POINTER DETECTION APPARATUS AND POINTER DETECTION METHOD
First Claim
1. A pointer detection apparatus, comprising:
- a conductor pattern including a plurality of first conductors disposed in a first direction and a plurality of second conductors disposed in a second direction which crosses the first direction;
a multi-frequency signal production circuit configured to produce a plurality of signals of different frequencies;
a first conductor selection circuit configured to divide the plurality of first conductors into a plurality of groups, each group including Q number of the first conductors, Q being an integer equal to or greater than 2, and the first conductor selection circuit being further configured to select one group among the plurality of groups and to supply said signals of different frequencies produced by said multi-frequency signal production circuit to those first conductors in the selected group;
a second conductor selection circuit configured to selectively receive detection signals from the plurality of second conductors; and
a signal detection circuit configured to detect signals of individual frequencies, corresponding to the signals of different frequencies produced by said multi-frequency signal production circuit, which are representative of coupling states at cross points between the first conductors and the second conductors and are received from said second conductor selection circuit.
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Abstract
Disclosed herein is a pointer detection apparatus, including: a conductor pattern including a plurality of first conductors disposed in a first direction and a plurality of second conductors disposed in a second direction; a multi-frequency signal production circuit configured to produce a plurality of signals of different frequencies; a first conductor selection circuit configured to selectively supply the signals of different frequencies to those first conductors, between which N ones of the first conductors are interposed, N being a predetermined integer equal to or greater than 0; a second conductor selection circuit configured to selectively receive detection signals from the second conductors; and a signal detection circuit configured to obtain signals of individual frequencies, corresponding to the signals of different frequencies produced by the multi-frequency signal production circuit, which are representative of coupling states at cross points between the first conductors and the second conductors and are received from said second conductor selection circuit.
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36 Claims
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1. A pointer detection apparatus, comprising:
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a conductor pattern including a plurality of first conductors disposed in a first direction and a plurality of second conductors disposed in a second direction which crosses the first direction; a multi-frequency signal production circuit configured to produce a plurality of signals of different frequencies; a first conductor selection circuit configured to divide the plurality of first conductors into a plurality of groups, each group including Q number of the first conductors, Q being an integer equal to or greater than 2, and the first conductor selection circuit being further configured to select one group among the plurality of groups and to supply said signals of different frequencies produced by said multi-frequency signal production circuit to those first conductors in the selected group; a second conductor selection circuit configured to selectively receive detection signals from the plurality of second conductors; and a signal detection circuit configured to detect signals of individual frequencies, corresponding to the signals of different frequencies produced by said multi-frequency signal production circuit, which are representative of coupling states at cross points between the first conductors and the second conductors and are received from said second conductor selection circuit. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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33. A pointer detection method, for detecting a position of a pointer relative to a conductor pattern including a plurality of first conductors disposed in a first direction and a plurality of second conductors disposed in a second direction crossing the first direction, the pointer detection method comprising:
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a first step of producing a plurality of signals of different frequencies; a second step of dividing the plurality of first conductors into a plurality of groups, each group including Q number of the first conductors, Q being an integer equal to or greater than 2, selecting one group among the plurality of groups, and supplying said signals of different frequencies produced at the first step to those first conductors in the selected group; a third step of selectively switching those second conductors from which detection signals are received; and a fourth step of detecting signals of individual frequencies corresponding to the signals of the different frequencies produced at the first step, based on the detection signals supplied from the second conductors selected at the third step, wherein the signals of individual frequencies are representative of coupling states at cross points between the conductors and the second conductors. - View Dependent Claims (34, 35, 36)
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