WO2019097565A1 - センサコントローラ - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a sensor controller, and more particularly to a sensor controller having an uplink signal transmission function.
- the uplink signal is a signal for sending information from the sensor controller to the stylus, and in response to the uplink signal, the stylus performs processing such as start of operation and transmission of a pen signal.
- the sensor controller detects the stylus by detection of the pen signal, but detection of a new stylus is preferably completed at a stage before the stylus contacts the panel surface.
- the stylus performs the detection operation of the uplink signal even in a state of not touching the panel surface (hover state), and is configured to transmit a pen signal in response to the detection of the uplink signal.
- the stylus In consideration of the case in which the speed of approach to the panel surface of the stylus is high, it is desirable that the stylus be able to detect the uplink signal from a stage where the distance between the stylus and the panel surface is at a certain distance. Therefore, attempts have been made to shorten the transmission cycle of uplink signals, increase the transmission power of uplink signals, improve the detection sensitivity of a stylus, and reduce noise that interferes with uplink signals.
- the detection of the uplink signal by the stylus is performed via a capacitance formed between the sensor electrode disposed on the panel surface and the pen tip electrode provided on the pen tip of the stylus.
- the stylus detects an uplink signal by detecting a change in the potential of the pen tip electrode with respect to the ground potential.
- the ground potential is usually the potential of the human body holding the stylus.
- such a detection method may fail to detect the uplink signal, and an improvement has been required.
- the uplink signal is also detected in the left hand through the capacitance formed between the left hand and the sensor electrode .
- the potential of the human body that is, the ground potential of the stylus
- the change in the potential of the pen tip electrode is offset. As a result, the stylus can not detect the uplink signal.
- one of the objects of the present invention is to provide a sensor controller that can prevent the stylus from being unable to detect the uplink signal as the uplink signal changes the ground potential of the stylus.
- the sensor electrode not only the sensor electrode but also an electrode for a display device (common electrode and pixel electrode, hereinafter collectively referred to as “display electrode”) are disposed on the panel surface. Since a capacitance is also formed between the sensor electrode and the display electrode, the uplink signal transmitted from the sensor electrode is also detected in the display electrode through this capacitance. As a result, the display content of the display device may be disturbed. Similarly, in other devices, speakers, NFC communication devices, CMOS cameras, wireless LAN antennas, etc. arranged in the vicinity of the panel surface, the operation is disturbed by the uplink signal being detected at each electrode. Can occur.
- another object of the present invention is to provide a sensor controller capable of preventing an uplink signal from affecting the operation of another device.
- a sensor controller is a sensor controller connected to a sensor electrode group constituting a surface, and for transmitting one or more AC signals constituted by at least a part of a plurality of sensor electrodes constituting the sensor electrode group.
- a cancel signal different from the AC signal transmission electrode is provided by supplying a predetermined AC signal to the electrode and suppressing a signal transmitted from the AC signal transmission electrode from appearing at the ground end of the detection circuit of the stylus. It is a sensor controller that transmits from the signal transmission electrode.
- a sensor controller is the sensor controller, wherein the cancel signal is a reverse phase signal of the AC signal.
- a predetermined alternating current signal (uplink signal) is prevented from changing the ground potential of the stylus, which prevents the stylus from being unable to detect the uplink signal.
- an alternating current signal (uplink signal) is prevented from appearing on an electrode of another device such as a display device, the uplink signal affects the operation of the other device. Can be prevented.
- FIG. It is a figure which shows the use condition of the tablet terminal 1 by 1st Embodiment of this invention, and the stylus 2.
- FIG. It is a figure which shows the internal structure of the tablet terminal 1 shown in FIG. 1, and the equivalent circuit of the tablet terminal 1 and the stylus 2.
- FIG. It is a figure which shows the internal structure of the sensor electrode group 12 and the sensor controller 13 which were shown in FIG.
- FIG. It is a figure which shows the structure of uplink signal US.
- FIG. 7 is a detailed flow diagram of a global scan according to a second embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 18 is a sequence diagram showing processing of a logic unit 51 shown in FIG. 17;
- FIG. 1 is a view showing a use state of a tablet terminal 1 and a stylus 2 according to a first embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 2 is a view showing an internal configuration of the tablet terminal 1 shown in FIG. 1 and an equivalent circuit of the tablet terminal 1 and the stylus 2.
- the tablet terminal 1 is configured to include a host processor 10, a display device 11, a sensor electrode group 12, and a sensor controller 13.
- the host processor 10 is a processor that controls the entire tablet terminal 1, and the operation of each unit in the tablet terminal 1 described later is executed under the control of the host processor 10.
- the display device 11 is a display configured to be able to display arbitrary information under the control of the host processor 10.
- Various displays such as a liquid crystal display, an organic EL display, electronic paper, and the like can be used as the display device 11.
- the display device 11 is configured to include the display electrode (common electrode and pixel electrode) described above.
- the common electrode among the display electrodes is an electrode for supplying a common potential Vcom to each pixel, and is provided over the entire panel surface 1a shown in FIG.
- the sensor electrode group 12 is composed of a plurality of transparent conductors (sensor electrodes 12X and 12Y shown in FIG. 3 described later) disposed on the display surface of the display device 11.
- the sensor electrode group 12 is also provided over the entire panel surface 1a, which makes it possible to detect the position of an indicator such as the stylus 2 or the finger of the user over the entire panel surface 1a.
- the sensor controller 13 is a device that uses the sensor electrode group 12 to detect the position of an indicator such as a stylus 2 or a finger of a user in the panel surface 1 a and to receive data transmitted by the stylus 2.
- the sensor controller 13 is configured to output the detected position and data received from the stylus 2 to the host processor 10.
- the sensor controller 13 uses the sensor electrode group 12 as an antenna, and as shown in FIG. Transmission and reception of the pen signal DS from the stylus 2 are performed.
- the pen signal DS is a signal transmitted by the stylus 2 as a response to the uplink signal US, and transmission is performed by a burst signal which is a non-modulated carrier signal and a command COM (described later) included in the uplink signal US.
- a data signal which is a carrier signal modulated by the instructed data.
- the sensor controller 13 is configured to receive the data transmitted by the stylus 2 by calculating the position of the stylus 2 from the reception position of the received burst signal and decoding the received data signal.
- the components in the tablet terminal 1, the stylus 2, and the human body 3 of the user holding the stylus 2 are electrically connected to each other through electrostatic coupling.
- the pen tip electrode is electrically connected with the sensor electrode group 12 via the electrostatic capacitance C Pen_tip illustrated, the housing, the electrostatic capacitance C Pen_GND illustrated And is electrically connected to the human body 3.
- the sensor electrode group 12 is electrically connected to the display electrode in the display device 11 via the illustrated capacitance C display .
- the sensor electrode group 12 is further electrically connected to the human body 3 via the illustrated capacitance C palm when, for example, a part (typically a hand) of the human body 3 is in contact with or in proximity to the panel surface 1a. Connected
- the human body 3 is grounded via the illustrated capacitance C human_GND
- the sensor controller 13 and the display device 11 are commonly grounded via the capacitance C system_GND generated between the ground and the ground of the housing. Ru.
- a detection unit 41 (detection circuit) having a function of detecting the uplink signal US is provided inside the stylus 2, as shown in FIG. 1, a detection unit 41 (detection circuit) having a function of detecting the uplink signal US is provided.
- the details of the detection unit 41 will be described later with reference to FIG.
- the input end of the detection unit 41 is connected to the pen tip electrode by a wire in the stylus 2 and is thus electrically connected to the sensor electrode group 12 via the capacitance C pen_tip .
- the ground end of the detection unit 41 is connected to the housing of the stylus 2 and thus is grounded via the electrostatic capacitances C pen_GND and C human_GND .
