Patent Publication Number: US-11392220-B2

Title: Bidirectional active stylus and sensing system

Description:
BACKGROUND 
     1. Field of Disclosure 
     The present disclosure relates to sensing technologies, and more particularly to a bidirectional active stylus and a sensing system. 
     2. Description of Related Art 
       FIG. 1  is a diagram showing a conventional input output sensing system. The system includes a stylus  10 , a touch pad  12  and a touch controller  14  connected to the touch pad  12 . The stylus  10  includes a body  101 , a cone portion  102  and a tip portion  103  that are connected sequentially. The stylus  10  is an active stylus. Also, the stylus  10  includes a plurality of electrodes used to receive and send signals. As shown in  FIG. 1 , the stylus  10  includes a first emitting (TX 1 ) electrode  112  deployed at the tip portion  103 , and a receiving (RX) electrode  111  and a second emitting (TX 2 ) electrode  113  deployed at the cone portion  102  and located sequentially away from the first emitting electrode  112 . Generally, the receiving electrode  111  is a ring electrode and the first emitting electrode  112  and the second emitting electrode  113  are metal electrodes. By signal transmission between the touch pad  12  and the electrodes  111 ,  112  and  113 , the touch controller  14  can calculate the coordinate and tilt angle of the stylus  10 . 
     Specifically, the touch pad  12  includes a plurality of driving lines (not shown) and a plurality of sensing lines (not shown) that are interlaced with each other. The touch pad  12  and the electrodes  111 ,  112  and  113  on the stylus  10  are capacitively coupled to each other. By sensing capacitance changes for each coordinate on the touch pad  12 , the touch controller  14  can obtain the position of the stylus  10  and the tilt angle of the stylus  10  with respect to the touch pad  12 . 
     In the conventional skills, the touch pad  12  emits a synchronous signal S 0  and the receiving electrode  111  of the stylus  10  receives the synchronous signal S 0 . The first emitting electrode  112  and the second emitting electrode  113  emit signals by taking the synchronous signal S 0  as a time reference. The first emitting electrode  112  on the stylus  10  is closer to the touch pad  12  than the second emitting electrode  113 . Generally, the first emitting electrode  112  emits a first signal E 1 , which will cause capacitance changes on the touch pad  12 . The touch controller  14  senses the capacitance changes for determining the coordinate of the stylus  10  on the touch pad  12 . The second emitting electrode  113  emits a second signal E 2 , which will cause capacitance changes on the touch pad  12 . The touch controller  14  senses the capacitance changes for determining the tilt angle of the stylus  10  with respect to the touch pad  12 . 
     The conventional stylus  10  has the following drawbacks: 
     (1) The receiving electrode  111  of the stylus  10  is too far away from the touch pad  12 . The synchronous signals emitted from the touch pad  12  and received by the receiving electrode  111  are small in amount and are easy to be interfered by noise signals. 
     (2) The receiving electrode  111  of the stylus  10  is disposed at the cone portion  102  where a finger contacts the stylus  10 . The receiving electrode  11  is easy to be covered or interfered by the finger to cause a bad connection. 
     (3) The receiving electrode  111  of the stylus  10  and the touch pad  12  are separated by the first emitting electrode  112 . The first emitting electrode  112  will absorb the synchronous signals emitted by the touch pad  12  so as to decrease an amount of the synchronous signals received by the receiving electrode  111 .
 
(4) The receiving electrode  111 , the first emitting electrode  112  and the second emitting electrode  113  of the stylus  10  are three independent components. This makes the assembling processes complicated. It is easy to have errors in the assembling or increase the possibility of short circuits.
 
