IP Library Granted Patent US 8,780,089
Granted Patent B2
US 8,780,089 · App. 13/646,969 · Granted Jul 15, 2014

Stylus and touch input system

Inventors: Chih-Ming Yuan (Hsinchu, TW); Shen-Tai Liaw (Hsinchu, TW); Nae-Jye Hwang (Hsinchu, TW)
Assignee: Integrated Digital Technologies, Inc.
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Patent No.
US 8,780,089
App. No.
13/646,969
Granted
Jul 15, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

A touch input system including a stylus and a display device is provided. The stylus includes a battery module, a touch portion, a transducer module and a RF transmitting module. When a contact pressure is acted on the touch portion, the touch portion is electrically connected to the battery module by the contact pressure and emits a light signal. The display region receives and reacts to the light signal, and the contact pressure is transformed into an electrical signal by the transducer module. The RF transmitting module is electrically connected to the transducer module and transmitting the electrical signal. The display device includes a display region and a RF receiving module.

Claims (20)

1. A touch input system, comprising:

a stylus, comprising:

a main body;

a battery module, disposed at the main body;

a touch portion, disposed at the main body, when a contact pressure is acted on the touch portion, the touch portion is electrically connected to the battery module by the contact pressure and the touch portion emits a light signal;

a magnetic element, fixed to the touch portion; and

a magnetic detector, fixed to the main body for detecting a signal from the magnetic element to obtain a variation of a distance between the magnetic element and the magnetic detector, and transforming the contact pressure into an electrical signal based on the variation of the distance; and

a RF transmitting module, disposed at the main body, electrically connected to the magnetic detector, and transmitting the electrical signal; and

a display device, comprising:

a display region, detecting the light signal to locate a touch position when the touch portion is exerted on the display region; and

a RF receiving module, electrically connected to the display device and used to receive the electrical signal, wherein the display region receives the electrical signal via the RF receiving module, and the display region displays a line width according to the electrical signal.

2. The touch input system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the RF transmitting module is disposed at a back end of the stylus.

3. The touch input system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the battery module is fixed to the main body, the touch portion is sliding disposed at the main body, and the touch portion is suitable for being contacted the display region to be pushed toward the battery module.

4. The touch input system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the stylus further comprising:

a conductive elastic element, disposed between the touch portion and the battery module, wherein when the touch portion is pushed toward the battery module, the elastic element is compressed between the battery module and the touch portion.

5. The touch input system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the display device includes a display region with an operation surface for touch input.

6. The touch input system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the electrical signal provides information for magnitude of the contact pressure.

7. The touch input system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the display device further comprising:

a light sensor array, arranged in a pixel electrode array of the display region.

8. The touch input system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the light signal emitted from the touch portion is suitable for actuating at least one light sensor of the light sensor array.

Assignments (2)
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Apr 14, 2017
From: INTEGRATED DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
To: EGIS TECHNOLOGY INC.
Reel/Frame 042005/0759 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 28, 2014
From: YUAN, CHIH-MING; LIAW, SHEN-TAI; HWANG, NAE-JYE
To: INTEGRATED DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Reel/Frame 032321/0598 →
Continuity (3)
Continuation 12984613 · Jan 5, 2011
Provisional Application 61293209 · Jan 8, 2010
Related Publication 20130027350A1 · Jan 31, 2013