ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF

• US 20090251432A1
• Filed: 03/09/2009
• Published: 10/08/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 04/02/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: ASUSTek Computer, Inc.
• Original Assignee: ASUSTek Computer, Inc.
• Inventors: Wang, Ho-Jeh, Lin, Kou-Liang
• Application Number:
  US12/400,074
• Publication Number:
  US 20090251432A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/173
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text

Abstract

A control method for an electronic apparatus having a touch screen is disclosed. The method comprises the following steps. Contact with the touch screen is first detected. It is next determined whether the contact is initiated by a finger or a stylus. After determining that the contact is initiated by the finger, an input gesture from a motion of the finger is further determined based on a predetermined rule. Thereafter, the visual effects of the target screen currently operating are triggered accordingly in response to the determined input gesture.

Claims

1. A control method for an electronic apparatus having a touch screen, comprising:

detecting a contact with the touch screen;

determining whether the contact is initiated by a finger or a stylus;

determining an input gesture type generated from a motion of the finger based on a predetermined rule after the contact is initiated by the finger; and

triggering visual effects on the target screen currently operating in response to the determined input gesture type.

2. The control method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the step of determining whether the contact is initiated by a finger or a stylus further comprises:

acquiring a pressure value generated from the contact; and

determining that the contact is initiated by the finger or the stylus according to a comparison result of the acquired pressure value and a threshold value.

3. The control method as claimed in claim 2, further comprising:

determining that the contact is initiated by the finger when the acquired pressure value is less than or equal to the threshold value; and

determining that the contact is initiated by the stylus when the acquired pressure value exceeds the threshold value.

4. The control method as claimed in claim 2, wherein the pressure value is acquired by measuring a pressed depth generated by the contact with the touch screen.

5. The control method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the step of determining an input gesture type generated from a motion of the finger based on a predetermined rule further comprises:

detecting contact points within a predetermined time period and obtaining the first and the second contact points;

calculating a shift direction and a distance between the first and second contact points; and

obtaining the input gesture type according to the shift direction and the distance.

6. The control method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the step of triggering visual effects of a target screen currently operating in response to the determined input gesture type further comprises:

scrolling the target screen currently operating in response to a scrolling gesture.

7. The control method as claimed in claim 6, further comprising:

zooming in or zooming out of the target screen currently operating in response to a zooming gesture.

8. The control method as claimed in claim 7, wherein the step of determining whether the contact is initiated by a finger or a stylus further comprises:

rotating the target screen currently operating in response to a rotating gesture.

9. The control method as claimed in claim 5, wherein the input gesture type further comprises a directional gesture, a diagonal gesture and a combined gesture that is generated by combining the directional gesture and the diagonal gesture.

10. The control method as claimed in claim 9, wherein the directional gesture further comprises a moving up gesture, a moving down gesture, a moving left gesture and a moving right gesture generated by pressing a point of the target screen by the finger and dragging the point upward, downward, leftward or rightward respectively for dragging objects on the target screen.

11. The control method as claimed in claim 9, wherein the diagonal gesture is used for zooming in or zooming out of the target screen and the combined gesture is used for rotating the target screen currently operating in response to a rotating gesture.

18. The electronic apparatus as claimed in claim 11, wherein the input gesture type further comprises a directional gesture, a diagonal gesture and a combined gesture that is generated by combining the directional gesture and the diagonal gesture.

19. The electronic apparatus as claimed in claim 18, wherein the directional gesture further comprises a moving up gesture, a moving down gesture, a moving left gesture and a moving right gesture generated by pressing a point of the target screen by the finger and dragging the point upward, downward, leftward or rightward respectively for dragging the target screen.

20. The electronic apparatus as claimed in claim 18, wherein the diagonal gesture is used for zooming in or zooming out the target screen and the combined gesture is used for rotating the target screen.

12. An electronic apparatus, comprising:

a touch screen;

a detection unit, for detecting whether the touch screen is contacted; and

a processing unit, determining whether the contact is initiated by a finger or a stylus, determining an input gesture type generated from a motion of the finger based on a predetermined rule after the contact is initiated by the finger and triggering visual effects of a target screen currently operating in response to the determined input gesture type.

13. The electronic apparatus as claimed in claim 12, wherein the processing unit further comprises:

a motion analyzing unit for analyzing the motion of the finger and determining the input gesture type generated from the motion based on the predetermined rule.

14. The electronic apparatus as claimed in claim 13, wherein the motion analyzing unit further detects contact points within a predetermined time period and obtains the first and the second contact points, calculates a shift direction and a distance between the first and second contact points and obtains the input gesture type according to the shift direction and the distance.

15. The electronic apparatus as claimed in claim 12, wherein the detection unit further detects a pressure value generated by the contact with the touch screen, wherein the pressure value is acquired by measuring a pressed depth that is generated by the contact with the touch screen.

16. The electronic apparatus as claimed in claim 15, wherein the processing unit further determines that the contact is initiated by the finger or the stylus according to a comparison result of the acquired pressure value and a threshold value, wherein the contact is determined to be initiated by the finger when the acquired pressure value is less than or equal to the threshold value and the contact is determined to be initiated by the stylus when the acquired pressure value exceeds the threshold value.

17. The electronic apparatus as claimed in claim 12, wherein the processing unit further scrolls the target screen currently operating in response to a scrolling gesture, zooms in or zooms out the target screen currently operating in response to a zooming gesture, and/or rotates the target screen currently operating in response to a rotating gesture.