     Therefore, there is a need to provide a new solution to solve above problems. 
     SUMMARY 
     The objective of the present disclosure is to provide a bidirectional active stylus and a sensing system, for solving the problem of bad signal receiving performance by a receiving electrode. 
     To achieve above objective, an aspect of the present disclosure provides a bidirectional active pen, including: a body; a cone portion, having a bottom part and a top part, the bottom part of the cone portion having a cross-sectional area greater than that of the top part, the bottom part of the cone portion connecting to the body; and a tip portion, connected to the top part of the cone portion, wherein the tip portion includes: a receiving electrode, located at a distal end of the tip portion away from the cone portion, configured to receive a synchronous signal coming from outside of the stylus; a first emitting electrode, disposed at the tip portion at a position closer to the cone portion than the receiving electrode, configured to emit a first signal based on the synchronous signal received by the receiving electrode, the first signal provided to calculate a coordinate of the tip portion; and a second emitting electrode, disposed at the tip portion at a position far away from the receiving electrode with respect to the first emitting electrode, configured to emit a second signal based on the synchronous signal received by the receiving electrode, the second signal provided to calculate a tilt angle of the stylus. 
     According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the first emitting electrode is disposed between the receiving electrode and the second emitting electrode. 
     According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the receiving electrode, the first emitting electrode and the second emitting electrode of the tip portion are arranged along a straight line along a lengthwise direction of the stylus, and are spaced apart from each other on the straight line with overlap. 
     According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the cone portion has a conductive portion at a position corresponding to the second emitting electrode, and the conductive portion of the cone portion and the second emitting electrode of the tip portion are electrically connected to each other. 
     According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the first signal emitted by the first emitting electrode and the second signal emitted by the second emitting electrode are different in frequency but are emitted at the same time in response to the synchronous signal received by the receiving electrode. 
     According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the first signal emitted by the first emitting electrode and the second signal emitted by the second emitting electrode are different in frequency and are emitted at different time points in response to the synchronous signal received by the receiving electrode. 
     According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the first signal emitted by the first emitting electrode and the second signal emitted by the second emitting electrode have a same frequency but are emitted at different time points in response to the synchronous signal received by the receiving electrode. 
     According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the cone portion has a slot formed inside, the slot has an opening formed at the top part, a part of the tip portion is received in the slot, another part of the tip portion exposes from the opening. 
     In another aspect of the present disclosure provides a bidirectional active pen, including: a body; a cone portion, having a bottom part and a top part, the bottom part of the cone portion having a cross-sectional area greater than that of the top part, the bottom part of the cone portion connecting to the body; and a tip portion, connected to the top part of the cone portion, wherein the tip portion includes: a receiving electrode, located at a distal end of the tip portion away from the cone portion, configured to receive a synchronous signal coming from outside of the stylus; and a first emitting electrode, disposed at the tip portion at a position closer to the cone portion than the receiving electrode, configured to emit a first signal based on the synchronous signal received by the receiving electrode, the first signal provided to calculate a coordinate of the tip portion, wherein the cone portion includes: a second emitting electrode, disposed at the cone portion at a position far away from the receiving electrode with respect to the first emitting electrode, configured to emit a second signal based on the synchronous signal received by the receiving electrode, the second signal provided to calculate a tilt angle of the stylus. 
     According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the first emitting electrode is disposed between the receiving electrode and the second emitting electrode. 
     According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the receiving electrode and the first emitting electrode of the tip portion and the second emitting electrode of the cone portion are arranged along a straight line along a lengthwise direction of the stylus, and are spaced apart from each other on the straight line with overlap. 
     According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the first signal emitted by the first emitting electrode and the second signal emitted by the second emitting electrode are different in frequency but are emitted at the same time in response to the synchronous signal received by the receiving electrode. 
     According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the first signal emitted by the first emitting electrode and the second signal emitted by the second emitting electrode are different in frequency and are emitted at different time points in response to the synchronous signal received by the receiving electrode. 
     According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the first signal emitted by the first emitting electrode and the second signal emitted by the second emitting electrode have a same frequency but are emitted at different time points in response to the synchronous signal received by the receiving electrode. 
     According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the cone portion has a slot formed inside, the slot has an opening formed at the top part, a part of the tip portion is received in the slot, another part of the tip portion exposes from the opening. 
     In still another aspect, the present disclosure provides a sensing system, including: a touch pad; and a bidirectional active stylus, movably contacting the touch pad, wherein the stylus includes: a body; a cone portion, having a bottom part and a top part, the bottom part of the cone portion having a cross-sectional area greater than that of the top part, the bottom part of the cone portion connecting to the body; and a tip portion, connected to the top part of the cone portion, wherein the tip portion includes: a receiving electrode, located at a distal end of the tip portion away from the cone portion, configured to receive a synchronous signal from touch pad; a first emitting electrode, disposed at the tip portion at a position closer to the cone portion than the receiving electrode, configured to emit a first signal based on the synchronous signal received by the receiving electrode, the touch pad sensing the first signal to obtain a coordinate of the tip portion of the stylus on the touch pad; and a second emitting electrode, disposed at the tip portion at a position far away from the receiving electrode with respect to the first emitting electrode, configured to emit a second signal based on the synchronous signal received by the receiving electrode, the touch pad sensing the second signal to obtain a tilt angle of the stylus with respect to the touch pad. 
     Compared to the conventional skills, the stylus of the present disclosure has the following advantages: (1) The receiving electrode of the stylus is close to the touch pad. The synchronous signals emitted from the touch pad and received by the receiving electrode are large in amount, are well received and are not easy to be interfered by noise signals. (2) The receiving electrode of the stylus is disposed at pen tip and thus will not be easy to be covered or interfered by a finger to cause a bad connection. (3) The first emitting electrode of the stylus is disposed above the receiving electrode. The first emitting electrode will not absorb the synchronous signal emitted by the touch pad and thus the quality of synchronous signal received by the receiving electrode is improved in a further step. (4) The receiving electrode, the first emitting electrode and the second emitting electrode of the stylus are integrated into an individual assembly such that the assembling is simple. It is not easy to have errors in the assembling or increase the possibility of short circuits. 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS 
         FIG. 1  is a diagram showing a conventional input output sensing system. 
         FIG. 2  is a diagram showing a sensing system in accordance with the present disclosure. 
         FIG. 3  is a schematic diagram showing an electrode deployment for a stylus in accordance with a first embodiment of the present disclosure. 
         FIG. 4  is a schematic diagram showing an electrode deployment for a stylus in accordance with a second embodiment of the present disclosure. 
         FIG. 5  is a schematic diagram showing an electrode deployment for a stylus in accordance with a third embodiment of the present disclosure. 
         FIG. 6A  is a diagram showing the timing of signals provided on electrodes on a stylus according to an example of the present disclosure. 
         FIG. 6B  is a diagram showing the timing of signals provided on electrodes on a stylus according to another example of the present disclosure. 
         FIG. 6C  is a diagram showing the timing of signals provided on electrodes on a stylus according to still another example of the present disclosure. 
         FIG. 7  is a diagram showing a hardware framework of a stylus according to the present disclosure. 
     
