Electromagnetic sensor system and antenna loop layout method thereof
View Patent ↗An antenna loop layout method for an electromagnetic sensor board is provided. The electromagnetic sensor board has a plurality of inductive antennas which are arranged abreast of each other. One end of the inductive antennas is coupled to each other, and the other end of the inductive antennas have a switch. The method comprises the following steps: first, a pre-determined interval value is provided. Then, the switches are closed in sequence by the pre-determined interval value to form a plurality of physical antenna loops. The pre-determined interval value can be changed dynamically.
1. An electromagnetic sensor system, comprising:
an electromagnetic sensitive panel, comprising:
a plurality of inductive antennas disposed to be arranged side by side and equidistant, and one end of each inductive antenna is coupled with each other, and the other end of each inductive antenna comprises a switch;
a first signal-in end coupled with all of the switches;
a second signal-in end coupled with all of the switches; and
a control unit configured to control the switches, coupled to the first signal-in end and the second signal-in end, to be closed in sequence by a pre-determined interval value to form a plurality of physical antenna loops;
wherein, the pre-determined interval value can be changed dynamically.
2. The electromagnetic sensor system of claim 1 , further comprising a pointing device, wherein the control unit turns on the switches in sequence by the pre-determined interval value to detect the physical antenna loop where the pointing device is in.
3. The electromagnetic sensor system of claim 2 , wherein the control unit turns on the switches in sequence by the pre-determined interval value to calculate a coordinate value of the pointing device according to the signal value sensed by the physical antenna loop where the pointing device is in.
4. The multi-antenna loop layout of claim 3 , wherein the control unit calculates the coordinate value of the pointing device further according to the signal values sensed by the physical antenna loops which are around the physical antenna loop where the pointing device is in.
5. The electromagnetic sensor system of claim 4 , wherein the control unit turns on the switches in sequence by plural and different pre-determined interval values, and wherein the control unit calculates a reference coordinate value of the pointing device according to the signal values sensed by the physical antenna loop where the pointing device is in and sensed by the physical antenna loops which are around the physical antenna loop where the pointing device is in according to each of the pre-determined interval values, and the control unit employs a weighted calculation using the reference coordinate values to determine the coordinate value.
6. The electromagnetic sensor system of claim 2 , wherein the pointing device comprises an electromagnetic pen.
7. An antenna loop layout method for an electromagnetic sensor board, wherein the electromagnetic sensor board comprises a plurality of inductive antennas, and one end of each inductive antenna is coupled to each other, and the other end of each inductive antenna has a switch, and the method comprises:
providing a pre-determined interval value; and
controlling the switches to be closed in sequence by the pre-determined interval value to form a plurality of physical antenna loops;
wherein, the pre-determined interval value can be changed dynamically.
8. The antenna loop layout method of claim 7 , wherein the electromagnetic sensor board is used with a pointing device, and the step of controlling the switches to be closed in sequence comprises:
executing a global scan process, comprising:
turning on the switches in sequence according to the pre-determined interval value, wherein the physical antenna loops formed by turning on the switches are not overlapped with each other; and
detecting the physical antenna loop where the pointing device is in; and
executing a local scan process, comprising:
turning on the switches in sequence according to the pre-determined interval value, wherein the physical antenna loops formed by turning on the switches are partially overlapped; and
calculating a coordinate value of the pointing device according to the signal value sensed by the physical antenna loop where the pointing device is in.
9. The antenna loop layout method of claim 8 , wherein the coordinate value of the pointing device is calculated further according to the signal values sensed by the physical antenna loops which are around the physical antenna loop where the pointing device is in when executing the local scan process.
10. The antenna loop layout method of claim 9 , wherein the step of executing the local scan process comprises turning on the switches in sequence by plural and different pre-determined interval values, wherein a reference coordinate value of the pointing device is calculated according to the signal values sensed by the physical antenna loop where the pointing device is in and sensed by the physical antenna loops which are around the physical antenna loop where the pointing device is in according to each pre-determined interval value, and employing a weighted calculation using the reference coordinate values to determine the coordinate value.
11. The antenna loop layout method of claim 7 , wherein the pointing device comprises an electromagnetic pen.