System and method of determining stylus location on touch-sensitive display
An electronic device includes a touch-sensitive display including a plurality of touch sensors configured to detect touches on the touch-sensitive display. The touch sensors include a plurality of touch sensor jumpers that are spaced apart in the touch-sensitive display. The touch-sensor jumpers include attributes to facilitate identification of a location of a stylus relative to the jumpers. The stylus includes a device configured to obtain data relating to an attribute of at least one of the touch sensor jumpers of the touch-sensitive display, a processor operably coupled to the device to receive the data, and a transmitter operably coupled to the processor and configured to transmit to the electronic device, information based on the data. The electronic device includes a receiver that receives the information and a processor that is configured to determine the location of the stylus based on the information.
1. A stylus for use with a touch-sensitive display comprising a plurality of touch sensors including a plurality of drive electrodes and a plurality of sense electrodes disposed in a layer of the touch-sensitive display, the stylus comprising:
a device configured to obtain data relating to an attribute of at least one touch sensor jumper of a plurality of touch sensor jumpers of the touch-sensitive display of an electronic device, each touch sensor jumper being a conductive jumper disposed at a location of the touch-sensitive display at which a drive electrode of the plurality of drive electrodes and sense electrode of the plurality of sense electrodes cross each other such that the drive electrode is not electrically connected to the sense electrode;
a processor operably configured to receive the data from the device;
a transmitter operably coupled to the processor and configured to transmit, to the electronic device, information based on the data.
2. The stylus according to claim 1 , wherein the data comprises raw image data.
3. The stylus according to claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to identify a location of the device relative to the touch-sensitive display based on the data.
4. The stylus according to claim 1 , wherein the information comprises an identified location of the device relative to the touch-sensitive display.
5. The stylus according to claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to identify an orientation of the device.
6. An electronic device comprising:
a touch-sensitive display including a plurality of touch sensors comprising a plurality of drive electrodes and a plurality of sense electrodes configured to detect touches on the touch-sensitive display, wherein the touch sensors include touch-sensor jumpers that are spaced apart in the touch-sensitive display, each of the touch sensor jumpers being a conductive jumper disposed at a respective location of the touch-sensitive display at which a drive electrode of the plurality of drive electrodes and sense electrode of the plurality of sense electrodes cross each other such that the drive electrode is not electrically connected to the sense electrode, and wherein a plurality of the touch-sensor jumpers include attributes to facilitate identification of a location of a stylus relative to the jumpers;
a processor coupled to the touch-sensitive display;
a receiver coupled to the processor and configured to receive information transmitted from the stylus.
7. The electronic device according to claim 6 , wherein the attribute comprises a shape of the jumpers.
8. The electronic device according to claim 6 , wherein the processor is configured to receive raw image data transmitted from the stylus to the receiver.
9. The electronic device according to claim 6 , wherein the processor is configured to identify a location of the stylus relative to the touch-sensitive display based on the information transmitted from the stylus.
10. The electronic device according to claim 6 , wherein the processor is configured to receive an identification of a location of the stylus relative to the touch-sensitive display.
11. The electronic device according to claim 6 , wherein the processor is configured to identify a location of the stylus relative to the touch-sensitive display based on the information.
12. The electronic device according to claim 6 , wherein the processor is configured to identify an orientation of the stylus based on the information.
13. A method comprising:
obtaining data relating to an attribute of at least one touch sensor jumper of a plurality of touch sensor jumpers of a touch-sensitive display comprising a plurality of drive electrodes and a plurality of sense electrodes of an electronic device, each of the plurality of touch sensor jumpers being a conductive jumper disposed at a respective location of the touch-sensitive display at which a drive electrode of the plurality of drive electrodes and sense electrode of the plurality of sense electrodes cross each other such that the drive electrode is not electrically connected to the sense electrode;
determining the attribute of the at least one touch sensor jumper based on the obtained data;
identifying a location of a stylus relative to the touch-sensitive display by comparing the attribute to attributes of the plurality of touch sensor jumpers including the at least one touch sensor jumper of the touch-sensitive display.
14. The method according to claim 13 , wherein the attribute comprises a shape of the jumpers.
15. The method according to claim 13 , wherein the information comprises image data obtained from a device of a stylus.
16. The method according to claim 13 , wherein the method is performed at the electronic device and obtaining information comprises receiving, at the electronic device, raw image data transmitted from the stylus.
17. The method according to claim 13 , comprising identifying an orientation of the device based on the information.
18. The method according to claim 13 , wherein the method is performed by a processor of the stylus, and wherein location data is transmitted to the electronic device.
19. A non-transitory computer-readable storage device having computer-readable code stored thereon, the computer-readable code executable by at least one processor of the electronic device to perform the method of claim 13 .
20. A system comprising
a stylus including:
a device configured to obtain data relating to an attribute of at least one of a plurality of touch sensor jumpers;
a first processor operably coupled to the device to receive the data;
a transmitter operably coupled to the first processor and configured to transmit information based on the data;
an electronic device including:
a touch-sensitive display including a plurality of touch sensors comprising a plurality of drive electrodes and a plurality of sense electrodes configured to detect touches on the touch-sensitive display, wherein the touch sensors include the plurality of touch sensor jumpers that are spaced apart in the touch-sensitive display, each of the touch sensor jumpers being a conductive jumper disposed at a respective location of the touch-sensitive display at which a drive electrode of the plurality of drive electrodes and sense electrode of the plurality of sense electrodes cross each other such that the drive electrode is not electrically connected to the sense electrode, and wherein a plurality of the touch-sensor jumpers include attributes to facilitate identification of a location of the stylus relative to the jumpers;
a second processor coupled to the touch-sensitive display;
a receiver coupled to the second processor and configured to receive the information from the stylus.