    
    
     
       
         
           
               
               
               
               
             
               
                   
               
             
            
               
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                 stylus 
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                 touch pad 
               
               
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                 touch controller 
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                 stylus 
               
               
                 22 
                 touch pad 
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                 touch controller 
               
               
                 71 
                 micro control unit 
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                 storage 
               
               
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                 power manage unit 
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                 RX analog front-end 
               
               
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                 RX decoder 
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                 first encoder 
               
               
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                 second encoder 
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                 analog-to-digital converter 
               
               
                 81 
                 battery 
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                 inertial measurement unit 
               
               
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                 pressure detector 
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                 body 
               
               
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                 cone portion 
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                 tip portion 
               
               
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                 receiving electrode 
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                 first emitting electrode 
               
               
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                 second emitting electrode 
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                 pen controller 
               
               
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                 body 
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                 cone portion 
               
               
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                 tip portion 
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                 tip cover 
               
               
                 211 
                 receiving electrode 
                 212 
                 first emitting electrode 
               
               
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                 second emitting electrode 
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                 conductive portion 
               
               
                 730 
                 voltage detector 
                 A 
                 enlargement 
               
               
                 S0 
                 synchronous signal 
                 E1 
                 first signal 
               
               
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                 second signal 
               
               
                   
               
            
           
         
       
     
