Patents Assigned to Waltop International Corp.
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Patent number: 9171664Abstract: An induction coil of a touch input device provided in the present invention includes a ribbon cable and a coupling device. The ribbon cable is disposed on a plane, and the ribbon cable has a first terminal and a second terminal and has a plurality of wires. The ribbon cable defines a sensing region on the plane by a plurality of bends. The coupling device is utilized to couple the wires at the first terminal and the second terminal such that the wires form a circuit with a plurality of turns wound by a single conducting wire. A touch input device is further provided in the present invention.Type: GrantFiled: January 10, 2014Date of Patent: October 27, 2015Assignee: WALTOP INTERNATIONAL CORP.Inventors: Chung Fuu Mao, Chia Jui Yeh, Chien Chia Lien
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Patent number: 9158394Abstract: A stylus provided in the present invention is utilized to input accompanying with a capacitive touch panel. The stylus includes a housing, a magnetic core and a pen tip. The magnetic core is disposed inside the housing. The magnetic core has an axial through hole which defines a bore diameter. The pen tip is disposed at an end of the housing, and the pen tip is made of conductor. The pen tip has a rod portion and a contacting portion. The rod portion is inserted into the axial through hole, and the contacting portion protrudes from the pen shell. The contacting portion has a cylindrical surface and a part spherical surface. The cylindrical surface defines a first diameter; the part spherical surface defines a second diameter. The first diameter is less than the second diameter, and the first diameter is greater than or equal to the bore diameter.Type: GrantFiled: May 2, 2014Date of Patent: October 13, 2015Assignee: WALTOP INTERNATIONAL CORP.Inventors: Chung Fuu Mao, Chia Jui Yeh, Chien Chia Lien
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Publication number: 20150109541Abstract: An induction coil of a touch input device provided in the present invention includes a ribbon cable and a coupling device. The ribbon cable is disposed on a plane, and the ribbon cable has a first terminal and a second terminal and has a plurality of wires. The ribbon cable defines a sensing region on the plane by a plurality of bends. The coupling device is utilized to couple the wires at the first terminal and the second terminal such that the wires form a circuit with a plurality of turns wound by a single conducting wire. A touch input device is further provided in the present invention.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 10, 2014Publication date: April 23, 2015Applicant: WALTOP INTERNATIONAL CORP.Inventors: CHUNG FUU MAO, CHIA JUI YEH, CHIEN CHIA LIEN
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Publication number: 20150109239Abstract: A stylus provided in the present invention is utilized to input accompanying with a capacitive touch panel. The stylus includes a housing, a magnetic core and a pen tip. The magnetic core is disposed inside the housing. The magnetic core has an axial through hole which defines a bore diameter. The pen tip is disposed at an end of the housing, and the pen tip is made of conductor. The pen tip has a rod portion and a contacting portion. The rod portion is inserted into the axial through hole, and the contacting portion protrudes from the pen shell. The contacting portion has a cylindrical surface and a part spherical surface. The cylindrical surface defines a first diameter; the part spherical surface defines a second diameter. The first diameter is less than the second diameter, and the first diameter is greater than or equal to the bore diameter.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 2, 2014Publication date: April 23, 2015Applicant: WALTOP INTERNATIONAL CORP.Inventors: CHUNG FUU MAO, Chia Jui Yeh, Chien Chia Lien
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Publication number: 20140375599Abstract: A touch input system provided in the present invention includes a touch panel, a conducting coil, and an electromagnetic pen. The touch panel has a sensing area and a marginal area. The conducting coil is disposed on the touch panel. The conducting coil has a circuit with a plurality of turns wound by a conductive wire, and the circuit with the plurality of turns is located at the marginal area and surrounds the sensing area. The electromagnetic pen is utilized to transmit an electromagnetic signal to the conducting coil for performing a detection of a touch pressure. The electromagnetic pen includes a pen tip which is utilized to contact the sensing area for performing a detection of a touch position, and the pen tip is a conductor. A touch input method is further provided in the present invention.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 17, 2013Publication date: December 25, 2014Applicant: WALTOP INTERNATIONAL CORP.Inventors: CHUNG FUU MAO, CHIA JUI YEH, CHENGPENG KUAN