- the uplink signal US transmitted from the sensor electrode group 12 is transmitted to the detection unit 41 via the capacitance C pen_tip and the pen tip electrode.
- the capacitance C pen_tip is formed not only when the pen tip of the stylus 2 and the panel surface 1a are in contact but also when they are separated to some extent, so the stylus 2 has a pen tip from the panel surface 1a Even in the separated state (hover state), the uplink signal US can be received.
- the sensor controller 13 is configured to detect the stylus 2 before the stylus 2 contacts the panel surface 1a.
- the position P shown in FIG. 1 represents the position of the stylus 2 in the hover state thus detected.
- the user holds the stylus 2 in one hand (right hand in FIG. 1) and places the other hand (left hand in FIG. 1) on the panel surface 1a.
- Input to the tablet terminal 1 may be performed.
- the illustrated area Palm represents the contact portion between the left hand and the panel surface 1a.
- the uplink signal US is received not only by the pen tip electrode of the stylus 2 but also by the other hand placed on the panel surface 1a.
- this uplink signal US is denoted as uplink signal USa to distinguish it from the uplink signal US detected by the pen tip electrode.
- the uplink signal USa is supplied to the ground terminal of the detection unit 41 via the human body 3 and the capacitance C pen_GND , as shown in FIG.
- the uplink signal USa is received not only when the other hand is placed on the panel surface 1a, but also when, for example, the hand holding the stylus 2 is in contact with or close to the panel surface 1a. May cause similar events.
- the uplink signal US transmitted from the sensor electrode group 12 is detected not only by the stylus 2 but also by the display electrode in the display device 11 via the capacitance C display shown in FIG. Then, the potential of the display electrode fluctuates, and the display content of the display device 11 is disturbed. In particular, since the common electrode is provided over the entire panel surface 1a as described above, it is greatly affected by the uplink signal US.
- the uplink signal US prevents the stylus 2 from being unable to detect the uplink signal US by changing the potential of the ground terminal of the stylus 2, and the uplink signal US causes the display device 11 to operate. Prevent impact.
- the configuration for achieving the purpose will be described in detail.
- FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an internal configuration of the sensor electrode group 12 and the sensor controller 13.
- the sensor electrode group 12 constitutes a mutual capacitive touch sensor, extends in the Y direction (first direction), and is arranged at equal intervals in the X direction (second direction) orthogonal to the Y direction.
- the first sensor electrodes are arranged in a matrix.
- the sensor electrode group 12 may be configured by a plurality of rectangular conductors arranged in two dimensions so that the two-dimensional coordinates of the stylus 2 can be detected (see FIG. 14 described later).
- One of the sensor electrodes 12X and 12Y can also be used as a common electrode in the display device 11.
- a tablet terminal 1 of a type in which one of the sensor electrodes 12X and 12Y is used as a common electrode in the display device 11 is called, for example, an "in-cell type".
- the tablet terminal 1 of a type in which the sensor electrodes 12X and 12Y and the common electrode in the display device 11 are separately provided is called, for example, an "out-cell type" or an "on-cell type”.
- the tablet terminal 1 will be described below as an in-cell type, the present invention is similarly applicable to an out-cell type or an on-cell type tablet terminal.
- the sensor electrode 12Y may be used as a common electrode.
- the sensor controller 13 can not communicate with the stylus 2 and detect a finger while the display device 11 is executing the driving process of the pixel. Therefore, the host processor 10 causes the sensor controller 13 to execute communication with the stylus 2 and detection of a finger using the horizontal blanking interval and the vertical blanking interval in which the driving process of the pixel is not performed. Specifically, the horizontal retrace interval and the vertical retrace interval are regarded as time slots, and the sensor controller 13 is controlled to execute communication with the stylus 2 and finger detection in the time slots.
- the sensor controller 13 includes an MCU 50, a logic unit 51, transmission units 52 and 53, a reception unit 54, and a selection unit 55.
- the MCU 50 and the logic unit 51 are control units that control the transmitting and receiving operations of the sensor controller 13 by controlling the transmitting units 52 and 53, the receiving unit 54, and the selecting unit 55.
- the MCU 50 is a microprocessor that has a ROM and a RAM inside, and operates by executing a program stored in these.
- the MCU 50 also has a function of outputting a common potential Vcom and a command COM indicating an instruction to the stylus 2.
- the logic unit 51 is configured to output control signals ctrl_t1 to ctrl_t5, ctrl_r, sTRx, sTRy, selX, selY under the control of the MCU 50.
- the transmission unit 52 is a circuit that generates a finger detection signal FDS used to detect a finger according to the control of the MCU 50. Although this will be described in detail later, in the present embodiment, the user's hand (palm) is also a target of detection by the finger detection signal FDS.
- the finger detection signal FDS may be, for example, a non-modulated pulse train signal or a sine wave signal.
- the transmitting unit 53 is a circuit that generates the uplink signal US and the cancel signal CA according to the control of the MCU 50 and the logic unit 51.
- the details of the uplink signal US and the cancel signal CA will be described later, but to give an overview here, the uplink signal US according to the present embodiment is not limited to the command COM described above, and the uplink signal US to the stylus 2 Is a signal including a preamble PRE for detecting.
- the cancel signal CA is a signal for suppressing the appearance of the uplink signal US at the ground end of the detection unit 41 (see FIG. 1) of the stylus 2 and is, for example, a reverse phase signal of the uplink signal US.
- the transmission unit 53 includes a preamble supply unit 61, a switch 62, a code string holding unit 63, a diffusion processing unit 64, a transmission guard unit 65, and a cancellation signal generation unit 66.
- the preamble supply unit 61 may be included in the MCU 50.
- the preamble supply unit 61 holds the preamble PRE, and has a function of outputting the preamble PRE in accordance with an instruction of the control signal ctrl_t1 supplied from the logic unit 51.
- the preamble PRE output from the preamble supply unit 61 is supplied to the switch 62.
- the command COM is also supplied from the MCU 50 to the switch 62.
- FIG. 4 is a diagram showing the configuration of the uplink signal US.
- the uplink signal US is configured to have a configuration in which a preamble PRE is disposed at the head and then a command COM (data unit) is disposed.
- the content of the preamble PRE is previously known to the stylus 2 in order to enable detection by the stylus 2.
- the command COM is data indicating an instruction for the stylus 2 as described above.
- the contents of the command by the command COM for example, transmission of pen pressure data indicating the pressure applied to the pen point, transmission of data indicating the pressed state of a switch (not shown) provided on the surface of the stylus 2 , Transmitting the stylus ID stored in advance in the stylus 2, and the like.
- Each of the preamble PRE and the command COM is configured by a combination of values of a plurality of symbols.
- a symbol is a unit of information associated with one spreading code, and includes a symbol corresponding to a bit string and a symbol not corresponding to a bit string.
- the former symbol is formed, for example, by any of 16 types of symbols associated with different spreading codes, and these 16 types of symbols are respectively associated with 4-digit bit strings “0000” to “1111”.
- this kind of symbol is generically referred to as symbol D.
- the latter symbol is configured by any one of two types of symbols that are associated with spreading codes opposite in phase to each other.
- these two types of symbols are referred to as symbol P and symbol M, respectively.
- the preamble PRE is composed of two consecutive symbols P
- the command COM is composed of four consecutive symbols D (that is, 16 bits of data), and in the following, the explanation will be given based on these. Continue.
- the switch 62 has a function of selecting one of the preamble supply unit 61 and the MCU 50 in accordance with the control signal ctrl_t2 supplied from the logic unit 51, and supplying the selected one of the outputs to the diffusion processing unit 64.
- the switch 62 selects the preamble supply unit 61
- the spread processing unit 64 is supplied with the preamble PRE.
- the switch 62 selects the MCU 50
- the diffusion processing unit 64 is supplied with the command COM.
