voltage to the second voltage, and a second mode of transmitting the transmission signal with a second voltage range that ranges from the first voltage to a third voltage higher than the second voltage.
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G06F 3/0354 - Dispositifs de pointage déplacés ou positionnés par l'utilisateurLeurs accessoires avec détection des mouvements relatifs en deux dimensions [2D] entre le dispositif de pointage ou une partie agissante dudit dispositif, et un plan ou une surface, p. ex. souris 2D, boules traçantes, crayons ou palets
68.
COMPUTER, COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM, AND STROKE DATA DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD
The present disclosure makes it possible to realize with ease whether a student has been able to answer a question in an expected state. A computer includes a processor and a memory storing a program that, when executed by the processor, causes the computer to acquire a plurality of pieces of stroke data, determine whether the pieces of stroke data have been input in a particular state, and control a display state when the pieces of stroke data are displayed based on a result of determining whether the pieces of stroke data have been input in the particular state.
G06T 11/20 - Traçage à partir d'éléments de base, p. ex. de lignes ou de cercles
G06F 3/0354 - Dispositifs de pointage déplacés ou positionnés par l'utilisateurLeurs accessoires avec détection des mouvements relatifs en deux dimensions [2D] entre le dispositif de pointage ou une partie agissante dudit dispositif, et un plan ou une surface, p. ex. souris 2D, boules traçantes, crayons ou palets
A content evaluation device includes a feature calculating section that calculates a state feature amount relating to a drawing state in a creation period from a start timing to an end timing of creation of content, and a display instructing section. The display instructing section instructs displaying of picture-print information indicating a picture-print, which is a set or a trace of points in a feature space for representing the state feature amount calculated by the feature calculating section, or displaying of derived information derived from the picture-print.
A position detection device includes a position detection sensor including a position detection region corresponding to an instruction input surface for receiving an instruction input by an indicator, a position detection circuit which, in operation, detects at least a position of an instruction in the position detection region of the position detection sensor based on an interaction of the position detection sensor and the indicator, and a plurality of motion sensors. The position detection sensor includes a flexibly displaceable part that is deformable together with the instruction input surface according to an operation of a user, and the flexibly displaceable part is disposed between two of the motion sensors.
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A change of a resource allocation scheme in a multi-pen supporting electronic apparatus can be made in a shorter period of time than in the prior art. A sensor controller 50 assigns communication resources to one or more pens 2, respectively, and detects a position of each of the one or more pens 2 on the basis of a downlink signal DS received from each of the one or more pens 2 using the assigned communication resources. When changing a resource allocation scheme, which indicates a structure of the communication resources or a method of using the communication resources, the sensor controller 50 broadcasts information indicating a new resource allocation scheme to the one or more pens 2.
H04W 72/542 - Critères d’affectation ou de planification des ressources sans fil sur la base de critères de qualité en utilisant la qualité mesurée ou perçue
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G06F 3/038 - Dispositions de commande et d'interface à cet effet, p. ex. circuits d'attaque ou circuits de contrôle incorporés dans le dispositif
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H04L 5/00 - Dispositions destinées à permettre l'usage multiple de la voie de transmission
H04W 72/0446 - Ressources du domaine temporel, p. ex. créneaux ou trames
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H04W 72/541 - Critères d’affectation ou de planification des ressources sans fil sur la base de critères de qualité en utilisant le niveau d’interférence
To reduce an increase in the burden of designing circuits used in a pen pressure sensor, provided is a stylus including a detection circuit that is connectable to a pen pressure sensor that, in operation, acquires pen pressure data of the stylus, the pen pressure sensor being a capacitive sensor in which a capacitance value changes according to applied force or a resistive sensor in which a resistance value changes according to applied force, the detection circuit can selectively operating in a first mode and a second mode, the detection circuit, in operation, acquiring the pen pressure data based on the capacitance value of the pen pressure sensor while the detection circuit operates in the first mode, and the detection circuit, in operation, acquiring the pen pressure data in reference to the resistance value of the pen pressure sensor while the detection circuit operates in the second mode.
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73.
