A transmitter comprising: a signal modulator for transmitting electrical signals via an electrode, wherein the electrical signals carry a message representing a signal value; and a controller, coupled to the signal modulator, configured for having the signal modulator transmitting the electrical signals with a first duty cycle in a reference signal time period and transmitting the electrical signals with a second duty cycle in a modulation signal time period, wherein a first ratio corresponding to the second duty cycle and the first duty cycle is corresponding to the signal value, wherein the lengths of the reference signal time period and the modulation signal time period are the same, and wherein the maximum amplitudes of the electrical signals during the reference signal time period and the modulation signal time period are the same.

A method for comprises determining, for an interaction between a user computing device and the interactive computing device, an interaction type. The method further comprises determining a plurality of data types for supporting the interaction based on the interaction type. The method further comprises determining available communication types of a plurality of communication types for supporting the interaction. The method further comprises determining a first data type is restricted to transmitting via a screen to screen (STS) communication. The method further comprises determining a second data type of the plurality of data types is allowed for transmitting via a second communication type. When the available communication types include STS communication and the second communication type, facilitating execution of the interaction utilizing the STS communication for transmitting data having the first data type and utilizing the second communication type for data having the second data type.

Techniques for sharing across environments are described. Generally, different types of input may be employed to share content, such as using a pen, a stylus, a finger, touchless gesture input, and so forth. According to various embodiments, content may be shared between devices in local proximity, and/or between devices that are remote from one another. In at least some embodiments, content is shared based on an identity of a sharing user and/or sharing device.

A method for controlling an electronic device by an input device, and an input device is disclosed. The method includes: controlling, by the input device, an electronic device by using a touch apparatus when the input device detects that the input device is in contact with the touch apparatus of the electronic device; and when the input device detects that the input device is in contact with an object surface beyond the touch apparatus of the electronic device, detecting, by the input device, a motion of the input device on the object surface, and sending information about the motion to the electronic device, to control the electronic device.

The present disclosure relates to a display device capable of performing a touch input by a touch input device, and a touch input system including the same. According to an embodiment of the disclosure, a display device comprising a display unit comprising a plurality of emission areas, a plurality of touch electrodes disposed between the plurality of emission areas to sense a touch, a plurality of code patterns formed by covering a part of a front surface of at least one of the plurality of touch electrodes with a predetermined code shape, and a plurality of light-blocking patterns formed on at least one of the plurality of touch electrodes on which the plurality of code patterns is not formed, to block light, wherein the plurality of light-blocking patterns is formed by covering at least one of a front surface and side surfaces of the at least one touch electrode with a predetermined pattern shape.

An e-pen includes e-pen sensor electrodes (including a first and a second e-pen sensor electrode) and drive-sense circuits (DSCs) (including a first DSC and a second DSC. The first DSC drives a first e-pen signal having a first frequency via a first single line coupling to the first e-pen sensor electrode and simultaneously senses, via the first single line, the first e-pen signal. Based on e-pen/touch sensor device interaction, the first e-pen signal is coupled into at least one touch sensor electrode of the touch sensor device. The first DSC process the first e-pen signal to generate a first digital signal representative of a first electrical characteristic of the first e-pen sensor electrode. Similarly, the second DSC drives a second e-pen signal having a second frequency via a second single line coupling to the second e-pen sensor electrode and simultaneously senses, via the second single line, the second e-pen signal.

A touch display device may include a touch panel configured to be time-divisionally driven in touch sensing and display periods by a synchronization signal and including touch electrodes, and a touch driver to drive the touch panel. The touch driver may include: a touch sensing circuit to supply a touch driving signal to the touch electrodes, to receive an analog touch sensing signal from the touch electrodes, and to sample an integral value of the analog touch sensing signal to output a digital sensing data; a touch control circuit to generate a pulse width modulation (PWM) signal and to receive the digital sensing data to determine a touch; and a timing control circuit to provide an output signal to the touch sensing circuit to control a sampling timing of the integral value of the analog touch sensing signal.

An electronic device according to various embodiments disclosed in this document may include: a display panel; a recognition member disposed under the display panel and including a conductive pattern to recognize a signal from a pen input device; a first shielding member disposed under the recognition member; and a second shielding member disposed under the first shielding member and made of a material different than the first shielding member, wherein the second shielding member includes a component region corresponding to at least one electronic component disposed under the second shielding member, and wherein at least a portion of the second shielding member is removed from the component region.

A touch control system includes: a touch panel; an active pen having a plurality of functions, the functions being used for controlling the active pen or the touch panel and initiated only by at least one voice signal, the active pen including: a voice receiving module configured to receive the at least one voice signal; a voice analyzing module configured to analyze the at least one voice signal to generate a controlling command; and a control module configured to determine that the controlling command is configured to control the active pen or the touch panel; and a touch controller electrically connected to the touch panel and receive, in response to the controlling command being configured to control the touch panel, the controlling command.

An inductive position detector for stylus position measurement in a scanning probe comprises a coil board configuration located along a central axis in the probe. The coil board configuration includes a field generating coil configuration and top and bottom axial and rotary sensing coil configurations. The field generating coil configuration generates a changing magnetic flux, and coil signals indicate conductive disruptor element and/or stylus positions. At least one misalignment compensation element is configured to reduce a signal offset that results from a misalignment of at least one coil of the coil board configuration (e.g., the coil board configuration may comprise a printed circuit board with a plurality of layers in which the coils are located and the misalignment of the at least one coil may result from a registration error, such as within manufacturing tolerances, in a layer to layer registration as part of a fabrication process).