Driving Device, Driving Method and Portable Electronic Display Device

• US 20110181513A1
• Filed: 09/30/2010
• Published: 07/28/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 01/22/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Wistron Corporation
• Original Assignee: Wistron Corporation
• Inventors: Fu, Chuan-Cheng, Li, Chia-Hsien, Chiu, Shih-Lin, Chen, Chih-Kang, Chiu, Teng-Yi, Wu, Wen-Chin
• Application Number:
  US12/894,163
• Publication Number:
  US 20110181513A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/169
• 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 1/1684 Constructional details or arrangements related to integrated I/O peripherals not covered by groups G06F1/1635 - G06F1/1675
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/147 using display panels
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2340/0492 Change of orientation of the displayed image, e.g. upside-down, mirrored
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2354/00 Aspects of interface with display user
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2380/14 Electronic books and readers

Abstract

A driving device for a portable electronic display device, capable of adapting to a holding direction of a user and driving the portable electronic display device, includes a plurality of sensing units deposited at edges of the portable electronic display device, for sensing a holding status of the user, to generate a plurality of sensing results, and a control module for determining the holding direction of the user according to the plurality of sensing results, and adjusting operations of the portable electronic display device accordingly.

Claims

1. A driving device for a portable electronic display device, capable of adapting to a holding direction of a user and driving the portable electronic display device, the driving device comprising:

a plurality of sensing units, deposited at edges of the portable electronic display device, for sensing a holding status of the user, to generate a plurality of sensing results; and

a control module, for determining the holding direction of the user according to the plurality of sensing results, and adjusting operations of the portable electronic display device accordingly.

2. The driving device of claim 1, wherein the plurality of sensing units are a plurality of optical resistors, a plurality of infrared receivers or a plurality of capacitive sensing wires, for sensing touch positions of the user.

3. The driving device of claim 1, wherein the plurality of sensing units are formed by a part of a touch screen of the portable electronic display device.

4. The driving device of claim 1, wherein one of the plurality of sensing units is deposited on a back side of the portable electronic display device relative to a screen.

5. The driving device of claim 1, wherein the control module adjusts a direction of a digital content displayed by the portable electronic display device according to the holding direction of the user.

6. The driving device of claim 1, wherein the control module adjusts definitions of a plurality of key pads of the portable electronic display device according to the holding direction of the user.

7. A portable electronic display device capable of adapting to a holding direction of a user and operating, comprising:

a screen;

an image processing unit, for displaying a digital content via the screen;

a plurality of keypads, for controlling the image processing unit; and

a driving device, comprising;

a plurality of sensing units, deposited at edges of the portable electronic display device, for sensing a holding status of the user, to generate a plurality of sensing results; and

a control module, for determining the holding direction of the user according to the plurality of sensing results, and adjusting operations of the image processing unit and the plurality of key pads accordingly.

8. The portable electronic display device of claim 7, wherein the plurality of sensing units are a plurality of optical resistors, a plurality of infrared receivers or a plurality of capacitive sensing wires, for sensing touch positions of the user.

9. The portable electronic display device of claim 7, wherein the screen is a touch screen, and the plurality of sensing units are formed by a part of the touch screen.

10. The portable electronic display device of claim 7, wherein one of the plurality of sensing units is deposited on a back side of the portable electronic display device relative to the screen.

11. The portable electronic display device of claim 7, wherein the control module adjusts a direction of the digital content displayed by the image processing unit via the screen according to the holding direction of the user.

12. The portable electronic display device of claim 7, wherein the control module adjusts definitions of the plurality of key pads according to the holding direction of the user.

13. A driving method for a portable electronic display device, capable of adapting to a holding direction of a user and driving the portable electronic display device, the driving method comprising:

sensing a holding status of the user, to generate at least one sensing results; and

determining the holding direction of the user according to the at least one sensing results, and adjusting operations of the portable electronic display device accordingly.

14. The driving method of claim 13, wherein the step of sensing the holding status of the user is utilizing an optical sensing method, an infrared sensing method or a capacitive sensing method to sense touch positions of the user.

15. The driving method of claim 13, wherein the step of sensing the holding status of the user is realized by utilizing a part of a touch screen of the portable electronic display device.

16. The driving method of claim 13, wherein the step of adjusting the operations of the portable electronic display device comprises adjusting a direction of a digital content displayed by the portable electronic display device.

17. The driving method of claim 13, wherein the step of adjusting the operations of the portable electronic display device comprises adjusting definitions of a plurality of key pads of the portable electronic display device.