METHOD, COMPUTER, AND PROGRAM FOR ARTWORK MANAGEMENT
An artwork management method executed by one or more computers is provided. The artwork management method includes detecting, by a first computer included in the one or more computers, artwork included in a website, determining, by the first computer, whether or not a purchase transaction indicating purchase of the artwork detected is recorded in a blockchain network, and transmitting, by the first computer, a report indicating discovery of unauthorized use of the artwork, in a case where the first computer determines that the purchase transaction is not recorded. According to one aspect, the artwork management method suppresses illegal use of artwork while maintaining accessibility of the artwork.
G06Q 20/40 - Autorisation, p. ex. identification du payeur ou du bénéficiaire, vérification des références du client ou du magasinExamen et approbation des payeurs, p. ex. contrôle des lignes de crédit ou des listes négatives
G06Q 20/38 - Protocoles de paiementArchitectures, schémas ou protocoles de paiement leurs détails
A cover film used together with a pen sensor including a plurality of sensor electrodes, and a sensor controller which detects a position of an active pen in reference to a distribution of signal levels each corresponding to an amount of electric charge induced in an individual one of the plurality of sensor electrodes by a pen signal transmitted from a pen tip electrode disposed at a tip of the active pen. The cover film includes a conductive resin that covers an effective area formed by the sensor electrodes for detection of the position of the active pen and that includes a substantially uniform resistance component at least within a range of the effective area. The cover film is arranged, without via a cover glass, on an upper surface of a sensor electrode group including the plurality of sensor electrodes.
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H01B 5/14 - Conducteurs ou corps conducteurs non isolés caractérisés par la forme comprenant des couches ou pellicules conductrices sur supports isolants
75.
INDICATION POSITION DETECTION DEVICE AND INDICATION POSITION DETECTION METHOD
Provided are an indication position detection device and indication position detection method that can suppress deteriorations in the detection accuracy of an indication position indicated by an indicator. The indication position detection device, which detects an indication position indicated by an indicator, comprises a first transmission unit and a second transmission unit. The first transmission unit transmits a first transmission signal related to first processing for detecting the indication position indicated by the indicator. The second transmission unit transmits a second transmission signal related to second processing different from the first processing. In the same period, the waveform of the first transmission signal and the waveform of the second transmission signal are orthogonal to each other.
A position detection method performed using a capacitive touch sensor with line electrodes two-dimensionally arranged. The method includes: acquiring first two-dimensional data indicating a first distribution of detection values of capacitance on the touch sensor; recognizing that a foreign object is present in an area on the touch sensor based on the first two-dimensional data; in response to the recognizing that the foreign object is present in the area on the touch sensor based on the first two-dimensional data, using a first threshold that is lower than a second threshold for detecting a first touch position or touch area inside of the area on the touch sensor in which the foreign object is present; and detecting the first touch position or touch area inside of the area on the touch sensor in which the foreign object is present based on the first two-dimensional data and the first threshold.
A combination touch and transducer input system is provided, which facilitates user input into an electronic system with a finger and/or a transducer (e.g., a stylus). The system includes a transducer configured to generate an electric field, and a sensor including an array of electrodes and a controller. The transducer is configured to transmit digital data, such as pen pressure data and switch status data, to the sensor. For example, the transducer comprises electronic circuitry configured to encode the digital data in a signal for transmission to the sensor. The sensor controller is configured to operate both in a touch sensing mode and in a transducer sensing mode. During the touch sensing mode, the controller determines a position of a proximate object (e.g., a finger) by capacitively sensing the object with the array of electrodes. During the transducer sensing mode, the controller determines a position of the transducer based on a signal received by the array of electrodes from the transducer, and also receives and decodes the digital data encoded in the received signal. Digital data can be encoded in a signal using any suitable digital modulation techniques, such as a Frequency-Shift Keying (FSK) technique.
G06F 3/041 - Numériseurs, p. ex. pour des écrans ou des pavés tactiles, caractérisés par les moyens de transduction
G06F 3/0354 - Dispositifs de pointage déplacés ou positionnés par l'utilisateurLeurs accessoires avec détection des mouvements relatifs en deux dimensions [2D] entre le dispositif de pointage ou une partie agissante dudit dispositif, et un plan ou une surface, p. ex. souris 2D, boules traçantes, crayons ou palets
G06F 3/038 - Dispositions de commande et d'interface à cet effet, p. ex. circuits d'attaque ou circuits de contrôle incorporés dans le dispositif
G06F 3/044 - Numériseurs, p. ex. pour des écrans ou des pavés tactiles, caractérisés par les moyens de transduction par des moyens capacitifs
G06F 3/046 - Numériseurs, p. ex. pour des écrans ou des pavés tactiles, caractérisés par les moyens de transduction par des moyens électromagnétiques
Provided is an XR controller configured to use a plurality of markers arranged on a surface of a housing to detect the position and posture thereof with high accuracy. The XR controller according to the present invention includes: a housing; and first markers arranged in a phyllotaxy pattern on a surface of the housing.