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Publication number: 20140368362Abstract: A method for determining an incline angle of an electromagnetic pointer is provided. The electromagnetic pointer is positioned on or above a digitizer which has a plurality of loop antennas. The method comprises steps of: locating a peak-value loop antenna which has a maximum inductive signal value; scanning plural loop antennas that are near to the peak-value loop antenna so as to obtain a signal distribution; simulating at least two signal curves by using signal values sensed by the peak-value loop antenna and the neighboring loop antennas; calculating a rate of change between every two signal curves; and determining an incline angle of the electromagnetic pointer by looking up a conversion table with the calculated rate of change. The present invention only needs to scan five to seven loop antennas to determine the incline angle, thereby increasing the efficiency of incline angle determination.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 20, 2013Publication date: December 18, 2014Applicant: WALTOP INTERNATIONAL CORP.Inventor: Tung-Chuan Huang
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Patent number: 8912927Abstract: A method for determining an incline angle of an electromagnetic pointer is provided. The electromagnetic pointer is positioned on or above a digitizer which has a plurality of loop antennas. The method comprises steps of: locating a peak-value loop antenna which has a maximum inductive signal value; scanning plural loop antennas that are near to the peak-value loop antenna so as to obtain a signal distribution; simulating at least two signal curves by using signal values sensed by the peak-value loop antenna and the neighboring loop antennas; calculating a rate of change between every two signal curves; and determining an incline angle of the electromagnetic pointer by looking up a conversion table with the calculated rate of change. The present invention only needs to scan five to seven loop antennas to determine the incline angle, thereby increasing the efficiency of incline angle determination.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2013Date of Patent: December 16, 2014Assignee: Waltop International Corp.Inventor: Tung-Chuan Huang
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Patent number: 8338969Abstract: A serial advanced technology attachment (SATA) interface storage device. The SATA interface storage device can be used in cooperation with an electrical apparatus and comprises a substrate, a chip set, a SATA interface and a shell. The substrate has a first surface, a second surface corresponding to the first surface and a plurality of connectors between the first surface and the second surface. The chip set is disposed on the first surface. The SATA interface is disposed on the second surface and is electrically connected to the chip set via a part of the connectors so that the electrical apparatus may be electrically connected to the chip set via the SATA interface to access the chip set. The shell has a width and a thickness and defines a receiving space for receiving the substrate, the chip set and the SATA interface, where the width and the thickness conform to a micro-memory card standard.Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 2010Date of Patent: December 25, 2012Assignee: Waltop International Corp.Inventors: I-An Chen, Wen-Chieh Lee
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Patent number: 8124892Abstract: An electromagnetic manuscript input apparatus and a method thereof are provided for a manuscript input function. The electromagnetic manuscript input apparatus includes an electromagnetic pen and a digitizer. The digitizer includes a plurality of antennas and windings orthogonally distributed for inducing the electromagnetic waves of the electromagnetic pen. According to the electromagnetic manuscript input method, a controller of the digitizer is used to perform a whole region scanning process to find out a position of a winding having a maximum induction potential, and further find out positions of two immediately adjacent windings. An operation equation directly derived from a Gauss distribution is provided for calculating the coordinates of the electromagnetic pen on the digitizer based on the three positions and their corresponding induction potentials.Type: GrantFiled: November 3, 2008Date of Patent: February 28, 2012Assignee: WALTOP International Corp.Inventor: Chia-Jui Yeh