- the code string holding unit 63 has a function of generating and holding, for example, a 11-chip long spread code having an autocorrelation characteristic based on the control signal ctrl_t3 supplied from the logic unit 51.
- the spread code held by the code string holding unit 63 is supplied to the diffusion processing unit 64.
- the spread processing unit 64 has a function of modulating the spread code held by the code string holding unit 63 based on the value of the symbol supplied via the switch 62. This modulation is performed, for example, by cyclic shift shown in Patent Document 1, and in this case, a spreading code of 12 chips in length is output for each symbol as a result of the modulation.
- the spreading code output from the spreading processing unit 64 is sequentially supplied to the transmission guard unit 65 and the cancellation signal generation unit 66.
- the transmission guard unit 65 performs transmission and reception between the transmission period of the uplink signal US and the period during which the reception unit 54 performs reception operation based on the control signal ctrl_t5 supplied from the logic unit 51. It plays a role of inserting a guard period which is a period in which both are not performed.
- the cancellation signal generation unit 66 is a functional unit that generates a cancellation signal CA based on the spread code output from the diffusion processing unit 64.
- the cancellation signal generation unit 66 is configured to output the cancellation signal CA based on the control signal ctrl_t4 supplied from the logic unit 51. More specifically, the cancel signal CA is output only during a period in which the output is instructed by the control signal ctrl_t4.
- FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of the waveforms of the uplink signal US and the cancel signal CA.
- the spread-coded uplink signal US is an alternating current signal of a rectangular wave which takes either high or low value.
- the cancel signal CA is a potential difference between the electric potential (or the change direction thereof) generated at the input end (on the pen tip electrode side) of the detection unit 41 of the stylus 2 and the electric potential (or the change direction thereof) Is a signal that expands relative to the uplink signal US.
- a signal that expands the potential difference as compared to the uplink signal US in this manner is typically a reverse-phase signal obtained by inverting the phase of the uplink signal US, as shown in FIG.
- the reception signal of the stylus 2 may be a differential signal or an integral signal of the uplink signal US.
- the cancellation signal CA it is preferable to use the cancellation signal CA as a differential signal or an integral signal of the reverse phase signal of the uplink signal US.
- the potential difference between the input end of the detection unit 41 of the stylus 2 and the ground end may be generated as compared to the case where the uplink signal US is transmitted to all the electrodes, While transmitting an alternating current signal, it is also possible to use a signal of a predetermined potential (for example, a ground potential) as the cancel signal.
- a predetermined potential for example, a ground potential
- the receiving unit 54 is a circuit for receiving the pen signal DS transmitted by the stylus 2 or the finger detection signal FDS transmitted by the transmitting unit 52 based on the control signal ctrl_r of the logic unit 51.
- the circuit includes an amplification circuit 70, a detection circuit 71, and an analog-to-digital (AD) converter 72.
- the amplification circuit 70 amplifies and outputs the pen signal DS or the finger detection signal FDS supplied from the selection unit 55.
- the detection circuit 71 is a circuit that generates a voltage corresponding to the level of the output signal of the amplification circuit 70.
- the AD converter 72 is a circuit that generates a digital signal by sampling the voltage output from the detection circuit 71 at predetermined time intervals. The digital signal output from the AD converter 72 is supplied to the MCU 50.
- the MCU 50 performs position detection of the stylus 2 or the finger (and palm) and acquisition of the data Res transmitted by the stylus 2 based on the digital signal supplied in this way.
- the MCU 50 sequentially outputs the coordinates x, y indicating the detected position and the acquired data Res to the host processor 10.
- the selection unit 55 includes switches 68x and 68y and conductor selection circuits 69x and 69y.
- the switch 68y is a switch element configured to be connected to the common terminal and one of the T terminal and the R terminal.
- the common terminal of the switch 68y is connected to the conductor selection circuit 69y, the T terminal is connected to the output end of the transmission unit 53, and the R terminal is connected to the input end of the reception unit 54.
- the switch 68x is a switch element configured to connect the common terminal to any one of the T1 terminal, the T2 terminal, the D terminal, and the R terminal.
- the common terminal of the switch 68x is connected to the conductor selection circuit 69x, the T1 terminal is connected to the output terminal of the transmitter 53, the T2 terminal is connected to the output terminal of the transmitter 52, and the D terminal is the MCU 50 that outputs the common potential Vcom.
- the R terminal is connected to the input end of the receiver 54.
- the conductor selection circuit 69x is a switch element for selectively connecting the plurality of sensor electrodes 12X to the common terminal of the switch 68x.
- the conductor selection circuit 69x is also configured to be able to simultaneously connect some or all of the plurality of sensor electrodes 12X to the common terminal of the switch 68x.
- the conductor selection circuit 69y is a switch element for selectively connecting the plurality of sensor electrodes 12Y to the common terminal of the switch 68y or the output end of the cancel signal CA of the transmission unit 53.
- the conductor selection circuit 69y is also configured to be able to simultaneously connect some or all of the plurality of sensor electrodes 12Y to the common terminal of the switch 68y or the output end of the cancel signal CA of the transmission unit 53.
- the control of the logic unit 51 described later prevents simultaneous connection of one sensor electrode 12Y to both the common terminal of the switch 68y and the output end of the cancel signal CA of the transmission unit 53.
- the control unit 55 is supplied with four control signals sTRx, sTRy, selX, selY from the logic unit 51. Specifically, the control signal sTRx is supplied to the switch 68x, the control signal sTRy to the switch 68y, the control signal selX to the conductor selection circuit 69x, and the control signal selY to the conductor selection circuit 69y.
- the logic unit 51 controls the selection unit 55 using these control signals sTRx, sTRy, selX, selY to transmit the uplink signal US or the finger detection signal FDS and apply the common potential Vcom, and the pen signal DS. Or realize reception of the finger detection signal FDS. Further, the logic unit 51 further implements transmission of the cancel signal CA by controlling the operation of the cancel signal generation unit 66 using the control signal ctrl_t4.
- the uplink signal US and the cancel signal CA at the time of pixel drive operation execution And transmission of the pen signal DS.
- the logic unit 51 at the time of detection of the finger and palm controls the switch 68x so that the T2 terminal is connected to the common terminal, and controls the switch 68y so that the R terminal is connected to the common terminal. Furthermore, the conductor selection circuits 69x and 69y are controlled so that the combination of the plurality of sensor electrodes 12X and 12Y is sequentially selected. By doing this, the finger detection signal FDS which has passed through each of the plurality of intersections formed by the plurality of sensor electrodes 12X and 12Y is sequentially received by the receiving unit 54.
- this control is referred to as "touch scan”.
- the MCU 50 detects the positions of the finger and the palm on the panel surface 1 a based on the reception intensity of the finger detection signal FDS sequentially received by touch scanning. More specifically, the MCU 50 calculates the area of a region in which the intersections where the reception intensity of the finger detection signal FDS is equal to or more than a predetermined value is continuous, and the obtained area is equal to or less than a predetermined value. Detect the position of the palm, otherwise detect the position of the palm. The position of the palm may be expressed not by a point but by an area having a spread.
- the logic unit 51 at the time of executing the pixel drive operation controls the switch 68x so that the D terminal is connected to the common terminal, and the conductor selection circuit so that all of the plurality of sensor electrodes 12X are simultaneously connected to the switch 68x Control 69x.
- the common potential Vcom is supplied from the MCU 50 to each of the sensor electrodes 12X, so that the pixel drive operation by the display device 11 can be performed.
- the MCU 50 causes the logic unit 51 to execute the above control at a timing based on a timing signal supplied from the host processor 10.
- the logic unit 51 at the time of transmitting the uplink signal US and the cancel signal CA controls the switch 68x so that the R terminal is connected to the common terminal, and the switch 68y so that the T terminal is connected to the common terminal. Control.
