Touch display apparatus and operating method thereof

• US 10,216,358 B2
• Filed: 04/27/2014
• Issued: 02/26/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 01/28/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Acer, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Acer, Inc.
• Inventors: Hsieh, Yu-Chi
• Primary Examiner(s): Trapanese, William C
• Application Number:
  US14/262,784
• Publication Number:
  US 20150212690A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,766 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04817 using icons graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text

Abstract

A touch display apparatus and an operating method of the touch display apparatus are provided. An application icon is converted into a corresponding startup gesture icon if a touch operation conforms to an icon conversion operation. Here, the startup gesture icon indicates a gesture operation required for starting up an application corresponding to the startup gesture icon.

Claims

1. A touch display apparatus comprising:

a touch display panel displaying at least one application icon and sensing a touch operation of an input tool;

a storage unit storing a plurality of startup gesture icons; and

a control unit coupled to the touch display panel and the storage unit, if the touch operation conforms to an icon conversion operation, the control unit controlling the touch display panel to convert the at least one application icon into one of the startup gesture icons corresponding to the at least one application icon, wherein the one of the startup gesture icons indicates a touch gesture operation required for starting up an application corresponding to the one of the startup gesture icons, wherein each of the startup gesture icons is displayed inside a range where the corresponding application icon is displayed, and a moving track of the touch gesture operation does not overlap a track displayed on the startup gesture icon of the started application, and a touch area for sensing the touch gesture operation equals to a touch area of the touch display panel, wherein application icons that cannot be touched by fingers of a hand of a user who is holding the touch display apparatus are converted, the application icons that can be touched by the fingers of the hand of the user who is holding the touch display apparatus are not converted.

2. The touch display apparatus as recited in claim 1, wherein after the at least one application icon displayed on the touch display panel is converted into the one of the startup gesture icons corresponding to the at least one application icon, the control unit determines whether the touch display panel senses the touch operation conforming to the touch gesture operation, and the control unit starts up the application corresponding to the touch gesture operation if the touch display panel senses the touch operation conforming to the touch gesture operation.

3. The touch display apparatus as recited in claim 1, wherein if the touch display apparatus performs an initialization process or installs a new application, the control unit further selects one of the startup gesture icons corresponding to the new application installed by the touch display apparatus.

4. The touch display apparatus as recited in claim 1, wherein the icon conversion operation comprises a clicking operation and a sliding operation.

5. The touch display apparatus as recited in claim 1, the control unit further setting the one of the startup gesture icons corresponding to the at least one application icon according to a startup gesture icon setting command.

6. The touch display apparatus as recited in claim 1, wherein after the at least one application icon is converted into the one of the startup gesture icons corresponding to the at least one application icon, the control unit further determines whether the touch display panel does not sense the touch operation conforming to the one of the startup gesture icons after a predetermined period, and the control unit controls the touch display panel to be switched back to display the at least one application icon if the touch display panel does not sense the touch operation conforming to the one of the startup gesture icons after the predetermined period.

7. An operating method of a touch display apparatus, comprising:

detecting a touch operation of an input tool;

determining whether the touch operation conforms to an icon conversion operation;

if the touch operation conforms to the icon conversion operation, controlling the touch display apparatus to convert at least one application icon into one of a plurality of startup gesture icons corresponding to the at least one application icon, wherein the one of the startup gesture icons indicates a touch gesture operation required for starting up an application corresponding to the one of the startup gesture icons;

determining whether the touch display apparatus senses the touch operation conforming to the touch gesture operation; and

starting up the application corresponding to the touch gesture operation if the touch display apparatus senses the touch operation conforming to the touch gesture operation, wherein each of the startup gesture icons is displayed inside a range where the corresponding application icon is displayed, and a moving track of the touch gesture operation does not overlap a track displayed on the startup gesture icon of the started application, and a touch area for sensing the touch gesture operation equals to a touch area of the touch display panel, wherein application icons that cannot be touched by fingers of a hand of a user who is holding the touch display apparatus are converted, the application icons that can be touched by the fingers of the hand of the user who is holding the touch display apparatus are not converted.

8. The operating method of the touch display apparatus as recited in claim 7, wherein the touch display apparatus comprises a storage unit storing the startup gesture icons, and the operating method further comprises:

determining whether the touch display apparatus performs an initialization process or installs a new application; and

if the touch display apparatus performs the initialization process or installs the new application, selecting one of the startup gesture icons corresponding to the new application installed by the touch display apparatus.

9. The operating method of the touch display apparatus as recited in claim 7, wherein the icon conversion operation comprises a clicking operation and a sliding operation.

10. The operating method of the touch display apparatus as recited in claim 7, further comprising:

determining whether a startup gesture icon setting command is received; and

if the startup gesture icon setting command is received, setting the one of the startup gesture icons corresponding to the at least one application icon according to the startup gesture icon setting command.

11. The operating method of the touch display apparatus as recited in claim 7, wherein the step of determining whether the touch display apparatus senses the touch operation conforming to the gesture operation comprises:

determining whether the touch display apparatus does not sense the touch operation conforming to the one of the startup gesture icons after a predetermined period.

12. The operating method of the touch display apparatus as recited in claim 11, further comprising:

if the touch display apparatus does not sense the touch operation conforming to the one of the startup gesture icons after the predetermined period, controlling the touch display apparatus to be switched back to display the at least one application icon.