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US 12,260,030 · App. 18/396,751 · Granted Mar 25, 2025

Stylus and touch device for encoding and transmitting signal having multiple frequencies

Inventors: Tsung-Yu Wang (Hsinchu County, TW); Yun-Hsiang Yeh (Hsinchu, TW); Yuan-Fu Hsueh (Hsinchu, TW)
Assignee: Novatek Microelectronics Corp.
G06F3/03545G06F3/0442
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Patent No.
US 12,260,030
App. No.
18/396,751
Granted
Mar 25, 2025
Kind
B1
Abstract

A stylus and a touch device are provided. The stylus includes a tip portion and a transmission electrode. The transmission electrode is disposed on the tip portion. The transmission electrode transmits a downlink signal to the touch device. The touch device includes a touch panel and a touch processing circuit. The touch processing circuit is coupled to the touch panel. The touch processing circuit receives the downlink signal from the stylus through the touch panel. The downlink signal includes a plurality of different frequencies.

Claims (18)

1. A stylus, comprising:

a tip portion; and

a transmission electrode, disposed on the tip portion, wherein the transmission electrode transmits at least one downlink signal to a touch device, wherein the at least one downlink signal comprises a plurality of different frequencies,

wherein the at least one downlink signal comprises a first downlink signal and a second downlink signal, the first downlink signal has a first frequency and a second frequency, the second downlink signal has a third frequency and a fourth frequency, and the first frequency, the second frequency, the third frequency, and the fourth frequency are different and transmitted in time sequence.

2. The stylus according to claim 1 , wherein the first downlink signal has the first frequency during a first time period and a second time period, and a length of the first time period is different from a length of the second time period.

3. The stylus according to claim 2 , wherein the first downlink signal has the second frequency during a third time period and a fourth time period, and a length of the third time period is different from a length of the fourth time period.

4. The stylus according to claim 1 , wherein the second downlink signal has the third frequency during a fifth time period and a sixth time period, and the fifth time period and the sixth time period are discontinuous.

5. The stylus according to claim 4 , wherein the second downlink signal has the fourth frequency during a seventh time period, and the fifth time period and the seventh time period are discontinuous.

6. The stylus according to claim 5 , wherein the sixth time period and the seventh time period are continuous.

7. A touch device, comprising:

a touch panel; and

a touch processing circuit, coupled to the touch panel, and receiving at least one downlink signal from a stylus through the touch panel, wherein the at least one downlink signal comprises a plurality of different frequencies,

wherein the at least one downlink signal comprises a first downlink signal and a second downlink signal, the first downlink signal has a first frequency and a second frequency, the second downlink signal has a third frequency and a fourth frequency, and the first frequency, the second frequency, the third frequency, and the fourth frequency are different and transmitted in time sequence.

8. The touch device according to claim 7 , wherein the first downlink signal has the first frequency during a first time period and a second time period, and a length of the first time period is different from a length of the second time period.

9. The touch device according to claim 8 , wherein the first downlink signal has the second frequency during a third time period and a fourth time period, and a length of the third time period is different from a length of the fourth time period.

10. The touch device according to claim 7 , wherein the second downlink signal has the third frequency during a fifth time period and a sixth time period, and the fifth time period and the sixth time period are discontinuous.

11. The touch device according to claim 10 , wherein the second downlink signal has the fourth frequency during a seventh time period, and the fifth time period and the seventh time period are discontinuous.

12. The touch device according to claim 11 , wherein the sixth time period and the seventh time period are continuous.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 28, 2023
From: WANG, TSUNG-YU; YEH, YUN-HSIANG; HSUEH, YUAN-FU
To: NOVATEK MICROELECTRONICS CORP.
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