- the uplink signal US output from the transmission unit 53 is supplied to the conductor selection circuit 69y.
- the logic unit 51 further causes the conductor selection circuit 69y to sequentially connect a predetermined number of sensor electrodes 12Y to the common terminal of the switch 68y.
- the uplink signal US is transmitted from a predetermined number of sensor electrodes 12Y connected to the common terminal of the switch 68y, and finally the uplink signal US is transmitted from all the sensor electrodes 12Y.
- the logic unit 51 also performs a process of transmitting the cancel signal CA simultaneously with the transmission of the uplink signal US.
- the cancel signal generator 66 is controlled to output a cancel signal at the timing of transmitting the uplink signal US, and a predetermined number of sensor electrodes 12Y are connected to the output end of the cancel signal CA of the transmitter 53.
- the conductor selection circuit 69y is controlled to do so.
- the logic unit 51 controls the conductor selection circuit 69y so that the sensor electrode 12Y being connected to the common terminal of the switch 68y is not connected to the output end of the cancel signal CA of the transmission unit 53. Thereby, it is realized to transmit the cancellation signal CA simultaneously with the transmission of the uplink signal US. This point will be described in more detail later with reference to the process flow diagram.
- the logic unit 51 at the time of receiving the pen signal DS controls each of the switches 68x and 68y such that the R terminal is connected to the common terminal.
- the control method of the conductor selection circuits 69x and 69y differs between when the position of the stylus 2 is detected and when the data signal transmitted by the stylus 2 is received.
- the logic unit 51 selects a conductor so that only a predetermined number (for example, one) of the plurality of sensor electrodes 12X and 12Y in the vicinity of the latest detected position is selected. It controls the circuits 69x and 69y.
- the data signal received by the predetermined number of selected sensor electrodes is supplied to the MCU 50 through the receiver 54.
- the MCU 50 obtains the data Res described above by performing demodulation and decoding on the data signal supplied in this way.
- FIG. 6 is a view showing an internal configuration of the stylus 2.
- the stylus 2 is configured to include an electrode 21, a switch 22, a writing pressure detection sensor 23, and a signal processing unit 24.
- the electrode 21 is a conductive member that constitutes the pen tip of the stylus 2.
- the electrode 21 plays the role of an antenna for transmitting the pen signal DS and also plays the role of an antenna for receiving the uplink signal US transmitted from the sensor controller 13 via the sensor electrode group 12.
- a member constituting the pen tip may be provided separately from the electrode 21.
- an electrode for transmitting the pen signal DS and an electrode for receiving the uplink signal US may be separately provided.
- the switch 22 is a switch such as a side switch provided on the side surface of the stylus 2 or a tail switch provided on the rear end, which is turned on or off by the operation of the user.
- the writing pressure detection sensor 23 is a pressure sensor for detecting the pressure (writing pressure) applied to the pen tip of the stylus 2.
- the writing pressure detection sensor 23 may be configured using a known technique such as a variable capacitance capacitor whose capacitance changes according to pressure, or a pressure sensor whose resistance value changes according to pressure. Can.
- the signal processing unit 24 receives the uplink signal US from the sensor controller 13 via the electrode 21 and performs processing according to the content of the signal, and generates a pen signal DS to be transmitted to the sensor controller 13. Through the sensor controller 13 to the sensor controller 13. Specifically, it functionally includes a switching unit 40, a detection unit 41, a control unit 44, and a transmission unit 46. Hereinafter, each of these will be described in order.
- the switching unit 40 is a switching element of one circuit and two contacts configured to be connected to the common terminal and one of the T terminal and the R terminal.
- the common terminal of the switching unit 40 is connected to the electrode 21, the T terminal is connected to the output end of the transmission unit 46, and the R terminal is connected to the input end of the detection unit 41.
- the state of the switching unit 40 is controlled by a control signal SWC from the control unit 44.
- the control unit 44 controls the switching unit 40 by the control signal SWC so that the R terminal and the common terminal are connected.
- the switching unit 40 is controlled by the control signal SWC so that the T terminal and the common terminal are connected.
- the detection unit 41 is a circuit that detects a signal (a signal arriving at the electrode 21) supplied from the switching unit 40 and decodes a code string included in the detected signal.
- the waveform reproduction unit 42 and A correlation calculator 43 is included.
- the detection unit 41 is configured to be able to detect each of the preamble PRE and the command COM described above by this decoding.
- the waveform reproduction unit 42 sets the level of the charge (voltage) induced in the electrode 21 to several times (for example, four times) the chip rate of the diffusion code used when the sensor controller 13 diffuses the uplink signal US.
- the data is binarized by a clock, shaped into a binary string (chip row) of positive and negative polarity values, and output.
- the correlation operation unit 43 stores the chip sequence output from the waveform reproduction unit 42 in a register and sequentially performs correlation operation with each of a plurality of spread codes that the sensor controller 13 may transmit, while sequentially shifting with the clock. By doing this, the chip row included in the received signal is decoded. As a result of this decoding, any of the symbols P and M and the 16 kinds of symbols D described above can be obtained.
- the detection unit 41 sequentially detects the preamble PRE based on the decoding result of the correlation calculator 43. Specifically, this detection operation is an operation to determine whether or not two consecutive symbols P have been acquired. At the same time as this determination, the detection unit 41 also determines whether or not two consecutive symbols M have been detected. The detection unit 41 detects the presence of the sensor controller 13 when the result of any of these determinations becomes affirmative, and sends a start signal EN for starting the control unit 44 to the control unit 44. To issue.
- the detection unit 41 that has issued the activation signal EN subsequently performs a detection operation of the command COM. Specifically, a series of symbols D sequentially obtained by decoding are sequentially demodulated into a bit string, and a bit string of 16 bits is finally obtained and output to the control unit 44. In this case, the detection unit 41 demodulates the command COM with reference to the previously received preamble PRE. Specifically, when two consecutive symbols M are detected in the reception operation of the preamble PRE, the chip sequence output from the waveform reproduction unit 42 is inverted and supplied to the correlation operation unit 43. . By this, it becomes possible to correctly receive the uplink signal US even if the uplink signal US is inverted, and when the cancel signal CA (for example, the reverse phase signal of the uplink signal US) is received. It also becomes possible to receive it as uplink signal US.
- the cancel signal CA for example, the reverse phase signal of the uplink signal US
- the control unit 44 is configured by a microprocessor (MCU), and is activated when the activation signal EN is supplied from the detection unit 41 as a trigger.
- the activated control unit 44 performs an operation instructed by the command COM supplied from the detection unit 41.
- This operation includes the process of causing the transmission unit 46 to transmit the pen signal DS.
- the control unit 44 causes the transmission unit 46 to transmit a burst signal by causing the transmission unit 46 to transmit a non-modulated carrier signal.
- the data for which transmission is instructed by the command COM is acquired, and the data is supplied to the transmission unit 46, thereby causing the transmission unit 46 to transmit a data signal.
- the pen signal DS transmitted from the transmission unit 46 is a signal including data instructed to be transmitted by the command COM.
- the transmission unit 46 is a circuit that generates the pen signal DS according to the control of the control unit 44 and supplies the pen signal DS to the electrode 21.
- the modulation unit 47 is a circuit that generates a carrier signal (for example, a rectangular wave signal) of a predetermined frequency or a frequency under control of the control unit 44, and outputs the carrier signal as it is or after being modulated based on the control of the control unit 44.
- the modulation unit 47 at the time of burst signal transmission outputs the carrier signal as it is without being modulated according to the instruction of the control unit 44.
- a signal modulated by a pattern of a known value may be used as a burst signal, and the modulation unit 47 in that case modulates the carrier signal with the pattern of the known value and outputs the modulated signal.
