METHOD FOR CONTROLLING TOUCH CONTROL MODULE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE THEREOF

• US 20110134032A1
• Filed: 12/08/2010
• Published: 06/09/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 12/09/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: ASUSTek Computer, Inc.
• Original Assignee: ASUSTek Computer, Inc.
• Inventors: Tseng, Wen-Chieh, Luo, Wei-Wen, CHIU, Kuo-Chung, Tang, Sheng-Kai
• Application Number:
  US12/963,216
• Publication Number:
  US 20110134032A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/157
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/03547 Touch pads, in which fingers can move on a surface
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text

Abstract

A method for controlling a touch control module and an electronic device are provides. The electronic device includes a display and a host. The host includes a sensing module, a touch control module and a control unit. The sensing module includes a sensing unit for detecting the gesture and generating the corresponding sensing signal. The control unit determines whether the gesture complies with a preset condition according to the sensing signal. When the determining result is yes, the control unit controls the touch control module to enter the first control mode. On the contrary, if the determining result is no, the control unit controls the touch control module to enter the second control mode.

Claims

1. A method for controlling a touch control module of an electronic device, wherein the electronic device has a display and a sensing module, and the sensing module has a sensing unit, the method comprising the steps of:

detecting a gesture by the sensing unit and generating a corresponding sensing signal;

determining whether the gesture complies with a preset condition according to the sensing signal; and

controlling the touch control module to enter a first control mode if the gesture complies with the preset condition, and controlling the touch control module to enter a second control mode if the gesture is not complies with the preset condition.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the first control mode is used to control the electronic device to perform a preset function via the touch control module.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the second control mode is used to control a cursor displayed on the display via the touch control module.

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

determining whether a shape of the gesture complies with a preset shape according to the sensing signal if the gesture complies with the preset condition;

controlling the touch control module to enter the first control mode if the shape of the gesture complies with the preset shape; and

controlling the touch control module to enter the second control mode if the shape of the gesture does not comply with the preset shape.

5. The method according to claim 2, further comprising the steps of:

generating a first input trace according to a first touch signal if the gesture complies with the preset condition; and

performing the corresponding preset function according to the first input trace.

6. The method according to claim 1, wherein the gesture is a finger gesture, a palm gesture or their combination.

7. The method according to claim 5, wherein the preset function is displaying a functional menu on the display, the method further comprising the steps of:

generating a second input trace according to a second touch signal; and

performing a functional option in the functional menu according to the second input trace.

8. The method according to claim 2, wherein the preset function is adjusting or setting a software function or a hardware function of the electronic device.

9. The method according to claim 1, wherein the cursor displayed on the display is incapable of being controlled via the touch control module when the touch control module enters the first control mode.

10. An electronic device comprising:

a display; and

a host connected to the display, the host including;

a sensing module has at least a sensing unit used for detecting a gesture and generating a corresponding sensing signal,

a touch control module, and

a control unit electrically connected to the touch control module and the sensing module,

wherein the control unit determines whether the gesture complies with a preset condition according to the sensing signal, if gesture complies with the preset condition, the control unit controls the touch control module to enter a first control mode, and if the gesture does not comply with the preset condition, the control unit controls the touch control module to enter a second control mode.

11. The electronic device according to claim 10, wherein the first control mode is used to control the electronic device to perform a preset function via the touch control module.

12. The electronic device according to claim 10, wherein the second control mode is used to control a cursor displayed on the display via the touch control module.

13. The electronic device according to claim 10, wherein if the control unit determines that the gesture complies with the preset condition, the control unit further determines whether a shape of the gesture complies with a preset shape according to the sensing signal, if it determines that the shape of the gesture complies with a preset shape, the control unit controls the touch control module to enter the first control mode, and if it determines that the shape of the gesture does not comply with the preset shape, the control unit controls the touch control module to enter the second control mode.

14. The electronic device according to claim 11, wherein when the touch control module enters the first control mode, the touch control module generates a first input trace according to a first touch signal, and the electronic device performs the corresponding preset function according to the first input trace.

15. The electronic device according to claim 10, wherein the hand gesture is a finger gesture, a palm gesture or their combination.

16. The electronic device according to claim 14, wherein the preset function is displaying a functional menu on the display by the electronic device, and generating a second input trace according to a second touch signal by the touch control module, thereby making the electronic device perform a functional option in the functional menu according to the second input trace.

17. The electronic device according to claim 10, wherein the preset function is adjusting or setting a software function or a hardware function of the electronic device.

18. The electronic device according to claim 10, wherein when the touch control module enters the first control mode, the cursor on the display is incapable of being controlled via the touch control module.

19. The electronic device according to claim 10, wherein the sensing module comprises multiple sensing units disposed near the touch control modules to detect the gestures on left palm and right palm.

20. The electronic device according to claim 10, wherein the sensing unit comprises one of a capacitance sensor, a proximity sensor and a luminance sensor.