IP Library Granted Patent US 8,300,030
Granted Patent B2
US 8,300,030 · App. 12/423,913 · Granted Oct 30, 2012

Tablet and coordinate computation circuit thereof

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Patent No.
US 8,300,030
App. No.
12/423,913
Granted
Oct 30, 2012
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention discloses a space-bound-free tablet and its coordinate determining circuit for determining a coordinate of a stylus pen. The coordinate is computed by the coordinate determining circuit in which first voltage, a second voltage, and a third voltage is obtained, where the first voltage equals the maximum detection voltage, the second voltage and third voltage are obtained from two antennas, and both of the two antennas are at the same side of the antenna that induces the maximum detection voltage.

Claims (14)

1. A tablet, comprising:

a stylus pen;

a writeable area arranged at the whole surface of said tablet;

an x-y loop antenna array arranged inside said writeable area;

a switch circuit;

a coordinate computation circuit;

an analog to digital (A/D) converter, wherein the coordinate computation circuit comprises a first amplifier, a second amplifier, and a third amplifier for respectively receiving detection voltages and respectively outputting the detection voltages to a first rectifier, a second rectifier, and a third rectifier, wherein the output terminal of the first rectifier is coupled to the minus terminal of a first subtractor, the output terminal of the second rectifier is coupled to the plus terminal of the first subtractor and coupled to the plus terminal of a second subtractor, the output terminal of the third rectifier is coupled to the minus terminal of the second subtractor, the output terminal of the first subtractor is coupled to a triple multiplier and coupled to a second adder, the output terminal of the second subtractor is coupled to a double multiplier and is coupled to the second adder, the output terminal of the triple multiplier and the output terminal of the double multiplier is coupled to a first adder, the output terminal of the first adder is coupled to the numerator terminal of a divider, the output terminal of the second adder is coupled to the denominator terminal of the divider, and the output terminal of the divider is coupled to the analog to digital converter; and

a microprocessor;

wherein said microprocessor instructs specific antennas of said x-y loop antenna array by switching said switch circuit to detect electromagnetic waves radiated from said stylus pen, said coordinate computation circuit receives detection voltages from the antennas and thus acquires a first voltage, a second voltage, and a third voltage, in which the first voltage equals the maximum detection voltage, the second voltage is obtained by an antenna that is the next antenna to the antenna that senses the first voltage, and the third voltage is obtained by an antenna that is the next antenna to the antenna that senses the second voltage; whereby said coordinate computation circuit employs the first voltage, the second voltage, and third voltage to compute a coordinate of the stylus pen, the computed coordinate is transmitted to said analog to digital converter to convert to digital values, and said microprocessor processes the digital coordinate values.

2. The tablet as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the surface of said tablet further comprises an accessory area near by said writeable area for arranging a plurality of push buttons, switches, or other components.

3. The tablet as claimed in claim 1 , wherein said stylus pen is battery less type of stylus pen.

4. The tablet as claimed in claim 3 , further comprising a timing circuit and a transmitting circuit, wherein an electromagnetic wave having a higher frequency is reduced to a specific frequency by the timing circuit, and the transmitting circuit transmits out the electromagnetic wave with a larger current.

5. The tablet as claimed in claim 3 , further comprising a frequency counting circuit for counting the frequency of the electromagnetic waves received by said coordinate computation circuit, said microprocessor estimating the pressure exerted to the surface of the tablet or the push button or switch that the user pressed according to the counted frequency.

6. The tablet as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the tablet comprises a digitizer or a white board.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 20, 2015
From: WALTOP INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
To: WACOM CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 035236/0409 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 17, 2009
From: YEH, CHIA-JUI; YEH, YUN-HSIANG
To: WALTOP INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 022563/0045 →