MOBILE APPARATUS AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF

• US 20100090854A1
• Filed: 10/05/2009
• Published: 04/15/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 10/14/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Inventec Appliances Corporation (Inventec Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Inventec Appliances Corporation (Inventec Corporation)
• Inventors: Yin, Ming
• Application Number:
  US12/573,294
• Publication Number:
  US 20100090854A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/686.6
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/67 by electronic means
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/12 including a sensor for measuring a physical value, e.g. temperature or motion telephones including GPS signal receivers H04M2250/10
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/22 including a touch pad, a touch sensor or a touch detector digitizers for touch screens G06F3/041

Abstract

A mobile apparatus and an operating method thereof are provided. According to the present invention, a sensor is installed in the mobile apparatus, and the sensor and a receiver are installed on the same side of the mobile apparatus. The sensor is used to detect whether an object exists within a predetermined distance or not and to generate a corresponding signal. Afterward, a touch unit is disabled or enabled according to the corresponding signal.

Claims

1. A method of operating a mobile apparatus, for controlling a touch unit of the mobile apparatus, the operating method comprising:

providing a sensor, the sensor and a receiver of the mobile apparatus being disposed on the same side;

detecting whether an object exists within a predetermined distance by the sensor;

generating a first signal when the sensor detects that the object is within the predetermined distance; and

disabling the touch unit according to the first signal.

2. The operating method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising the following steps before detecting whether the object exists within the predetermined distance by the sensor:

detecting whether the mobile apparatus receives a phone call; and

activating the sensor when the phone call is received.

3. The operating method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the step of detecting whether the object exists within the predetermined distance by the sensor comprises:

detecting the intensity of a light source to judge whether the object is within the predetermined distance.

4. The operating method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising the following steps after detecting whether the object exists within the predetermined distance by the sensor:

generating a second signal when the sensor detects that there doesn'"'"'t exist the object within the predetermined distance; and

enabling the touch unit according to the second signal.

5. The operating method as claimed in claim 4, wherein the touch unit provides a touch-control function and disables or enables the touch-control function according to the first signal and the second signal.

6. The operating method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the sensor comprises one of a distance sensor, a photosensitive element, or an infrared module.

7. A mobile apparatus, comprising:

a touch unit; and

a sensor coupled to the touch unit, the sensor and a receiver of the mobile apparatus being disposed on the same side;

wherein the sensor detects whether an object exists within a predetermined distance or not, the sensor generates a first signal to disable the touch unit when detecting that the object is within the predetermined distance, and the sensor generates a second signal to enable the touch unit when detecting that there doesn'"'"'t exist the object within the predetermined distance.

8. The mobile apparatus as claimed in claim 7, further comprising:

a controller coupled between the touch unit and the sensor to receive the first signal and the second signal transmitted by the sensor for disabling or enabling the touch unit.

9. The mobile apparatus as claimed in claim 7, further comprising:

a switch coupled between the touch unit and the sensor to turn off a connection between the touch unit and a power source for disabling the touch unit when receiving the first signal, and to turn on the connection between the touch unit and the power source for enabling the touch unit when receiving the second signal.

10. The mobile apparatus as claimed in claim 9, wherein the switch is a transistor.

11. The mobile apparatus as claimed in claim 7, wherein the sensor comprises one of a distance sensor, a photosensitive element, or an infrared module.

12. The mobile apparatus as claimed in claim 7, wherein the touch unit provides a touch-control function and disables or enables the touch-control function according to the first signal and the second signal.

13. The mobile apparatus as claimed in claim 7, wherein the touch unit and the receiver are disposed on the same side.