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS 
     To make the objectives, technical schemes, and technical effects of the present disclosure more clearly and definitely, the present disclosure will be described in details below by using embodiments in conjunction with the appending drawings. It should be understood that the specific embodiments described herein are merely for explaining the present disclosure, and as used herein, the term “embodiment” refers to an instance, an example, or an illustration but is not intended to limit the present disclosure. In addition, the articles “a” and “an” as used in the specification and the appended claims should generally be construed to mean “one or more” unless specified otherwise or clear from the context to be directed to a singular form. 
       FIG. 2  is a diagram showing a sensing system in accordance with the present disclosure. The system includes a stylus  20 , a touch pad  22  and a touch controller  24 . The stylus  20  is an active stylus, that is, the stylus  20  itself has a power source and is driven by the power source to receive or emit signals. The touch pad (or called a touch panel)  22  can be a capacitive touch panel, which may be integrated with a display panel to have a display function. The stylus  20  is movable to contact the touch pad  22 . That is, the stylus  20  and the touch pad  22  are two independent components; however, the stylus  20  can move on an external surface of the touch pad  22  to achieve a handwriting function or the like, for example. The touch controller  24  is electrically connected to the touch pad  22  and is configured to calculate the coordinate of a finger or a tip object (or the stylus  20 ) on the touch pad  22  when it touches the touch pad  22 . 
     As shown in  FIG. 2 , the stylus  2  includes a body  201 , a cone portion  202  and a tip portion  203 . The cone portion  202  of the stylus  20  can be shaped as a cone. The cone portion  202  has a bottom part and a top part. The (cross-) sectional area of the bottom part of the cone portion  202  is greater than that of the top part. The body  201  is connected to the bottom part of the cone portion  202  and the tip portion  203  is connected to the top part of the cone portion  202 . Specifically, the cone portion  202  has a slot formed inside. The slot has an opening formed at the top part. A part of the tip portion  203  is received in the slot. Another part of the tip portion  203  exposes from the opening. 
     In addition, the stylus  20  further includes a tip cover  204 , which puts on a distal end of the tip portion  203 . The material of the tip cover  204  can be rubber or plastic. The tip cover  204  can improve comfortable writing on the touch pad  22 . The tip cover  204  is replaceable. Different tip covers  204  can be used to get different handwriting experiences. In addition, the stylus  20  further includes a pen controller  200  disposed inside the stylus  20 . The pen controller  200  is an internal circuit of the stylus  20 . 
       FIG. 3  is a schematic diagram showing an electrode deployment for a stylus  20  in accordance with a first embodiment of the present disclosure.  FIG. 3  is an enlargement of Portion A shown in  FIG. 2 . As shown in  FIG. 3 , a receiving (RX) electrode  211 , a first emitting (TX 1 ) electrode  212  and a second emitting (TX 2 ) electrode  213  are disposed at the tip portion  203  of the stylus  20 . These electrodes  211 ,  212  and  213  can be metal electrodes. The electrodes  211 ,  212  and  213  are spaced apart from each other and are separated by insulators. That is, basically, the electrodes  211 ,  212  and  213  are not electrically connected to each other. 
     Specifically, all of the receiving electrode  211 , the first emitting electrode  212  and the second emitting electrode  213  are located at the tip portion  203 . The receiving electrode  211  is located at a distal end of the tip portion  203  away from the cone portion  202 . The first emitting electrode  212  is disposed at the tip portion  203  at a position closer to the cone portion  202  than the receiving electrode  211 . The second emitting electrode  213  is disposed at the tip portion  203  at a position far away from the receiving electrode  211  with respect to the first emitting electrode  212 . That is, the first emitting electrode  212  is disposed between the receiving electrode  211  and the second emitting electrode  213 . Preferably, the second emitting electrode  213  is totally embedded into the cone portion  202 , the first emitting electrode  212  is partially embedded into the cone portion  202  and the receiving electrode  211  exposes from the cone portion  202 . 
