CONTROL SIGNAL INPUT DEVICE AND METHOD USING DUAL TOUCH SENSOR

• US 20100164904A1
• Filed: 12/24/2009
• Published: 07/01/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 12/30/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: KIM, Su Myeon, Kong, Won Keun
• Application Number:
  US12/646,999
• Publication Number:
  US 20100164904A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/174
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/0382 Plural input, i.e. interface arrangements in which a plurality of input device of the same type are in communication with a PC
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04806 Zoom, i.e. interaction techniques or interactors for controlling the zooming operation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/038 Control and interface arrangements therefor, e.g. drivers or device-embedded control circuitry
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0481 based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text

Abstract

A control signal input device and a control signal input method are provided. A control signal input device, includes a first touch sensor unit to output a first sensing signal in response to a first touch, a second touch sensor unit to output a second sensing signal in response to a second touch, and a control signal generation unit to generate an event control signal based on at least one of the first sensing signal and the second sensing signal.

Claims

1. A control signal input device, comprising:

a first touch sensor unit to output a first sensing signal in response to a first touch;

a second touch sensor unit to output a second sensing signal in response to a second touch; and

a control signal generation unit to generate an event control signal based on at least one of the first sensing signal and the second sensing signal.

2. The control signal input device of claim 1, wherein:

the first touch sensor unit comprises a display device, and

the event control signal renders an event with respect to a content displayed on the display device.

3. The control signal input device of claim 1, further comprising:

a memory unit to store an event pattern corresponding to a combination of the first sensing signal and the second sensing signal,

wherein the control signal generation unit generates the event control signal based on the event pattern stored in the memory unit.

4. The control signal input device of claim 1, wherein at least one motion of the first touch and the second touch corresponds to at least one of a single tap, a multi-tap, a drag, and a multiple drag, input using one or more fingers and/or a stylus pen.

5. The control signal input device of claim 2, wherein the first touch corresponds to a drag in a first direction and the second touch corresponds to a drag in a second direction.

6. The control signal input device of claim 5, wherein, in response to the first direction being opposite the second direction, the event control signal corresponds to an event to zoom in with respect to the content.

7. The control signal input device of claim 5, wherein, in response to the first direction and the second direction being towards each other, the event control signal corresponds to an event to zoom out with respect to the content.

8. The control signal input device of claim 2, wherein, in response to the first touch and the second touch corresponding to two single taps both made within a predetermined time interval, the event control signal corresponds to an event to enable the two single taps to be recognized as a double tap in a location where the first touch occurs or in a location where the second touch occurs.

9. The control signal input device of claim 2, wherein in response to the second touch corresponding to a multiple tap and the content being a web page, the event control signal corresponds to an event to display a main page of the web page.

10. The control signal input device of claim 2, wherein the control signal generation unit calculates a first sensing signal corresponding to the second sensing signal, and generates the event control signal corresponding to a predetermined event based on the calculated first sensing signal.

11. The control signal input device of claim 10, wherein the second sensing signal is output in response to a drag in the second touch sensor unit in a first direction, and the event control signal corresponds to an event to enable the content displayed on the display device of the first touch sensor unit to move to the first direction.

12. A control signal input method of a control signal input device having a first touch sensor unit and a second touch sensor unit, the method comprising:

receiving a first sensing signal in response to a first touch with respect to the first touch sensor unit;

receiving a second sensing signal in response to a second touch with respect to the second touch sensor unit; and

generating an event control signal based on at least one of the first sensing signal and the second sensing signal.

13. The control signal input method of claim 12, wherein:

the first touch sensor unit comprises a display device, and

the event control signal renders an event with respect to a content displayed on the display device.

14. The control signal input method of claim 13, wherein the generating of the event control signal comprises:

confirming a first direction of the first touch and a second direction of the second touch in response to the first touch and the second touch corresponding to a drag; and

generating the event control signal corresponding to an event to zoom in with respect to the content, in response to the first direction being opposite the second direction.

15. The control signal input method of claim 14, the generating of the event control signal further comprises generating the event control signal corresponding to an event to zoom out with respect to the content, in response to the first direction and the second direction being towards each other.

16. The control signal input method of claim 13, wherein the generating of the event control signal comprises:

determining whether the first touch and the second touch are two single taps both made within a predetermined time interval; and

generating the event control signal corresponding to an event to enable the two single taps to be recognized as a double tap in a location where the first touch occurs or in a location where the second touch occurs, in response to the first touch and the second touch being the two single taps made within the predetermined time interval.

17. The control signal input method of claim 13, wherein the generating of the event control signal comprises:

calculating a first sensing signal corresponding to the second sensing signal; and

generating the event control signal corresponding to a predetermined event based on the calculated first sensing signal.

18. The control signal input method of claim 17, wherein the second sensing signal is output in response to a drag in the second touch sensor unit in a first direction, and the event control signal corresponds to an event to enable the content displayed on the display device of the first touch sensor unit to move to the first direction.

19. A computer-readable storage medium storing a program to implement a control signal input method of a control signal input device having a first touch sensor unit and a second touch sensor unit, comprising:

receiving a first sensing signal in response to a first touch with respect to the first touch sensor unit;

receiving a second sensing signal in response to a second touch with respect to the second touch sensor unit; and

generating an event control signal based on at least one of the first sensing signal and the second sensing signal.