TERMINAL APPARATUS AND VIBRATION NOTIFICATION METHOD THEREOF

• US 20110285517A1
• Filed: 05/18/2010
• Published: 11/24/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 05/18/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Flytech Technology Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Flytech Technology Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: LAM, Tai-Seng
• Application Number:
  US12/782,367
• Publication Number:
  US 20110285517A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/407.2
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/016 Input arrangements with force or tactile feedback as computer generated output to the user

Abstract

The present invention is related to a terminal apparatus and a vibration notification method thereof. The terminal apparatus comprises: a touch screen panel for inputting a contact point by users and generating a touch control signal in response to the contact point; a detecting unit coupled to the touch screen panel for sensing the touch control signal and generating a control signal and a touch-control coordinating signal with respect to the touch control signal; a vibrating unit coupled to the detecting unit for generating a vibration notification in response to the control signal; a microprocessor unit coupled to the detecting unit for displaying the touch-control signal on a display unit with respect to the touch-control coordinating signal. Whereby, the users are capable of being notified by vibrating movements of the touch screen panel as the touch control signal is inputted, thereby confirming the touch control signal has been processed successfully.

Claims

1. A terminal apparatus, comprising:

a touch screen panel, for inputting a touch control signal;

a detecting unit, coupled to the touch screen panel, for generating a control signal in response to the touch control signal; and

a vibrating unit, coupled to the detecting unit, for generating a vibration notification in response to the control signal.

2. The terminal apparatus according to claim 1, further including a microprocessor unit and a display unit, wherein the microprocessor unit is connected with the detecting unit and the display unit.

3. The terminal apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the detecting unit generates a touch-control coordinating signal in response to the touch control signal, the microprocessor unit receives the touch-control coordinating signal and controls the display unit to demonstrate a coordinating signal corresponding with the touch-control coordinating signal.

4. The terminal apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the touch screen panel is configured on the outer surface of the display unit or is integrated inside the display unit.

5. The terminal apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the vibrating unit is disposed nearby the touch screen panel and the display unit so as to transmit the vibration notification to the outer surface of the touch screen panel, and the vibrating unit is a vibration motor.

6. A terminal apparatus, comprising:

a touch screen panel, for inputting a touch control signal;

a detecting unit, coupled to the touch screen panel, for generating a touch-control coordinating signal in response to the touch control signal;

a microprocessor unit, coupled to the detecting unit, for generating a control signal in response to the touch control signal; and

a vibrating unit, coupled to the microprocessor unit, for generating a vibration notification in response to the control signal.

7. The terminal apparatus according to claim 6, further including a display unit and a memory unit, wherein the microprocessor unit connects to the detecting unit, the display unit, and the memory unit which stores information regarding coordinate definition or a program software.

8. The terminal apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the detecting unit generates a touch-control coordinating signal in response to the touch control signal, the microprocessor unit receives the touch-control coordinating signal and controls the display unit to demonstrate a coordinating signal corresponding with the touch-control coordinating signal.

9. The terminal apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the microprocessor unit compares to information regarding coordinate definition with respect to the touch-control coordinating signal and when the touch control coordinating signal is matched to information regarding coordinate definition, the control signal is generated.

10. The terminal apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the microprocessor unit opens the program software in response to the touch-control coordinating signal for generating the control signal.

11. The terminal apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the touch screen panel is configured on the outer surface of the display unit or is integrated inside the display unit.

12. The terminal apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the vibrating unit is disposed nearby the touch screen panel and the display unit so as to transmit the vibration notification to the outer surface of the touch screen panel, and the vibrating unit is a vibration motor.

13. A vibration notification method of a terminal apparatus, comprising:

inputting a touch control signal by a touch screen panel;

receiving the touch control signal by a detecting unit so as to generate a control signal; and

driving a vibrating unit in response to the control signal so as to generate a vibration notification and transmit it to the touch screen panel.

14. The vibration notification method of the terminal apparatus according to claim 13, further including a microprocessor and a display unit, the detecting unit generates a touch-control coordinating signal in response to the touch control signal, the microprocessor unit receives the touch-control coordinating signal and controls the display unit to demonstrate a coordinating signal corresponding with the touch-control coordinating signal.

15. The vibration notification method of the terminal apparatus according to claim 14, wherein the touch screen panel is configured on the outer surface of the display unit or is integrated inside the display unit.

16. The vibration notification method of the terminal apparatus according to claim 14, wherein the vibrating unit is disposed nearby the touch screen panel and the display unit so as to transmit the vibration notification to the outer surface of the touch screen panel and the vibrating unit is a vibration motor.

17. The vibration notification method of the terminal apparatus according to claim 13, further including the steps of identifying the touch-control coordinating signal matched to information regarding coordinate definition stored in a memory unit by a microprocessor unit and generating a control signal to trigger a vibrating unit by means of the microprocessor unit.

18. The vibration notification method of the terminal apparatus according to claim 17, further including the steps of determining whether to activate a program software stored in the memory unit with respect to the touch-control coordinating signal and generating the control signal by means of the microprocessor unit.