METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING MULTI-TOUCH INPUT OF TOUCH-SCREEN

• US 20100103134A1
• Filed: 10/26/2009
• Published: 04/29/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 10/28/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: JUNG, Hyung Chul
• Application Number:
  US12/605,740
• Publication Number:
  US 20100103134A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/173
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0412 Digitisers structurally integrated in a display
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0414 using force sensing means to determine a position

Abstract

The present invention relates to a multi-touch input processing method and apparatus of a touch screen. The present invention preferably provides a method including: storing a first coordinate inputted by a multi-touch which becomes a second touch input in a state where a first touch input is maintained; cancelling the first touch input in a state where the second touch input is maintained; storing a second coordinate set by the cancel of the first touch input; storing a third coordinate set by a third touch input in a state where the second touch input is maintained; and checking a sameness of a first vector from the first coordinate to the second coordinate and a second vector from the second coordinate to the third coordinate, and determining a touch of the second coordinate as being effective in case the first vector and the second vector are not identical.

Claims

1. A method of processing a touch input of a touch screen, the method comprising:

sensing a first touch input on the touch screen;

storing a first coordinate sensed as a multi-touch input that becomes a second touch input in a state in which the first touch input on the touch screen is maintained;

cancelling the first touch input in a state in which the second touch input is maintained;

storing a second coordinate set in response to a cancelation of the first touch input;

storing a third coordinate set by a third touch input in a state in which the second touch input on the touch screen is maintained; and

checking a sameness of a first vector from the first coordinate to the second coordinate and a second vector from the second coordinate to the third coordinate, and determining a touch of the second coordinate as being effective in case the first vector and the second vector are not identical.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein checking the sameness of a first vector and a second vector comprises at least one of:

comparing a direction value of the first vector and the second vector; and

comparing a direction value and magnitude of the first vector and the second vector.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein checking the sameness of a first vector and a second vector comprises checking whether an angle formed by the first vector and the second vector comprises a predefined standard value or greater.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the standard value comprises substantially five degrees.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

storing a fourth coordinate set by a cancel of the second touch input; and

determining a touch of the fourth coordinate as being effective in a cancel of the third touch input.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

storing a coordinate which is sensed by the first touch input, and determining the first touch input as being effective in the second touch input.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

storing a coordinate which is sensed by the first touch input, and determining the first touch input as being effective in the cancelation of the first touch input.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

outputting a virtual keypad display to the touch screen; and

outputting to the touch screen a character corresponding to a key allocated to a coordinate which is determined to be effective among coordinates stored due to a touch input through the virtual keypad.

9. An apparatus of processing a touch input of a touch screen, the apparatus comprising:

a touch screen configured for sensing a touch input of user;

a first buffer configured for storing a first coordinate set by a second touch input in a state in which a previously sensed first touch input is maintained on touch screen, to store a second coordinate set by a cancel of the first touch input, and to store a third coordinate set by a third touch input sensed by the touch screen in a state in which the second touch input is maintained;

a vector calculation unit configured for calculating a first vector between the first coordinate and the second coordinate, and for calculating a second vector between the second coordinate and the third coordinate if the third coordinate is inputted to a storage unit;

a second buffer configured for storing the first vector and the second vector calculated by the vector calculation unit; and

a controller configured for checking a sameness of the first vector and the second vector that are stored in the second buffer, and to determine a touch of the second coordinate as being effective in case the first vector and the second vector are not identical.

10. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the controller compares at least one of a direction value of the first vector and the second vector, or a direction value and magnitude of the first vector and the second vector, so that the controller determines a touch of the second coordinate as being effective in a case of the first vector and the second vector not being identical.

11. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the controller determines a touch of the second coordinate as being effective in case an angle formed by the first vector and the second vector comprises a predefined standard value or greater.

12. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the standard value comprises substantially five degrees.

13. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the first buffer stores a fourth coordinate set by a cancel of the second touch input, and the controller determines a touch of the fourth coordinate as being effective in a cancel of the third touch input.

14. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the controller stores a coordinate which is sensed by the touch screen in an input of the first touch, and determines an input of the first touch as being effective in the input of the second touch.

15. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the controller stores a coordinate which is sensed by the touch screen in an input of the first touch, and determines an input of the first touch as being effective in the cancel of the first touch input.

16. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the touch screen displays a character corresponding to a key allocated to a coordinate that is determined to be effective among coordinates stored due to the touch input.

17. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the touch screen comprises a piezoelectric type touch screen.

18. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein a canceled input comprises sensing a release of touch against the touch screen.