IP Library Granted Patent US 9,063,597
Granted Patent B2
US 9,063,597 · App. 13/718,862 · Granted Jun 23, 2015

Stylus and touch input system

Inventors: Shen-Tai Liaw (Hsinchu, TW); Nae-jye Hwang (Hsinchu, TW); Feng-Sheng Lin (Hsinchu, TW); Chih-Ming Yuan (Hsinchu, TW)
Assignee: INTEGRATED DIGITAL TECHNOLOLGIES, INC.
G06F3/041G06F3/03545G06F3/0386G06F3/033G06F3/042
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Patent No.
US 9,063,597
App. No.
13/718,862
Granted
Jun 23, 2015
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 (18)

1. A stylus, comprising:

a housing, has a front end, a back end opposite to the front end and an opening formed at the front end;

a battery module, disposed in the housing and having a blocking plate facing the front end;

a touch portion, sliding disposed at the opening along an axis, wherein the touch portion is suitable for contacting an operation surface to move into the housing;

a detector, fixed to the blocking plate and suitable for detecting a motion of the touch portion to obtain an analog signal;

a light emitting element, fixed to the touch portion and suitable for moving along the axis by the motion of the touch portion; and

an elastic element, disposed between the blocking plate and the touch portion and located on the axis, wherein when the touch portion contacts the operation surface to move into the housing, the elastic element is compressed between the blocking plate and the touch portion, such that touch portion is electrically connected to the battery module and emits a light signal continuously, when the touch portion is distant from the operation surface, the touch portion is recovered by an elastic force of the elastic element, such that the electrical connection between the touch portion and the battery module is terminated,

wherein the detector is suitable for detecting a light emitted by the light emitting element, and the light emitted by the light emitting element is suitable for actuating a light sensor disposed at the operation surface.

2. The stylus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the light emitting element is disposed in the touch portion.

3. The stylus as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising:

a pillar, fixed to the touch portion and extending toward the blocking plate, wherein the light emitting element is fixed to the pillar.

4. The stylus as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising:

a RF transmitting module; and

a converter, electrically connected to the detector and the RF transmitting module, wherein the converter is suitable for converting the analog signal into a digital signal and transferring the digital signal to the RF transmitting module.

5. The stylus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the blocking plate has a surface facing the touch portion, and the detector is disposed on the surface.

6. The stylus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein an end of the elastic element is connected to the touch portion, and when the touch portion moves into the housing, another end of the elastic element is contacted the blocking plate and compressed.

7. The stylus as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising:

a magnetic element, fixed to the touch portion and suitable for moving along the axis by the motion of the touch portion, wherein the detector is suitable for detecting a magnetic force generated by the magnetic element.

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 May 18, 2015
From: LIAW, SHEN-TAI; HWANG, NAE-JYE; LIN, FENG-SHENG; YUAN, CHIH-MING
To: INTEGRATED DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Reel/Frame 035660/0024 →
Continuity (3)
Division 12984613 · Jan 5, 2011
Provisional Application 61293209 · Jan 8, 2010
Related Publication 20130100087A1 · Apr 25, 2013