Adaptive user input device
First Claim
1. A user input device for use with a controlled device, comprising:
- a substrate;
a plurality of sensing electrodes disposed separately on or in the substrate for sensing an object; and
a controller electrically coupled to the sensing electrodes and stored therein at least one virtual key allocation table, wherein the controller executes a converting operation to generate a sensed object information according to a capacitance data realized from the sensing electrodes, and generates an input command associated with a specified key in the virtual key allocation table, which corresponds to the sensed object information, for controlling the controlled device,wherein the virtual key allocation table is revisable to change number and definition of keys.
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Abstract
A user input device for use with a controlled device. The user input device includes a substrate; a plurality of sensing electrodes disposed separately on or in the substrate for sensing an object; and a controller electrically coupled to the sensing electrodes and stored therein at least one virtual key allocation table, wherein the controller executes a converting operation to generate a sensed object information according to a capacitance data realized from the sensing electrodes, and generates an input command associated with a specified key in the virtual key allocation table, which corresponds to the sensed object information, for controlling the controlled device. The same sensed object information can be designed to correspond to keys of different definition under different virtual key allocation tables, and/or derive different input commands in different operational.
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28 Claims
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1. A user input device for use with a controlled device, comprising:
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a substrate; a plurality of sensing electrodes disposed separately on or in the substrate for sensing an object; and a controller electrically coupled to the sensing electrodes and stored therein at least one virtual key allocation table, wherein the controller executes a converting operation to generate a sensed object information according to a capacitance data realized from the sensing electrodes, and generates an input command associated with a specified key in the virtual key allocation table, which corresponds to the sensed object information, for controlling the controlled device, wherein the virtual key allocation table is revisable to change number and definition of keys. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method of controlling a controlled device with a user input device, comprising steps of:
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generating a sensed object information in response to a touch-sensing operation on or above the user input device; generating an input command according to the sensed object information and a converting rule; and transmitting both the input command and the sensed object information to the controlled device, which conducts a specified operation according to the input command and/or the sensed object information, wherein the sensed object information is a raw data or a series of raw data generated at different time points. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A touch-sensing control system, comprising:
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a user input device, comprising; a touch sensor sensing a touch-sensing operation of an object on or above the user input device; and a conversion module in communication with the touch sensor, generating a first input command according to a sensed object information realized from the touch sensor in response to the touch-sensing operation and a converting rule; and at least one controlled device receiving both the input command and the sensed object information from the user input device, and conducting a specified operation according to the input command and/or the sensed object information, wherein the sensed object information is a raw data or a series of raw data generated at different time points. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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