IP Library Granted Patent US 8,648,839
Granted Patent B2
US 8,648,839 · App. 13/718,893 · Granted Feb 11, 2014

Stylus and touch input system

Inventors: Shen-Tai Liaw (Hsinchu, TW); Nae-jye Hwang (Hsinchu, TW); Feng-Sheng Lin (Hsinchu, TW); Chih-Ming Yuan (Hsinchu, TW)
Assignee: Integrated Digital Technologies, Inc.
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Patent No.
US 8,648,839
App. No.
13/718,893
Granted
Feb 11, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

A touch input system including a stylus and a display device is provided. The stylus includes a battery module, a touch portion, a transducer module and a RF transmitting module. When a contact pressure is acted on the touch portion, the touch portion is electrically connected to the battery module by the contact pressure and emits a light signal. The display region receives and reacts to the light signal, and the contact pressure is transformed into an electrical signal by the transducer module. The RF transmitting module is electrically connected to the transducer module and transmitting the electrical signal. The display device includes a display region and a RF receiving module.

Claims (11)

1. A stylus, comprising:

a pipe, having a front end, a back end opposite to the front end and an opening formed at the front end, wherein a diameter of the opening is smaller than a diameter of the pipe;

a touch portion, sliding disposed at the opening, wherein at least a part of the touch portion is located in the pipe;

a battery module, disposed in the pipe;

a detector, disposed between the battery module and the touch portion, wherein the detector is suitable for detecting a contact pressure applied to the touch portion and transmitting an analog signal;

a converter, disposed in the pipe and electrically connected to the detector, wherein the converter is suitable for transducing the analog signal into a digital signal and outputting the digital signal;

a first magnetic element, disposed in the pipe and having a through hole, wherein a diameter of the through hole is larger or substantially equal to the diameter of the opening; and

a second magnetic element, fixed to the touch portion located in the pipe, wherein the first magnetic element is located between the second magnetic element and the opening, the touch portion is passed through the through hole, and when the touch portion is driven to move toward the back end by a force resisting a magnetic attractive force generated between the first magnetic element and the second magnetic element, the second magnetic element is driven to move away from the first magnetic element.

2. The stylus as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising:

a third magnetic element, disposed at the battery module and facing the second magnetic element, wherein a magnetic repulsive force is generated between the second magnetic element and the third magnetic element.

3. The stylus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the detector is an elastic element.

Assignments (2)
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Apr 14, 2017
From: INTEGRATED DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
To: EGIS TECHNOLOGY INC.
Reel/Frame 042005/0759 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 3, 2014
From: LIAW, SHEN-TAI; HWANG, NAE-JYE; LIN, FENG-SHENG; YUAN, CHIH-MING
To: INTEGRATED DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Reel/Frame 031889/0922 →
Continuity (3)
Division 12984613 · Jan 5, 2011
Provisional Application 61293209 · Jan 8, 2010
Related Publication 20130106802A1 · May 2, 2013