US 11,868,556 B2
Pairing method, position detecting system, position indicator and position detecting apparatus
Yoshifumi Konda, Saitama (JP)
Assigned to Wacom Co., Ltd., Saitama (JP)
Filed by Wacom Co., Ltd., Saitama (JP)
Filed on Mar. 19, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/207,318.
Application 17/207,318 is a continuation of application No. 16/378,210, filed on Apr. 8, 2019, granted, now 10,969,901.
Application 16/378,210 is a continuation of application No. PCT/JP2017/032466, filed on Sep. 8, 2017.
Claims priority of application No. 2016-204444 (JP), filed on Oct. 18, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2021/0208759 A1, Jul. 8, 2021
Int. Cl. G06F 3/041 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 3/04162 (2019.05) [G06F 3/041 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A pairing method between a stylus and a position detecting apparatus that detects a position pointed to by the stylus, the method comprising:
transmitting, by the position detecting apparatus, an identifier (ID) to the stylus using a second wireless communication device of the position detecting apparatus while the stylus and the position detecting apparatus are proximate to each other at or within a predetermined distance, the ID uniquely identifying the position detecting apparatus; and
establishing, by the stylus and the position detecting apparatus, a pairing connection between the stylus and the position detecting apparatus in response to the stylus receiving a pairing connection request including information including the ID via a first wireless communication device of the stylus having a communication range that is longer than the predetermined distance,
wherein a communication range of the second wireless communication device of the position detecting apparatus is shorter than the communication range of the first wireless communication device of the stylus.