     Specifically, the receiving electrode  211 , the first emitting electrode  212  and the second emitting electrode  213  of the tip portion  203  are arranged along a straight line, following a lengthwise direction of the stylus  20 . The electrodes  211 ,  212  and  213  are separated from each other by insulators. For example, a first insulator is located between the receiving electrode  211  and the first emitting electrode  212  and a second insulator is located between the first emitting electrode  212  and the second emitting electrode  213 . The electrodes  211 ,  212  and  213  are spaced apart from each other along the straight line without overlap. Specifically, the projection of the electrodes  211 ,  212  and  213  on the straight line is not overlapped with each other. 
     The tip portion  203  can be fastened to the cone portion  202  of the stylus  20  by engaging, embedding, fastening with elastic sheets or adhering. The electrodes  211 ,  212  and  213  of the tip portion  203  can be electrically connected to the pen controller  201  inside the stylus  20  by elastic sheets or conductive wires. The pen controller  201  can control signal receiving performed using the receiving electrode  211  and signal transmitting performed using the first emitting electrode  212  and the second emitting electrode  213 . 
     Referring to  FIGS. 2 and 3 , the touch pad  22  includes a plurality of driving lines (not shown) and a plurality of sensing lines (not shown) that are interlaced with each other. The touch pad  22  may also include a plurality of driving electrodes (not shown) and a plurality of sensing electrodes (not shown) that are located at the crossing points of the lines. By using the driving lines and the sensing lines, the touch pad  12  can send signals to the receiving electrode  211  of the stylus  20  and can also receive signals emitted from the first emitting electrode  212  and the second emitting electrode  213 . The touch pad  22  and the electrodes  211 ,  212  and  213  on the stylus  20  are capacitively coupled to each other. By sensing capacitance changes for each coordinate on the touch pad  22 , the touch controller  24  can obtain the position of the stylus  20  and the tilt angle of the stylus  10  with respect to the touch pad  22 . 
     Specifically, the touch pad  22  emits a synchronous signal and the pen controller  200  of the stylus  20  can control the receiving electrode  211  to receive the synchronous signal. The first emitting electrode  212  and the second emitting electrode  213  of the stylus  20  emit signals by taking the synchronous signal received by the receiving electrode  211  as a time reference. 
     The first emitting electrode  212  of the stylus  20  emits a first signal based on the synchronous signal received by the receiving electrode  211 . The first signal emitted by the first emitting electrode  212  causes capacitance changes for a certain range of areas on the touch pad  22 . The touch controller  24  senses the capacitance changes (or detect an image constituted by capacitive values) so as to determine the coordinate (of the tip portion  203 ) of the stylus  20  on the touch pad  22 . 
     The second emitting electrode  213  of the stylus  20  emits a second signal based on the synchronous signal received by the receiving electrode  211 . The second signal emitted by the second emitting electrode  213  causes capacitance changes for a certain range of areas on the touch pad  22 . The touch controller  24  senses the capacitance changes (or detect an image constituted by capacitive values) so as to determine the tilt angle of the stylus  20  with respect to the touch pad  22 . 
     Since the first emitting electrode  212  is closer to the touch pad  22  than the second emitting electrode  213 , using the signals emitted by the first emitting electrode  212  to determine the coordinate of the stylus  20  can obtain a relatively precise coordinate. In some examples, the obtained coordinate of the stylus  20  can also be used to calculate the tilt angle of the stylus  20  with respect to the touch pad  22 . 
     The tilt angle of the stylus  20  can be used (1) to determine brush size in handwriting using the stylus  20 , that is, the more the stylus  20  is tilted, the larger the brush size is, the brush size is presented as a line rather than a dot; and (2) to calibrate the coordinate of the stylus  20  on the touch pad  22 , that is, the obtained coordinate may be deviated from an actual one when the stylus  20  is tilted, a precise coordinate can be obtained by use of the tilt angle of the stylus  20 . 