- the modulation unit 47 at the time of data signal transmission modulates the carrier signal with the data supplied from the control unit 44 (OOK, PSK, etc.), and outputs a modulation signal obtained as a result.
- the booster circuit 48 is a circuit that generates the pen signal DS by boosting the output signal of the modulation unit 47 to a certain amplitude.
- the pen signal DS generated by the booster circuit 48 is sent from the electrode 21 to the space through the switching unit 40.
- FIG. 7 is a flowchart of processing performed by the sensor controller 13. In the same figure, only the process related to the position detection of the finger, the palm and the stylus 2 is shown.
- the sensor controller 13 first performs touch scanning for detecting a finger and palm (step S1), and detects the position of the finger and palm on the panel surface 1a based on the result ((S1) Step S2).
- step S1 the sensor controller 13 first performs touch scanning for detecting a finger and palm
- step S2 the position of the finger and palm on the panel surface 1a based on the result
- step S3 the sensor controller 13 substitutes 1 into the variable m (step S3), and executes pen scan (step S4).
- Pen scan is a process for detecting the stylus 2 and will be described in detail later with reference to FIG.
- step S5 After completing the pen scan, the sensor controller 13 adds 1 to the variable m (step S5), and determines whether the variable m exceeds 4 or not. As a result, when it is determined not to exceed, the process returns to step S4, and the pen scan is performed again. On the other hand, when it is determined that the value is greater than the threshold value, the process returns to step S1, and touch scan is performed.
- the sensor controller 13 repeats these processes at a pace of performing the pen scan four times after performing the touch scan once. Note that this pace is merely an example, and these processes may be repeated at another pace, for example, one touch scan and then one pen scan. Further, although not shown in FIG. 7, when the stylus 2 is detected by execution of the pen scan, the actual sensor controller 13 executes a data signal receiving operation to acquire the data transmitted by the stylus 2.
- FIG. 8 is a detailed flow diagram of pen scan.
- the sensor controller 13 first carries out a global scan which is a process for determining the sensor electrodes 12X and 12Y closest to the stylus 2 one by one (step S10).
- FIG. 9 is a detailed flow diagram of the global scan.
- the sensor electrode group 12 has 24 sensor electrodes 12 Y, and each of the sensor electrode groups 12 is denoted as sensor electrode 12 Y n (n is a natural number of 1 to 24).
- the sensor electrode group 12 may have less than 24 or 25 or more sensor electrodes 12Y.
- the sensor controller 13 selects a part of the plurality of sensor electrodes 12Y as an AC signal transmission electrode, and selects another part of the plurality of sensor electrodes 12Y as a cancellation signal transmission electrode. Then, the uplink signal US is supplied to the AC signal transmission electrode, and the cancellation signal CA is transmitted from the cancellation signal transmission electrode. In addition, the sensor controller 13 controls at least a part of the one or more sensor electrodes 12Y selected as the alternating current signal transmission electrode and the one or more sensor electrodes selected as the cancellation signal transmission electrode each time the uplink signal US is transmitted. It is configured to change at least a part of 12Y. Details will be described below with reference to FIG.
- the sensor controller 13 first substitutes 1 for the variable n (step S20), and then substitutes n and n + 8 for the variables Y1 and Y2 (step S21). Then, the sensor controller 13 determines whether or not the variable Y2 is 21 or more (step S22), and when it is determined that the variable Y2 is 21 or more, subtracts 16 from the variable Y2 (step S23).
- the sensor controller 13 selects eight sensor electrodes 12Y Y1 to 12Y Y1 + 7 as electrodes for AC signal transmission, transmits an uplink signal US from each of them, and cancels eight sensor electrodes 12Y Y2 to 12Y Y2 + 7 . It selects as a signal transmission electrode, and transmits cancellation signal CA from each (step S24).
- the uplink signal US is supplied to each of the sensor electrodes 12Y Y1 to 12Y Y1 + 7
- the cancel signal CA is sensor electrode 12Y Y2
- Step S24 is executed by supplying to each of .about.12Y Y2 + 7 .
- the sensor controller 13 does not supply a signal to each sensor electrode 12X. This is to prevent the uplink signal US (or cancel signal CA) transmitted from the sensor electrode 12Y and the cancel signal CA (or uplink signal US) transmitted from the sensor electrode 12X from being canceled out.
- the sensor controller 13 that has finished transmitting the uplink signal US and the cancel signal CA performs a receiving operation of the pen signal DS (step S25).
- the reception operation will be described in detail with reference to FIG. 3.
- the logic unit 51 controls the switches 68x and 68y so that the R terminal is connected to the common terminal, and then the plurality of sensor electrodes 12X and 12Y.
- the conductor selection circuits 69x and 69y are controlled by the control signals selX and selY so that one of them is sequentially selected.
- the plurality of sensor electrodes 12X and 12Y are sequentially connected to the input terminal of the receiving unit 54 one by one, and the receiving unit 54 sequentially supplies the reception intensity of the pen signal DS at each sensor electrode 12X and 12Y to the MCU 50. Be done.
- step S25 determines whether or not the pen signal DS has been received as a result of the receiving operation (step S26). As a result, when it is determined that it has been received, the processing of the global scan is ended, and the processing returns to the processing of FIG. On the other hand, when it is determined that it has not been received, 4 is added to the variable n (step S27). Then, it is determined whether or not the variable n after addition exceeds 17 (step S28), and if it is determined that it is not exceeded, the process returns to step S21 to continue the process while it is determined that it is exceeded. Ends the processing of the global scan and returns to the processing of FIG.
- FIG. 10 is a view showing a use mode of the sensor electrodes 12X and 12Y in the global scan shown in FIG.
- the sensor electrodes 12 Y shown in the figure are sensor electrodes 12 Y 1 to 12 Y 24 in order from the left side of the figure.
- FIG. 10A shows the case where the variable n is 1.
- the uplink signal US from the respective sensor electrodes 12Y 1 ⁇ 12Y 8 is sent, the cancellation signal CA is sent from each of the sensor electrodes 12Y 9 ⁇ 12Y 16.
- FIG. 10B shows the case where the variable n is five. As shown in the figure, in this case, the uplink signal US from the respective sensor electrodes 12Y 5 ⁇ 12Y 12 are transmitted, the cancellation signal CA is sent from each of the sensor electrodes 12Y 13 ⁇ 12Y 20.
- FIG. 10C shows the case where the variable n is 9.
- the uplink signal US is transmitted from each of the sensor electrodes 12Y 9 to 12Y 16
- the cancel signal CA is transmitted from each of the sensor electrodes 12Y 17 to 12Y 24 .
- FIG. 10D shows the case where the variable n is 13.
- the uplink signal US is transmitted from each of the sensor electrodes 12Y 13 to 12Y 20
- the cancel signal CA is transmitted from each of the sensor electrodes 12Y 5 to 12Y 12 .
- FIG. 10E shows the case where the variable n is 17. As shown in the figure, in this case, the uplink signal US from the respective sensor electrodes 12Y 17 ⁇ 12Y 24 are transmitted, the cancellation signal CA is sent from each of the sensor electrodes 12Y 9 ⁇ 12Y 16.
- the cancel signal CA is transmitted from the sensor electrode group 12 together with the uplink signal US. Therefore, it becomes possible to replace the uplink signal USa shown in FIG. 1 with the cancellation signal CA, or the uplink signal USa received by the other hand (for example, the hand holding the stylus 2) with the cancellation signal CA. Since the mixed signal with the uplink signal US can be made, it is prevented that the stylus 2 can not detect the uplink signal US by the uplink signal US changing the potential of the ground end of the stylus 2 . In addition, since both the uplink signal US and the cancel signal CA are supplied to the common electrode of the display device 11 and these cancel each other, the uplink signal US may affect the operation of the display device 11. It is prevented.
