Handwritten input device and an angle correcting method thereof

• US 8,569,636 B2
• Filed: 11/29/2010
• Issued: 10/29/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 08/16/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Wacom Co Limited (Wacom)
• Original Assignee: Waltop International Corp.
• Inventors: Yeh, Yun-Hsiang, Chen, Chang-Sian
• Primary Examiner(s): Lao, Lun-Yi
• Assistant Examiner(s): Siddiqui, Md Saiful A
• Application Number:
  US12/955,555
• Publication Number:
  US 20120037433A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,065 Days
• Field of Search: 345/173, 345/178, 345/156, 345/158, 345/174, 345/179, 178 1801- 1809, 178 1901- 1907, 178 2001- 2004
• US Class Current: 178/18.02
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0418 for error correction or compensation, e.g. based on parallax, calibration or alignment
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/046 by electromagnetic means

Abstract

An angle correcting method for a position pointer induced by a handwritten input device is disclosed. The steps of the method includes: firstly, an inclined angle table is provided. Then, a first induced voltage amplitude of a first position where the position pointer touches and a second induced voltage amplitude of a second position where is near to the first position are induced. The ratio of the first induced voltage amplitude to the second induced voltage amplitude is calculated to generate an amplitude ratio. Finally, the inclined angle table is looked up to find an inclined angle according to the amplitude ratio.

Claims

1. An angle correcting method for a position pointer inducted by a handwritten input device, comprising:

providing an inclined angle table;

inducing a first inducted voltage amplitude generated in a first position, where the position pointer touches, of the handwritten input device;

inducing a second inducted voltage amplitude in a second position where is at a predetermined distance from the first position;

calculating the ratio of the first inducted voltage amplitude to the second inducted voltage amplitude to generate an amplitude ratio; and

determining whether the first position is located within a central area or not, wherein the handwritten input device has a writing area, which is divided into at least two parts, the central area and a border area,

looking up the inclined angle table to find a corresponding inclined angle according to the amplitude ratio;

whereby, the first position will be adjusted adaptively according to the inclined angle found, or the first inducted voltage amplitude inducted will be compensated adaptively,

wherein the more difference of intensity between the first and the second inducted voltage amplitudes is, the bigger the inclined angle and the less difference of the intensity between the first and the second inducted voltage amplitudes is, the smaller the inclined angle found by looking up the inclined angle table is.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the handwritten input device comprises an electromagnetic inductive digitizer.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the position pointer comprises an electromagnetic pointer device.

4. A handwritten input device for inducting a position pointer, comprising:

a storage unit disposed to store an inclined angle table;

a sensing module disposed to induct a first inducted voltage amplitude of a first position where the position pointer touches and induct a second inducted voltage amplitude of a second position where is at a predetermined distance from the first position; and

a microprocessor coupled between the storage unit and the sensing module and disposed to calculate the ratio of the first inducted voltage amplitude to the second inducted voltage amplitude to generate an amplitude ratio, wherein the microprocessor immediately determines whether the first position is located within a central area of the handwritten input device or not according to a location information inducted by the sensing module and then looks up the inclined angle table to find a corresponding inclined angle according to the amplitude ratio if the first position is located within the central area;

whereby, the first position will be adjusted adaptively according to the inclined angle found, or the first inducted voltage amplitude inducted will be compensated adaptively,

wherein the more difference of intensity between the first and the second inducted voltage amplitudes is, the bigger the inclined angle and the less difference of the intensity between the first and the second inducted voltage amplitudes is, the smaller the inclined angle found by looking up the inclined angle table is.

5. The handwritten input device of claim 4, wherein the handwritten input device comprises an electromagnetic inductive digitizer.

6. The handwritten input device of claim 4, wherein the position pointer comprises an electromagnetic pointer device.

7. The handwritten input device of claim 6, wherein electromagnetic pointer device comprises:

a container;

a magnetic element disposed on the inside of the container; and

a coil having stranded wires, the coil is wound around the outer surface of the magnetic element to generate magnetic field.