TOUCH SCREEN APPARATUS AND DIGITAL EQUIPMENT HAVING THE SAME, AND COMMAND-INPUT METHOD THEREOF
First Claim
1. A touch screen apparatus comprising:
- an input unit having a sensing unit for recognizing inputs of a user'"'"'s input signals and converting the input signals into electrical signals;
a storage unit to store execution commands corresponding to relative positions of two or more input signals; and
a control unit to receive the input signals from the sensing unit, to retrieve an execution command corresponding to the input signals from the storage unit, and to execute the retrieved execution command.
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a touch screen apparatus and a method of inputting a user command through the apparatus. A touch screen apparatus of the present invention comprises an input unit 10 having a sensing unit 12 for recognizing user'"'"'s touches and converting the touches into electrical signals; a storage unit 30 for storing execution commands corresponding to relative positions of the successive touches; and a control unit 20 for receiving the signals from the sensing unit 12 and executing an execution command retrieved from the storage unit. According to the present invention constructed as such, a variety of execution commands can be inputted without using a pattern of touches rather than an input area narrowly partitioned in a screen space.
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1. A touch screen apparatus comprising:
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an input unit having a sensing unit for recognizing inputs of a user'"'"'s input signals and converting the input signals into electrical signals; a storage unit to store execution commands corresponding to relative positions of two or more input signals; and a control unit to receive the input signals from the sensing unit, to retrieve an execution command corresponding to the input signals from the storage unit, and to execute the retrieved execution command. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A digital equipment comprising:
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a touch screen; an input unit to recognize at least two touches to the touch screen; a storage unit to store execution commands corresponding to information pertaining to the at least two touches to the touch screen; and a control unit to retrieve an execution command corresponding to the at least two touches from the storage unit based on the information pertaining to the at least two touches, and to execute the retrieved execution command. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method of controlling a touch screen, comprising:
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determining whether at least two input signals are inputted; if it is determined that at least two input signals are inputted, determining relative positions of the input signals based on reference position information contained in the input signals; retrieving an execution command based on the determined relative positions of the input signals; and executing the retrieved execution command. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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