- the uplink signal US is transmitted sequentially from a part of the panel surface 1a instead of the entire panel surface 1a. Accordingly, since the possibility that the hand not holding the stylus 2 receives the uplink signal US is reduced, also from this point, the uplink signal US changes the potential of the ground end of the stylus 2 This prevents the stylus 2 from being unable to detect the uplink signal US.
- the boundary between the AC signal transmission electrode and the cancel signal transmission electrode is not fixed, so the stylus 2 receives the uplink signal US on the panel surface 1a. It is possible to avoid the formation of an impossible area.
- the sensor controller 13 having finished the global scan determines whether or not the pen signal DS has been received in the reception operation (step S25) performed in the global scan (step S11). As a result, when it is determined that it has not been received, the pen scan processing ends, and the processing returns to the processing of FIG.
- the sensor controller 13 performs a sector scan in the vicinity of the position where the pen signal DS is received (step S12).
- the sector scan is a process for specifically identifying the position of the pen signal DS by operation, and is performed while the stylus 2 continues transmitting the burst signal in response to the uplink signal US.
- FIG. 11 is a view showing a use mode of the sensor electrodes 12X and 12Y in the sector scan.
- the reception operation performed by the sensor controller 13 in the sector scan will be described in detail with reference to FIG.
- the MCU 50 selects one of the plurality of sensor electrodes 12X and 12Y in proximity to the stylus 2 one by one based on the result of the global scan. This selection is performed based on the reception intensity of the pen signal DS in each of the sensor electrodes 12X and 12Y supplied from the reception unit 54 to the MCU 50. Subsequently, the logic unit 51 sequentially selects a predetermined number of sensor electrodes 12X and 12Y from those closest to the sensor electrodes 12X and 12Y selected by the MCU 50 (the sensor electrodes 12X and 12Y shaded in FIG. 11).
- the logic unit 51 controls each of the switches 68x and 68y so that the R terminal is connected to the common terminal, and then the predetermined number of selected sensor electrodes 12X and 12Y are sequentially selected.
- the conductor selection circuits 69x and 69y are controlled by the control signals selX and selY.
- a predetermined number of selected sensor electrodes 12X and 12Y are sequentially connected one by one to the input terminal of the receiver 54, and the receiver 54 receives the pen signal DS from each of the sensor electrodes 12X and 12Y to the MCU 50.
- the intensities are supplied sequentially.
- the sensor controller 13 having finished the sector scan determines whether or not the pen signal DS has been received in the reception operation performed during the sector scan (step S13). As a result, when it is determined that it has not been received, the pen scan processing ends, and the processing returns to the processing of FIG.
- step S14 the sensor controller 13 detects the position of the stylus 2 (step S14).
- the detection process is executed by the MCU 50 shown in FIG. 3 by an operation (for example, an operation including linear interpolation) based on the reception intensity of the pen signal DS at each of the sensor electrodes 12X and 12Y supplied from the reception unit 54.
- the position of the stylus 2 is specifically identified by the process of step S14. The identified position is supplied from the sensor controller 13 to the host processor 10 shown in FIG.
- FIG. 12 is a flowchart of processing performed by the stylus 2.
- the stylus 2 continues to receive the uplink signal US until the uplink signal US is received (steps S30 and S31).
- the stylus 2 can receive, as the uplink signal US, even if the cancel signal CA is received.
- the stylus 2 may intermittently receive the uplink signal US in order to reduce power consumption.
- the stylus 2 transmits the pen signal DS including the above-described burst signal and data signal (step S32), returns to step S30 again, and waits for reception of the uplink signal US. Do.
- the uplink signal US is prevented from changing the ground potential of the stylus 2, whereby the stylus 2 detects the uplink signal US It is prevented that it can not be done.
- the uplink signal US is prevented from appearing on the display electrode (particularly the common electrode) of the display device 11, the uplink signal US is prevented from affecting the operation of the display device 11.
- the use mode of the sensor electrode 12Y in the global scan is not limited to the one described with reference to FIG.
- the sensor controller 13 uses the sensor electrode 12Y used as an alternating current signal transmission electrode so that the alternating current signal transmission electrode and the cancel signal transmission electrode are alternately arranged in a predetermined number along the Y direction
- the sensor electrode 12Y used as the cancel signal transmission electrode may be selected, and each time the uplink signal US is transmitted, the AC signal transmission electrode and the cancel signal transmission electrode are partially arranged along the Y direction.
- the sensor electrode 12Y used as an alternating current signal transmission electrode and the sensor electrode 12Y used as a cancellation signal transmission electrode may be selected so as to slide while overlapping.
- FIG. 13 is a view showing a modification of the usage of the sensor electrode 12Y in the global scan.
- the uplink signal US is sent from each of the sensor electrodes 12Y 5 ⁇ 12Y 8, 12Y 13 ⁇ 12Y 16, 12Y 21 ⁇ 12Y 24, sensor electrode A cancel signal CA is transmitted from each of 12Y 1 to 12Y 4 , 12Y 9 to 12Y 12 , and 12Y 17 to 12Y 20 .
- sensor electrode A cancel signal CA is transmitted from each of 12Y 1 to 12Y 4 , 12Y 9 to 12Y 12 , and 12Y 17 to 12Y 20 .
- the uplink signal US is sent from each of the sensor electrodes 12Y 1 ⁇ 12Y 2, 12Y 7 ⁇ 12Y 10, 12Y 15 ⁇ 12Y 18, 12Y 23 ⁇ 12Y 24, sensor electrode A cancel signal CA is transmitted from each of 12Y 3 to 12Y 6 , 12Y 11 to 12Y 14 , and 12Y 19 to 12Y 22 .
- the uplink signal US is sent from each of the sensor electrodes 12Y 1 ⁇ 12Y 4, 12Y 9 ⁇ 12Y 12, 12Y 17 ⁇ 12Y 20, the sensor electrodes 12Y 5 ⁇ 12Y 8 , 12Y 13 to 12Y 16 and 12Y 21 to 12Y 24 respectively, a cancel signal CA is transmitted.
- electrodes for AC signal transmission and electrodes for cancel signal transmission are alternately arranged in a predetermined number along the Y direction, and each time an uplink signal US is transmitted, electrodes for AC signal transmission and cancel signal are transmitted.
- the electrodes slide while partially overlapping along the Y direction. Therefore, in addition to the fact that it is possible to obtain the same effect as in the present embodiment, since either the uplink signal US or the cancel signal CA is always transmitted from the entire panel surface 1a, the stylus 2 is It is possible to reduce the possibility of failing to receive the uplink signal US. In addition, since the boundary between the AC signal transmission electrode and the cancel signal transmission electrode is not fixed, it is possible to avoid the formation of a region where the stylus 2 can not receive the uplink signal US on the panel surface 1a.
- sensor electrode group 12 is of mutual capacitance type (that is, the case where stylus 2 or a finger is detected based on a change in capacitance generated between sensor electrodes 12X and 12Y) is taken as an example.
- the present invention is also applicable to the case where the sensor electrode group 12 is a self-capacitance type.
- FIG. 14 is a view showing a use mode of the sensor electrode 12a in the global scan performed when the sensor electrode group 12 is a self-capacitance type.
- the sensor electrode group 12 in this case has a configuration in which a plurality of sensor electrodes 12a, which are square electrodes, are arranged in a matrix.
- the sensor controller 13 is configured to transmit the uplink signal US and the cancel signal CA by using 4 ⁇ 4 sensor electrodes 12a as one sensor electrode unit 12U. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 14, the signals transmitted from each sensor electrode 12a are controlled so that different signals are transmitted between adjacent sensor electrode units 12U.
