DISPLACEMENT DETECTION APPARATUS AND METHOD

• US 20090160774A1
• Filed: 10/24/2008
• Published: 06/25/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 12/21/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: PixArt Imaging Incorporated
• Original Assignee: PixArt Imaging Incorporated
• Inventors: Chen, Hsin Chia, LEE, Chin Chou
• Application Number:
  US12/258,258
• Publication Number:
  US 20090160774A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/166
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/03543 Mice or pucks G06F3/03541 takes precedence

Abstract

A displacement detection method includes the steps of: capturing a first image and a second image, and obtaining a displacement variation according to the first and the second images; comparing the displacement variation with at least one threshold value; and adaptively adjusting a displacement sensitivity outputted from a displacement detection apparatus according a comparison result of comparing the displacement variation with the threshold value. The present invention further provides a displacement detection apparatus.

Claims

1. A displacement detection method, comprising the steps of:

capturing a first image and a second image, and obtaining a displacement variation according to the first and the second images;

comparing the displacement variation with at least one threshold value; and

adaptively adjusting a displacement sensitivity outputted from a displacement detection apparatus according to a comparison result of comparing the displacement variation with the threshold value.

2. The displacement detection method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising the step of:

transmitting the displacement sensitivity to an image display device to accordingly control the movement of a cursor or an aiming point shown on the image display device.

3. The displacement detection method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the displacement sensitivity comprises a first sensitivity and a second sensitivity higher than the first sensitivity, and the step of adjusting a displacement sensitivity outputted from a displacement detection apparatus further comprises:

outputting the first sensitivity from the displacement detection apparatus when the displacement variation is smaller than the threshold value; and

outputting the second sensitivity from the displacement detection apparatus when the displacement variation is larger than the threshold value.

4. The displacement detection method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the displacement sensitivity comprises a first sensitivity and a second sensitivity higher than the first sensitivity, and the threshold value comprises a rising threshold and a falling threshold lower than the rising threshold, and when the displacement detection apparatus outputs the first sensitivity, the step of adjusting a displacement sensitivity outputted from a displacement detection apparatus further comprises:

outputting the second sensitivity from the displacement detection apparatus when the displacement variation is larger than the rising threshold; and

outputting the first sensitivity from the displacement detection apparatus when the displacement variation is smaller than the rising threshold.

5. The displacement detection method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the displacement sensitivity comprises a first sensitivity and a second sensitivity higher than the first sensitivity, and the threshold value comprises a rising threshold and a falling threshold lower than the rising threshold, and when the displacement detection apparatus outputs the second sensitivity, the step of adjusting a displacement sensitivity outputted from a displacement detection apparatus further comprises:

outputting the second sensitivity from the displacement detection apparatus when the displacement variation is larger than the falling threshold; and

outputting the first sensitivity from the displacement detection apparatus when the displacement variation is smaller than the falling threshold.

6. The displacement detection method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the displacement variation is a sum of the absolute value of a transverse displacement variation and the absolute value of a longitudinal displacement variation.

7. A displacement detection method for adaptively adjusting a displacement sensitivity outputted from a displacement detection apparatus, comprising the steps of:

providing a lookup table representing the relationship between a plurality of threshold values and the displacement sensitivity to be outputted from the displacement detection apparatus;

capturing a first image and a second image, and obtaining a displacement variation according to the first and the second images; and

comparing the displacement variation with the lookup table to adaptively adjust the displacement sensitivity outputted from the displacement detection apparatus.

8. The displacement detection method as claimed in claim 7, further comprising the step of:

transmitting the displacement sensitivity to an image display device to accordingly control the movement of a cursor or an aiming point shown on the image display device.

9. The displacement detection method as claimed in claim 7, wherein the lookup table is drawn as a relationship diagram of the threshold values and the displacement sensitivity to be outputted from the displacement detection apparatus.

10. A displacement detection apparatus, comprising:

an image capturing unit for capturing a first image and a second image and for obtaining a displacement variation according to the first and the second images;

a storage unit storing at least one threshold value;

a sensitivity control unit for adjusting a displacement sensitivity outputted from the displacement detection apparatus; and

a processing unit for comparing the displacement variation with the threshold value and for adaptively controlling the sensitivity control unit to adjust the displacement sensitivity outputted from the displacement detection apparatus according to a comparison result of comparing the displacement variation with the threshold value.

11. The displacement detection apparatus as claimed in claim 10, further comprising a transmission interface unit for transmitting the displacement sensitivity outputted from the displacement detection apparatus to an image display device.

12. The displacement detection apparatus as claimed in claim 11, wherein the image display device is selected from the group consisting of a television, a computer screen, a game machine screen and a projection screen.

13. The displacement detection apparatus as claimed in claim 11, wherein the displacement detection apparatus is electrically or wirelessly coupled to the image display device.

14. The displacement detection apparatus as claimed in claim 10, wherein the displacement detection apparatus is an optical mouse or an optical pointing device.

15. The displacement detection apparatus as claimed in claim 10, wherein a plurality of threshold values are stored in the storage unit and each of the threshold value is corresponded to one displacement sensitivity, wherein the threshold values and the displacement sensitivities form a lookup table.

16. The displacement detection apparatus as claimed in claim 10, wherein a plurality of threshold values are stored in the storage unit and each of the threshold value is corresponded to one displacement sensitivity, wherein the threshold values and the displacement sensitivities form a relationship diagram.