TOUCH SENSING METHOD AND SYSTEM USING THE SAME

• US 20110234522A1
• Filed: 03/23/2011
• Published: 09/29/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 03/25/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Novatek Microelectronics Corporation (Novatek Microelectronics Corp Limited)
• Original Assignee: Novatek Microelectronics Corporation (Novatek Microelectronics Corp Limited)
• Inventors: Tang, Wing-Kai, Lin, Ching-Chun, Chang, Tsen-Wei, Hung, Ching-Ho, Tsai, Jiun-Jie, Huang, Hao-Jan
• Application Number:
  US13/069,410
• Publication Number:
  US 20110234522A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/173
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04808 Several contacts: gestures triggering a specific function, e.g. scrolling, zooming, right-click, when the user establishes several contacts with the surface simultaneously; e.g. using several fingers or a combination of fingers and pen
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text

Abstract

A touch sensing system including a touch interface and a control unit is provided. The touch interface senses at least one edge change of at least one region on the touch interface corresponding to at least one object. The control unit defines a touch gesture corresponding to the object according to the edge change so as to perform a touch operation corresponding to the touch gesture. Additionally, a touch sensing method is also provided. In the touch sensing method, whether the touch gesture is a moving gesture, a rotation gesture, a flip gesture, a zoom-in gesture, or a zoom-out gesture is determined according to any change of a touch region.

Claims

1. A touch sensing method, adapted to a touch sensing system, wherein the touch sensing system comprises a touch interface, the touch sensing method comprising:

sensing at least one edge change of at least one region on the touch interface corresponding to at least one object within a timing tolerance; and

defining a touch gesture corresponding to the object according to the edge change.

2. The touch sensing method according to claim 1, wherein the step of sensing the edge change comprises:

sensing a first edge of the region in a direction at a first time within the timing tolerance;

sensing a second edge of the region in the direction at a second time within the timing tolerance;

determining whether a distance between the first edge and the second edge is greater than a change threshold; and

defining the distance as the edge change when the distance is greater than the change threshold, wherein a value of the edge change is the distance, and a direction of the edge change is the direction.

3. The touch sensing method according to claim 2, further comprising:

defining the touch gesture as a moving gesture towards the direction according to the direction of the edge change.

4. The touch sensing method according to claim 1, wherein the step of sensing the edge change comprises:

sensing a first edge change of the region during a first period within the timing tolerance; and

sensing a second edge change of the region during a second period within the timing tolerance, wherein a direction of the first edge change is a first direction, and a direction of the second edge change is a second direction.

5. The touch sensing method according to claim 4, further comprising:

performing a rotation judgment sequence according to an area change of the region;

determining whether an angle between the first direction and the second direction is greater than a first angle threshold; and

defining the touch gesture as a rotation gesture when the angle is greater than the first angle threshold.

6. The touch sensing method according to claim 4, further comprising:

performing a flip judgment sequence according to an area change of the region;

determining whether an angle between the first direction and the second direction is greater than a second angle threshold; and

defining the touch gesture as a flip gesture when the angle is greater than the second angle threshold.

7. The touch sensing method according to claim 1, wherein the step of sensing the edge change comprises:

sensing a third edge change of a first region corresponding to the object during a third period within the timing tolerance; and

sensing a fourth edge change of a second region corresponding to the object during the third period within the timing tolerance.

8. The touch sensing method according to claim 7, further comprising:

performing a zoom-in judgment sequence according to area changes of the first region and the second region;

determining whether a distance between the first region and the second region is smaller than a first distance threshold; and

defining the touch gesture as a zoom-in gesture when the distance is smaller than the first distance threshold.

9. The touch sensing method according to claim 7, further comprising:

performing a zoom-out judgment sequence according to area changes of the first region and the second region;

determining whether a distance between the first region and the second region is greater than a second distance threshold; and

defining the touch gesture as a zoom-out gesture when the distance is greater than the second distance threshold.

10. The touch sensing method according to claim 1, further comprising:

performing a touch operation according to the touch gesture.

11. A touch sensing system, comprising:

a touch interface sensing at least one edge change of at least one region on the touch interface corresponding to at least one object within a timing tolerance; and

a control unit defining a touch gesture corresponding to the object according to the edge change.

12. The touch sensing system according to claim 11, wherein when the touch interface senses the edge change, the touch interface senses a first edge of the region in a direction at a first time within the timing tolerance, and the touch interface senses a second edge of the region in the direction at a second time within the timing tolerance, the control unit determines whether a distance between the first edge and the second edge is greater than a change threshold and defines the distance as the edge change when the distance is greater than the change threshold, wherein a value of the edge change is the distance, and a direction of the edge change is the direction.

13. The touch sensing system according to claim 12, wherein the control unit defines the touch gesture as a moving gesture towards the direction according to the direction of the edge change.

14. The touch sensing system according to claim 11, wherein when the touch interface senses the edge change, the touch interface senses a first edge change of the region corresponding to the object during a first period within the timing tolerance, and the touch interface senses a second edge change of the region corresponding to the object during a second period within the timing tolerance, wherein a direction of the first edge change is a first direction, and a direction of the second edge change is a second direction.

15. The touch sensing system according to claim 14, wherein the control unit performs a rotation judgment sequence according to an area change of the region and determines whether an angle between the first direction and the second direction is greater than a first angle threshold, and the control unit defines the touch gesture as a rotation gesture when the angle is greater than the first angle threshold.

16. The touch sensing system according to claim 14, wherein the control unit performs a flip judgment sequence according to an area change of the region and determines whether an angle between the first direction and the second direction is greater than a second angle threshold, and the control unit defines the touch gesture as a flip gesture when the angle is greater than the second angle threshold.

17. The touch sensing system according to claim 11, wherein when the touch interface senses the edge change, the touch interface senses a third edge change of a first region corresponding to the object during a third period within the timing tolerance, and the touch interface senses a fourth edge change of a second region corresponding to the object during the third period within the timing tolerance.

18. The touch sensing system according to claim 17, wherein the control unit performs a zoom-in judgment sequence according to area changes of the first region and the second region and determines whether a distance between the first region and the second region is smaller than a first distance threshold, and the control unit defines the touch gesture as a zoom-in gesture when the distance is smaller than the first distance threshold.

19. The touch sensing system according to claim 17, wherein the control unit performs a zoom-out judgment sequence according to area changes of the first region and the second region and determines whether a distance between the first region and the second region is greater than a second distance threshold, and the control unit defines the touch gesture as a zoom-out gesture when the distance is greater than the second distance threshold.

20. The touch sensing system according to claim 11, wherein the control unit performs a touch operation according to the touch gesture.