G06F 3/0346 - Dispositifs de pointage déplacés ou positionnés par l'utilisateurLeurs accessoires avec détection de l’orientation ou du mouvement libre du dispositif dans un espace en trois dimensions [3D], p. ex. souris 3D, dispositifs de pointage à six degrés de liberté [6-DOF] utilisant des capteurs gyroscopiques, accéléromètres ou d’inclinaison
G06F 3/01 - Dispositions d'entrée ou dispositions d'entrée et de sortie combinées pour l'interaction entre l'utilisateur et le calculateur
G06F 3/03 - Dispositions pour convertir sous forme codée la position ou le déplacement d'un élément
G06F 3/0487 - Techniques d’interaction fondées sur les interfaces utilisateur graphiques [GUI] utilisant des caractéristiques spécifiques fournies par le périphérique d’entrée, p. ex. des fonctions commandées par la rotation d’une souris à deux capteurs, ou par la nature du périphérique d’entrée, p. ex. des gestes en fonction de la pression exercée enregistrée par une tablette numérique
79.
POSITION DETECTION METHOD, INTEGRATED CIRCUIT, AND SENSOR DEVICE
[Problem] To increase the S/N ratio of a pen signal that is received in a sensor controller, without decreasing the frequency of position detection and without increasing the circuit size of the sensor controller. [Solution] A position detection method according to the present invention comprises: a step for connecting, in a period T1, each of loop coils LCy to a drive circuit in a first connection mode and detecting an alternating magnetic field generated by an indicator in accordance with alternating magnetic fields simultaneously transmitted from the respective loop coils LCy using an alternating current supplied from the drive circuit; a step for connecting, in a period T2, each of the loop coils LCy to the drive circuit in a second connection mode different from the first connection mode and detecting an alternating magnetic field generated by the indicator in accordance with alternating magnetic fields simultaneously transmitted from the respective loop coils LCy using an alternating current supplied from the drive circuit; and a step for deriving the position of the indicator on the basis of the result of the detection in each step.
An active stylus is provided, which can reduce battery power consumption and reduce the time required for its signal transmission. A position detection device includes a tablet and the stylus having a built-in power source, which are capable of bi-directional transmission and reception of signals through capacitive coupling therebetween. The tablet is configured to transmit a trigger signal US_trg and then transmit a command signal US_cmd to the stylus. The trigger signal US_trg causes the stylus to start its command information receiver to receive the command signal US_cmd including information for controlling the stylus.
G06F 3/044 - Numériseurs, p. ex. pour des écrans ou des pavés tactiles, caractérisés par les moyens de transduction par des moyens capacitifs
G06F 3/03 - Dispositions pour convertir sous forme codée la position ou le déplacement d'un élément
G06F 3/0354 - Dispositifs de pointage déplacés ou positionnés par l'utilisateurLeurs accessoires avec détection des mouvements relatifs en deux dimensions [2D] entre le dispositif de pointage ou une partie agissante dudit dispositif, et un plan ou une surface, p. ex. souris 2D, boules traçantes, crayons ou palets
G06F 3/038 - Dispositions de commande et d'interface à cet effet, p. ex. circuits d'attaque ou circuits de contrôle incorporés dans le dispositif
G06F 3/041 - Numériseurs, p. ex. pour des écrans ou des pavés tactiles, caractérisés par les moyens de transduction
In one embodiment, a stylus includes one or more electrodes and one or more computer-readable non-transitory storage media embodying first logic for transmitting signals wirelessly to a device through a touch-sensor of the device. The stylus has a first power mode in which components of the stylus for receiving signals from or transmitting signals to the device are powered off; a second power mode in which components of the stylus for receiving signals from the device are powered on at least periodically and components of the stylus for transmitting signals to the device are powered off; and a third power mode in which components of the stylus for transmitting signals to the device are powered on at least periodically. The media further embodies second logic for transitioning the stylus from one of the first, second, and third power modes to another one of the first, second, and third power modes.
