FRAME ITEM INSTRUCTION GENERATING METHOD FOR TOUCH PANEL

• US 20110074718A1
• Filed: 09/28/2010
• Published: 03/31/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 09/30/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Higgstec, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Higgstec, Inc.
• Inventors: Chen, Yi-Ta, Yeh, Herng-Ming
• Application Number:
  US12/891,979
• Publication Number:
  US 20110074718A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/173
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text

Abstract

A frame item instruction generating method for a touch panel is provided. Firstly, a touch motion of making a click or multiple consecutive clicks on the touch panel and then staying for a while serves as a starting point of entering a frame item mode. Then, a frame item generated by hop-clicking a screen is used to determine an output of a frame item instruction, so as to accurately output the frame item instruction and determine different frame items according to different numbers of the click or consecutive clicks of a user, thereby achieving a function of generating multiple frame items.

Claims

1. A frame item instruction generating method for a touch panel, comprising the steps of:

detecting a first click of a first object at a first touch coordinate;

entering a frame item mode when the first object stays at the first touch coordinate for exceeding a period of dwell time after making the first click;

in the frame item mode, displaying a plurality of frame items on a periphery of the first touch coordinate according to a plurality of default directions and distances;

detecting a second click of a second object at a second touch coordinate, wherein the first click and the second click are hop-clicks, and the second touch coordinate is lied in an item displaying range of one of the frame items; and

outputting a frame item instruction according to the frame item corresponding to the second coordinate.

2. The method according to claim 1, further comprising the step of:

quitting the frame item mode when detecting the first object stays at the first touch coordinate for exceeding a period of maximum dwell time after making the first click.

3. The method according to claim 2, wherein the period of maximum dwell time is a range of 3 s to 5 s.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the period of dwell time is in a range of 0.1 s to 3 s.

5. The method according to claim 1, further comprising the step of:

in the frame item mode, when detecting the second click of the second object at the second touch coordinate and the second touch coordinate is not lied in the item displaying range of any of the frame items, quitting the frame item mode.

6. The method according to claim 1, further comprising the step of:

in the frame item mode, quitting the frame item mode when detecting the first object moves.

7. The method according to claim 1, wherein the frame items are selected from a group consisting of:

drag up, drag down, forward, back, delete, undo, copy, paste, clockwise rotation, counterclockwise rotation, zoom in, zoom out, check-off, insert, erase content, cut, application specific, move cursor left, move cursor right, decrease indent, space, enter, tab, input method editor (IME) convert, backspace, action, and paste and insert items.

8. The method according to claim 1, wherein the frame items are respectively corresponding to a pattern, a symbol, a character, or any combination thereof.

9. The method according to claim 1, further comprising the steps of:

outputting a coordinate of the first object; and

outputting a frame item mode instruction.

10. The method according to claim 1, wherein the default directions and distances are selected from a group consisting of uniformly arranging the frame items at an interval of the distance in a circle with the first touch coordinate as a center of the circle;

arranging the frame items in at least one whole line at an interval of the distance of the first touch coordinate;

arranging the frame items in at least one column at an interval of the distance of the first touch coordinate;

arranging the frame items in at least one row at an interval of the distance of the first touch coordinate;

or arranging the frame items in columns and rows at an interval of the distance of the first touch coordinate.

11. A frame item instruction generating method for a touch panel, comprising the steps of:

detecting a first click of a first object at a first touch coordinate;

entering a frame item mode when the first object stays at the first touch coordinate for exceeding a period of dwell time after making the first click;

in the frame item mode, displaying a plurality of frame items on a periphery of the first touch coordinate through a plurality of default directions and distances according to a number of the first click;

detecting a second click of a second object at a second touch coordinate, wherein the first click and the second click are hop-clicks, and the second touch coordinate is lied in an item displaying range of one of the frame items; and

outputting a frame item instruction according to the frame item corresponding to the second coordinate.

12. The method according to claim 11, further comprising the step of:

quitting the frame item mode when it is detected that the first object stays at the first touch coordinate for exceeding a period of maximum dwell time after making the first click.

13. The method according to claim 12, wherein the period of maximum dwell time is in a range of 3 s to 5 s.

14. The method according to claim 11, wherein the period of dwell time is in a range of 0.1 s to 3 s.

15. The method according to claim 11, further comprising the step of:

in the frame item mode, quitting the frame item mode when detecting the second click of the second object at the second touch coordinate and the second touch coordinate is not in the item displaying range of any of the frame items.

16. The method according to claim 11, further comprising the step of:

in the frame item mode, quitting the frame item mode when detecting the first object moves.

17. The method according to claim 11, wherein the frame items are selected from a group consisting of:

drag up, drag down, forward, back, delete, undo, copy, paste, clockwise rotation, counterclockwise rotation, zoom in, zoom out, check-off, insert, erase content, cut, application specific, move cursor left, move cursor right, decrease indent, space, enter, tab, input method editor (IME) convert, backspace, action, and paste and insert items.

18. The method according to claim 11, wherein the frame items are respectively corresponding to a pattern, a symbol, a character, or any combination thereof.

19. The method according to claim 11, further comprising the steps of:

outputting a coordinate of the first object; and

outputting a frame item mode instruction.

20. The method according to claim 11, wherein the default directions and distances are selected from a group consisting of:

uniformly arranging the frame items at an interval of the distance in a circle with the first touch coordinate as a center of the circle;

arranging the frame items in at least one whole line at an interval of the distance of the first touch coordinate;

arranging the frame items in at least one column at an interval of the distance of the first touch coordinate;

arranging the frame items in at least one row at an interval of the distance of the first touch coordinate;

or arranging the frame items in columns and rows at an interval of the distance of the first touch coordinate.