PREVENTION AGAINST REMISS TOUCH ON A TOUCHPAD

• US 20120062488A1
• Filed: 09/08/2011
• Published: 03/15/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 09/13/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Elan Microelectronics Corporation
• Original Assignee: Elan Microelectronics Corporation
• Inventors: LIN, YEN-YU, CHUANG, YING-CHIEH, KUO, JUI-TING
• Application Number:
  US13/227,530
• Publication Number:
  US 20120062488A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/173
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04186 Touch location disambiguation

Abstract

A touchpad is defined with two or more detect regions thereon, and each of the defined detect regions has a respective remiss threshold for identifying remiss touch. When any of the defined detect regions is touched, the touchpad compares the touch area of the detected touch with the remiss threshold of the touched detect region to identify whether the detected touch is a remiss touch or not. Preferably, the location, range and threshold setting of the detect region is user defined, so that a user may adjust the remiss setting for optimized prevention against remiss touch.

Claims

1. A method for prevention against remiss touch on a touchpad, comprising the steps of:

enabling a plurality of detect regions defined on the touchpad, each of the defined detect regions having a respective remiss threshold for identify remiss touch;

if a touch on the touchpad is detected, calculating a location and a touch area of the touch; and

if the location is in one of the defined detect regions, comparing the touch area with the corresponding remiss threshold of the touched detect region for identifying whether the detected touch is a remiss touch or not.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising the step of adjusting at least one of a location, a range and the remiss threshold of one of the defined detect regions.

3. A touchpad with prevention against remiss touch, comprising:

a first detect region defined on the touchpad; and

a second detect region defined on the touchpad;

wherein each of the first and second defined detect regions has a respective remiss threshold to be compared with a touch area of a touch thereon, for identifying whether the touch is a remiss touch or not.

4. The touchpad of claim 3, wherein each of the first and second detect regions has a respective location and range which are user defined and adjustable, and each of the remiss thresholds is user defined and adjustable.

5. A control method for a touchpad, comprising the steps of:

switching the touchpad between two modes;

if a touch is detected on the touchpad when the touchpad operates in the first mode, comparing a touch area of the detected touch with a first remiss threshold for identifying whether the detected touch is a remiss touch or not;

enabling a plurality of detect regions defined on the touchpad when the touchpad is switched to the second mode, wherein each of the defined detect regions has a respective second remiss threshold for identify remiss touch; and

if a touch is detected on one of the defined detect regions when the touchpad operates in the second mode, comparing a touch area of the detected touch with the corresponding second remiss threshold of the touched detect region for identifying whether the detected touch is a remiss touch or not.

6. The control method of claim 5, further comprising the step of adjusting at least one of a location, a range and the second remiss threshold of one of the defined detect regions.

7. The control method of claim 5, further comprising the step of disabling the defined detect regions when the touchpad operates in the second mode and a touch is identified not a remiss touch, and then switching the touchpad to the first mode.