G06F 1/3203 - Gestion de l’alimentation, c.-à-d. passage en mode d’économie d’énergie amorcé par événements
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G06F 3/044 - Numériseurs, p. ex. pour des écrans ou des pavés tactiles, caractérisés par les moyens de transduction par des moyens capacitifs
An electronic pen cartridge includes a pen tip that is configured to protrude outside of an electronic pen electronic pen casing through an opening of the electronic pen casing, an electronic circuit that transfers signals to a position detecting sensor, and a first connector that is joined to a second connector disposed in the electronic pen casing. The first connector includes plural terminals insulated from each other, and each of the terminals is electrically connected to the electronic circuit. The first connector and the second connector are joined through insertion of a fitting protrusion of a first one of the first connector and the second connector into a fitting recess of a second one of the first connector and the second connector in an axis center direction of the electronic pen casing, and circular annular conductor contacts are included in the first connector or the second connector.
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G06F 3/038 - Dispositions de commande et d'interface à cet effet, p. ex. circuits d'attaque ou circuits de contrôle incorporés dans le dispositif
83.
COMBINATION TOUCH AND TRANSDUCER INPUT SYSTEM AND METHOD
A combination touch and transducer input system is provided, which facilitates user input into an electronic system with a finger and/or a transducer (e.g., a stylus). The system includes a transducer configured to generate an electric field, and a sensor including an array of electrodes and a controller. The transducer is configured to transmit digital data, such as pen pressure data and switch status data, to the sensor. For example, the transducer comprises electronic circuitry configured to encode the digital data in a signal for transmission to the sensor. The sensor controller is configured to operate both in a touch sensing mode and in a transducer sensing mode. During the touch sensing mode, the controller determines a position of a proximate object (e.g., a finger) by capacitively sensing the object with the array of electrodes. During the transducer sensing mode, the controller determines a position of the transducer based on a signal received by the array of electrodes from the transducer, and also receives and decodes the digital data encoded in the received signal. Digital data can be encoded in a signal using any suitable digital modulation techniques, such as a Frequency-Shift Keying (FSK) technique.
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G06F 3/046 - Numériseurs, p. ex. pour des écrans ou des pavés tactiles, caractérisés par les moyens de transduction par des moyens électromagnétiques
84.
INK FILE OUTPUTTING METHOD, APPARATUS, AND PROGRAM
An ink file output method is provided, which includes: generating M (M is an integer of 1 or more) pieces of stroke data SD on the basis of event data generated as M input devices move, respectively; generating N (N is an integer of 1 or more and M or less) kinds of logical names LN (metadata) identifying the M number of input devices; generating a metadata block associating the M pieces of stroke data SD with the N kinds of logical names LN; and writing the M pieces of stroke data SD and the metadata block to an ink file.
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G06V 30/142 - Acquisition d’images en utilisant des instruments déplacés manuellementDétails structurels des instruments
85.
INK AMOUNT CALCULATION METHOD, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, AND PROGRAM
Provided is an ink amount calculation method performed by a processor of a computer. The method includes acquiring coordinate information related to stroke data generated according to an operation of an electronic pen, and calculating, based on the coordinate information, an ink amount related to an amount of the operation of the electronic pen.
