IP Library Granted Patent US 12,602,121
Granted Patent B2
US 12,602,121 · App. 18/963,891 · Granted Apr 14, 2026

Touch device for passive resonant stylus, driving method for the same and touch system

Inventors: Seyeob Kim (Seongnam-si, KR); Bonkee Kim (Seongnam-si, KR); Hyoungwook Woo (Seongnam-si, KR); Hojun Moon (Seongnam-si, KR); Hwanhee Lee (Seongnam-si, KR); Jongsik Kim (Seongnam-si, KR); Youngho Cho (Seongnam-si, KR)
Assignee: HIDEEP INC.
G06F3/03545G06F3/038G06F3/0416G06F3/0446G06F3/046G06F3/0412G06F3/04162G06F3/04164G06F3/0441G06F3/0442G06F3/0445G06F2203/0384G06F2203/04102G06F2203/04106G06F2203/04107G06F2203/04111G06F2203/04112
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Patent No.
US 12,602,121
App. No.
18/963,891
Granted
Apr 14, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

An embodiment of the present invention provides a touch device for sensing a position of a stylus including a resonance circuit, including: a plurality of electrode; and a touch controller configured to receive a sensing signal from the electrodes to determine a position of the stylus, wherein the electrodes includes electrodes in which directions of currents induced in the electrodes by the resonance circuit are opposite to each other.

Claims (60)

1 . A touch device for sensing a position of a stylus including a resonance circuit, comprising:

a display panel;

a window positioned on the display panel;

a plurality of electrodes positioned between the display panel and the window; and

a touch controller configured to receive a sensing signal from the electrodes to determine a position of the stylus close to the window,

wherein directions of currents induced in two electrodes of the plurality of electrodes by the resonance circuit are opposite to each other, and

wherein the touch controller determines a position of the stylus based on positions of electrodes having a largest difference in magnitude of the induced currents.

2 . The touch device of claim 1 , wherein

some of the electrodes are positioned in a touch area, and

the touch device further includes

a plurality of traces positioned at an edge of the touch area and connected to correspond to the electrodes,

wherein the traces include traces in which directions of currents indu ced-induced in the traces by the resonance circuit are opposite to each other.

3 . The touch device of claim 2 , wherein

a current in a same direction as that of correspondingly connected traces is induced in the electrodes.

4 . The touch device of claim 2 , wherein

a current in a different direction from that of correspondingly connected connected traces is induced in the electrodes.

5 . The touch device of claim 2 , wherein

the electrodes include a plurality of first electrodes extending in a first direction, and

the tracers include first traces extending in a second direction intersecting the first direction and connected to first ends of a first group of the first electrodes, and second traces connected to second ends of a second group of the first electrodes.

6 . The touch device of claim 1 , further comprising

an antenna configured to include a plurality of dummy electrodes formed on a same layer as that of the electrodes and a plurality of bridges connecting the dummy electrodes to each other,

wherein the touch controller applies a driving signal to the antenna to output an electro-magnetic signal for resonating the resonance circuit.

7 . The touch device of claim 1 , wherein

each of the electrodes includes two signal input terminals, and

the touch controller grounds one of the two signal input terminals and applies a driving signal to the other so that each of the electrodes outputs an electro-magnetic signal for resonating the resonance circuit.

8 . The touch device of claim 1 , wherein

each of the electrodes includes two signal input terminals, and

the touch controller applies driving signals of opposite phases to the two signal input terminals so that each of the electrodes outputs an electro-magnetic signal for sensing the resonance circuit.

9 . The touch device of claim 1 , further comprising

a magnetic field shielding layer formed on a different layer from that of the electrodes.

10 . The touch device of claim 9 , wherein

the display panel has a folding area that is bent about a folding axis and a non-folding area spaced apart by the folding area, and

the magnetic field shielding layer is positioned to correspond to both the folding area and the non-folding area.

11 . The touch device of claim 9 , wherein

the display panel has a folding area that is bent about a folding axis and a non-folding area spaced apart by the folding area, and

the magnetic field shielding layer is spaced apart to correspond to the non-folding area.

12 . The touch device of claim 1 , wherein

the electrodes are formed of a metal mesh.

13 . A driving method for a touch device for sensing a position of a stylus including a resonance circuit driving, comprising:

outputting a driving signal to a plurality of electrodes;

receiving a sensing signal from the electrodes, the sensing signal including currents induced in the electrodes in opposite directions by the resonance circuit; and

determining the position of the stylus from the sensing signal,

wherein the determining of the position of the stylus includes determining a position of the stylus based on positions of electrodes having a largest difference in magnitude of the induced currents.

14 . The driving method of claim 13 , wherein

some of the electrodes are positioned in a touch area,

the touch device further includes a plurality of traces positioned at an edge of the touch area and connected to correspond to the electrodes, and

the sensing signal includes currents induced in the tracers in opposite directions by the resonance circuit.

15 . The driving method of claim 14 , wherein

a current in a same direction as that of correspondingly connected traces is induced in the electrodes.

16 . The driving method of claim 14 , wherein

a current in a different direction from that of correspondingly connected traces is induced in the electrodes.

17 . A touch system comprising:

a stylus configured to include a resonance circuit; and

a touch sensor configured to receive a sensing signal from a plurality of electrodes to determine a position of the stylus,

wherein directions of currents induced in two electrodes of the plurality of electrodes by the resonance circuit are opposite to each other,

wherein the touch sensor determines a position of the stylus based on positions of electrodes having a largest difference in magnitude of the induced currents.

18 . The touch system of claim 17 , wherein

some of the electrodes are positioned in a touch area,

the touch sensor further includes a plurality of traces positioned at an edge of the touch area and connected to correspond to the electrodes, and

wherein the traces include traces in which directions of currents induced in the traces by the resonance circuit are opposite to each other.

Priority Claims (2)
KR 10-2021-0013508 · Jan 29, 2021 · national
KR 10-2021-0169036 · Nov 30, 2021 · national
Continuity (3)
Continuation 18208461 · Jun 12, 2023
Continuation 17582135 · Jan 24, 2022
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