Indicator position detecting device

1. An indicator position detecting device comprising:

a sensor substrate that detects a position indicated by an indicator, the sensor substrate having a plurality of first loop coils disposed in a first direction and a plurality of second loop coils disposed in a second direction intersecting the first direction;

a transmission signal generating circuit that generates a transmission signal to be supplied to at least one loop coil of the first loop coils and the second loop coils to effect electromagnetic coupling with the indicator;

a received signal processing circuit that receives a signal induced in at least one loop coil of the first loop coils and the second loop coils based on electromagnetic coupling with the indicator, and that detects the position indicated by the indicator;

a loop coil selecting circuit that selectively supplies the transmission signal generated by the transmission signal generating circuit to at least one loop coil of the first loop coils and the second loop coils;

a control circuit that controls loop coil selection by the loop coil selecting circuit; and

a magnetic path plate that forms a magnetic path for a magnetic flux generated by the transmission signal supplied to at least one loop coil of the first loop coils and the second loop coils, the magnetic path plate being disposed so as to be superposed on the sensor substrate;

wherein when the transmission signal is supplied to loop coil(s) disposed in at least one direction among the first loop coils disposed in the first direction and the second loop coils disposed in the second direction, the control circuit controls the loop coil selecting circuit so as not to supply the transmission signal to a determined number of loop coil(s) that are disposed in said at least one direction and that are in at least one peripheral region of the sensor substrate along said at least one direction, and

the indicator position detecting device further comprises at least one capacitor connected to the determined number of loop coil(s) not supplied with the transmission signal, the at least one capacitor being operable to produce tuned resonance with the transmission signal supplied to the loop coils other than the determined number of loop coil(s).

2. The indicator position detecting device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the magnetic path plate has substantially a same size as the sensor substrate and is disposed so as to be superposed on the sensor substrate, and a loop coil supplied with the transmission signal and disposed at an extreme end of the sensor substrate is disposed inward on the sensor substrate than an end of the magnetic path plate located in a vicinity of the loop coil.

3. The indicator position detecting device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the control circuit controls the loop coil selection such that the transmission signal is not supplied to the determined number of loop coils disposed in the at least one peripheral region of the sensor substrate and such that the transmission signal is supplied to a loop coil disposed in a vicinity of the determined number of loop coils during a period in which the transmission signal is otherwise to be supplied to the determined number of loop coils.

4. The indicator position detecting device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the control circuit controls the loop coil selection such that the transmission signal is not supplied to the determined number of loop coils disposed in the at least one peripheral region of the sensor substrate for a period of time that is determined by the number of loop coils not supplied with the transmission signal and such that the transmission signal is supplied to a loop coil disposed in a vicinity of the determined number of loop coils during said period of time.

5. The indicator position detecting device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the control circuit controls the loop coil selection such that the transmission signal is not supplied to the determined number of loop coils disposed in said one peripheral region nor a determined number of other loop coils that are disposed in said at least one direction and that are in a peripheral region on an opposite side from said one peripheral region.

6. The indicator position detecting device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the control circuit controls the loop coil selection such that the transmission signal is not supplied to the determined number of loop coils disposed in the at least one peripheral region of the sensor substrate and such that those determined number of loop coils not supplied with the transmission signal are grounded.

7. The indicator position detecting device according to claim 1 ,

wherein, in addition to the capacitor, a resistor is connected to the determined number of loop coils not supplied with the transmission signal, for producing tuned resonance with the transmission signal.

8. The indicator position detecting device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the transmission signal generating circuit has a high-voltage mode for generating a high-voltage transmission signal and a low-voltage mode for generating a low-voltage transmission signal, and the transmission signal generating circuit is set in the low-voltage mode when the control circuit determines that the indicator is in a use state on a basis of detection output from the received signal processing circuit.

9. A method for reducing unwanted radiation from a sensor substrate of an indicator position detecting device configured to detect a position indicated by an indicator on the sensor substrate, the sensor substrate having a plurality of first loop coils disposed in a first direction and a plurality of second loop coils disposed in a second direction intersecting the first direction, the method comprising:

generating transmission signals; and

selectively supplying the generated transmission signals to the first loop coils and the second loop coils to effect electromagnetic coupling with the indicator in a defined sequence, wherein the defined sequence includes: (i) supplying the transmission signals to loop coil(s) that are disposed in at least one direction, among the first loop coils disposed in the first direction and the second loop coils disposed in the second direction, and that are disposed in a non-peripheral region of the sensor substrate in said at least one direction, (ii) not supplying the transmission signals to a determined number of loop coil(s) that are disposed in said at least one direction and that are in at least one peripheral region of the sensor substrate along said at least one direction, and (iii) connecting at least one capacitor to the determined number of loop coil(s) not supplied with the transmission signals, the at least one capacitor being operable to produce tuned resonance with the transmission signals supplied to the loop coils disposed in the non-peripheral region of the sensor substrate.

10. The method according to claim 9 ,

wherein (ii) of the sequence includes supplying the transmission signals to, in place of the determined number of loop coils in said at least one peripheral region, a loop coil disposed in a vicinity of the determined number of loop coils during a period in which the transmission signals are otherwise to be supplied to the determined number of loop coils.

11. The method according to claim 9 ,

wherein (ii) of the sequence includes supplying the transmission signals to, in place of the determined number of loop coils in said at least one peripheral region, a loop coil disposed in a vicinity of the determined number of loop coils during a period that corresponds to the number of loop coils not supplied with the transmission signals.

12. The method according to claim 11 ,

wherein (ii) of the sequence includes supplying the transmission signals to, in place of a determined number of loop coils that are disposed in said at least one direction and that are in another peripheral region on an opposite side from said one peripheral region, a loop coil disposed in a vicinity of the loop coils in said another peripheral region.

13. The method according to claim 12 ,

wherein (ii) of the sequence includes supplying the transmission signals at the same time to both of the loop coil, which is disposed in the vicinity of the loop coils in said peripheral region, and the loop coil, which is disposed in the vicinity of the loop coils in said another peripheral region.

14. The method according to claim 9 ,

wherein (ii) of the sequence includes not supplying the transmission signals to the determined number of loop coils in said one peripheral region nor to a determined number of other loop coils that are disposed in said at least one direction and that are in another peripheral region on an opposite side from said one peripheral region.

15. The method according to claim 9 ,

wherein (ii) of the sequence includes grounding the determined number of loop coils in said one peripheral region that are not supplied with the transmission signals.