Abstract: A touch sensor includes a plurality of first electrodes and a plurality of second electrodes, the first electrodes are arranged in a first direction, and the second electrodes are arranged in a second direction different from the first direction and include a second-a electrode pattern disposed directly adjacent to the first electrode and a second-b electrode pattern spaced a predetermined distance from the first electrode. A control unit matches a plurality of codes that are programmed by a built-in firmware with a plurality of addresses, respectively, and store the matched codes in a codebook table, receives the plurality of stored codes according to a scan mode to generate a driving signal and output the generated driving signal to the plurality of second electrodes, and receives a sensing signal output from the plurality of first electrodes to detect a touch position of an object disposed on the touch sensor.

Abstract: In one embodiment, an electronic device includes a sensor unit and a controller. The sensor unit includes a plurality of first patterns, each being disposed to extend in a first direction. One end and the other end of each of the plurality of first patterns are electrically connected to the controller. The sensor unit further includes a plurality of second patterns, each being disposed to extend in a second direction intersecting the first direction. One ends of at least two second patterns among the plurality of second patterns are electrically connected to each other, and at least one of the other ends of the at least two second patterns is configured to be electrically connected to the controller.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a multifunctional touch input device capable of detecting a touch position, driving a stylus pen, and detecting a position of the stylus pen. In one embodiment, an electronic device includes a sensor unit and a control unit. The sensor unit includes a first pattern extended along a first direction, a second pattern adjacent to the first pattern and extended along the first direction, and a third pattern extended along a second direction. The first to third patterns are arranged in an array. The other ends of the plurality of second patterns are electrically connected to each other. In a touch sensing mode, the control unit applies a touch driving signal to the first pattern and applies a signal identical to the touch driving signal to the second pattern.

Abstract: A pen and touch input system according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a touch input device including a sensor unit and a control unit for controlling the sensor unit and a stylus pen interacting with the touch input device.

Abstract: An embodiment of the present invention provides a touch device for sensing a position of a stylus including a resonance circuit, including: a plurality of electrode; and a touch controller configured to receive a sensing signal from the electrodes to determine a position of the stylus, wherein the electrodes includes electrodes in which directions of currents induced in the electrodes by the resonance circuit are opposite to each other.

Abstract: A pen and touch input system according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a touch input device including a sensor unit and a control unit for controlling the sensor unit and a stylus pen interacting with the touch input device.

Abstract: An embodiment of the present invention relates to a touch sensor and a touch input device comprising same. The touch sensor according to the embodiment of the present invention comprises: a plurality of driving electrodes each having a shape extending in a first direction and having a plurality of openings arranged along the first direction; and a plurality of reception electrodes comprising a plurality of reception electrode patterns arranged in the plurality of openings of the plurality of driving electrodes, and a plurality of connection patterns which are arranged along a second direction different from the first direction and electrically connect the plurality of reception electrode patterns.

Abstract: An input device includes a touch sensor, which is capable of accurately detecting whether a touch input to a touch surface is input by an object or/and a touch position even in a situation where the touch input device is in a floating state. The touch input device includes a touch surface, including: a touch sensor which is disposed under the touch surface and includes a plurality of driving electrodes, a plurality of receiving electrodes, and a plurality of dummy receiving electrodes; and a touch detection unit configured to detect a touch position of an object input to the touch surface based on a detection signal output from the plurality of receiving electrodes of the touch sensor, in which the touch detection unit detects the touch position of the object input to the touch surface.

Abstract: An exemplary embodiment of the present invention provides a touch apparatus including: a touch panel configured to include a plurality of touch electrodes; a touch driver configured to apply a first driving signal to a first touch electrode of the touch electrodes during a first period, and a second driving signal to the touch electrodes during a second period subsequent to the first period; and a touch controller configured to determine a detection signal as a valid touch signal based on whether a signal strength of the detection signal received in response to the first driving signal exceeds a first threshold during the first period, wherein the detection signal include at least one of a first detection signal generated by a first touch object and a second detection signal generated by a second touch object, and the first detection signal is determined as a valid touch signal, while the first threshold is set to filter the second detection signal.

Abstract: An exemplary embodiment of the present invention provides a stylus pen including: a body; a conductive tip configured to be exposed from an inside of the body to an outside thereof; and a resonance circuit connected to the conductive tip to resonate an electrical signal transferred from the conductive tip. An inductor unit of the resonance circuit includes a ferrite core and a coil wound in multiple layers over at least a portion of the ferrite core. The ferrite core includes nickel, and the coil can be formed by a litz wire with adjacent winding layers that are wound to be inclined in a zigzag form.

