Cursor generation system, cursor generation method, and non-transitory computer readable storage medium

• US 10,324,546 B2
• Filed: 10/26/2016
• Issued: 06/18/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 07/29/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Chicony Electronics Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Chicony Electronics Company Limited
• Inventors: Yao, Shun-Yi, Wang, Yi-Hung
• Primary Examiner(s): Danielsen, Nathan
• Application Number:
  US15/334,944
• Publication Number:
  US 20180032154A1
• Time in Patent Office: 965 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/0382 Plural input, i.e. interface arrangements in which a plurality of input device of the same type are in communication with a PC
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/0383 Remote input, i.e. interface arrangements in which the signals generated by a pointing device are transmitted to a PC at a remote location, e.g. to a PC in a LAN
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/0384 Wireless input, i.e. hardware and software details of wireless interface arrangements for pointing devices
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0346 with detection of the device orientation or free movement in a 3D space, e.g. 3D mice, 6-DOF [six degrees of freedom] pointers using gyroscopes, accelerometers or tilt-sensors
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/03542 Light pens for emitting or receiving light
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/03545 Pens or stylus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/038 Control and interface arrangements therefor, e.g. drivers or device-embedded control circuitry
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0383 Signal control means within the pointing device
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04817 using icons graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/08 Cursor circuits

Abstract

A cursor generation system includes a digital pen and a computer device. The digital pen includes recognition information, a first wireless communication module, and a displacement sensor. The first wireless communication module is for transmitting a mating request signal, the recognition information, and the displacement information. The computer device includes a cursor application, a processer, a second wireless communication module, and a display. The second wireless communication module mates with the first wireless communication module to receive the recognition information and the displacement information. The processer executes the cursor application corresponding to the recognition information to register a vendor-defined usage page associated with the digital pen. The processor executes the cursor application to generate a cursor icon displaying on the display according to the vendor-defined usage page, reads the displacement information, and controls the shifting and displaying of the cursor icon on the display according to the vendor-defined usage page.

Claims

1. A cursor generation system, comprising:

a digital pen comprising recognition information, a first wireless communication module, and a displacement sensor, the first wireless communication module being electrically connected to the displacement sensor, the displacement sensor detecting displacements of the digital pen in three-dimensional space to obtain displacement information, the first wireless communication module being for transmitting a mating request signal, the recognition information, and the displacement information; and

a computer device comprising a cursor application, a processer, a second wireless communication module, and a display, the cursor application being associated with the recognition information of the digital pen, the processor being respectively electrically connected to the second wireless communication module and the display, the second wireless communication module receiving the mating request signal and mating with the first wireless communication module to wirelessly receive the recognition information and the displacement information,

wherein the processer executes the cursor application corresponding to the recognition information to register a vendor-defined usage page associated with the digital pen, wherein the processor executes the cursor application to generate a cursor icon displaying on the display according to the vendor-defined usage page, wherein the processor reads the displacement information and controls the shifting and displaying of the cursor icon on the display according to the vendor-defined usage page and the displacement information;

wherein the processor further executes the cursor application to detect a display resolution of an extended display, wherein the extended display is connected to the computer device, and the cursor application is respectively set with different cursor shift velocities corresponding to different display resolutions of the extended display, wherein the cursor application further controls the shifting and displaying of another cursor icon on the extended display according to the cursor shift velocity corresponding to the display resolution.

2. The cursor generation system of claim 1, wherein the displacement information comprises a coordinate position or a displacement amount.

3. The cursor generation system of claim 1, wherein the digital pen further comprises an activation switch, and the cursor application generates the cursor on the display according to the vendor-defined usage page when the activation switch is activated.

4. The cursor generation system of claim 3, wherein the activation switch is connected to the first wireless communication module, and the first wireless communication module transmits the displacement information when the activation switch is activated.

5. The cursor generation system of claim 1, wherein the computer device further comprises a built-in generic desktop usage page, the processor further generates a mouse cursor icon displaying on the display together with the cursor icon according to the generic desktop usage page in response to an input of a generic control device.

6. The cursor generation system of claim 1, wherein the computer device further comprises a built-in generic desktop usage page, the processor selectively alters to generate a mouse cursor icon displaying on the display according to the generic desktop usage page in response to an altering signal transmitted by the first wireless communication module, and the processor reads the displacement information and controls the shifting and displaying of the mouse cursor icon on the display according to the generic desktop usage page;

or the processor selectively returns to execute the cursor application to generate the cursor icon displaying on the display according to the vendor-defined usage page in response to a returning signal transmitted by the first wireless communication module, and the processor reads the displacement information and controls the shifting and displaying of the cursor icon on the display according to the vendor-defined usage page.

7. The cursor generation system of claim 1, wherein the processor further executes the cursor application to calculate a displacement velocity of the digital pen according to the displacement information, the cursor application is respectively set with different cursor velocities corresponding to different displacement velocities, and the cursor application controls the shifting and displaying of the cursor icon on the display according to the cursor velocities corresponding to the displacement velocities.

