TOUCH DISPLAY DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF

• US 20120068946A1
• Filed: 09/14/2011
• Published: 03/22/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 09/16/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: ASUSTek Computer, Inc.
• Original Assignee: ASUSTek Computer, Inc.
• Inventors: Tang, Sheng-Kai, Chiu, Kuo-Chung, Lin, Sheng-Ta, Tseng, Wen-Chieh
• Application Number:
  US13/232,495
• Publication Number:
  US 20120068946A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/173
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1684 Constructional details or arrangements related to integrated I/O peripherals not covered by groups G06F1/1635 - G06F1/1675
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures

Abstract

A touch display device includes a main body, a detecting module and a touch display module. The detecting module includes a plurality of sensing elements for sensing a touch position of a user at the main body and providing a touch signal to the detecting module. The touch display module is disposed at the main body and electrically connected to the detecting module. The touch display device generates a function control zone corresponding to the touch position in accordance with the touch signal. A control method of a touch display device is disclosed as well. The touch display device and the control method can generate the function control zone corresponding to the touch position by sensing the touch of the user to replace physical hot keys.

Claims

1. A touch display device comprising:

a main body;

a detecting module including a plurality of sensing elements to sense a touch position at the main body and generate a touch signal to the detecting module; and

a touch display module disposed at the main body and electrically connected to the detecting module,

wherein the touch display device generates a function control zone corresponding to the touch position in accordance with the touch signal.

2. The touch display device according to claim 1, wherein the main body has a periphery surrounding the touch display module, and the sensing elements are disposed at the periphery.

3. The touch display device according to claim 1, wherein the sensing elements are touch sensors, pressure sensors, temperature sensors, light sensors or the combination thereof.

4. The touch display device according to claim 1, wherein the sensing elements senses a contact area or a contact shape at the main body.

5. The touch display device according to claim 1, wherein the function control zone is at the touch position, around the touch position or at an opposite side of the touch position.

6. The touch display device according to claim 1, wherein the function control zone has a function control unit.

7. The touch display device according to claim 1, wherein the touch display module displays an auxiliary control unit corresponding to the function control zone.

8. A control method of a touch display device, wherein the touch display device includes a main body, a detecting module and a touch display module, the detecting module includes a plurality of sensing elements, the touch display module is disposed at the main body and electrically connected to the detecting module, the control method comprising following steps:

sensing a touch position at the main body via the sensing elements;

generating a touch signal to the detecting module; and

generating a function control zone by the touch display device corresponding to the touch position in accordance with the touch signal.

9. The control method according to claim 8, wherein the main body has a periphery surrounding the touch display module, and the sensing elements are disposed at the periphery.

10. The control method according to claim 8, wherein the sensing elements are touch sensors, pressure sensors, temperature sensors, light sensors and the combination thereof.

11. The control method according to claim 8, wherein the sensing elements sense a contact shape at the main body.

12. The control method according to claim 8, wherein the function control zone is at the touch position, around the touch position or at an opposite side of the touch position.

13. The control method according to claim 8, wherein the function control zone has a function control unit.

14. The control method according to claim 8, wherein generating the function control zone includes displaying an auxiliary control unit corresponding to the function control zone at the touch display module.