US 11,861,082 B2
Erasure operable e-pen within touch sensor and e-pen systems
Patrick Troy Gray, Cedar Park, TX (US); Gerald Dale Morrison, Redmond, WA (US); Daniel Keith Van Ostrand, Leander, TX (US); Richard Stuart Seger, Jr., Belton, TX (US); Michael Shawn Gray, Elgin, TX (US); and Kevin Joseph Derichs, Buda, TX (US)
Assigned to SIGMASENSE, LLC., Wilmington, DE (US)
Filed by SIGMASENSE, LLC., Wilmington, DE (US)
Filed on Sep. 29, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/956,268.
Application 17/956,268 is a continuation of application No. 17/460,475, filed on Aug. 30, 2021, granted, now 11,494,006.
Application 17/460,475 is a continuation of application No. 17/083,998, filed on Oct. 29, 2020, granted, now 11,237,653, issued on Feb. 1, 2022.
Application 17/083,998 is a continuation of application No. 16/195,041, filed on Nov. 19, 2018, granted, now 10,852,857, issued on Dec. 1, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0032551 A1, Feb. 2, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06F 3/038 (2013.01); G06F 3/041 (2006.01); G06F 3/0354 (2013.01)
CPC G06F 3/0383 (2013.01) [G06F 3/03545 (2013.01); G06F 3/0416 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system including an electronic pen (e-pen) and a touch sensor device comprising:
the e-pen including:
an erasure e-pen sensor electrode;
a first drive-sense circuit (DSC) operably coupled to the erasure e-pen sensor electrode, wherein, when enabled, the first DSC configured to:
drive an erasure e-pen signal having a first one or more characteristics via a first single line coupling to the erasure e-pen sensor electrode and simultaneously sense, via the first single line, change of the erasure e-pen signal, wherein based on interaction of the e-pen with the touch sensor device, the erasure e-pen signal is coupled into a touch sensor electrode of the touch sensor device; and
process the change of the erasure e-pen signal to generate a first digital signal that is representative of a first electrical characteristic of the erasure e-pen sensor electrode; and
the touch sensor device including a second DSC operably coupled to the touch sensor electrode of the touch sensor device, wherein, when enabled, the second DSC configured to:
drive a touch sensor signal having a second one or more characteristics that are different than the first one or more characteristics via a second single line coupling to the touch sensor electrode of the touch sensor device and simultaneously sense, via the second single line, change of the touch sensor signal including sensing the erasure e-pen signal coupled from the erasure e-pen sensor electrode into the touch sensor electrode of the touch sensor device; and
process the change of the touch sensor signal to generate a second digital signal that is representative of a second electrical characteristic of the touch sensor electrode.