8. The cursor generation system of claim 1, wherein the processor further executes the cursor application to set a movable range of the cursor icon on the display.

9. A cursor generation method, comprising:

receiving a mating request signal transmitted by a first wireless communication module of a digital pen by a computer device, wherein a second wireless communication module of the computer device receives the mating request signal and mates with the first wireless communication module, wherein the digital pen comprises a recognition information;

executing a cursor application corresponding to the recognition information to register a vendor-defined usage page associated with the digital pen by the computer device;

executing the cursor application to generate a cursor icon displaying on a display according to the vendor-defined usage page by the computer device;

receiving a displacement information from the digital pen by the second wireless communication module, the displacement information is obtained by a displacement sensor detecting displacements of the digital pen in three-dimensional space, wherein the computer device executes the cursor application to read the displacement information and control the shifting and displaying of the cursor icon on the display according to the vendor-defined usage page and the displacement information;

executing the cursor application to detect a display resolution of an extended display by the computer device, wherein the extended display is connected to the computer device, and the cursor application is set with different cursor shift velocities corresponding to different display resolutions of the extended display; and

executing the cursor application to control the shifting and displaying of another cursor icon on the extended display according to the cursor shift velocity corresponding to the display resolution by the computer device.

10. The cursor generation method of claim 9, wherein the first wireless communication module transmits the displacement information when an activation switch of the digital pen is activated.

11. The cursor generation method of claim 9 further comprising:

generating a mouse cursor icon displaying on the display together with the cursor icon according to a generic desktop usage page in response to an input of a generic control device by the computer device.

12. The cursor generation method of claim 9 further comprising:

selectively altering to generate a mouse cursor icon displaying on the display according to a generic desktop usage page in response to an altering signal transmitted by the first wireless communication module by the computer device, and reading the displacement information and controlling the shifting and displaying of the mouse cursor icon on the display according to the generic desktop usage page by the computer device;

or selectively returning to execute the cursor application to generate the cursor icon displaying on the display according to the vendor-defined usage page in response to a returning signal transmitted by the first wireless communication module by the computer device, and reading the displacement information and controlling the shifting and displaying of the cursor icon on the display according to the vendor-defined usage page by the computer device.

13. The cursor generation method of claim 9 further comprising:

executing the cursor application to calculate a displacement velocity of the digital pen according to the displacement information by the computer device, wherein the cursor application is respectively set with different cursor velocities corresponding to different displacement velocities; and

executing the cursor application to control the shifting and displaying of the cursor icon on the display according to the cursor velocities corresponding to the displacement velocities by the computer device.

14. The cursor generation method of claim 9 further comprising:

executing the cursor application to calculate a displacement velocity of the digital pen according to the displacement information to generate a first cursor shift velocity correspondingly by the computer device;

executing the cursor application to detect a display resolution of the computer device to generate a second cursor shift velocity correspondingly by the computer device; and

executing the cursor application to generate a cursor displacement amount according to the first cursor shift velocity and the second cursor shift velocity to control the shifting and displaying of the cursor icon on the display by the computer device.

15. The cursor generation method of claim 9 further comprising:

executing the cursor application to set a movable range of the cursor icon on the display by the computer device.

16. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium having a computer program which, when implemented, causes a computer device to carry out a plurality of method steps comprising:

registering a vendor-defined usage page associated with a digital pen, wherein the digital pen is an external device distinct from the computer device;

generating a cursor icon displaying on a display of the computer device according to the vendor-defined usage page;

reading a displacement information from the digital pen and controlling the shifting and displaying of the cursor icon on the display according to the vendor-defined usage page and the displacement information, the displacement information is obtained by a displacement sensor detecting displacements of the digital pen in three-dimensional space;

detecting a display resolution of an extended display, wherein the extended display is connected to the computer device, wherein the display resolution is corresponding to one of a plurality of cursor shift velocities being default; and

controlling the shifting and displaying of another cursor icon on the extended display according to the cursor shift velocity correspondingly to the display resolution.

17. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 16, wherein the method steps further comprise:

calculating a displacement velocity of the digital pen according to the displacement information, wherein the displacement velocity is corresponding to one of a plurality of cursor velocities being default; and

controlling the shifting and displaying of the cursor icon on the display according to the cursor velocity correspondingly to the displacement velocity.

18. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 16, wherein the method steps further comprise:

calculating a displacement velocity of the digital pen according to the displacement information to generate a first cursor shift velocity correspondingly;

detecting a display resolution of the computer device to generate a second cursor shift velocity correspondingly; and

generating a cursor displacement amount according to the first cursor shift velocity and the second cursor shift velocity to control the shifting and displaying of the cursor icon on the display.

19. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 16, wherein the method steps further comprise:

setting a movable range of the cursor icon on the display.