Circuit switch and stylus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10416791-B2
Application number	US-201715788127-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 19, 2017
Priority date	Nov 8, 2013
Publication date	Sep 17, 2019
Grant date	Sep 17, 2019

Abstract

A circuit switch comprises a first circuit board, a second circuit board and a third circuit board which are intact and sequentially parallel to each other; and a dual ramp means, wherein a first end of the first circuit board and a first end of the third circuit board contacts with the two ramps of the dual ramp means, respectively, a first end of the second circuit board does not contact with the dual ramp means, the first end of the second circuit board comprises a circuit, a second point and a third point of the circuit contacts with and electrically couples to a first point of the first circuit board and a fourth point of the third circuit board, respectively.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A circuit switch, comprising:
a first circuit board, a second circuit board and a third circuit board, wherein the second circuit board is sandwiched by the first circuit board and the third circuit board; and
a dual ramp means, wherein a first end of the first circuit board and a first end of the third circuit board contacts with two ramps of the dual ramp means, respectively, a first end of the second circuit board does not contact with the dual ramp means, the first end of the second circuit board comprises a circuit, a second point and a third point of the circuit contacts with and electrically couples to a first point of the first circuit board and a fourth point of the third circuit board, respectively.

2. The circuit switch of the claim 1 , wherein when the dual ramp means moves toward the second circuit board, the first circuit board and the third circuit board pressed by the dual ramp means and bent upward and downward, respectively, whereby the electrically coupling between the first point and the second point is open and the electrically coupling between the third point and the fourth point is open.

3. The circuit switch of the claim 1 , wherein the first point is connected with a first connection point and a high voltage in parallel, the fourth point is connected with a low voltage, the voltage level of the first connection point is low if the first point and the second point are shorted and the third point and the fourth point are shorted, the voltage level of the first connection point is high if the electrically coupling between the first point and the second point is open or the electrically coupling between the third point and the fourth point is open.

4. The circuit switch of the claim 1 , wherein the dual ramp means connects with a tip section of a transmitter.

5. The circuit switch of the claim 1 , wherein the circuit is placed at the edge of the first end of the second circuit board.

6. A circuit switch, comprising:
a first circuit board, a second circuit board, a third circuit board, wherein the second circuit board is sandwiched by the first circuit board and the third circuit board, and
a dual ramp means, wherein a first end of the first circuit board and a first end of the third circuit board contacts with two ramps of the dual ramp means, respectively, a first end of the second circuit board does not contact with the dual ramp means, the first end of the second circuit board comprises a circuit, a second point of the circuit contacts with and electrically couples to a first point of the first circuit board.

7. The circuit switch of claim 6 , wherein when the dual ramp means moves toward the second circuit board, the first circuit board and the third circuit board pressed by the dual ramp means and bent upward and downward, respectively, whereby the electrically coupling between the first point and the second point is open.

8. The circuit switch of claim 6 , wherein the first point is connected with a first connection point and a high voltage, the second point is connected with a low voltage, the voltage level of the first connection point is low if the first point and the second point are shorted, the voltage level of the first connection point is high if the electrically coupling between the first point and the second point is open.

9. The circuit switch of claim 6 , wherein the dual ramp means connects with a tip section of a transmitter.

10. The circuit switch of claim 6 , wherein the circuit is placed at the edge of the first end of the second circuit board.

11. A stylus, comprising:
a control unit;
a tip section; and
a circuit switch, comprises:
a first circuit board, a second circuit board, a third circuit board, wherein the second circuit board is sandwiched by the first circuit board and the third circuit board, and
a dual ramp means, connects with the tip section of the stylus, wherein a first end of the first circuit board and a first end of the third circuit board contacts with two ramps of the dual ramp means, respectively, a first end of the second circuit board does not contact with the dual ramp means, the first end of the second circuit board comprises a circuit, a second point and a third point of the circuit contacts with and electrically couples to a first point of the first circuit board and a fourth point of the third circuit board, respectively, wherein the first point connects with a first connection point of the control unit and a high voltage in parallel, the fourth point is connected with a low voltage, the voltage of the first connection port is low.

12. The stylus of claim 11 , wherein when the dual ramp means moves toward the second circuit board, the first circuit board and the third circuit board pressed by the dual ramp means and bent upward and downward, respectively, whereby the electrically coupling between the first point and the second point is open and the electrically coupling between the third point and the fourth point is open, the voltage level of the first connection port is high.

13. The stylus of claim 11 , wherein the control unit is waked up if the voltage level of the first connection port turns high from low.

14. A stylus, comprising:
a control unit;
a tip section; and
a circuit switch, comprises:
a first circuit board, a second circuit board, a third circuit board, wherein the second circuit board is sandwiched by the first circuit board and the third circuit board, and
a dual ramp means, connects with the tip section of the stylus, wherein a first end of the first circuit board and a first end of the third circuit board contacts with two ramps of the dual ramp means, respectively, a first end of the second circuit board does not contact with the dual ramp means, the first end of the second circuit board comprises a circuit, a second point of the circuit contacts with and electrically couples to a first point of the first circuit board, wherein the first point connects with a first connection point of the control unit and a high voltage in parallel, the second point is connected with a low voltage, the voltage of the first connection port is low.

15. The stylus of claim 14 , wherein when the dual ramp means moves toward the second circuit board, the first circuit board and the third circuit board pressed by the dual ramp means and bent upward and downward, respectively, whereby the electrically coupling between the first point and the second point is open, the voltage level of the first connection port is high.

16. The stylus of claim 14 , wherein the control unit is waked up if the voltage level of the first connection port turns high from low.

Assignees

• Egalax_Empia Tech Inc

Inventors

• Chang Chin-Fu
• Lin Po-Chuan

Classifications

• G06F3/0383

  Signal control means within the pointing device · CPC title

• G06F2203/04108

  Touchless 2D- digitiser, i.e. digitiser detecting the X/Y position of the input means, finger or stylus, also when it does not touch, but is proximate to the digitiser's interaction surface without distance measurement in the Z direction · CPC title

• G06F3/03545 Primary

  Pens or stylus · CPC title

• G06F3/0416

  Control or interface arrangements specially adapted for digitisers · CPC title

• G06F3/044

  by capacitive means · CPC title