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G06F 3/0354 - Dispositifs de pointage déplacés ou positionnés par l'utilisateurLeurs accessoires avec détection des mouvements relatifs en deux dimensions [2D] entre le dispositif de pointage ou une partie agissante dudit dispositif, et un plan ou une surface, p. ex. souris 2D, boules traçantes, crayons ou palets
G06F 3/038 - Dispositions de commande et d'interface à cet effet, p. ex. circuits d'attaque ou circuits de contrôle incorporés dans le dispositif
G06F 3/044 - Numériseurs, p. ex. pour des écrans ou des pavés tactiles, caractérisés par les moyens de transduction par des moyens capacitifs
G06F 3/04883 - Techniques d’interaction fondées sur les interfaces utilisateur graphiques [GUI] utilisant des caractéristiques spécifiques fournies par le périphérique d’entrée, p. ex. des fonctions commandées par la rotation d’une souris à deux capteurs, ou par la nature du périphérique d’entrée, p. ex. des gestes en fonction de la pression exercée enregistrée par une tablette numérique utilisant un écran tactile ou une tablette numérique, p. ex. entrée de commandes par des tracés gestuels pour l’entrée de données par calligraphie, p. ex. sous forme de gestes ou de texte
G06Q 30/0226 - Systèmes d’incitation à un usage fréquent, p. ex. programmes de miles pour voyageurs fréquents ou systèmes de points
Provided is an electronic pen including a tubular first casing having an opening on a pen tip side, and a tubular second casing rotatably coupled to the first casing with an axial direction of the first casing as a center to receive an instruction of a user, on a side of the first casing opposite to the pen tip side in the axial direction. The first casing includes a first circuit board having a first circuit including a circuit that performs signal interaction with a position detecting sensor. The second casing includes a second circuit board having a second circuit. The first and second circuit boards are electrically connected to each other by a flexible cable disposed in a state of having a surplus portion that can be extended is extendable or contractable in the axial direction and is twistable in a rotational direction about the axial direction.
G06F 3/0354 - Dispositifs de pointage déplacés ou positionnés par l'utilisateurLeurs accessoires avec détection des mouvements relatifs en deux dimensions [2D] entre le dispositif de pointage ou une partie agissante dudit dispositif, et un plan ou une surface, p. ex. souris 2D, boules traçantes, crayons ou palets
G06F 3/038 - Dispositions de commande et d'interface à cet effet, p. ex. circuits d'attaque ou circuits de contrôle incorporés dans le dispositif
The present invention realizes an electromagnetic induction pen with which an appropriate magnetic field distribution can be obtained without reducing the strength of a housing, and with which instruction input to a drawing device can be performed in such a way as to fill in a wide range when used while inclined to a state close to a horizontal direction. The electromagnetic induction pen is provided with a housing (120) having an opening portion at one end. A pen pressure detecting unit (150) is fixed inside the housing (120). A columnar ferrite core (131) around which a coil (132) is wound and which has a through-hole is provided in front (on a pen tip side) of the pen pressure detecting unit (150). The electromagnetic induction pen is additionally provided with a core body including a core rod (112) that passes freely through the through-hole of the ferrite core (131) and that transmits a force to the pen pressure detecting unit (150), and a wall portion (113) having an inner wall (111n) that faces a side surface (131a) of the ferrite core (131) on the pen tip side thereof along a predetermined length in the axial direction of the housing (120).
A stylus includes a first transmission circuit, a second transmission circuit, and a control circuit which controls the first and second transmission circuits according to a first transmission mode in which the control circuit controls the first transmission circuit to transmit a first downlink signal from a tip electrode and controls the second transmission circuit to not transmit a second downlink signal from a tail electrode, a second transmission mode in which the control circuit controls the first transmission circuit to not transmit the first downlink signal from the tip electrode and controls the second transmission circuit to transmit the second downlink signal from the tail electrode, and a third transmission mode in which the control circuit controls the first transmission circuit to transmit the first downlink signal from the tip electrode and controls the second transmission circuit to transmit the second downlink signal from the tail electrode.
G06F 3/0354 - Dispositifs de pointage déplacés ou positionnés par l'utilisateurLeurs accessoires avec détection des mouvements relatifs en deux dimensions [2D] entre le dispositif de pointage ou une partie agissante dudit dispositif, et un plan ou une surface, p. ex. souris 2D, boules traçantes, crayons ou palets
G06F 3/038 - Dispositions de commande et d'interface à cet effet, p. ex. circuits d'attaque ou circuits de contrôle incorporés dans le dispositif
Provided is a position input apparatus having a body portion and an extension portion. The body portion includes a body portion side surface with a thickness in a direction, and a screw hole provided on the body portion side surface, the extension portion includes a screw having a shaft provided with a screw thread corresponding to the screw hole and a head with a thickness in a center axis direction of the shaft, the screw is provided from inside of the extension portion such that the shaft protrudes outside from an extension portion side surface, and a head side surface of the screw is exposed to an upper surface side of the extension portion and is rotatable by a user, and the extension portion is attachable to the body portion by the screw being screwed to the screw hole on the body portion side surface.
