IP Library › Granted Patent US 11,836,304
Granted Patent B2
US 11,836,304 · App. 17/922,541 · Granted Dec 5, 2023

Digital pen sensor surface

Inventors: Fred Charles Thomas, III (Fort Collins, CO); Paul Mazurkiewicz (Fort Collins, CO); Bruce Eric Blaho (Fort Collins, CO)
Assignee: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.
G06F3/03545G06F3/0442
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Patent No.
US 11,836,304
App. No.
17/922,541
Granted
Dec 5, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

An example electronic device includes an active digital pen sensor surface to generate analog position information, wherein the active digital pen sensor surface includes a projective capacitive sensor layer with a variance of sheet resistance of less than plus or minus 20 percent. The electronic device also includes a controller, including a sigma-delta analog-to-digital (A-to-D) converter, to generate digital pen position information based on the analog position information, and perform a triangulation based on the digital pen position information to determine a pen position.

Claims (22)

1. An electronic device, comprising:

an active digital pen sensor surface to generate analog position information, wherein the active digital pen sensor surface includes a projective capacitive sensor layer with a variance of sheet resistance of less than plus or minus 20 percent; and

a controller, including a sigma-delta analog-to-digital (A-to-D) converter, to generate digital pen position information based on the analog position information, and perform a triangulation based on the digital pen position information to determine a pen position.

2. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the projective capacitive sensor layer has a variance of sheet resistance of less than plus or minus 10 percent.

3. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the projective capacitive sensor layer has a variance of sheet resistance of less than plus or minus 3 percent.

4. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the projective capacitive sensor layer has a sheet resistance of at least an average of 200 ohms/sq.

5. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the projective capacitive sensor layer has a sheet resistance of at least an average of 400 ohms/sq.

6. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the projective capacitive sensor layer is fabricated from poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) (PEDOT) film.

7. The electronic device of claim 6 , wherein the active digital pen sensor surface includes a first projective capacitive PEDOT film with rows of electrodes stacked over a second projective capacitive PEDOT film with columns of electrodes.

8. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the triangulation includes using a signal from a trace intersection of the active digital pen sensor surface closest to a pen tip touch down location, and signals from other trace intersections surrounding the touch down location.

9. A method, comprising:

generating analog position information with an active digital pen sensor surface that includes a projective capacitive sensor layer with a variance of sheet resistance of less than plus or minus 20 percent;

converting, with a sigma-delta analog-to-digital (A-to-D) converter, the analog position information to digital position information; and

determining, via a controller, a pen position by performing a triangulation based on the digital position information.

10. The method of claim 9 , wherein the projective capacitive sensor layer has a variance of sheet resistance of less than plus or minus 5 percent.

11. The method of claim 10 , wherein the projective capacitive sensor layer has a sheet resistance of at least an average of 300 ohms/sq.

12. The method of claim 9 , wherein the projective capacitive sensor layer is fabricated from poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) (PEDOT) film.

13. An electronic device, comprising:

an active digital pen projective capacitive sensor surface to generate analog position information, wherein the active digital pen projective capacitive sensor surface includes a projected capacitive sensor fabricated from poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) (PEDOT) film; and

a controller, including a sigma-delta analog-to-digital (A-to-D) converter, to generate digital pen position information based on the analog position information, and perform a triangulation based on the digital pen position information to determine a pen position, wherein the PEDOT film has a variance of sheet resistance of less than plus or minus 5 percent to help facilitate an accurate determination of the pen position based on the triangulation.

14. The electronic device of claim 13 , wherein the electronic device is a display device.

15. The electronic device of claim 13 , wherein the electronic device is an indirect inking device.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 30, 2023
From: THOMAS, III, FRED CHARLES; BLAHO, BRUCE ERIC; MAZURKIEWICZ, PAUL
To: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.
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