US 11,914,802 B2
Auxiliary device
Sadao Yamamoto, Tokyo (JP); Masayuki Miyamoto, Tokyo (JP); and Hideyuki Hara, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to Wacom Co., Ltd., Saitama (JP)
Filed by Wacom Co., Ltd., Saitama (JP)
Filed on Oct. 4, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/493,597.
Application 17/493,597 is a continuation of application No. 16/277,637, filed on Feb. 15, 2019, granted, now 11,137,842.
Application 16/277,637 is a continuation of application No. PCT/JP2017/029914, filed on Aug. 22, 2017.
Claims priority of application No. PCT/JP2016/075595 (WO), filed on Sep. 1, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2022/0026997 A1, Jan. 27, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06F 3/038 (2013.01); G06F 3/041 (2006.01); G06F 3/044 (2006.01); B43L 7/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/0354 (2013.01)
CPC G06F 3/0383 (2013.01) [B43L 7/00 (2013.01); G06F 3/038 (2013.01); G06F 3/03545 (2013.01); G06F 3/0412 (2013.01); G06F 3/0441 (2019.05); G06F 3/0442 (2019.05); G06F 3/0446 (2019.05); G06F 3/04162 (2019.05); G06F 3/04166 (2019.05); G06F 2203/0382 (2013.01); G06F 2203/0384 (2013.01)] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An auxiliary device that operates in synchronization with a sensor controller, the auxiliary device comprising:
a ruler part including a ruler part switch and a plurality of electrodes each having a plate shape,
wherein the electrodes are arranged in a straight line in a longitudinal direction of the ruler part, and
wherein the ruler part switch includes a common terminal and a plurality of electrode-side terminals respectively coupled to the plurality of electrodes;
a processor; and
a memory storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the auxiliary device to transmit a downlink signal to the sensor controller according to an uplink signal transmitted from the sensor controller while causing the ruler part switch to sequentially connect the common terminal to each of the electrode-side terminals.