Coordinate indicating device and coordinate measuring device for measuring input coordinates of coordinate indicating device

• US 9,626,009 B2
• Filed: 06/03/2013
• Issued: 04/18/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 06/04/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Park, Jin-Hyoung, Bae, Yu-Dong, Lee, Eun-Hwa, Jung, Dae-Kwang, Jung, Ji-Hoon
• Primary Examiner(s): Blancha, Jonathan
• Application Number:
  US13/908,535
• Publication Number:
  US 20130321358A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,415 Days
• Field of Search: 345179
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2200/1632 Pen holder integrated in the computer
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/016 Input arrangements with force or tactile feedback as computer generated output to the user
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/03545 Pens or stylus

Abstract

A coordinate indicating device which inputs coordinates to a coordinate measuring device is provided. The coordinate indicating device includes a power receiver for wirelessly receiving drive power from the coordinate measuring device, a rectifier for rectifying the wirelessly received drive power into Direct Current (DC) drive power, a battery for storing the rectified drive power, an actuator for outputting at least one of preset vibration, frictional force, and electrostatic force, based on relative positions of the coordinate measuring device and the coordinate indicating device by using the rectified drive power provided from the battery, a coordinate indicator for indicating coordinates at predetermined coordinates on the coordinate measuring device, and a shielding portion for shielding the coordinate indicator.

Claims

1. A coordinate indicating device for inputting coordinates to a coordinate measuring device, the coordinate indicating device comprising:

a power receiver for wirelessly receiving drive power from the coordinate measuring device, wherein the coordinate measuring device measures a position of the coordinate indicating device;

a rectifier for rectifying the wirelessly received drive power into Direct Current (DC) drive power;

a battery for storing the rectified drive power;

a coordinate indicator for transmitting a signal for indicating a coordinate on the coordinate measuring device; and

a shielding portion, disposed adjacent to the coordinate indicator, for shielding the coordinate indicator from the rectifier, the battery, and the power receiver,

wherein the shielding portion is not disposed adjacent to the power receiver.

2. The coordinate indicating device of claim 1, wherein the coordinate indicating device is in the form of a pen, and

wherein the coordinate indicator is disposed in a tip portion of the pen and the shielding portion is disposed above the coordinate indicator.

3. The coordinate indicating device of claim 1, wherein the shielding portion comprises at least one of Fe—

Ni, Fe—

Si, and Fe—

Co.

4. The coordinate indicating device of claim 1, wherein the power receiver wirelessly receives the drive power based on one of an induction scheme, a resonance scheme, and an electric-field (E-field) coupling scheme.

5. The coordinate indicating device of claim 1, wherein the power receiver comprises a coil having a preset inductance.

6. The coordinate indicating device of claim 1, wherein the coordinate indicator comprises a coil and a passive element and indicates coordinates in a particular point of the coordinate measuring device based on an Electro Magnetic Resonance (EMR) scheme.

7. The coordinate indicating device of claim 1, wherein the coordinate indicating device is inserted into an insertion hole of the coordinate measuring device, and when the coordinate indicating device is inserted into the coordinate measuring device, the power receiver wirelessly receives the drive power from the coordinate measuring device.

8. The coordinate indicating device of claim 1, further comprising:

an actuator for outputting at least one of preset vibration, frictional force, and electrostatic force, based on relative positions of the coordinate measuring device and the coordinate indicating device by using the rectified drive power provided from the battery.

9. The coordinate indicating device of claim 8, wherein the actuator comprises at least one of a vibration motor, a linear motor, piezoelectric material, and Electro-Active Polymer (EAP).