Touch screen interface with feedback

• US 10,078,391 B2
• Filed: 12/27/2017
• Issued: 09/18/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 02/20/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Mobile Communications Incorporated (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Aberg, Peter, Johansson, Magnus, Klinghult, Gunnar, Midholt, Magnus
• Primary Examiner(s): Abdulselam, Abbas I
• Application Number:
  US15/854,856
• Publication Number:
  US 20180121005A1
• Time in Patent Office: 265 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04101 2.5D-digitiser, i.e. digitiser detecting the X/Y position of the input means, finger or stylus, also when it does not touch, but is proximate to the digitiser's interaction surface and also measures the distance of the input means within a short range in the Z direction, possibly with a separate measurement setup
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04105 Pressure sensors for measuring the pressure or force exerted on the touch surface without providing the touch position
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/016 Input arrangements with force or tactile feedback as computer generated output to the user
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures

Abstract

The invention relates to a method and an electric device comprising a screen, cooperating with said screen a sensor for detecting a presence of an object on or close to said screen, a controller and a feedback element. The controller is configured to interpret said presence of the object and calculate a force value and control said feedback element to provide a feedback with respect to the force value.

Claims

1. An electric device comprising:

a force and touch sensitive screen configured to detect a position of a user-controlled device and a force generated by the user-controlled device and output a detection signal based on the position of the user-controlled device and the force generated by the user-controlled device interacting with the force and touch sensitive screen;

a haptic feedback element configured to generate a haptic feedback;

a controller configured to control the haptic feedback element based on the position of the user-controlled device and the force generated by the user-controlled device interacting with the force and touch sensitive screen;

wherein content displayed on the force and touch sensitive screen is adapted based on the detection signal.

2. The device of claim 1, further comprising a first filter element arranged between the force and touch sensitive screen and the controller, wherein the first filter element is configured to filter out the force generated by the user-controlled device interacting with the force and touch sensitive screen from a force generated by the haptic feedback.

3. The device of claim 1, further comprising a signal input to the controller from the feedback element.

4. The device of claim 1, wherein the first filter element is a low pass filter.

5. The device according to claim 1, wherein the force and touch sensitive screen comprises means for generating an electrical signal indicating a positional property of the user-controlled device and an extent property of a mechanical interaction within a sensing zone.

6. The device according to claim 1, further comprising a sensor for capacitive and electric field sensing based on transmitting a signal by means of one or several electrodes and receiving a response with another electrode(s).

7. The device according to claim 1, wherein said controller is configured to define the force on a surface of the screen as a distributed force on an area and thereby determining relation of the screen surface against a surface and adapting the haptic feedback.

8. The device according to claim 1, wherein the feedback further comprises audible and/or visual feedback.

9. The device according to claim 1, wherein the electric device is a multimedia device for displaying images.

10. The electric device of claim 1, wherein the controller is configured to control the amplitude of the haptic feedback based on the force generated by the user-controlled device interacting with the force and touch sensitive screen.

11. The electric device of claim 10, wherein the amplitude of the haptic feedback is proportional to the force generated by the user-controlled device interacting with the force and touch sensitive screen.

12. The electric device of claim 1, wherein the controller is configured to control the frequency of the haptic feedback based on the force generated by the user-controlled device interacting with the force and touch sensitive screen.

13. The electric device of claim 12, wherein the frequency of the haptic feedback is proportional to the force generated by the user-controlled device interacting with the force and touch sensitive screen.

14. The electric device of claim 1, further comprising a second filter element configured to receive a control signal output from the controller, filter the control signal, and output the filtered control signal,

wherein the feedback element is configured to receive the filtered control signal output from the second filter element and generate the haptic feedback based on the filtered control signal.

15. The device of claim 14, wherein said second filter element is a band-pass or high-pass filter.

16. An electric device comprising:

a force and touch sensitive screen configured to detect a position of a user-controlled device and force generated by the user-controlled device and output a detection signal based on the position of the user-controlled device and the force generated by the user controlled device interacting with the force and touch sensitive screen;

a haptic feedback element configured to generate a haptic feedback;

a controller configured to control the haptic feedback element based on the position of the user-controlled device and the force generated by the user-controlled device interacting with the force and touch sensitive screen, wherein the amplitude of the haptic feedback is dependent on the force generated by the user-controlled device interacting with the force and touch sensitive screen;

wherein the detection signal is proportional to a magnitude of the force generated by the user-controlled device interacting with the force and touch sensitive screen;

wherein content displayed on the force and touch sensitive screen is adapted based on the detection signal.

17. The electric device of claim 16, wherein the amplitude of the haptic feedback is proportional to the force generated by the user-controlled device interacting with the force and touch sensitive screen.

18. An electric device comprising:

a force and touch sensitive screen configured to detect a position of a user-controlled device and a force generated by the user-controlled device and output a detection signal based on the position of the user-controlled device and the force generated by the user-controlled device interacting with the force and touch sensitive screen;

a haptic feedback element configured to generate a haptic feedback;

a controller configured to control the haptic feedback element based on the position of the user-controlled device and the force generated by the user-controlled device interacting with the force and touch sensitive screen, wherein the frequency of the haptic feedback is dependent on the force generated by the user-controlled device interacting with the force and touch sensitive screen;

wherein the detection signal is proportional to the force generated by the user-controlled device interacting with the force and touch sensitive screen;

wherein content displayed on the force and touch sensitive screen is adapted based on the detection signal.

19. The electric device of claim 18, wherein the frequency of the haptic feedback is proportional to the force generated by the user-controlled device interacting with the force and touch sensitive screen.

20. A method for controlling haptic feedback for an electronic device, the method comprising:

a controller for controlling a haptic feedback element based on a position of a user-controlled device and a force generated by the user-controlled device interacting with a force and touch sensitive screen, wherein the controller controls the haptic feedback element to produce an amplitude of haptic feedback that is proportional to the force generated by the user controlled device interacting with the force and touch sensitive screen;

wherein the method further comprises adapting content displayed on the force and touch sensitive screen based on the position of the user-controlled device and the force generated by the user-controlled device interacting with the force and touch sensitive screen.

21. The method according to claim 20, the method further comprising the controller controlling the haptic feedback element in accordance with a detection signal received from the force and touch sensitive screen, wherein the detection signal represents a force generated by the user-controlled device interacting with the force and touch sensitive screen.

22. A method for controlling haptic feedback for an electronic device, the method comprising:

a controller for controlling a haptic feedback element based on a position of a user-controlled device and a force generated by the user-controlled device interacting with a force and touch sensitive screen, wherein the controller controls the haptic feedback element to produce a frequency of haptic feedback that is proportional to the force generated by the user-controlled device interacting with the force and touch sensitive screen;

wherein the method further comprises adapting content displayed on the force and touch sensitive screen based on the position of the user-controlled device and the force generate by the user-controlled device interacting with the force and touch sensitive screen.

23. The method according to claim 22, the method further comprising the controller controlling the haptic feedback element in accordance with a detection signal received from the force and touch sensitive screen, wherein the detection signal represents a force generated by the user-controlled device with the force and touch sensitive screen.