Abstract: An exemplary embodiment of the present invention provides a touch apparatus including: a touch panel including a plurality of first touch electrodes arranged in a first direction and a plurality of second touch electrodes arranged in a second direction crossing the first direction; a driver configured to apply a first driving signal to the first touch electrodes during a first period and a second driving signal to the second touch electrodes during a second period subsequent to the first period; a receiver configured to receive a detection signal from the second touch electrodes during the first period, and a detection signal from the first touch electrodes and the second touch electrodes during a third period subsequent to the second period; and a controller configured to determine a touch position based on the signal outputted from the receiver.

Abstract: A stylus pen may be optimized to a housing having a specific shape and may improve a magnitude of a pen signal. A ferrite core is mounted in a stylus pen and has a through-hole formed along a longitudinal direction of the stylus pen. The ferrite core has a first cross-sectional shape in a first vertical direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction and a second cross-sectional shape in a second vertical direction perpendicular to both the longitudinal direction and the first vertical direction, the first cross-sectional shape is different from the second cross-sectional shape, the ferrite core includes a curved portion disposed at one end of the ferrite core, and the curved portion includes at least two curved surfaces that are curved from one side surface of one end of the ferrite core to a portion adjacent to the through-hole of the ferrite core in a direction toward the through-hole.

Abstract: Disclosed is an electronic device comprising: a sensor unit; and a control unit, wherein the sensor unit comprises a plurality of first patterns extending in a first direction; a plurality of second patterns extending in the first direction, wherein the plurality of second patterns are disposed adjacent to the plurality of first patterns and have one ends that are electrically connected to each other; a plurality of third patterns extending in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction; and a plurality of fourth patterns extending in the second direction, wherein the plurality of fourth patterns are disposed adjacent to the plurality of third patterns and have one ends that are electrically connected to each other.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an electronic device, and more particularly, to an electronic device capable of sensing a stylus pen and an external object such as a finger, which is brought into proximity or contact with the electronic device and reducing the number of channels between a sensor unit and a touch controller. The electronic device according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a sensor unit and a touch controller. Here, the sensor unit includes: a plurality of first patterns, each of which extends in a first direction and has both ends electrically connected to the touch controller; and a plurality of third patterns, each of which extends in a second direction different from the first direction to cross the first pattern and has both ends of which at least one end is electrically connected to the touch controller.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an electronic device, and more particularly, to an electronic device capable of simultaneously sensing a stylus pen and an object such as a finger brought into proximity or contact with the electronic device from the outside and capable of improving sensitivity degradation at an edge portion of an active arca of a display screen.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a multifunctional touch input device capable of detecting a touch position, driving a stylus pen, and detecting a position of the stylus pen. The touch input device includes a sensor unit and a control unit, the sensor unit including a plurality of patterns. The plurality of patterns include a first pattern extending in a first direction, a second pattern disposed adjacent to the first pattern, a third pattern extending in a second direction different from the first direction, and a fourth pattern disposed adjacent to the third pattern. Here, the plurality of first third patterns have one ends electrically connected to the control unit and the other ends electrically opened. The plurality of first patterns have the other ends that are electrically connected to each other, and the plurality of third patterns have the other ends that are electrically connected to each other.

Abstract: Disclosed is a stylus pen and a method for manufacturing the same, and to a stylus pen that is miniaturized by using an inner empty space thereof to reduce an inner volume. A stylus pen in which a resonance frequency of a resonance circuit may be changed according to a movement of a core. A stylus pen includes a housing, a core having one end disposed outside the housing and the rest portion disposed in the housing and moved along a longitudinal direction by an external force applied to the one end, an inductor unit disposed in the housing, a capacitor unit disposed in the housing to form a resonance circuit with the inductor unit, a movable bracket disposed in the housing and disposed at the other end of the core to operate in conjunction with the core, and a magnetic body disposed in the movable bracket.

Abstract: According to the present disclosure, a stylus pen includes: a housing; a core having one end disposed outside the housing and the rest portion disposed in the housing and moved along a longitudinal direction by external force applied to the one end; an inductor unit including a ferrite core disposed in the housing and having a through-hole through which the core passes and a coil wound around an outer surface of the ferrite core; a capacitor unit electrically connected to the inductor unit to form a resonance circuit; and a plurality of sealing members configured to block a plurality of moisture ingress paths that pass through a core opening of the housing.

Abstract: An electronic device according to an embodiment includes: a display panel; a touch electrode layer disposed on the display panel and comprising at least one touch electrode; and a conductive wire disposed on the display panel, disposed on the same layer as the touch electrode layer, and generating a magnetic field signal for driving a stylus pen.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a ferrite core and a stylus pen including the same, and more particularly, to a ferrite core capable of improving an effect of magnetization caused by an external magnetic body and a stylus pen including the same. The ferrite core according to an embodiment of the present disclosure, which is mounted in the stylus pen, includes 60 to 80 wt % of iron (Fe), 15 to 30 wt % of manganese (Mn), and 3 to 20 wt % of zinc (Zn).