Input Method for Touch Panel and Related Touch Panel and Electronic Device

• US 20090295745A1
• Filed: 04/28/2009
• Published: 12/03/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 05/29/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Wistron Corporation
• Original Assignee: Wistron Corporation
• Inventors: Qian, Jian-Jun
• Granted Patent: US 9,019,210 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/173
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0236 using selection techniques to select from displayed items
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04886 by partitioning the display area of the touch-screen or the surface of the digitising tablet into independently controllable areas, e.g. virtual keyboards or menus

Abstract

An input method for a touch panel includes displaying a plurality of selecting objects each corresponding to a control signal, enlarging the plurality of neighboring selecting objects in the plurality of selecting objects when the plurality of neighboring selecting objects in the plurality of selecting objects are selected, receiving a direction indication signal corresponding to a direction toward to a first selecting object of the plurality of neighboring selecting objects from a first position, and outputting a control signal corresponding to the first selecting objects according to the direction indication signal.

Claims

1. An input method for a touch panel comprising:

displaying a plurality of selecting objects each corresponding to a control signal;

enlarging a plurality of neighboring selecting objects in the plurality of selecting objects when the plurality of neighboring selecting objects are selected;

receiving a direction indication signal corresponding to a direction toward a first selecting object of the plurality of neighboring selecting objects from a first position; and

outputting a control signal corresponding to the first selecting objects according to the direction indication signal.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein enlarging the plurality of neighboring selecting objects in the plurality of selecting objects when the plurality of neighboring selecting objects are selected is enlarging the plurality of neighboring selecting objects by a pop-up display method.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the direction indication signal is generated by an object moving on the touch panel in the direction of the same.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the object is a finger.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the first position is a center of the plurality of neighboring selecting objects.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the plurality of selecting objects forms a keyboard.

7. A touch panel for an electronic device comprising:

a first display area for displaying a plurality of selecting objects each corresponding to a control signal;

a second display area for enlarging a plurality of neighboring selecting objects in the plurality of selecting objects when the plurality of neighboring selecting objects are selected;

a sensor unit for receiving a direction indication signal corresponding to a direction toward a first selecting object of the plurality of neighboring selecting objects from a first position; and

an output unit for outputting a control signal corresponding to the first selecting objects according to the direction indication signal.

8. The touch panel of claim 7, wherein the second display area enlarges the plurality of neighboring selecting objects by a pop-up display method.

9. The touch panel of claim 7, wherein the direction indication signal is generated by an object moving on the touch panel in the direction of the same.

10. The touch panel of claim 9, wherein the object is a finger.

11. The touch panel of claim 7, wherein the first position is a center of the plurality of neighboring selecting objects.

12. The touch panel of claim 7, wherein the plurality of selecting objects forms a keyboard.

13. An electronic device comprising:

a housing;

an operation unit built inside the housing for performing functions of the electronic device; and

a touch panel built upon the housing and coupled to the operation unit for controlling the operation unit, comprising;

a first display area for displaying a plurality of selecting objects each corresponding to a control signal;

a second display area for enlarging a plurality of neighboring selecting objects in the plurality of selecting objects when the plurality of neighboring selecting objects are selected;

a sensor unit for receiving a direction indication signal corresponding to a direction toward a first selecting object (of the plurality of neighboring selecting objects) from a first position; and

an output unit for outputting a control signal corresponding to the first selecting objects according to the direction indication signal.

14. The electronic device of claim 13, wherein the second display area enlarges the plurality of neighboring selecting objects by a pop-up display method.

15. The electronic device of claim 13, wherein the direction indication signal is generated by an object moving on the touch panel in the direction of the same.

16. The electronic device of claim 15, wherein the object is a finger.

17. The electronic device of claim 13, wherein the first position is a center of the plurality of neighboring selecting objects.

18. The electronic device of claim 13, wherein the plurality of selecting objects forms a keyboard.