- the sensor controller 13 controls the signal transmitted from each sensor electrode 12 a so that the sensor electrode unit 12 U slides along the Y direction while partially overlapping. For example, focusing on the sensor electrode unit 12U at the upper left in FIG. 14A, the sensor controller 13 detects two sensor electrodes 12a along the Y direction each time the sensor signal unit 12 transmits an uplink signal US. The signal transmitted from each sensor electrode 12a is controlled to move.
- uplink signal US and cancel signal CA are always transmitted from the entire panel surface 1 a. Since it is transmitted, it is possible to reduce the possibility of the stylus 2 failing to receive the uplink signal US. In addition, since the boundary between the AC signal transmission electrode and the cancel signal transmission electrode is not fixed, it is possible to avoid the formation of a region where the stylus 2 can not receive the uplink signal US on the panel surface 1a.
- FIG. 15 is a detailed flow diagram of a global scan according to the second embodiment of the present invention.
- the sensor controller 13 when the global scan is started, the sensor controller 13 according to the present embodiment first determines whether a palm is detected (step S40). As a result, when it is determined that it has not been detected, the process moves to step S20 shown in FIG. 8 and global scan is performed as described in the first embodiment.
- the sensor controller 13 determined to have been detected in step S40 selects one or more sensor electrodes 12Y to be used as a cancel signal transmission electrode based on the palm position obtained in step S2 of FIG. Then, after the cancel signal CA is transmitted from the selected sensor electrode 12Y and the uplink signal US is transmitted from the other sensor electrodes 12Y (step S41), the pen signal DS is received as in step S25 shown in FIG. The operation is performed (step S42).
- the possibility that the uplink signal USa shown in FIG. 1 can be replaced by the cancellation signal CA is improved compared to the first embodiment. Therefore, it becomes possible to more reliably prevent that the stylus 2 can not detect the uplink signal US by changing the potential of the ground terminal of the stylus 2 by the uplink signal US.
- the present embodiment is different from the first embodiment in that an electrode different from any of the plurality of sensor electrodes 12X and 12Y constituting the sensor electrode group 12 is used as a cancel signal transmission electrode.
- the other points including the internal configuration of the stylus 2 shown in FIG. 6 are the same as those of the first embodiment, and therefore, in the following, description will be made focusing on differences from the first embodiment.
- FIG. 16 is a diagram showing an internal configuration of the sensor electrode group 12 and the sensor controller 13 according to the present embodiment.
- the cancel signal transmission electrode 1b shown in the figure is an electrode provided at a position where contact of the user operating the stylus 2 is assumed, and, for example, the entire back surface (the opposite side of the panel surface 1a) of the tablet terminal 1 Alternatively, it is provided on a part (for example, a part touched by the hand not holding the stylus 2 when operating the stylus 2 in the state holding the tablet terminal 1).
- the output terminal of the cancel signal generation unit 66 is connected to the cancel signal transmission electrode 1 b.
- the sensor controller 13 according to the present embodiment is configured to transmit the cancel signal CA from the cancel signal transmission electrode 1b.
- the transmission timing of the cancellation signal CA may be similar to that of the first embodiment.
- the cancel signal CA can be given to the user's human body 3 (see FIG. 2)
- the uplink signal US is supplied to the ground terminal of the stylus 2 as in the first embodiment.
- the change makes it possible to prevent the stylus 2 from being unable to detect the uplink signal US.
- the cancel signal CA is supplied to the signal S, the uplink signal US and the cancel signal CA in the human body 3 cancel each other, and the uplink signal US is prevented from being supplied to the ground end of the stylus 2 .
- the present embodiment is the same as the third embodiment in that an electrode different from any of the plurality of sensor electrodes 12X and 12Y constituting the sensor electrode group 12 is used as the cancel signal transmission electrode, but this embodiment is the same as the third embodiment.
- This embodiment is different from the third embodiment in that a display electrode is used as an electrode.
- the other points are the same as those of the third embodiment, and therefore, in the following, description will be made focusing on the differences from the third embodiment.
- FIG. 17 is a diagram showing an internal configuration of the sensor electrode group 12 and the sensor controller 13 according to the present embodiment. As shown in the figure, in the present embodiment, the output terminal of the cancel signal generator 66 is connected to the D terminal of the switch 68x.
- the sensor controller 13 controls the switch 68x using the control signal sTRx so that the common terminal is connected to the D terminal at the timing of transmitting the uplink signal US.
- the control signal selX is used to control the conductor selection circuit 69x such that all or part of the plurality of sensor electrodes 12X are simultaneously connected to the common terminal of the switch 68x.
- the uplink signal US and the cancel signal CA are canceled at the sensor electrode 12X as the common electrode. Therefore, according to the present embodiment, the uplink signal US is displayed as in the first embodiment. Influence on the operation of the device 11 is prevented.
- the display device 11 does not drive the pixel when transmitting the uplink signal US, the common potential Vcom from the MCU 50 and the cancel signal CA from the cancel signal generation unit 66 are simultaneously supplied to the sensor electrode 12X. It will not be done. Further, according to the present embodiment, although the uplink signal US is difficult to be output from the panel surface 1a, since the uplink signal US is not completely output, the sensor controller 13 can not detect the stylus 2. The present embodiment is particularly effective when it is desired to reduce the influence on the operation of the display device 11.
- FIG. 18 is a sequence diagram showing processing of the logic unit 51 according to the present embodiment.
- the logic unit 51 according to the present embodiment is configured to supply the cancel signal CA to each sensor electrode 12X simultaneously with supplying the uplink signal US to each sensor electrode 12Y.
- the uplink signal US and the cancel signal CA are canceled in the sensor electrode 12X as the common electrode.
- the output terminal of the cancel signal generator 66 is connected to the common electrode provided in the display device 11. Then, the sensor controller 13 causes the cancel signal generation unit 66 to output the cancel signal CA at the timing of transmitting the uplink signal US. This makes it possible to cancel the uplink signal US and the cancel signal CA at the common electrode of the display device 11 as in the present embodiment, and as a result, the operation of the uplink signal US of the display device 11 Can be prevented from affecting the
- a part of the plurality of sensor electrodes 12Y is always selected as an AC signal transmission electrode, and another part of the plurality of sensor electrodes 12Y is used as a cancellation signal transmission electrode
- a part of the plurality of sensor electrodes 12Y is selected as an AC signal transmission electrode
- another part of the plurality of sensor electrodes 12Y is selected as a cancellation signal transmission electrode.
- a second mode in which a part of the plurality of sensor electrodes 12X is selected as an alternating current signal transmission electrode and another part of the plurality of sensor electrodes 12X is selected as a cancellation signal transmission electrode; It is good also as changing, whenever it transmits. This makes it possible to further reduce the possibility of the stylus 2 failing to receive the uplink signal US.
- the cancel signal CA is not transmitted. Good.
- the uplink signal US needs to be transmitted only from some of the sensor electrodes 12Y located near the position of the stylus 2, the stylus 2 can be changed by changing the potential of the ground terminal of the stylus 2 with the uplink signal US. Is less likely to fail to detect the uplink signal US. Therefore, it can be said that the cancellation signal CA need not be transmitted.
- the display device 11 has been described as a specific example of the device whose operation is affected by the uplink signal US.
- a speaker a communication device for NFC, a CMOS camera, a wireless LAN antenna, etc.
- the same kind of apparatus may also be affected, and according to the above embodiments, the influence on these apparatuses can be prevented.
- the stylus 2 has been described as an example, but the present invention is a device held by a hand, which includes a predetermined electrode and a detection unit 41, and receives the uplink signal US on the sensor It is applicable to transmit a signal to such a device.
- the device is not limited to the shape of a stylus, and may be a shape of an electronic ruler, a computer mouse, a card type, or a controller for VR (Virtual Reality) moving in a 3D space.
