TOUCH RESPONSIVE ELECTRONIC DEVICE

• US 20100134430A1
• Filed: 06/15/2009
• Published: 06/03/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 11/28/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Hong Fu Jin Precision Industry (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd. (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.), Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Hong Fu Jin Precision Industry (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd. (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.), Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: HSIEH, KUAN-HONG, WANG, HAN-CHE, LI, XIAO-GUANG, TANG, CHIANG-KUO, KUNG, TE-YUAN
• Application Number:
  US12/485,011
• Publication Number:
  US 20100134430A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/173
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1601 Constructional details related to the housing of computer displays, e.g. of CRT monitors, of flat displays constructional details related to flat displays integrated in a portable computer, e.g. laptop, handheld computer G06F1/1637; constructional details related to television receivers H04N5/64
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1626 with a single-body enclosure integrating a flat display, e.g. Personal Digital Assistants [PDAs]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/169 the I/O peripheral being an integrated pointing device, e.g. trackball in the palm rest area, mini-joystick integrated between keyboard keys, touch pads or touch stripes G06F1/1643 takes precedence; constructional details of pointing devices G06F3/033

Abstract

An electronic device is provided. The electronic device comprises a housing, a plurality of touch sensors, and a processing unit. The housing comprises a plurality of touch areas and division portions, each of which is disposed between two adjacent touch areas of the plurality of touch areas. The plurality of touch sensors are disposed within the housing, each of which corresponds to one of the plurality of touch sensors. The processing unit is capable of identifying signals from the plurality of touch sensors and performing functions corresponding to the signals.

Claims

1. An electronic device comprising:

a housing comprising a plurality of touch areas and division portions, each division portion being disposed between two adjacent touch areas of the plurality of touch areas;

a plurality of touch sensors disposed within the housing, each sensor being corresponding to one of the plurality of touch areas;

a processing unit configured for identifying signals from the plurality of touch sensors and performing functions corresponding to the signals.

2. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the electronic device is a digital photo frame.

3. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the division portions are protruded from the housing.

4. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the division portions are concaved from the housing.

5. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the number of the plurality of touch sensors is four.

6. The electronic device according to claim 2, wherein the division portions and the touch areas are arranged in a corner of the digital photo frame.

7. The electronic device according to claim 5, wherein the division portions are arranged in a rectangular shape.

8. The electronic device according to claim 5, wherein the division portions are arranged in a cross shapes.

9. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein each of the touch sensors is assigned an identification, the processing unit identifies each of the touch sensors by the identification thereof.