An object of the present disclosure is to provide an electronic pen that is excellent in portability by being reduced in size, that has a side switch functioning stably, and that is easy to maintain. A pusher part of an electronic pen body part is inserted into an insertion part of an operator, and the operator is thus attached to the pusher part of the electronic pen body part in a state of being fitted into an operator opening part of an outer casing. The operator opening part of the outer casing is formed in a side surface thereof at a position corresponding to a button switch of the electronic pen body part being loaded into the outer casing and placed at a fixed position. Therefore, the button switch can reliably be depressed through the operator, and the side switch of the electronic pen is realized.
G06F 3/0354 - Dispositifs de pointage déplacés ou positionnés par l'utilisateurLeurs accessoires avec détection des mouvements relatifs en deux dimensions [2D] entre le dispositif de pointage ou une partie agissante dudit dispositif, et un plan ou une surface, p. ex. souris 2D, boules traçantes, crayons ou palets
G06F 3/038 - Dispositions de commande et d'interface à cet effet, p. ex. circuits d'attaque ou circuits de contrôle incorporés dans le dispositif
91.
PEN STATE DETECTION CIRCUIT AND METHOD, AND INPUT SYSTEM
Provided is a pen state detection circuit for detecting a state of an electronic pen based on a signal distribution detected by a touch sensor including a plurality of sensor electrodes arranged in a plane shape, the electronic pen including at least one electrode, the pen state detection circuit, in operation, acquires, from the touch sensor, a first signal distribution and a second signal distribution, generates a two-dimensional signal distribution by synthesizing the first signal distribution and second signal distribution, or generates a two-dimensional feature distribution by synthesizing a first feature distribution relating to a shape of the first signal distribution and a second feature distribution relating to a shape of the second signal distribution, and estimate a position indicated by the electronic pen or a posture of the electronic pen from the two-dimensional signal distribution or two-dimensional feature distribution.
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92.
CONTENT EVALUATION DEVICE, COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM, METHOD, AND SYSTEM FOR EVALUATING CONTENT
Provided is a content evaluation device including a processor and a memory storing a program that, when executed by the processor, causes the content evaluation device to: acquire at least one of content data indicating content composed of multiple content elements or related data relating to creation of the content, calculate a time-series feature indicating a time change of a feature relating to a creation process of the content from the content data or the related data, and evaluate the content by using the time-series feature.
Provided is a system for a touch pad used by both a finger and a pen to input operations to a computer. The system includes a sensor electrode group, an integrated circuit, and a memory storing a device driver. The sensor electrode group is configured to be placed over a touch surface that is different from a display surface of the computer. The integrated circuit uses the sensor electrode group to detect a touch position on the touch surface where the finger is in contact and a pen position on the touch surface where the pen is in contact and supplies the detected touch position and pen position to the device driver. The device driver is configured to convert the touch position into relative coordinates when the device driver receives the touch position, and convert the pen position into absolute coordinates when the device driver receives the pen position.
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Provided is an electronic pen including a core body, a pressure detector which, in operation, detects a pressure applied to the core body, and a transmitting component which is located between the core body and the pressure detector and which, in operation, transmits the pressure applied to the core body to the pressure detector, in which the transmitting component includes two separate components including a core body holding component which holds the core body and a pressing component which, in operation, presses the pressure detector, and a rear end surface of the core body holding component and a front end surface of the pressing component are opposed to each other.
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G06F 3/038 - Dispositions de commande et d'interface à cet effet, p. ex. circuits d'attaque ou circuits de contrôle incorporés dans le dispositif
G06F 3/044 - Numériseurs, p. ex. pour des écrans ou des pavés tactiles, caractérisés par les moyens de transduction par des moyens capacitifs
A touch detecting method includes determining a kind of a detected indicator based on a first area on a touch surface, obtaining a plurality of second capacitances formed by emphasizing a peak in comparison with a plurality of first capacitances by processing the plurality of first capacitances by a first filter in a case where the determining determines that the detected indicator is a stylus, deriving coordinates indicating a position of the stylus on the touch surface based on a second area on the touch surface, and deriving coordinates indicating a position of a finger on the touch surface based on a third area on the touch surface.
