TOUCH-BASED APPARATUS AND METHOD THEREOF

• US 20090102804A1
• Filed: 12/29/2007
• Published: 04/23/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 10/17/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Hong Fu Jin Precision Industry (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd. (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.), Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Hong Fu Jin Precision Industry (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd. (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.), Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: ZHOU, YU-CUI, LU, XIN, WONG, SHIH-FANG
• Application Number:
  US11/967,095
• Publication Number:
  US 20090102804A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/173
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04806 Zoom, i.e. interaction techniques or interactors for controlling the zooming operation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/03547 Touch pads, in which fingers can move on a surface
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures

Abstract

A touch-based apparatus includes a display screen, a sensitive screen, and a micro processing unit. The sensitive screen and the display screen are coupled to the micro processing unit. The display screen is used for displaying images or icons. The sensitive screen is used for detecting positional coordinate of the touched portion. The micro processing unit is used for calculating an area of the touched portion according to the positional coordinate, and adjusting a display ratio of the images and icons based on the calculated areas.

Claims

1. A touch-based apparatus, comprising:

a display screen for displaying images thereon;

a sensitive screen sensing touching inputs at a touched portion of the sensitive screen to produce electrical signals representing positional coordinates of the touched portion in response to the touching inputs; and

a micro processing unit coupled with the display screen and the sensitive screen, the micro processing unit calculating an area of the touched portion according to the electrical signals, and deriving a display ratio of the images corresponding to the calculated areas of the touched portion.

2. The touch-based apparatus described in claim 1, wherein the sensitive screen is superposed on the display screen.

3. The touch-based apparatus as described in claim 1, wherein the touching inputs are inputted by a finger of a user.

4. The touch-based apparatus as described in claim 1, wherein the touching inputs are inputted by a stylus.

5. The touch-based apparatus as described in claim 1, wherein the display ratio of the images are controlled by touching force exerted on the sensitive screen.

6. The touch-based apparatus as described in claim 5, wherein the display ratio is associated with a touching force range.

7. The touch-based apparatus as described in claim 1, wherein the touch-based apparatus further comprises an input key, the input key is pushed or released to enable or disable controlling the display ratio based on the calculated area of the touched portion.

8. The touch-based apparatus as described in claim 1, wherein the area of the touched portion is calculated by describing the touched portion as a circle.

9. The touch-based apparatus as described in claim 1, wherein the area of the touched portion is calculated by describing the touched portion as an ellipse.

10. The touch-based apparatus as described in claim 1, wherein the area of the touched portion is calculated by counting pixel numbers of the touched portion.

11. A method for performing zoom control to images of a touch-based apparatus, the touch-based apparatus comprising a sensitive screen and a display screen, the method comprising:

detecting positional coordinates of a touched portion;

calculating an area of the touched portion based on the positional coordinates; and

deriving a display ratio of the images or icons based on the calculated area of the touched portion.

12. The method as described in claim 11, further comprising:

receiving a signal for determining whether enabling or disabling the zoom control of the images.

13. The method as described in claim 11, further comprising:

resuming the images to a default display ratio if the zoom control is disabled.

14. The method as described in claim 11, further comprising:

detecting touching force exerted on the sensitive screen; and

calculating the display ratio of the images or icons based on the area of the touched portion and the touching force exerted thereto simultaneously.

15. The method as described in claim 11, wherein the action of calculating an area of the touched portion is implemented by describing the touched portion as a circle.

16. The method as described in claim 11, wherein the action of calculating an area of the touched portion is implemented by describing the touched portion as an ellipse.

17. The method as described in claim 11, wherein the action of calculating an area of the touched portion is implemented by counting pixel numbers of the touched portion.

18. A method for performing zoom control to images of a touch-based apparatus, the touch-based apparatus comprising a sensitive screen and a display screen, the method comprising:

detecting a touching force exerted on the sensitive screen;

calculating a display ratio based on the touching force; and

enlarging the images with the display ratio.

19. The method as described in claim 18, further comprising:

detecting positional coordinates of a touched portion;

calculating an area of the touched portion based on the positional coordinates; and

adjusting the display ratio based on the calculated area of the touched portion.