US 9,280,220 B2
Pulse- or Frame-Based Communication Using Active StylusGeneral
US 9,280,220 B2
Pulse- or Frame-Based Communication Using Active Stylus
Tech Center:
2600 Communications
Examiner:
Joseph Feild
Art Unit:
2695 Selective Visual Display Systems
Agent:
Inventors:
Shahrooz Shahparnia; Vivek Pant; Esat Yilmaz; Vemund Kval Bakken; Kishore Sundara-Rajan; John Stanley Dubery; Martin J. Simmons; Sherif Hanna
Assignee:
Priority:
01/31/12
Filed:
01/09/15
Granted:
03/08/16
Expiration:
10/28/31
Abstract
In one embodiment, a method includes receiving sensor data from one or more sensors in or on a stylus, the stylus including one or more electrodes and one or more computer-readable non-transitory storage media embodying logic for wirelessly transmitting signals to a device through a touch sensor of the device. The method includes generating a carrier signal and modulating the carrier signal to communicate the sensor data and wirelessly transmitting from the stylus to the device the carrier signal as modulated through the touch sensor of the device.
Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC)
G06G06F3/03545G06F