Position indicator

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12492919-B2
Application number	US-202418592183-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 29, 2024
Priority date	Sep 4, 2020
Publication date	Dec 9, 2025
Grant date	Dec 9, 2025

Abstract

Provided is a position indicator of an electromagnetic induction type including a position indicator cartridge housed in a hollow portion of a housing, in which the position indicator cartridge includes a first resonant circuit including a first coil wound around a magnetic core arranged on one end of the position indicator cartridge in an axial direction of the position indicator cartridge and a first capacitor, a second coil that is independent of the position indicator cartridge provided outside of the position indicator cartridge, at a position where the second coil, in operation, is magnetically coupled to the first coil of the position indicator cartridge, and a switch turned on and off by an operation portion provided outside of the position indicator cartridge, the operation portion, in operation, receiving an operation of a user, and a closed circuit including the second coil is formed when the switch is turned on.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1 . A position indicator of an electromagnetic induction type comprising;
a first housing having a side circumferential surface with an opening portion for an operation portion that, in operation, presses a side switch; a position indicator cartridge that is provided in the first housing, wherein the position indicator cartridge includes a first resonant circuit including a first coil wound around a magnetic core arranged on one end of the position indicator cartridge in an axial direction of the position indicator cartridge and a first capacitor; a second coil that is independent of the position indicator cartridge and provided outside of the position indicator cartridge at a position where the second coil, in operation, is magnetically coupled to the first coil of the position indicator cartridge; and a circuit board that is provided on an inner surface of the first housing at a position covering a range of the opening portion, wherein two end portions of the second coil extend to the circuit board.

2 . The position indicator according to claim 1 , wherein the circuit board is attached to the first housing.

3 . The position indicator according to claim 2 , wherein the circuit board is adhered to the first housing by an adhesive.

4 . The position indicator according to claim 1 , wherein the side switch is disposed on a first side of the circuit board that faces the opening portion of the side circumferential surface of the first housing, and the first capacitor is disposed on a second side of the circuit board that is opposite the first side of the circuit board.

5 . The position indicator according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a second capacitor, wherein, when the side switch is turned on, the second capacitor is connected to the second coil and a second resonant circuit is formed.

6 . The position indicator according to claim 1 , wherein:
the first housing has a cylindrical shape and includes an opening adjacent to the position indicator cartridge in the axial direction of the position indicator cartridge, and the first housing includes a knock-type mechanism that pushes an end portion of the position indicator cartridge in the axial direction of the position indicator cartridge in and out from the opening.

7 . The position indicator according to claim 6 , wherein the knock-type mechanism includes a mechanism corresponding to a knock-type multi-color ballpoint pen, and the position indicator cartridge includes a plurality of position indicator cartridges installed on the knock-type mechanism.

8 . The position indicator according to claim 7 , wherein the second coil, the side switch, and the operation portion are used in common for the plurality of position indicator cartridges.

9 . The position indicator according to claim 1 , wherein:
the circuit board is arranged along the axial direction of the position indicator cartridge, and the side switch is provided on the circuit board, and the operation portion is exposed to enable operation of the side switch from outside of the position indicator through the opening portion of the side circumferential surface of the first housing.

10 . The position indicator according to claim 1 , wherein the second coil surrounds at least part of the magnetic core of the position indicator cartridge.

11 . The position indicator according to claim 1 , wherein the second coil is inside of the first housing.

12 . The position indicator according to claim 1 , wherein the second coil is outside of the first housing.

13 . The position indicator according to claim 1 , wherein the position indicator cartridge includes a pressure detector which, in operation, detects a pressure applied to an end portion on the one end of the position indicator cartridge in the axial direction of the position indicator cartridge, and the position indicator cartridge, in operation, transmits, through the first resonant circuit, a position indication signal and information regarding the pressure detected by the pressure detector.

14 . The position indicator according to claim 1 , wherein the second coil includes a plurality of second coils, and the side switch includes a plurality of side switches that, in operation, generate a closed circuit for the plurality of second coils and are provided in association with the plurality of second coils.

15 . The position indicator according to claim 14 , wherein:
when one or more of the plurality of side switches is turned on, a second resonant circuit is formed by connecting a second capacitor to one or more of the plurality of second coils, and the second capacitor is used in common for the plurality of second coils.

16 . The position indicator according to claim 14 , further comprising:
a plurality of second capacitors different from each other, wherein, when one or more of the side switches is turned on, a second resonant circuit is formed by connecting one or more of the second capacitors to one or more of the plurality of second coils.

17 . The position indicator according to claim 14 , wherein:
the second coil includes a plurality of second coils, the side switch includes a plurality of side switches, when one or more of the plurality of side switches is turned on, a second resonant circuit is formed by connecting one or more of a plurality of second capacitors to one or more of the plurality of second coils, each of the plurality of second capacitors is connected to the second coil through each of the plurality of side switches, each of the plurality of side switches is turned on and off through the operation of the operation portion, and one of the plurality of second capacitors connected to one of the plurality of second coils is changed according to the side switch turned on by the operation of the operation portion, and the second resonant circuit is switched.

18 . The position indicator according to claim 1 , wherein:
the second coil, the operation portion, and the side switch are provided in a second housing that is separate from the first housing, and the first housing that houses the position indicator cartridge is inserted into the second housing such that the first coil of the position indicator cartridge and the second coil, in operation, are magnetically coupled.

19 . The position indicator according to claim 18 , wherein the second housing and the first housing that houses the position indicator cartridge are insertable and removable with respect to each other.

Assignees

• Wacom Co Ltd

Inventors

• Ito Masamitsu

Classifications

• G06F3/03545 Primary

  Pens or stylus · CPC title

• G01L1/144

  with associated circuitry (G01L1/146 and G01L1/148 take precedence) · CPC title

• G06F3/0383

  Signal control means within the pointing device · CPC title

• G06F3/046

  by electromagnetic means · CPC title

• G01D5/2066 Primary

  by movement of a single coil with respect to a single other coil · CPC title