ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH TOUCH PAD

• US 20110285646A1
• Filed: 12/19/2010
• Published: 11/24/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 05/19/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: HUANG, LI-ZHANG, PAN, CHUN-WEI, HSIEH, KUAN-HONG, WANG, HAN-CHE
• Application Number:
  US12/972,504
• Publication Number:
  US 20110285646A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/173
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04803 Split screen, i.e. subdividing the display area or the window area into separate subareas
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/041661 using detection at multiple resolutions, e.g. coarse and fine scanning; using detection within a limited area, e.g. object tracking window
• 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

An electronic device includes a transparent touch pad, a switch module, a CPU, a touch control module, and a display control module. The switch module is configured to enable or disable the touch pad in response to user operations, and generate an operation signal. The operation signal is an enabling signal or a disabling signal. The CPU generates a control signal and a display signal upon receiving the enabling signal or the disabling signal from the switch module. The touch control module enables or disables the touch pad corresponding to the control signal, and the display control module controls to divide a display area into a first display area and a second display area to display content or recombine the first display area and second display area together and display the non-operable interface.

Claims

1. An electronic device, comprising:

a touch pad;

a display screen providing a display area partially covered by the touch pad;

a switch module configured to enable or disable the touch pad in response to user operation, and generate an operation signal, the operation signal is an enabling signal or a disenabling signal;

a central processing unit (CPU) configured to generate a control signal and a display signal upon receiving the enabling signal or the disenabling signal from the switch module;

a touch control module configured to enable or disable the touch pad corresponding to the control signal; and

a display control module configured to divide the display area into a first display area and a second display area to display content or recombine the first display area and second display area together and display the non-operable interface corresponding to the display signal.

2. The electronic device as recited in claim 1, wherein the touch pad has a touch area smaller than a display area of the display screen, and the touch area covers only part of the display area.

3. The electronic device as recited in claim 1, wherein upon receiving the enabling signal, the CPU signals the touch control module to enable the touch pad, and signals the display control module to divide the display area into the first display area and the second display area;

upon receiving the disabling signal, the CPU signals the touch control module to disable the touch pad, and signals the display control module to recombine the first display area and the second display area.

4. The electronic device as recited in claim 1, wherein the second display is located under the touch area of the touch pad and is the same size as the touch area of the touch pad.

5. The electronic device as recited in claim 1, wherein the display control module is configured to display a non-operable interface in the first display area and display an operable interface in the second display area.

6. The electronic device as recited in claim 1, further comprising a color filter (CF), wherein the CF is laid on the second display area, and between the touch pad and the display screen.