Position pointer and position indicator cartridge

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10152144-B2
Application number	US-201615378008-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 13, 2016
Priority date	Aug 29, 2014
Publication date	Dec 11, 2018
Grant date	Dec 11, 2018

Abstract

A position indicator includes a tubular chassis in which an opening is made on one end in an axial direction as a pen tip side and another end. A position indicator cartridge is housed in a hollow part of the chassis. The position indicator cartridge includes a core body unit having a coil that forms part of a resonant circuit that is wound partly around a bar-shaped magnetic core, part of the magnetic core around which the coil is not wound forming a pen tip part, and a tubular body unit that houses at least a capacitor that forms part of the resonant circuit. A change circuit also forms part of the resonant circuit and is configured to change a resonant frequency or a phase of the resonant circuit according to a writing pressure applied to the core body unit.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A position indicator having a tubular chassis in which an opening is made on one end in an axial direction as a pen tip side and another end is closed, the position indicator comprising:
at least one position indicator cartridge housed in the tubular chassis, each position indicator cartridge including:
a core body unit including a coil that is wound partly around a bar-shaped magnetic core, part of the magnetic core around which the coil is not wound forming a pen tip part, and
a tubular body unit that houses at least a capacitor that forms a resonant circuit with the coil,
the core body unit and the tubular body unit being joined and fixed in the axial direction on a side opposite to the pen tip part of the core body unit in a state in which the coil and the pen tip part of the core body unit are exposed and in a state in which the coil and the capacitor are electrically connected,
the tubular body unit being divided into a pen tip side and a side opposite to the pen tip side in the axial direction, and the pen tip side and the side opposite to the pen tip side in the divided tubular body unit being joined to each other in a state in which they are separated from each other and elastically displaceable in the axial direction, and
a change circuit configured to change a resonant frequency or a phase of the resonant circuit according to a writing pressure applied to the core body unit being provided in one of the pen tip side and the side opposite to the pen tip side in the tubular body unit, the change circuit forming part of the resonant circuit.

2. The position indicator according to claim 1 , wherein
the position indicator cartridge is part of an electromagnetic induction system that returns a predetermined alternating current signal from a sensor of a position detecting device to the sensor of the position detecting device through the resonant circuit.

3. The position indicator according to claim 1 , wherein
the pen tip part of the core body unit of the position indicator cartridge is covered by a protective material.

4. The position indicator according to claim 3 , wherein
the protective material also covers at least part of the magnetic core around which the coil is wound.

5. The position indicator according to claim 1 , wherein
a diameter of the core body unit of the position indicator cartridge is substantially identical to a diameter of a pen tip part of a refill of a ballpoint pen and a diameter of the tubular body unit of the position indicator cartridge is substantially identical to a diameter of an ink storage of the refill of the ballpoint pen, and a length of the position indicator cartridge is substantially identical to a length of the refill of the ballpoint pen.

6. The position indicator according to claim 5 , wherein
the chassis houses the refill of the ballpoint pen and the position indicator functions as the ballpoint pen.

7. The position indicator according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a mechanism of a knock-type ballpoint pen that is configured to cause the pen tip part of the core body unit of the position indicator cartridge to protrude and retract from the opening of the chassis, and that is provided in the chassis.

8. The position indicator according to claim 1 , wherein
the at least one position indicator cartridge includes a plurality of the position indicator cartridges, and the position indicator further comprises a mechanism of a knock-type multicolor ballpoint pen that is configured to cause a pen tip side of the core body unit of one of the plurality of the position indicator cartridges to selective protrude from the opening to outside of the chassis.

9. The position indicator according to claim 8 , wherein
a diameter of the core body unit of the position indicator cartridges is substantially identical to a diameter of a pen tip part of a refill of a ballpoint pen and a diameter of the tubular body unit is substantially identical to a diameter of an ink storage of the refill of the ballpoint pen, and a length of the position indicator cartridges is set substantially identical to a length of the refill of the ballpoint pen.

10. The position indicator according to claim 9 , wherein
the chassis houses the refill of the ballpoint pen instead of one or more of the plurality of the position indicator cartridges, and the position indicator functions also as a knock-type multicolor ballpoint pen.

11. The position indicator according to claim 2 , further comprising:
a control circuit that is configured to store identification information of the position indicator cartridge and transmit the stored identification information to the position detecting device by controlling operation of the resonant circuit, and that is provided in the tubular body unit of the at least one position indicator cartridge.

12. The position indicator according to claim 2 , further comprising:
a circuit that is configured to rectify the alternating current signal from the sensor of the position detecting device and generate a supply voltage of the control circuit, and that is provided in the tubular body unit of the at least one position indicator cartridge.

13. A position indicator cartridge comprising:
a core body unit including a coil that is wound partly around a bar-shaped magnetic core, at least part of the magnetic core around which the coil is not wound forming a pen tip part, and
a tubular body unit that houses at least a capacitor that forms a resonant circuit with the coil,
the core body unit and the tubular body unit being joined and fixed in an axial direction of the tubular body unit on a side opposite to the pen tip part of the core body unit in a state in which the coil and the pen tip part of the core body unit are exposed and in a state in which the coil and the capacitor are electrically connected to form the resonant circuit,
the tubular body unit being divided into a pen tip side and a side opposite to the pen tip side in the axial direction, and the pen tip side and the side opposite to the pen tip side in the divided tubular body unit being joined to each other in a state in which they are separated from each other and elastically displaceable in the axial direction, and
a change circuit configured to change a resonant frequency or a phase of the resonant circuit according to a writing pressure applied to the core body unit being provided in one of the pen tip side and the side opposite to the pen tip side in the tubular body unit, the change circuit forming part of the resonant circuit.

14. The position indicator cartridge according to claim 13 , wherein
the position indicator cartridge is part of an electromagnetic induction system that returns a predetermined alternating current signal from a sensor of a position detecting device to the sensor of the position detecting device through the resonant circuit.

15. The position indicator cartridge according to claim 13 , wherein
the pen tip part of the core body unit is covered by a protective material.

16. The position indicator cartridge according to claim 15 , wherein
the protective material also covers at least part of the magnetic core around which the coil is wound.

17. The position indicator cartridge according to claim 13 , wherein
a diameter of the core body unit is substantially identical to a diameter of a pen tip part of a refill of a ballpoint pen and a diameter of the tubular body unit is substantially identical to a diameter of an ink storage of the refill of the ballpoint pen, and a length is substantially identical to a l

Assignees

• Wacom Co Ltd

Inventors

• Horie Toshihiko
• KAMIYAMA Ryoji
• Yamashita Shigeru

Classifications

• G06F2203/04105

  Pressure sensors for measuring the pressure or force exerted on the touch surface without providing the touch position · CPC title

• G06F3/046

  by electromagnetic means · CPC title

• G06F3/0383

  Signal control means within the pointing device · CPC title

• G06F3/03545 Primary

  Pens or stylus · CPC title

• G06F3/0416

  Control or interface arrangements specially adapted for digitisers · CPC title