System and methods for calibrating a digitizer system

• US 9,958,954 B2
• Filed: 12/13/2012
• Issued: 05/01/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 12/13/2012
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company (3M Company)
• Original Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company (3M Company)
• Inventors: Geaghan, Bernard O.
• Primary Examiner(s): Mengistu, Amare
• Assistant Examiner(s): STEPP JONES, SHAWNA T
• Application Number:
  US13/713,022
• Publication Number:
  US 20140168089A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,965 Days
• Field of Search: 345175, 345174, 345173, 345178, 345156, 2504581
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0202 Constructional details or processes of manufacture of the input device
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0321 by optically sensing the absolute position with respect to a regularly patterned surface forming a passive digitiser, e.g. pen optically detecting position indicative tags printed on a paper sheet constructional details of pen-shaped pointing devices G06F3/03545, G06F3/03542, G06F3/037
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/03542 Light pens for emitting or receiving light
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0418 for error correction or compensation, e.g. based on parallax, calibration or alignment
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/042 by opto-electronic means
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04886 by partitioning the display area of the touch-screen or the surface of the digitising tablet into independently controllable areas, e.g. virtual keyboards or menus

Abstract

Systems and methods for calibrating a photoluminescent indicia-based digitizer system with a display, the photoluminescent indicia uniquely identifying local areas of a substrate.

Claims

1. A method of calibrating a digitizer system having a substrate with photoluminescent indicia that uniquely identify local areas of a substrate, with a display, the method of calibrating the digitizer system with the display comprising:

providing a processor communicatively coupled to the display and an electronic sensing device, wherein the processor is adapted to control images displayed on the display, wherein the processor causes a first localized area of the display to radiate, and wherein the electronic sensing device is a stylus having a field-of-view and comprising different first and second light sources, the stylus being configured to operate in a plurality of modes, the plurality of modes comprising;

a first mode for reading photoluminescent indicia wherein the first light source is turned off and the second light source is turned on;

a second mode for reading light absorbing indicia on a light diffusing or reflective substrate wherein the first light source is turned on and the second light source is turned off; and

a third mode for reading indicia displayed on the display wherein the first and second light sources are turned off; and

receiving, into the electronic sensing device, radiation from the first localized area of the display and radiation emitted from a photoluminescent indicium associated with the first localized area.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the radiation from the first localized area of the display is received simultaneously with the radiation emitted from the photoluminescent indicium associated with the first localized area, and wherein the radiation emitted from the photoluminescent indicium is luminesced radiation.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the radiation from the first localized area of the display and the radiation emitted from the photoluminescent indicium are both within the stylus'"'"' field-of-view.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

using the processor, associating the first localized area of the display with a first localized area of photoluminescent indicia.

5. The method of claim 4, further comprising:

outputting calibration data, which represents the associated first localized area of the display and the photoluminescent indicia associated with the first localized area of photoluminescent indicia.

6. The method of claim 5, further comprising:

receiving, into the electronic sensing device, radiation from a second localized area of the display and radiation emitted from a photoluminescent indicium associated with the second localized area.

7. The method of claim 5, further comprising:

using the processor, associating the second localized area of the display with a second localized area of photoluminescent indicia.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the calibration data further represents the associated second localized area of the display with the photoluminescent indicia associated with the second localized area of photoluminescent indicia.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

illuminating the photoluminescent indicium associated with the first localized area with excitation radiation having a wavelength range that causes the indicium to luminesce in a wavelength range to which the electronic sensing device is sensitive.

10. The method of claim 9 further comprising placing the electronic sensing device into the third mode, wherein the illumination is provided by the radiation from the first localized area of the display.

11. The method of claim 9 further comprising placing the electronic sensing device into the first mode, wherein the illumination is provided from the second light source.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein the display comprises display pixels, and causing a first localized area of the display to radiate comprises activating one or more pixels of the display.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the one or more pixels of the display comprises more than one pixel, and the more than one pixels are adjacent to one another.

14. The method of claim 1, wherein the radiation from a first localized area of the display is time modulated.

15. A digitizer system comprising:

an electronically addressable display;

a substrate having photoluminescent indicia that uniquely define local areas of the substrate, wherein the substrate is coupled to the display;

a sensing unit that senses the photoluminescent indicia;

a processor communicatively coupled to the display and the sensing unit, the processor adapted to control images displayed on the display;

wherein the processor causes a first localized area of the display to radiate while receiving signals indicative of radiation input received from the sensing unit sensing at least one photoluminescent indicium associated with the first localized area;

wherein the processor computes calibration data based on the received signals, the calibration data associating localized areas of the substrate to the display; and

wherein the sensing unit is a stylus having a field-of-view and comprising different first and second light sources, the stylus being configured to operate in a plurality of modes, the plurality of modes comprising;

a first mode for reading photoluminescent indicia wherein the first light source is turned off and the second light source is turned on;

a second mode for reading light absorbing indicia on a light diffusing or reflective substrate wherein the first light source is turned on and the second light source is turned off and a third mode for reading indicia displayed on the display wherein the first and second light sources are turned off.

16. The system of claim 15, wherein the radiation from the first localized area of the display is received by the sensing unit simultaneously with the radiation from the at least one photoluminescent indicium associated with the first localized area.

17. The system of claim 15, wherein the radiation from the first localized area of the display and the radiation from the photoluminescent indicium are both within the stylus'"'"' field-of-view.

18. The system of claim 15, wherein the processor further associates the first localized area of the display with the first localized area of photoluminescent indicia.

19. The system of claim 15, wherein the processor is adapted to output the calibration data.

20. The system of claim 15, wherein the processor causes a second localized area of the display to radiate while receiving signals indicative of radiation input received from the sensing unit sensing at least one photoluminescent indicium associated with the second localized area.

21. The system of claim 15, wherein the system is adapted to illuminate the at least one photoluminescent indicium associated with the first localized area with a radiation having a wavelength range that causes the indicium to luminesce to emit radiation in a wavelength range to which the sensing unit is sensitive.

22. The system of claim 21, wherein the illumination is provided by the radiation from the first localized area of the display.

23. The system of claim 21, wherein the illumination is provided from the second light source.

24. The system of claim 15, wherein the display comprises display pixels, and causing a first localized area of the display to radiate comprises activating one or more pixels of the display.

25. The system of claim 24, wherein the one or more pixels of the display comprises more than one pixel, and the more than one pixels are adjacent to one another.

26. The system of claim 15, wherein the radiation from a first localized area of the display is time modulated.