Coordinate input apparatus including a detection circuit to determine proper stylus position
First Claim
1. A coordinate input apparatus wherein scanning signals are sequentially supplied to a plurality of conductors embeded in an input plane with a parallel arrangement and a coordinate position on the input plane is detected on the basis of a signal detected by a coordinate pointing tool for arbitrarily pointing out a position on the input plane, characterized by comprising:
- means for detecting proximity of the coordinate pointing tool when the coordinate pointing tool is positioned in close vicinity to the input plane and for performing a coordinate detecting operation when absolute values of an output signal detected from said conductors twice exceed a predetermined output level during a single scanning operation.
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Abstract
A coordinate input apparatus includes proximity detecting means for a coordinate pointing tool on an input plane, wherein detection of the coordinates indicated by the pointing tool is performed when the absolute value of the signal level detected by the coordinate pointing tool twice exceeds a predetermined output level during a single scanning operation. When the coordinate pointing tool is dropped or laid on the input plane, the output signal level does not twice exceed the predetermined level within one scanning operation, and consequently, no coordinate detecting operation will be performed.
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1. A coordinate input apparatus wherein scanning signals are sequentially supplied to a plurality of conductors embeded in an input plane with a parallel arrangement and a coordinate position on the input plane is detected on the basis of a signal detected by a coordinate pointing tool for arbitrarily pointing out a position on the input plane, characterized by comprising:
means for detecting proximity of the coordinate pointing tool when the coordinate pointing tool is positioned in close vicinity to the input plane and for performing a coordinate detecting operation when absolute values of an output signal detected from said conductors twice exceed a predetermined output level during a single scanning operation. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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