     Compared to the conventional skills, the stylus  20  of the present disclosure has the following advantages: (1) The receiving electrode  211  of the stylus  20  is close to the touch pad  22 . The synchronous signals emitted from the touch pad  22  and received by the receiving electrode  211  are large in amount, are well received and are not easy to be interfered by noise signals. (2) The receiving electrode  211  of the stylus  20  is disposed at pen tip and thus will not be easy to be covered or interfered by a finger to cause a bad connection. (3) The first emitting electrode  212  of the stylus  20  is disposed above the receiving electrode  211 . The first emitting electrode  212  will not absorb the synchronous signal emitted by the touch pad  22  and thus the quality of synchronous signal received by the receiving electrode  211  is improved in a further step. (4) The receiving electrode  211 , the first emitting electrode  212  and the second emitting electrode  213  of the stylus  20  are integrated into an individual assembly such that the assembling is simple. It is not easy to have errors in the assembling or increase the possibility of short circuits. 
       FIG. 4  is a schematic diagram showing an electrode deployment for a stylus  20  in accordance with a second embodiment of the present disclosure. Compared to the first embodiment, in the second embodiment of the present disclosure, the cone portion  202  has a conductive portion  220  located at a position corresponding to the second emitting electrode  213  of the tip portion  203  and the conductive portion  220  of the cone portion  202  is electrically connected to the second emitting electrode  213  of the tip portion  203 . In such a way, the electrical connection between the pen controller  200  and the second emitting electrode  213  can be achieved by the electrical connection between the pen controller  200  and the cone portion  220  of the cone portion  202 . This simplifies layout complexity. Also, the second signal emitted by the second emitting electrode  213  will not be degenerated by insulating material located at the cone portion  202 . Since the horizontal length of the conductive portion  220  is long, the capacitance change caused on the touch pad  22  is beneficial to measure the tilt angle of the stylus  20 . 
       FIG. 5  is a schematic diagram showing an electrode deployment for a stylus  20  in accordance with a third embodiment of the present disclosure. Compared to the first embodiment, in the second embodiment of the present disclosure, the second emitting electrode  213  is directly disposed at the cone portion  202  (at a position corresponding to the conductive portion  220  of the second embodiment), rather than disposed at the tip portion  203 . The second emitting electrode  213  of the cone portion  202  is disposed at the cone portion  202  at a position far away from the receiving electrode  211  with respect to the first emitting electrode  212 . In such a way, the pen controller  200  is electrically connected to the second emitting electrode  213  of the cone portion  202  directly. This simplifies layout complexity. Also, since the horizontal length of the second emitting electrode  213  of the cone portion  202  is long, this is beneficial to measure the tilt angle of the stylus  20 . 
       FIG. 6A  is a diagram showing the timing of signals provided on electrodes on a stylus  20  according to an example of the present disclosure. As described above, the first emitting electrode  212  and the second emitting electrode  213  of the stylus  20  emit signals by taking the synchronous signal received by the receiving electrode  211  as a time reference. In this example, after the receiving electrode  211  receives the synchronous signal (corresponding to RX), the first emitting electrode  212  and the second emitting electrode  213  emit signals at the same time. That is, the first signal (corresponding to TX 1 ) from the first emitting electrode  212  and the second signal (corresponding to TX 2 ) from the second emitting electrode  213  are emitted at the same time; however, the first signal and the second signal are different from each other by frequency. By analyzing the frequency of received signals, the touch pad  22  (or the touch controller  24 ) can differentiate which signal is emitted by which electrode ( 212  or  213 ). 
