Position detector
First Claim
1. A position detector for determining the coordinate values of a position specified by a position indicator using an electromagnetic effect between a sensing unit including plural groups of several loop coils juxtaposed in the direction of position detection, the position indicator having at least one coil, comprising a selection means for simultaneously selecting a loop coil from each of the plural groups including loop coils juxtaposed in sequence out of said several loop coils whereby the relative positions of selected coils are not identical or symmetrical in each group or between groups except those within a predetermined limit, and an identifying means for identifying the loop coil on which the position indicator is located in response to a pattern of signal amplitudes obtained by said loop coil selection means.
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Abstract
An electromagnetic detector having plural loop coils arranged in parallel with one another in a position detecting direction determines a position coordinate value designated by a position indicator having at least a coil. One loop coil in each of plural groups is selected simultaneously from plural loop coils of the group so not less than a predetermined number of the relative positions of these selected loop coils are not the same or are a symmetric in each group and over a plurality of groups. A loop coil on which the position indicator is positioned is determined in response to a signal amplitude pattern obtained by the loop coil selection. This makes it unnecessary to select all loop coils at the time of starting a position detecting operation, to reduce the time required to determine the coordinate value. When the coordinate value is determined, digital data corresponding to an arbitrary AC signal are converted into an analog signal, and a reception signal sampled at a predetermined cycle to convert the AC signal into digital data. These digital data are subjected to predetermined computation to calculate amplitude and phase angle with respect to an arbitrary frequency component in the reception signal, whereby the concurrent use of a plurality of coordinate indicators is effected easily.
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16 Claims
- 1. A position detector for determining the coordinate values of a position specified by a position indicator using an electromagnetic effect between a sensing unit including plural groups of several loop coils juxtaposed in the direction of position detection, the position indicator having at least one coil, comprising a selection means for simultaneously selecting a loop coil from each of the plural groups including loop coils juxtaposed in sequence out of said several loop coils whereby the relative positions of selected coils are not identical or symmetrical in each group or between groups except those within a predetermined limit, and an identifying means for identifying the loop coil on which the position indicator is located in response to a pattern of signal amplitudes obtained by said loop coil selection means.
- 4. In an apparatus for detecting the position of an implement including an electric circuit responsive to a wave including a magnetic component, the apparatus comprising N groups of multiple loop coils having elongated substantially parallel sides, the loop coils of group K being spatially arranged as 1, 2 . . . k . . . n, where N is an integer greater than 2, K is selectively each of 1 . . . N, and k is selectively each of 1, 2 . . . n, and means for simultaneously connecting one coil of each group to a common non-ground terminal, the coils of each group being connected in sequence to the common terminal, the one coil of at least one group having a value of k different from the one coil of the remaining groups simultaneously connected to the common terminal.
- 10. In an apparatus for detecting the position of an implement including an electric component comprising a source for supplying a single output terminal with an AC excitation waveform having plural simultaneously derived anharmonic frequency components, a tablet having multiple electric elements for electrically sensing the position of the implement, the elements being coupled to the single output terminal to be responsive to an output resulting from the waveform having plural simultaneously derived anharmonic frequency components, and a switch connected in a circuit between the single output terminal and the elements, the switch being activated between open and closed positions only when the waveform has a zero amplitude.
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16. In combination, an implement including an electric circuit responsive to a wave including a magnetic component, and apparatus for detecting the position of the implement, the apparatus comprising:
- N groups of multiple loop coils having elongated substantially parallel sides, the loop coils of group K being spatially arranged as 1, 2 . . . k . . . n, where N is an integer greater than 2, K is selectively each of 1 . . . N, and k is selectively each of 1, 2 . . . n, and means for simultaneously connecting one coil of each group to a common non-ground terminal, the coils of each group being connected in sequence to the common terminal, the one coil of at least one group having a value of k different from the one coil of the remaining groups simultaneously connected to the common terminal.
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