Light pointing device employed in input apparatus, driving method and input apparatus using the same

• US 8,284,175 B2
• Filed: 01/29/2008
• Issued: 10/09/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 05/16/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: HannStar Display Corporation
• Original Assignee: HannStar Display Corporation
• Inventors: Chen, Po Yang, YANG, Kei Hsiung
• Primary Examiner(s): Nguyen, Kevin M
• Assistant Examiner(s): Lee, Jr., Kenneth B
• Application Number:
  US12/021,601
• Publication Number:
  US 20080284757A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,715 Days
• Field of Search: 345/183, 345/104, 345/105
• US Class Current: 345/183
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/03545 Pens or stylus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/042 by opto-electronic means
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 3/3611 Control of matrices with row and column drivers

Abstract

A light pointing device employed in an input apparatus comprises a signal receiving interface and a light emitting component. The signal receiving interface is used to receive a system signal from the input apparatus. The light emitting component can generate a flashing light source whose intermittence cycle is synchronized with the reference clock cycle of the system signal. Furthermore, the ratio of the intermittence cycle of the flashing light source to the reference clock cycle of the system signal is a natural number.

Claims

1. A light pointing device employed in an input apparatus, wherein the input apparatus is an embedded-type touch panel having a plurality of sensors arranged by an array, the light pointing comprising:

a signal receiving interface for receiving a system signal from the input apparatus, wherein the system signal is a vertical clock pulse;

a driving circuit for generating a driving signal only during an effective light sensing time of the input apparatus; and

a light emitting component for generating a flashing light source in response to the driving signal, wherein the light emitting component is driven to generate the flashing light source by the driving signal, and the sensors are only activated at the effective light sensing time to sense the flashing light;

wherein the driving signal is synchronized with the vertical clock pulse, and a period of the driving signal is K times of that of the vertical clock pulse, where K is a positive integer and determined by a resolution of the sensors.

2. The light pointing device employed in an input apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the signal receiving interface receives the system signal through wireless communication.

3. The light pointing device employed in an input apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the signal receiving interface receives the system signal through a cable line.

4. The light pointing device employed in an input, apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the light emitting component is a light emitting diode.

5. The light pointing device employed in an input apparatus as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a decoder converting a format of the system signal, and outputting the converted system signal to the driving circuit, such that the driving circuit generates the driving signal only during the effective light sensing time based on the converted system signal.

6. The light pointing device employed in an input apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the light pointing device is a light pen.

7. A liquid crystal display device with an input function, comprising:

an input apparatus, wherein the input apparatus is an embedded-type touch panel having a plurality of sensors arranged by an array; and

a light pointing device, comprising;

a signal receiving interface for receiving a system signal from the input apparatus, wherein the system signal is a vertical clock pulse;

a driving circuit for generating a driving signal only during an effective light sensing time of the input apparatus; and

a light emitting component for generating a flashing light source in response to the driving signal, wherein the light emitting component is driven to generate the flashing light source by the driving signal, and the sensors are only activated at the effective light sensing time to sense the flashing light;

wherein the driving signal is synchronized with the vertical clock pulse, and a period of the driving signal is K times of that of the vertical clock pulse, where K is a positive integer and determined by a resolution of the sensors.

8. The liquid crystal display device with the input function as claimed in claim 7, wherein the light emitting component is a light emitting diode.

9. The liquid crystal display device with the input function as claimed in claim 7, wherein the light pointing device is a light pen.

10. A method for driving a light pointing device, comprising the steps of:

receiving a system signal from an input apparatus, wherein the system signal is a vertical clock pulse CPV signal, and the input apparatus is an embedded-type touch panel having a plurality of sensors arranged by an array;

generating a driving signal only during an effective light sensing time of the input apparatus; and

generating, by a light emitting component, a flashing light source in response to the driving signal, wherein the light emitting component is driven to generate the flashing light source by the driving signal, and the sensors are only activated at the effective light sensing time to sense the flashing light,

wherein the driving signal is synchronized with the vertical clock pulse, and a period of the driving signal is K times of that of the vertical clock pulse, where K is a positive integer and determined by a resolution of the sensors.