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Patent number: 7843440Abstract: A scrolling electronic whiteboard is provided, including a thin-film antenna board, at least an electromagnetic signal transmitter, a main control board, and a scrolling mechanism cassette. The scrolling mechanism cassette is for providing the housing of the thin-film antenna board to scroll and extend by pulling. The thin-film antenna board can be entirely scrolled and housed inside the scrolling mechanism cassette. The electromagnetic signal transmitter includes a resonant circuit for transmitting an electromagnetic signal of a specific frequency to determine the length of the thin-film antenna board being pulled outside of the scrolling mechanism cassette. The main control board is for receiving the antenna loop signals of the thin-film antenna board, and the electromagnetic signals of each electromagnetic signal transmitters.Type: GrantFiled: June 13, 2007Date of Patent: November 30, 2010Assignee: WALTOP International Corp.Inventors: Chin-Yen Chen, Chia-Jui Yeh
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Patent number: 7358964Abstract: A multi-induction loop layout of an electromagnetic inductive system is disclosed. The multi-induction loop layout of the invention comprises a plurality of inductive loops, one terminal of each inductive loop connecting to a loop switch, and the other terminal connecting to the common node. Every logical inductive loop is a relative close inductive loop, the relative close inductive loop possessing a plurality of -type sections, forming a sawtooth-shaped region and corresponding to and closing each other to form a plurality of close-like regions. The form of which gradually approaches the multi-induction loop layout.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2002Date of Patent: April 15, 2008Assignee: Waltop International Corp.Inventors: Ching-Chuan Chao, Chung-Wen Hsu
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Patent number: 7319458Abstract: A multifunction electronic device with function comparable to joystick and tablet, comprising: an electromagnetic signal emitting unit, having an electromagnetic signal emitter arranged at the bottom thereof; a supporting frame, for fixing and supporting the electromagnetic signal emitting unit at a position over an electromagnetic signal receiving unit while allowing the same to be tilted and spun freely; the electromagnetic signal receiving unit, having a sensing circuit disposed therein for receiving the signals emitted from the electromagnetic signal emitter, capable of executing an operation with respect to the received signals for obtaining a coordinate of movement corresponding to the electromagnetic signal emitting unit while converting the coordinate of movement into electronic signal and transmitting the converted electronic signal to a computer; wherein, the cooperative operating of the electromagnetic signal emitting unit and the electromagnetic signal receiving unit is functioned as a digitizingType: GrantFiled: December 29, 2004Date of Patent: January 15, 2008Assignee: WALTOP International Corp.Inventors: Chen Chih An, Chen Pin, Wang Chiu Ting
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Patent number: 7176907Abstract: The invention, an improved device and method for the pointer system of a digitizer tablet, is to repetitiously emit signals sequentially from a specific set of inductive loop when the position pointed by the wireless pointer device is located within a range formed by this specific set of inductive loop induced most intensively during a locally scanning process. After a transient energy storage of the wireless pointer device, corresponding resonant signals are emitted out and are received sequentially by several sets of inductive loop located on the digitizer tablet in the neighborhood of this specific set of inductive loop and, by these signals, the wireless pointer device's coordinate position on the digitizer tablet is calculated out relatively.Type: GrantFiled: October 23, 2002Date of Patent: February 13, 2007Assignee: Waltop International Corp.Inventors: Ching-Chuan Chao, Chung-Wen Hsu
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Patent number: 7153016Abstract: This invention discloses a package for a liquid crystal display with the electromagnetic module. This invention provides a package for the liquid crystal display with the electromagnetic module, the package for the liquid crystal display with the electromagnetic module comprises: a lightguide sub-module, an electromagnetic sub-module and a package sub-module; the electromagnetic sub-module further comprises an antenna circuit board with the connectors, a control device; and further the package sub-module comprises a first package-cover and a second package-cover, wherein the first package-cover comprises an opening of an about equivalent lightguide area of the lightguide sub-module, the surface of the second package-cover comprises the second openings. Furthermore, the backlight module with the electromagnetic module in the present invention utilizes a sidewall-fixed method to fix the inside devices.Type: GrantFiled: April 24, 2003Date of Patent: December 26, 2006Assignee: Waltop International Corp.Inventor: Chih-An Chen