SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING TOUCHPAD OF ELECTRONIC DEVICE

• US 20110267371A1
• Filed: 08/12/2010
• Published: 11/03/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 04/28/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Hong Fu Jin Precision Industry (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd. (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.), Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Hong Fu Jin Precision Industry (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd. (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.), Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: TENG, XING-LONG, YANG, CHENG-DONG, SONG, YONG-JUN
• Application Number:
  US12/854,911
• Publication Number:
  US 20110267371A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/660
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04806 Zoom, i.e. interaction techniques or interactors for controlling the zooming operation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0481 based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04886 by partitioning the display area of the touch-screen or the surface of the digitising tablet into independently controllable areas, e.g. virtual keyboards or menus

Abstract

A system and method for controlling a touchpad of an electronic device detects if a lingering touch is detected on a first region of the touchpad. If the lingering touch is detected on the first region, functions of a second region and a third region of the touchpad are disabled. If a subsequent contact is also detected on the first region, an object displayed on the display activates zoom function. If the lingering touch is detected on the second region, functions of the third region are disabled. If the lingering touch is detected on the second region and a subsequent sliding touch is detected on the first region, the object is may be dragged according to the sliding touch on the touchpad.

Claims

1. An electronic device, comprising:

a storage system;

at least one processor; and

a control system being stored in the storage system and executable by the at least one processor, the control system comprising;

an execution module operable to disable functions of a second region and a third region of a touchpad of the electronic device if a lingering touch is detected on a first region of the touchpad;

a determination module operable to determine if a contact is detected on the first region of the touchpad;

the execution module also operable to zoom in or out on an object displayed on a display of the electronic device if the contact is detected on the first region, and control movement of a cursor displayed on the display according to movement of the lingering touch on the touchpad if the contact is not detected on the first region of the touchpad;

the execution module further operable to disable functions of the third region of the touchpad if the lingering touch is detected on the second region;

the determination module further operable to determine if the contact is detected on the first region if the lingering touch is detected on the second region;

the execution module further operable to drag the object displayed on the display according to movement of the contact on the touchpad if the contact is detected on the first region, and execute functions of the second region if the contact is not detected on the first region; and

the execution module further operable to disable functions of the first region and the second region if the lingering touch is detected on the third region of the touchpad.

2. The electronic device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the object displayed on the display of the electronic device is a picture, a dialog box, or font sizes of characters of a textbox.

3. The electronic device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the object is zoomed out on the display if the lingering touch and the contact move apart on the touchpad, and the object is zoomed in on the display if the lingering touch and the contact moves together on the touchpad.

4. A method for controlling a touchpad of an electronic device, comprising:

(a) determining if a lingering touch is detected on a first region of the touchpad, in response to the lingering touch is detected on the first region, block (b) is implemented, and in response to the lingering touch is not detected on the first region, block (c) is implemented;

(b) disabling functions of a second region and a third region of the touchpad, determining if a contact is detected on the first region of the touchpad, and zooming in or out on an object displayed on a display of the electronic device according to movement of the lingering touch and the contact if the contact is detected on the first region, or controlling movement of a cursor displayed on the display according to movement of the lingering on the touchpad if no contact is detected on the first region of the touchpad;

(c) determining if the lingering touch is detected on the second region, in response to the lingering touch is detected on the second region, block (d) is implemented, and in response to the lingering touch is not detected on the second region, block (e) is implemented;

(d) disabling functions of the third region of the touchpad, determining if a sliding touch is detected on the first region, dragging the object displayed on the display according to the sliding touch on the touchpad if the contact is detected on the first region, or executing functions of the second region if no contact is detected on the first region; and

(e) disabling functions of the first region and the second region.

5. The method as claimed in claim 4, wherein the object displayed on the display of the electronic device is a picture, a dialog box, or font sizes of characters of a textbox.

6. The method as claimed in claim 4, wherein the zooming step further comprising:

zooming out on the object displayed on the display if the lingering touch and the contact move apart on the touchpad; and

zooming in on the object on the display if the lingering touch and the contact moves together on the touchpad.

7. A non-transitory storage medium storing a set of instructions, the set of instructions capable of being executed by a processor to perform a method for controlling a touchpad of an electronic device, the method comprising:

(a) determining if a lingering touch is detected on a first region of the touchpad, in response to the lingering touch is detected on the first region, block (b) is implemented, and in response to the lingering touch is not detected on the first region, block (c) is implemented;

(b) disabling functions of a second region and a third region of the touchpad, determining if a contact is detected on the first region of the touchpad, and zooming in or out on an object displayed on a display of the electronic device according to movement of the lingering touch and the contact if the contact is detected on the first region, or controlling movement of a cursor displayed on the display according to movement of the lingering on the touchpad if no contact is detected on the first region of the touchpad;

(c) determining if the lingering touch is detected on the second region, in response to the lingering touch is detected on the second region, block (d) is implemented, and in response to the lingering touch is not detected on the second region, block (e) is implemented;

(d) disabling functions of the third region of the touchpad, determining if a sliding touch is detected on the first region, dragging the object displayed on the display according to the sliding touch on the touchpad if the contact is detected on the first region, or executing functions of the second region if no contact is detected on the first region; and

(e) disabling functions of the first region and the second region.

8. The non-transitory storage medium as claimed in claim 7, wherein the object displayed on the display of the electronic device is a picture, a dialog box or font sizes of characters of a textbox.

9. The non-transitory storage medium as claimed in claim 7, wherein the zooming step further comprising:

zooming out on the object displayed on the display if the lingering touch and the contact move apart on the touchpad; and

zooming in on the object on the display if the lingering touch and the contact moves together on the touchpad.