INPUT SYSTEM AND RECORDING MEDIUM
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Abstract
An input system includes a plurality of input devices that communicates with a touch panel apparatus, and are used to point out positions on a display screen of the touch panel apparatus, wherein each of the input devices includes a transmitting unit configured to transmit a status signal representing a contact state of the input device with the display screen, a determination unit configured to determine a transmission order of the status signal based on a relationship with other input devices and a signal detection unit configured to detect an end of transmission of the status signal from another input device of which the determined transmission order is previous, and the touch panel apparatus includes a position detection unit configured to detect a position as an input position of the input device that is a transmission source of the status signal, when the touch panel apparatus receives the status signal and detect a contact of the input device with the display screen.
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19 Claims
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11. An input system comprising:
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a plurality of input devices that communicate with a touch panel apparatus and are used to point out positions on a display screen of the touch panel apparatus, wherein each of the input devices includes; a transmitting unit configured to transmit a status signal representing a contact state of the input device with the display screen; a determination unit configured to determine a transmission order of the status signal based on a relationship with other input devices; and a signal detection unit configured to detect an end of transmission of the status signal from another input device of which the determined transmission order is previous, and the touch panel apparatus includes; a position detection unit configured to detect a position as an input position of the input device that is a transmission source of the status signal, when the touch panel apparatus receives the status signal representing the contact state of the input device with the display screen and detects a contact of the input device with the display screen. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A non-transitory recording medium readable by a computer in which a computer program for controlling an operation of a plurality of input devices is recorded, in an input system in which a touch panel apparatus having a display screen and the plurality of input devices used to point out positions on the display screen are configured to respectively communicate with each other and detect a contact position of each input devices on the display screen as an input position,
said computer program executing: -
determining a transmission order of status signals representing a contact state with the display screen based on a relationship with other input devices; detecting an end of transmission of the status signals of other input devices of which the determined transmission order is previous; and starting the transmission of the status signals based on the detection of the end of the transmission of the status signals of other input devices.
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Specification