- the uplink signal US is configured by a rectangular wave AC signal (modulated spreading code) that takes either a high or low value, but the uplink signal US is It may be an alternating current signal.
- the uplink signal US may be either sinusoidal or square wave, and may be modulated or unmodulated.
- Reference Signs List 1 tablet terminal 1a panel surface 1b cancel signal transmission electrode 2 stylus 3 human body 10 host processor 11 display device 12 sensor electrode group 12U sensor electrode unit 12X, 12Y, 12a sensor electrode 13 sensor controller 21 electrode 22 switch 23 writing pressure sensor 24 Signal processing unit 40 Switching unit 41 Detection unit 42 Waveform reproduction unit 43 Correlation operation unit 44 Control unit 46 Transmission unit 47 Modulation unit 48 Booster circuit 51 Logic unit 52, 53 Transmission unit 54 Reception unit 55 Selection unit 61 Preamble supply unit 62 Switch 63 Code string holding unit 64 Diffusion processing unit 65 Transmission guard unit 66 Cancel signal generation unit 68x, 68y Switch 69x, 69y Conductor Selection circuit 70 Amplifier circuit 71 Detection circuit 72 Analog to digital converter COM command ctrl_t1 to ctrl_t5, ctrl_r, sTRx, sTRy, selX, selY, SWC Control signal DS Pen signal EN Activation signal FDS Finger detection signal PRE Preamble
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1a パネル面
1b キャンセル信号送信用電極
2 スタイラス
3 人体
10 ホストプロセッサ
11 表示装置
12 センサ電極群
12U センサ電極ユニット
12X,12Y,12a センサ電極
13 センサコントローラ
21 電極
22 スイッチ
23 筆圧検出センサ
24 信号処理部
40 切替部
41 検出部
42 波形再生部
43 相関演算器
44 制御部
46 送信部
47 変調部
48 昇圧回路
51 ロジック部
52,53 送信部
54 受信部
55 選択部
61 プリアンブル供給部
62 スイッチ
63 符号列保持部
64 拡散処理部
65 送信ガード部
66 キャンセル信号生成部
68x,68y スイッチ
69x,69y 導体選択回路
70 増幅回路
71 検波回路
72 アナログデジタル変換器
COM コマンド
ctrl_t1~ctrl_t5,ctrl_r,sTRx,sTRy,selX,selY,SWC 制御信号
DS ペン信号
EN 起動信号
FDS 指検出用信号
PRE プリアンブル
US,USa アップリンク信号
Vcom 共通電位
Claims (21)
- 面を構成するセンサ電極群に接続されたセンサコントローラであって、
前記センサ電極群を構成する複数のセンサ電極の少なくとも一部によって構成される1以上の交流信号送信用電極に所定の交流信号を供給するとともに、
前記交流信号送信用電極から送信された信号がスタイラスの検出回路の接地端に現れることを抑制するキャンセル信号を、前記交流信号送信用電極とは異なるキャンセル信号送信用電極から送信する、
センサコントローラ。 - 前記キャンセル信号は、前記交流信号の逆相信号である、
請求項1に記載のセンサコントローラ。 - 前記複数のセンサ電極の一部を前記交流信号送信用電極として選択するとともに、前記複数のセンサ電極の他の一部を前記キャンセル信号送信用電極として選択する、
請求項1又は2に記載のセンサコントローラ。 - 前記交流信号の送信の都度、前記交流信号送信用電極として選択する1以上の前記センサ電極の少なくとも一部、及び、前記キャンセル信号送信用電極として選択する1以上の前記センサ電極の少なくとも一部を変更する、
請求項3に記載のセンサコントローラ。 - 前記複数のセンサ電極は、それぞれ前記面内の第2の方向に延在する複数の第1のセンサ電極と、それぞれ前記第2の方向と直交する前記面内の第1の方向に延在する複数の第2のセンサ電極とを含み、
前記複数の第1のセンサ電極の一部を前記交流信号送信用電極として選択するとともに、前記複数の第1のセンサ電極の他の一部を前記キャンセル信号送信用電極として選択する、
請求項3に記載のセンサコントローラ。 - 前記交流信号送信用電極に前記交流信号を供給するとともに、前記キャンセル信号送信用電極から前記キャンセル信号を送信している間、前記複数の第2のセンサ電極への信号供給を行わない、
請求項5に記載のセンサコントローラ。 - 前記交流信号送信用電極及び前記キャンセル信号送信用電極が前記第2の方向に沿って所定本数ずつ交互に配置されることとなるよう、前記交流信号送信用電極として使用する前記複数の第1のセンサ電極の一部、及び、前記キャンセル信号送信用電極として使用する前記複数の第1のセンサ電極の他の一部を選択する、
請求項5又は6に記載のセンサコントローラ。 - 前記交流信号の送信の都度、前記交流信号送信用電極及び前記キャンセル信号送信用電極が前記第2の方向に沿って一部重複しつつスライドするよう、前記交流信号送信用電極として使用する前記複数の第1のセンサ電極の一部、及び、前記キャンセル信号送信用電極として使用する前記複数の第1のセンサ電極の他の一部を選択する、
請求項7に記載のセンサコントローラ。 - 前記センサ電極群は、それぞれ前記面内の第2の方向に延在する複数の第1のセンサ電極と、それぞれ前記第2の方向と直交する前記面内の第1の方向に延在する複数の第2のセンサ電極とを含み、
前記複数の第1のセンサ電極の一部を前記交流信号送信用電極として選択するとともに、前記複数の第1のセンサ電極の他の一部を前記キャンセル信号送信用電極として選択する第1のモードと、前記複数の第2のセンサ電極の一部を前記交流信号送信用電極として選択するとともに、前記複数の第2のセンサ電極の他の一部を前記キャンセル信号送信用電極として選択する第2のモードとを、前記交流信号の送信の都度切り替える、
請求項3に記載のセンサコントローラ。 - 前記1以上の交流信号送信用電極に前記交流信号を供給した後、前記複数のセンサ電極を用いて受信動作を行う、
請求項1に記載のセンサコントローラ。 - 前記交流信号は、前記スタイラスに対して信号を送信させるための信号であり、
前記受信動作は、前記スタイラスが送信する信号を検出するための動作である、
請求項10に記載のセンサコントローラ。 - 前記受信動作の結果に基づいて前記面内における前記スタイラスの位置を決定する、
請求項11に記載のセンサコントローラ。 - 前記スタイラスの位置を決定した後に前記交流信号を送信する場合においては、前記キャンセル信号の送信を行わない、
請求項12に記載のセンサコントローラ。 - 前記スタイラスの位置を決定した後、該位置に基づいて決定される所定数本の前記第1のセンサ電極を用いて前記受信動作を行う、
請求項12又は13に記載のセンサコントローラ。 - 所定の演算により得られるパームの位置に基づき、前記キャンセル信号送信用電極として選択する1以上の前記センサ電極を決定する、
請求項3に記載のセンサコントローラ。 - 前記パーム位置は、タッチ検出の実行結果に対して前記演算を行うことによって得られる、
請求項15に記載のセンサコントローラ。 - 前記交流信号は、プリアンブル及びデータ部を含む信号である、
請求項3に記載のセンサコントローラ。 - 前記検出回路は、前記プリアンブルを参照して前記データ部を復調するよう構成される、
請求項17に記載のセンサコントローラ。 - 前記キャンセル信号送信用電極は、前記センサ電極群を構成する複数のセンサ電極のいずれとも異なる電極である、
請求項1又は2に記載のセンサコントローラ。 - 前記キャンセル信号送信用電極は、前記スタイラスを操作するユーザの接触が想定される位置に設けられる、
請求項19に記載のセンサコントローラ。 - 前記キャンセル信号送信用電極は、前記センサ電極群と重ねて配置される表示用電極である、
請求項1又は2に記載のセンサコントローラ。
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