METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING DRIVER SIGNALS OF SAW TOUCH PANEL

• US 20100328271A1
• Filed: 06/26/2009
• Published: 12/30/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 06/26/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: eGalax_eMPIA Technology Inc.
• Original Assignee: eGalax_eMPIA Technology Inc.
• Inventors: HSIEH, Teng-Wei, YEH, Shang-Tai
• Application Number:
  US12/492,185
• Publication Number:
  US 20100328271A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/177
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/043 using propagating acoustic waves

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for generating driver signals of SAW touch panel. The method includes the steps of: sending a trigger signal continuously by referring to an input signal, wherein the trigger signal is sent when the input signal is within a predetermined range; generating a surface acoustic wave according to the trigger signal; transmitting the surface acoustic wave to at least one transducer via a touch surface; and detecting the input signal via at least one transducer. Moreover, the input signal is kept on a predetermined level when the surface acoustic wave has not been received by the transducer and when a noise signal from circuits outside the transducer has not been added in the input signal. The predetermined level is within the predetermined range. The sensing accuracy of the SAW touch panel can be enhanced because the noise signal has less effect on the driver signals.

Claims

1. A method for generating driver signals of SAW touch panel, comprising the steps of:

sending a trigger signal continuously by referring to an input signal, wherein the trigger signal is sent when the input signal is within a predetermined range;

generating a surface acoustic wave according to the trigger signal;

transmitting the surface acoustic wave to at least one transducer via a touch surface; and

detecting the input signal via at least one transducer,

wherein the input signal is kept on a predetermined level when the surface acoustic wave has not been received by the transducer and when a noise signal from circuits outside the transducer has not been added in the input signal, and

wherein the predetermined level is within the predetermined range.

2. The method for generating driver signals of SAW touch panel according to claim 1, further comprising a step of detecting the value of a surface acoustic wave (SAW) signal during the period of detecting the input signal via the transducer.

3. The method for generating driver signals of SAW touch panel according to claim 1, wherein the noise signal comes from a power-supplying circuit.

4. The method for generating driver signals of SAW touch panel according to claim 1, wherein the transducer converts the surface acoustic wave into a SAW signal, and the SAW signal is added to the input signal.

5. The method for generating driver signals of SAW touch panel according to claim 4, wherein the input signal is detected within a detecting range, the difference between the detecting range and the predetermined range is larger than the maximum of the SAW signal.

6. A apparatus for generating driver signals of SAW touch panel, comprising:

a detecting circuit having at least one transducer, the detecting circuit detecting an input signal via the at least one transducer; and

a control circuit electrically connected to the detecting circuit,

wherein the control circuit is adapted to send a trigger signal continuously by referring to the input signal, once each of the trigger signals is to be triggered, the control circuit is adapted to send the trigger signal when the input signal is within a predetermined range.

7. The apparatus for generating driver signals of SAW touch panel according to claim 6, further comprising:

a driving circuit electrically connected to the control circuit, the driving circuit generating a surface acoustic wave according to the trigger signal; and

a touch surface electrically connected to the driving circuit, the touch surface allowing the surface acoustic wave to be transmitted;

wherein the detecting circuit detects the value of a SAW signal during the period of detecting the input signal via the transducer.

8. The apparatus for generating driver signals of SAW touch panel according to claim 7, wherein the input signal is kept on a predetermined level when the surface acoustic wave has not been received by the transducer and when a noise signal from circuits outside the transducer has not been added in the input signal.

9. The apparatus for generating driver signals of SAW touch panel according to claim 8, wherein the predetermined range comprises the predetermined level.

10. The apparatus for generating driver signals of SAW touch panel according to claim 8, wherein the noise signal comes from a power-supplying circuit.

11. The apparatus for generating driver signals of SAW touch panel according to claim 6, wherein the transducer converts the surface acoustic wave into a SAW signal, and the SAW signal is added in the input signal.

12. The apparatus for generating driver signals of SAW touch panel according to claim 11, wherein the input signal is detected within a detecting range, the difference between the detecting range and the predetermined range is larger than the maximum of the SAW signal.

13. A method for generating driver signals of SAW touch panel, comprising the steps of:

detecting an input signal via at least one transducer; and

sending a trigger signal continuously by referring to the input signal,

wherein once each of the trigger signals is to be triggered, the trigger signal is sent when the input signal is within a predetermined range.

14. The method for generating driver signals of SAW touch panel according to claim 13, further comprising the steps of:

generating a surface acoustic wave according to the trigger signal; and

transmitting the surface acoustic wave to the transducer via a touch surface.

15. The method for generating driver signals of SAW touch panel according to claim 14, further comprising a step of detecting the value of a SAW signal during the period of detecting the input signal via the transducer.

16. The method for generating driver signals of SAW touch panel according to claim 14, wherein the input signal is kept on a predetermined level when the surface acoustic wave has not been received by the transducer and when a noise signal from circuits outside the transducer has not been added in the input signal.

17. The method for generating driver signals of SAW touch panel according to claim 16, wherein the predetermined range comprises the predetermined level.

18. The method for generating driver signals of SAW touch panel according to claim 16, wherein the noise signal comes from a power-supplying circuit.

19. The method for generating driver signals of SAW touch panel according to claim 13, wherein the transducer converts the surface acoustic wave into a SAW signal, and the SAW signal is added in the input signal.

20. The method for generating driver signals of SAW touch panel according to claim 19, wherein the input signal is detected within a detecting range, the difference between the detecting range and the predetermined range is larger than the maximum of the SAW signal.