Stylus and controller

1. A stylus configured to be able to transmit, to an electronic apparatus, data made up of K-bit (K>0) digital value, the stylus comprising:

a stylus electrode which, in operation, forms a coupling capacitance with a sensor electrode of the electronic apparatus; and

a signal processing circuit which, in operation, detects an uplink signal using the stylus electrode, extracts a command from the detected uplink signal, determines, based on the command, in which mode to operate between a first mode in which the data is transmitted using M (M≥1) first periods and a second mode in which the data is transmitted using N (N>M) second periods, and repeatedly transmits the data in accordance with the determined mode.

2. The stylus of claim 1 , wherein

the second period is a time period shorter than the first period.

3. The stylus of claim 1 , wherein

the signal processing circuit, in operation, continuously operates in the determined mode until failure to detect the uplink signal continues for a given time period.

4. The stylus of claim 1 further comprising:

a pen pressure detecting circuit configured to detect a pen pressure, wherein

the data is pen pressure data detected by the pen pressure detecting circuit.

5. The stylus of claim 4 , wherein

the second period is a time period during which the electronic apparatus does not perform a pixel driving operation.

6. The stylus of claim 1 , wherein

the signal processing circuit, when operating in the second mode, starts transmission of the data in response to detection of a shortened synchronizing signal, which is a signal of a shorter time length than the uplink signal that includes the command.

7. The stylus of claim 6 , wherein

the signal processing circuit, in operation, determines whether the detected uplink signal is the shortened synchronizing signal or a signal including the command based on a time length of the detected uplink signal.

8. A controller of a display device configured to perform a stylus detection operation in each of N (N>1) second periods arranged within a display cycle, which is a cycle of display operation, wherein

after the stylus is detected by the detection operation, the controller transmits, once within the display cycle, a second command that identifies data to be transmitted by the stylus using the second period, and

before the stylus is detected by the detection operation, the controller transmits, a plurality of times within the display cycle, a first command including type identification information that identifies a type of the display device.

9. The controller of claim 8 , wherein

the type identification information indicates whether the stylus is to transmit a downlink signal in response to a defined synchronizing signal.

10. The controller of claim 8 , which, in operation, detects the stylus by receiving a downlink signal transmitted by the stylus in response to one of the first commands transmitted a plurality of times during the display cycle.

11. The controller of claim 8 , wherein

the second command indicates that the stylus has already been detected.

12. A stylus for use with a controller of a display device, the controller configured to perform a stylus detection operation in each of N (N>1) second periods arranged within a display cycle, which is a cycle of display operation, wherein

the stylus transmits a position signal in response to reception, from the controller, of a first command including type identification information that identifies a type of the display device, and

the stylus transmits a data signal in response to reception, from the controller, of a second command that identifies data to be transmitted using the second period, the data signal including the data identified by the second command.