Granted Patent B2

US 12,321,538 · App. 18/434,421 · Granted Jun 3, 2025

Inventors: Mamoru Ogata (Saitama, JP); Kenichi Ninomiya (Saitama, JP)

Assignee: Wacom Co., Ltd.

G06F3/03545G06F3/0202G06F3/044

Abstract

Claims (45)

1. An electronic pen, comprising:

a housing that is cylindrical and configured to incorporate an electronic pen function part that includes a circuit board,

wherein the housing has a side opening formed on a side surface of the housing, and

wherein the side opening is configured to accommodate a side switch; and

a side attachment member configured to be attached to the side opening of the housing,

wherein a first axial end of the side attachment member includes an engagement part that engages with the housing, and a second axial end of the side attachment member includes a pressed part,

wherein the housing incorporates a pressing mechanism part that presses the pressed part of the side attachment member attached to the side opening toward the first axial end of the side attachment member,

wherein the side attachment member includes at least two pressing knobs and a plate part fitted with the at least two pressing knobs,

wherein one of the at least two pressing knobs has an operation surface including a projection that makes each of the at least two pressing knobs positionally identifiable, and

wherein operating a desired one of the at least two pressing knobs operates a desired switch provided on the circuit board.

2. The electronic pen according to claim 1 ,

wherein the pressing mechanism part is inside of the housing and includes a pressing member and an elastic member,

wherein the pressing member presses the pressed part of the side attachment member, and

wherein the elastic member pushes the pressing member toward the first axial end of the side attachment member.

3. The electronic pen according to claim 1 ,

wherein the side attachment member is a cap member that caps the side opening of the housing.

4. The electronic pen according to claim 1 ,

wherein respective thicknesses of at least two of the at least two pressing knobs are different to make each of the at least two pressing knobs positionally identifiable, and

wherein operating a desired one of the at least two pressing knobs operates a desired switch provided on the circuit board.

5. The electronic pen according to claim 1 ,

wherein at least one magnet is fixed in the housing within an area opposite the side opening of the housing, and

wherein, when the side attachment member is attached to the side opening of the housing, the side attachment member has a metal member fixed at a position of the side attachment member opposite the magnet.

6. The electronic pen according to claim 1 ,

wherein at least one metal member is fixed in the housing has within an area opposite the side opening of the housing, and

wherein, when the side attachment member is attached to the side opening of the housing, the side attachment member has a magnet fixed at a position of the side attachment member opposite the metal member.

7. The electronic pen according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a cylindrical grip member configured to be attached to the housing,

wherein the grip member has a grip opening at a position of the grip member that corresponds to the side opening of the housing when the grip member is attached to the housing, and

wherein, when the side attachment member is used with the grip member attached to the housing, the side attachment member has a thickness enlarged in a direction intersecting with an axial direction the side attachment member by an amount of a thickness of the grip member.

8. An electronic pen, comprising:

a housing that is cylindrical and configured to incorporate an electronic pen function part that includes a circuit board,

wherein the housing has a side opening formed on a side surface of the housing, and

wherein the side opening is configured to accommodate a side switch; and

a side attachment member configured to be attached to the side opening of the housing,

wherein a first axial end of the side attachment member includes an engagement part that engages with the housing, and a second axial end of the side attachment member includes a pressed part,

wherein the housing incorporates a pressing mechanism part that presses the pressed part of the side attachment member attached to the side opening toward the first axial end of the side attachment member,

wherein the side attachment member includes a touch sensor part and a plate part fitted with the touch sensor part,

wherein the touch sensor part includes at least one capacitive touch sensor, and

wherein operation of the at least one capacitive touch sensor of the touch sensor part enables operation input.

9. The electronic pen according to claim 8 ,

wherein the touch sensor part includes at least one pressure-sensitive touch sensor, and

wherein operation of the at least one pressure-sensitive touch sensor of the touch sensor part enables operation input.

10. The electronic pen according to claim 8 ,

wherein the touch sensor part has two types of touch sensors that operate on different detection principles and that are stacked such that respective sensor regions of the touch sensors overlap, and

wherein a touch operation performed on the two types of touch sensors in the touch sensor part enables operation input.

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