HAND-HELD ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND COMBINED INPUT METHOD THEREOF

• US 20090231288A1
• Filed: 03/17/2008
• Published: 09/17/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 03/17/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Inventec Corporation
• Original Assignee: Inventec Corporation
• Inventors: LIAO, Chien-Chung
• Application Number:
  US12/049,797
• Publication Number:
  US 20090231288A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/173
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04106 Multi-sensing digitiser, i.e. digitiser using at least two different sensing technologies simultaneously or alternatively, e.g. for detecting pen and finger, for saving power or for improving position detection
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/03547 Touch pads, in which fingers can move on a surface
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/041 Digitisers, e.g. for touch screens or touch pads, characterised by the transducing means
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0416 Control or interface arrangements specially adapted for digitisers

Abstract

A hand-held electronic device comprising a first touch panel module, a second touch panel module and a central processing unit is provided. The first touch panel module generates a first touch signal when touched, transforms the first touch signal into a first digital voltage and outputs the first digital voltage. The second touch panel module generates a second touch signal when touched, transforms the second touch signal into a second digital voltage and outputs the second digital voltage. The central processing unit coupled with the first touch panel module and the second touch panel module receives the first digital voltage and the second digital voltage, performs a function calculation based on the first digital voltage and the second digital voltage to perform a first function, a second function or a third function selectively. Moreover, a combined input method for the hand-held electronic device is also disclosed in specification.

Claims

1. A hand-held electronic device, comprising:

a first touch panel module for generating a first touch signal when touched, transforming the first touch signal into a first digital voltage and outputting the first digital voltage;

a second touch panel module for generating a second touch signal when touched, transforming the second touch signal into a second digital voltage and outputting the second digital voltage; and

a central processing unit coupled with the first touch panel module and the second touch panel module for receiving the first digital voltage and the second digital voltage, performing a function calculation based on the first digital voltage and the second digital voltage to perform a first function, a second function or a third function selectively.

2. The hand-held electronic device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the function calculation comprising:

transforming the first digital voltage and the second digital voltage into a first position data and a second position data.

3. The hand-held electronic device as claimed in claim 2, wherein the function calculation further comprising:

determining whether the second position data is received during a first predetermined period when the central processing unit receives the first position data, and wherein the central processing unit performs the first function when the second position data is not received during the first predetermined period.

4. The hand-held electronic device as claimed in claim 3, wherein the function calculation further comprising

determining whether the first position data is received between a period of receiving two sequential second position data when the first position data is received during the first predetermined period, and the central processing unit performs the second function when the first position data is not received between the period of receiving two sequential second position data.

5. The hand-held electronic device as claimed in claim 4, wherein the function calculation further comprising:

the central processing unit searches for the third function stored in a memory corresponding with the first and second position data when the first position data is received between the period of receiving two sequential second position data, then the central processing unit performs the third function.

6. The hand-held electronic device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first touch panel module comprising:

a first touch area for generating and outputting the first touch signal when touched; and

a first analog-to-digital converter electrically coupled with the first touch area for receiving the first touch signal, transforming the first touch signal into a first digital voltage, and outputting the first digital voltage.

7. The hand-held electronic device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the second touch panel module comprising:

a second touch area for generating and outputting the second touch signal when touched; and

a second analog-to-digital converter electrically coupled with the second touch area for receiving the second touch signal, transforming the second touch signal into a second digital voltage, and outputting the second digital voltage.

8. The hand-held electronic device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first touch panel module is a capacitive touch panel module, a resistive touch panel module, an infrared touch panel module or an acoustic wave touch panel module.

9. The hand-held electronic device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the second touch panel module is a capacitive touch panel module, a resistive touch panel module, an infrared touch panel module or an acoustic wave touch panel module.

10. A combined input method for a hand-held electronic device, the combined input method comprising:

generating a first touch signal when touched, transforming the first touch signal into a first digital voltage and outputting the first digital voltage;

generating a second touch signal when touched, transforming the second touch signal into a second digital voltage and outputting the second digital voltage;

receiving the first digital voltage and the second digital voltage; and

performing a function calculation based on the first digital voltage and the second digital voltage, and performing a first function, a second function or a third function selectively.

11. The combined input method as claimed in claim 10, wherein the function calculation comprising

transforming the first digital voltage and the second digital voltage into a first position data and a second position data.

12. The combined input method as claimed in claim 11, wherein the function calculation further comprising

determining whether the second position data is received during a first predetermined period when the first position data is received, and performing the first function when the second position data is not received during the first predetermined period.

13. The combined input method as claimed in claim 12, wherein the function calculation further comprising

determining whether the first position data is received between a period of receiving two sequential second position data when the first position data is received during the first predetermined period, and performing the second function when the first position data is not received between the period of receiving two sequential second position data.

14. The combined input method as claimed in claim 13, wherein the function calculation further comprising

searching for the third function stored in a memory corresponding with the first and second position data when the first position data is received between the period of receiving two sequential second position data, then performing the third function.

15. The combined input method as claimed in claim 10, wherein the step of generating the first touch signal when touched, transforming the first touch signal into the first digital voltage and outputting the first digital voltage:

generating and outputting the first touch signal when touched; and

receiving the first touch signal, transforming the first touch signal into the first digital voltage, and outputting the first digital voltage.

16. The combined input method as claimed in claim 10, wherein the step of generating the second touch signal when touched, transforming the second touch signal into the second digital voltage and outputting the second digital voltage:

generating and outputting the second touch signal when touched; and

receiving the second touch signal, transforming the second touch signal into the second digital voltage, and outputting the second digital voltage.