US 12,487,690 B2
Communication method for communication between pen and sensor controller
Haruhiko Hisano, Saitama (JP); Hideyuki Hara, Saitama (JP); and Yoshifumi Konda, Saitama (JP)
Assigned to Wacom Co., Ltd., Saitama (JP)
Filed by Wacom Co., Ltd., Saitama (JP)
Filed on Oct. 15, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/916,577.
Application 18/916,577 is a continuation of application No. 18/447,236, filed on Aug. 9, 2023, granted, now 12,141,380.
Application 18/447,236 is a continuation of application No. 17/735,997, filed on May 3, 2022, granted, now 11,755,130, issued on Sep. 12, 2023.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-082840 (JP), filed on May 14, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2025/0036224 A1, Jan. 30, 2025
Int. Cl. G06F 3/038 (2013.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G06F 3/0354 (2013.01)
CPC G06F 3/0383 (2013.01) [G06F 3/016 (2013.01); G06F 3/03545 (2013.01); G06F 2218/08 (2023.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A position detection system, comprising:
an active pen; and
a sensor controller that communicates with the active pen,
wherein, after the active pen has established pairing with the sensor controller, the active pen transmits a plurality of downlink signals during a fixed frame cycle in which an uplink signal is transmitted by the sensor controller,
wherein a transmission start timing of the downlink signals is based on a local identifier assigned using a communication protocol,
wherein the downlink signals include a first downlink signal and a second downlink signal,
wherein transmission of the first downlink signal starts after a first predetermined time interval has elapsed from a start of transmission of the uplink signal,
wherein transmission of the second downlink signal starts after a second predetermined time interval has elapsed from a start of transmission of the first downlink signal, and
wherein the sensor controller, in operation, detects a position of the active pen and receives data transmitted from the active pen during the fixed frame cycle in which the uplink signal is transmitted by the sensor controller.