       FIG. 6B  is a diagram showing the timing of signals provided on electrodes on a stylus  20  according to another example of the present disclosure. In this example, after the receiving electrode  211  receives the synchronous signal (corresponding to RX), the first emitting electrode  212  and the second emitting electrode  213  emit signals at different time points. That is, the first signal (corresponding to TX 1 ) from the first emitting electrode  212  and the second signal (corresponding to TX 2 ) from the second emitting electrode  213  are emitted at different time points and the first signal and the second signal are different from each other by frequency. By analyzing the frequency of received signals or distinguishing the time points the signals are received, the touch pad  22  (or the touch controller  24 ) can differentiate which signal is emitted by which electrode ( 212  or  213 ). 
       FIG. 6C  is a diagram showing the timing of signals provided on electrodes on a stylus  20  according to still another example of the present disclosure. In this example, after the receiving electrode  211  receives the synchronous signal (corresponding to RX), the first emitting electrode  212  and the second emitting electrode  213  emit signals at different time points. That is, the first signal (corresponding to TX 1 ) from the first emitting electrode  212  and the second signal (corresponding to TX 2 ) from the second emitting electrode  213  are emitted at different time points; however, the first signal and the second signal are of a same frequency. By distinguishing the time points the signals are received, the touch pad  22  (or the touch controller  24 ) can differentiate which signal is emitted by which electrode ( 212  or  213 ). 
       FIG. 7  is a diagram showing a hardware framework of a stylus  20  according to the present disclosure. As shown in  FIG. 7 , the stylus  20  includes a pen controller  200 , which can be implemented by an application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC). The pen controller  200  includes a micro control unit (MCU)  71  and a storage  72 . The storage  72  stores a plurality of instructions executable by the MCU  71 . The storage  72  can be a volatile or non-volatile storage, or have both of a volatile storage and a non-volatile storage. The pen controller  200  further includes a power manage unit  73  configured to manage power supply. The power manage unit  73  has a voltage detector  730 , which can detect whether a battery  81  is connected or not. When the battery  81  is detected to be at low potential, a user is informed to use a new battery to replace the battery  81  or recharge the battery  81 . The battery  81  can be a alkaline battery, a rechargeable Li battery or a rechargeable super capacitor battery. 
     The MCU  71  is connected to a RX analog front-end (AFE)  74  and a RX decoder  75 . The synchronous signal received by the receiving electrode  211  is processed and decoded using the TX AFE  74  and the RX decoder  75  and then transmitted to the MCU  71 . The MCU  71  is also connected to a first encoder  76  for encoding the first signal and then the encoded first signal is emitted by the first emitting electrode  212 . The MCU  71  is also connected to a second encoder  77  for encoding the second signal and then the encoded second signal is emitted by the second emitting electrode  213 . 
     The pen controller  200  further includes a plurality of transmission interfaces, for example, UART, GPIO, SPI and I2C. The pen controller  200  can be connected to an inertial measurement unit (IMU)  82  by SPI and I2C interfaces. The IMU  82  can be a 9-axes sensor. The pen controller  200  may also have a pressure detector  83 , which can be connected to the MCU  71  via an analog-to-digital converter (ADC)  78  of the pen controller  200 . The pressure detector  83  is configured to measure the pressure of a pen tip. 
     While the preferred embodiments of the present disclosure have been illustrated and described in detail, various modifications and alterations can be made by persons skilled in this art. The embodiment of the present disclosure is therefore described in an illustrative but not restrictive sense. It is intended that the present disclosure should not be limited to the particular forms as illustrated, and that all modifications and alterations which maintain the spirit and realm of the present disclosure are within the scope as defined in the appended claims.