Electronic device and interface device including the same

1. An electronic device comprising:

a display layer;

a sensor layer on the display layer, and configured to operate in a first mode for detecting a first input by a touch, and a second mode different from the first mode, the second mode including a plurality of frames; and

a sensor controller configured to control the sensor layer,

wherein each of the plurality of frames comprises a downlink signal and a sensing signal,

wherein the downlink signal comprises information used to detect a second input by an input device,

wherein the sensing signal comprises information used to detect the first input, and

wherein, when the first input is detected in the second mode, the sensor controller is configured to:

output first coordinates of the first input based on the sensing signal of at least one frame in which the first input is detected from among the plurality of frames; and

correct second coordinates of the second input based on the first coordinates during a period of at least two frames including the at least one frame.

2. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the sensor controller is configured to ignore at least one of the second coordinates detected in the at least two frames based on the first coordinates.

3. The electronic device of claim 2 , further comprising a display controller configured to operate the display layer in units of a display frame,

wherein the sensor controller is configured to output information about a path for connecting the second coordinates detected in two frames that are spaced from each other with the at least one frame, in which the ignored at least one of the second coordinates is detected, being between the two frames, and

wherein the display controller is configured to display the path on the display layer in the display frame after the at least two frames.

4. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the sensor controller is configured to transmit an uplink signal to the input device, and operate the sensor layer in the first mode or the second mode based on an acknowledgment signal from the input device.

5. The electronic device of claim 4 , wherein, when the acknowledgment signal is not received, the sensor controller is configured to operate the sensor layer in the first mode, and

wherein, when the acknowledgment signal is received, the sensor controller is configured to operate the sensor layer in the second mode.

6. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the sensor layer comprises:

a plurality of first electrodes, each extending in a first direction; and

a plurality of second electrodes, each extending in a second direction crossing the first direction.

7. The electronic device of claim 6 , wherein the downlink signal comprises:

a first signal including first information of the input device;

a second signal including second information different from the first information; and

a third signal including third information different from the first information and the second information.

8. The electronic device of claim 7 , wherein the first information includes coordinate information of the input device, and

wherein the third information includes slope information of the input device.

9. The electronic device of claim 7 , wherein the input device is configured to provide each of the first signal and the second signal one or more times,

wherein the input device is configured to provide the downlink signal in an order of the first signal, the second signal, the first signal, the third signal, the first signal, the second signal, and the first signal,

wherein the sensor controller is configured to provide the sensing signal after a last one of the first signal is provided, and

wherein the sensing signal comprises a value detected by capacitively coupling the plurality of first electrodes and the plurality of second electrodes to one another.

10. The electronic device of claim 7 , wherein each of the first signal and the second signal has a first signal frequency, and

wherein the third signal has a second signal frequency different from the first signal frequency.

11. The electronic device of claim 10 , wherein the first signal frequency is greater than the second signal frequency.

12. An interface device comprising:

an electronic device comprising:

a display layer;

a sensor layer on the display layer; and

a sensor controller configured to control the sensor layer; and

an input device configured to communicate with the electronic device,

wherein the sensor layer is configured to operate in a plurality of frames, detect first coordinates by a touch, and detect second coordinates by the input device,

wherein each of the plurality of frames sequentially comprises an uplink signal, a downlink signal, and a sensing signal,

wherein the sensor layer is configured to provide the uplink signal to the input device,

wherein the input device is configured to provide the downlink signal to the sensor layer,

wherein the sensing signal comprises information to detect the touch, and

wherein, when the touch is detected, the sensor controller is configured to:

output the first coordinates based on the sensing signal of at least one frame in which the touch is detected from among the plurality of frames; and

correct the second coordinates based on the first coordinates during a period of at least two frames including the at least one frame.

13. The interface device of claim 12 , wherein the electronic device further comprises a display controller configured to operate the display layer in units of a display frame,

wherein the sensor controller is configured to output information about a path for connecting coordinates of the input device detected in two frames spaced from each other with the at least one frame, in which the touch is detected, from among the plurality of frames being between the two frames, and

wherein the display controller is configured to display the path on the display layer in the display frame after the at least two frames.

14. The interface device of claim 12 , wherein the input device comprises:

a housing:

a power supply in the housing;

a controller in the housing, and configured to receive power from the power supply;

a communication circuit configured to exchange the uplink signal and the downlink signal with the sensor layer; and

a pen electrode electrically connected to the communication circuit.

15. The interface device of claim 14 , wherein the controller is configured to generate the downlink signal according to a protocol, and

wherein the protocol includes universal stylus initiative (USI).

16. The interface device of claim 12 , wherein the downlink signal comprises a first signal including first information of the input device, a second signal including second information different from the first information of the input device, and a third signal including third information different from the first information and the second information,

wherein the first information includes coordinate information of the input device, and

wherein the third information includes slope information of the input device.

17. The interface device of claim 16 , wherein the input device is configured to provide each of the first signal and the second signal one or more times,

wherein the input device is configured to provide the downlink signal in an order of the first signal, the second signal, the first signal, the third signal, the first signal, the second signal, and the first signal, and

wherein the sensor controller is configured to provide the sensing signal after a last one of the first signal is provided.

18. The interface device of claim 16 , wherein each of the first signal and the second signal has a first signal frequency, and

wherein the third signal has a second signal frequency different from the first signal frequency.

19. The interface device of claim 18 , wherein the first signal frequency is greater than the second signal frequency.

20. The interface device of claim 18 , wherein the electronic device is configured to concurrently receive the second signal and the third signal with each other.