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G06F 3/044 - Numériseurs, p. ex. pour des écrans ou des pavés tactiles, caractérisés par les moyens de transduction par des moyens capacitifs
The present invention relates to a position detection device and a sensor panel. This position detection device comprises: a sensor panel including a first reception electrode, a first transmission electrode disposed perpendicularly crossing the first reception electrode, a second transmission electrode disposed such that one end thereof is adjacent to one end of the first transmission electrode and so as to extend in a direction parallel to the first transmission electrode, and a second reception electrode disposed perpendicularly crossing the second transmission electrode; a first sensor controller that detects the position of the sensor panel on the basis of a signal detected by the first transmission electrode and the first reception electrode, generates electrode information related to the detection, and transmits the electrode information; and a second sensor controller that configures, on the basis of the electrode information transmitted from the first sensor controller, settings related to detection processing, regarding the position of the sensor panel, based on a signal detected from the second transmission electrode and the second reception electrode.
Provided is a computer including a host processor which, in operation, generates a stroke image representing a stroke indicated by a series of coordinate data indicating a plurality of positions of a pen on a touch surface and generates a video signal representing the stroke image, a timing controller which, in operation, controls, based on the video signal, a potential of each of a plurality of gate lines provided in a display, and a temporary stroke image generation processor which in operation, generates, in parallel with the host processor, a temporary stroke image representing a same stroke as the stroke of the stroke image, in which the temporary stroke image is superimposed on the video signal before the video signal is supplied to the timing controller.
G09G 3/20 - Dispositions ou circuits de commande présentant un intérêt uniquement pour l'affichage utilisant des moyens de visualisation autres que les tubes à rayons cathodiques pour la présentation d'un ensemble de plusieurs caractères, p. ex. d'une page, en composant l'ensemble par combinaison d'éléments individuels disposés en matrice
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G06F 3/041 - Numériseurs, p. ex. pour des écrans ou des pavés tactiles, caractérisés par les moyens de transduction
An input system is provided which is capable of mitigating certain inconveniences that may arise due to data processing performed by a host processor. The input system includes a first signal path, a second signal path, and a switch section. The first signal path is used for transmitting a signal from a sensor controller to a display controller through the host processor. The second signal path is used for transmitting a signal from the sensor controller to the display controller without passing the signal through the host processor. The switch section is configured to be able to switch between the first signal path and the second signal path.
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G06F 3/14 - Sortie numérique vers un dispositif de visualisation
G06F 21/10 - Protection de programmes ou contenus distribués, p. ex. vente ou concession de licence de matériel soumis à droit de reproduction
G06F 21/16 - Traçabilité de programme ou de contenu, p. ex. par filigranage
An electronic pen is configured to transmit and receive a signal to and from a position detection sensor by electromagnetic induction. The electronic pen includes a coil and a magnetic core around which the coil is wound. The magnetic core has a through-hole in an axial center direction. The electronic pen includes a capacitor that forms a resonant circuit with the coil. The electronic pen includes a central rod that is inserted in the through-hole of the magnetic core. The central rod has a magnet part and a yoke part that holds the magnet part at a pen tip part of the central rod.
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G06F 3/03 - Dispositions pour convertir sous forme codée la position ou le déplacement d'un élément
G06F 3/038 - Dispositions de commande et d'interface à cet effet, p. ex. circuits d'attaque ou circuits de contrôle incorporés dans le dispositif
G06F 3/041 - Numériseurs, p. ex. pour des écrans ou des pavés tactiles, caractérisés par les moyens de transduction
G06F 3/046 - Numériseurs, p. ex. pour des écrans ou des pavés tactiles, caractérisés par les moyens de transduction par des moyens électromagnétiques
A foldable position detection sensor operable by electromagnetic induction coupling is configured to alleviate the problem of the levels of electromagnetic coupling with an electronic pen locally changing at a bending portion of the sensor. The position detection sensor includes a digitizer that includes an electrode configured to couple with a position indicator by electromagnetic induction coupling. The position detection sensor includes multiple electromagnetic sheets disposed to cover a surface of the digitizer opposite to an input surface thereof for receiving input form the position indicator. The multiple electromagnetic sheets are spaced apart from one another along the surface of the digitizer at a bending location where the digitizer is bent. The electromagnetic sheets are configured such that when the digitizer is in an unfolded state the electromagnetic sheets overlap with one another at the bending location in a direction perpendicular to the input surface of the digitizer.
