Touch scroller

• US 20070030253A1
• Filed: 12/05/2005
• Published: 02/08/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 08/02/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Quanta Computer
• Original Assignee: Quanta Computer
• Inventors: Chang, Jung-Wen, Chu, Cheng-Pu
• Application Number:
  US11/293,304
• Publication Number:
  US 20070030253A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/173
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1601 Constructional details related to the housing of computer displays, e.g. of CRT monitors, of flat displays constructional details related to flat displays integrated in a portable computer, e.g. laptop, handheld computer G06F1/1637; constructional details related to television receivers H04N5/64
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1626 with a single-body enclosure integrating a flat display, e.g. Personal Digital Assistants [PDAs]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/169 the I/O peripheral being an integrated pointing device, e.g. trackball in the palm rest area, mini-joystick integrated between keyboard keys, touch pads or touch stripes G06F1/1643 takes precedence; constructional details of pointing devices G06F3/033
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/0339 Touch strips, e.g. orthogonal touch strips to control cursor movement or scrolling; single touch strip to adjust parameter or to implement a row of soft keys
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/03547 Touch pads, in which fingers can move on a surface

Abstract

A touch scroller for a display is described. The touch scroller has a touch pad disposed beside the display to scroll the displaying image of the display. The touch pad may be constituted by an L-shaped touch pad and disposed at the corner of the display. The touch scroller can control the displayed image of the display by a user'"'"'s finger without any additional tool. Accordingly, the touch scroller can be manufactured under lower cost and improve the operability of the display as compared to stylus-operated scrollers.

Claims

1. A touch scroller for a display, comprising at least a touch pad disposed beside the display to control the scrolling function for displayed contents of the display.

2. The touch scroller of claim 1, wherein the touch pad is an L-shaped touch pad disposed at a comer of the display.

3. A touch scroller for a display, comprising four touch pads disposed at the four comers of the display to control the scrolling function for displayed contents of the display.

4. The touch scroller of claim 3, wherein the touch pads are L-shaped touch pads disposed at the four comers of the display.

5. The touch scroller of claim 3, wherein at least two adjacent touch pads are connected to form a touch pad.

6. The touch scroller of claim 3, wherein at least three adjacent touch pads are connected to form a touch pad.

7. The touch scroller of claim 3, wherein the touch pads surround the screen of the display to form a frame touch pad.

8. A touch scroller for a display, comprising four touch pads disposed on the four sides of the display to control the scrolling function for displayed contents of the display.

9. The touch scroller of claim 8, wherein at least two adjacent touch pads are connected to form a touch pad.

10. The touch scroller of claim 8, wherein at least three adjacent touch pads are connected to form a touch pad.

11. The touch scroller of claim 8, wherein the touch pads surround the screen of the display to form a frame touch pad.