IP Library Granted Patent US 8,781,789
Granted Patent B2
US 8,781,789 · App. 12/777,873 · Granted Jul 15, 2014

Method for determining incline angle of electromagnetic pointer

Inventors: Cheng-Liang Hsieh (Hsin-Chu, TW); Yun-Hsiang Yeh (Miaoli, TW); Chia-Jui Yeh (Taipei, TW)
Assignee: Waltop International Corporation
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Patent No.
US 8,781,789
App. No.
12/777,873
Granted
Jul 15, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method for determining an incline angle of electromagnetic pointer is disclosed. The method comprises the following steps. First of all, an electromagnetic input pen/stylus is provided over antennas X n /Y n along X/Y axes. Then a plurality of antennas at two sides of the antennas X n /Y n are scanned. Next the signal distributions of the antennas X n /Y n and the antennas at two side are analyzed. Then the number of antenna sampled of the signal distributions of the antennas at two side is determined. Next the antennas at two side are selected and the signal distributions are sampled and received according to the number of antenna sampled. Finally, an incline angle of the electromagnetic pointer is determined according to the sampled signal distributions.

Claims (7)

1. A method for determining an incline angle of an electromagnetic pointer, said method comprising:

providing an electromagnetic pointer on a first sensor coil; scanning a plurality of sensor coils on two sides of the first sensor coil respectively; obtaining a signal distribution of the sensor coils;

determining a number of second sensor coils from the sensor coils to calculate the incline angle of the electromagnetic pointer;

selecting the second sensor coils on two sides of the first sensor coil respectively to receive electromagnetic signals from the electromagnetic pointer and obtain a signal distribution of the second sensor coils selected; and

calculating the incline angle of the electromagnetic pointer according to a ratio between auxiliary peak value of the second sensor coils on one side of the first sensor coil and a sum of two auxiliary peak values of two second sensor coils on two sides of the first sensor coil.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the number is from 1 to 8.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein a number of the sensor coils on two sides of the first sensor coil are scanned, the number is from 1 to 8.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 20, 2015
From: WALTOP INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
To: WACOM CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 035236/0409 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 12, 2010
From: HSIEH, CHENG-LIANG; YEH, YUN-HSIANG; YEH, CHIA-JUI
To: WALTOP INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 024375/0733 →
Continuity (1)
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