METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ANALYZING TWO-DIMENSION SENSING INFORMATION

• US 20120075227A1
• Filed: 12/07/2011
• Published: 03/29/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 10/09/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: eGalax_eMPIA Technology Inc.
• Original Assignee: eGalax_eMPIA Technology Inc.
• Inventors: CHANG, CHIN-FU, Lee, Cheng-Han, Tang, Chi-Hao, Ho, Shun-Lung
• Granted Patent: US 9,069,410 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/173
• CPC Class Codes: G01R 27/2605 Measuring capacitance capacitive sensors G01D5/24
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04103 Manufacturing, i.e. details related to manufacturing processes specially suited for touch sensitive devices
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04104 Multi-touch detection in digitiser, i.e. details about the simultaneous detection of a plurality of touching locations, e.g. multiple fingers or pen and finger
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04111 Cross over in capacitive digitiser, i.e. details of structures for connecting electrodes of the sensing pattern where the connections cross each other, e.g. bridge structures comprising an insulating layer, or vias through substrate
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/03545 Pens or stylus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0412 Digitisers structurally integrated in a display
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04162 for exchanging data with external devices, e.g. smart pens, via the digitiser sensing hardware
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04182 Filtering of noise external to the device and not generated by digitiser components
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0441 using active external devices, e.g. active pens, for receiving changes in electrical potential transmitted by the digitiser, e.g. tablet driving signals
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0442 using active external devices, e.g. active pens, for transmitting changes in electrical potential to be received by the digitiser
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/047 using sets of wires, e.g. crossed wires

Abstract

The method and device for analyzing two-dimension sensing information are disclosed. The two-dimension (2D) sensing information is analyzed for determining touch related sensing information. The touch related sensing information may include touch related sensing information with inner low values within outer high values and with inner higher values within outer low values.

Claims

1. A method for analyzing two-dimension (2D) dual-differential sensing information, comprising:

obtaining a 2D dual-differential sensing information including a plurality of dual differences; and

analyzing the 2D dual-differential sensing information to determine each partial sensing information with inner low values within outer high values in the 2D dual-differential sensing information.

2. The method for analyzing 2D dual-differential sensing information of claim 1, wherein the analyzing further comprises:

analyzing the 2D dual-differential sensing information to determine each partial sensing information with inner high values within outer low values in the 2D dual-differential sensing information.

3. The method for analyzing 2D dual-differential sensing information of claim 2, further comprising:

analyzing a profile of each touch related sensing information; and

outputting a geometric information based on each profile, wherein a representation of the geometric information is selected from one or a combination of representations of the following geometric shapes;

circle, oval, rectangle or polygon.

4. The method for analyzing 2D dual-differential sensing information of claim 2, further comprising:

calculating a centroid position or a geometric center of each touch related sensing information as a position.

5. The method for analyzing 2D dual-differential sensing information of claim 1, further comprising:

converting each touch related sensing information with inner low values within outer high values into a touch related sensing information with inner high values within outer low values.

6. The method for analyzing 2D dual-differential sensing information of claim 1, further comprising:

converting the dual-differential sensing information, the converting selected from one of the following;

converting all negative values into zero values, converting all negative values into positive values, converting all positive values into zero values and converting all positive values into negative values.

7. The method for analyzing 2D dual-differential sensing information of claim 1, wherein the 2D dual-differential sensing information is constituted by a plurality of one-dimension (1D) dual-differential sensing information, each dual difference of each 1D dual-differential sensing information is generated based on signals of three sensors in a plurality of sensors, wherein each dual difference is the difference between a first difference and a second difference, the first difference is a signal difference of the first two sensors among the three sensors, and the second difference is a signal difference of the latter two sensors among the three sensors.

8. The method for analyzing 2D dual-differential sensing information of claim 1, further comprising:

obtaining a plurality of 1D sensing information, wherein each 1D sensing information is generated based on signals of a plurality of sensors; and

converting these 1D sensing information into the 2D dual-differential sensing information, wherein each value of the 2D dual-differential sensing information is generated based on at least two values of these 1D sensing information.

9. The method for analyzing 2D dual-differential sensing information of claim 1, wherein each 1D sensing information includes a plurality of signal values, each signal value is generated based on a signal of one of these sensors, and each dual difference is generated based on three signal values.

10. The method for analyzing 2D dual-differential sensing information of claim 1, wherein each 1D sensing information includes a plurality of differences, each difference is generated based on the difference between signals of a pair of these sensors, and each dual difference is generated based on a pair of the differences.

11. A device for analyzing two-dimension (2D) dual-differential sensing information, comprising one of a controller and a host for performing an analysis, comprising

obtaining a 2D dual-differential sensing information including a plurality of dual differences;

and

analyzing the 2D dual-differential sensing information to determine each partial sensing information with inner low values within outer high values in the 2D dual-differential sensing information.

12. The device for analyzing 2D dual-differential sensing information of claim 11, wherein the analysis further comprises:

analyzing the 2D dual-differential sensing information to determine each partial sensing information with inner high values within outer low values in the 2D dual-differential sensing information.

13. The device for analyzing 2D dual-differential sensing information of claim 12, wherein the analysis further comprises:

analyzing a profile of each touch related sensing information; and

outputting a geometric information based on each profile, wherein a representation of the geometric information is selected from one or a combination of representations of the following geometric shapes;

circle, oval, rectangle or polygon.

14. The device for analyzing 2D dual-differential sensing information of claim 12, wherein the analysis further comprises:

calculating a centroid position or a geometric center of each touch related sensing information as a position.

15. The device for analyzing 2D dual-differential sensing information of claim 11, where one of the controller and the host further comprises performing the following operation:

converting each touch related sensing information with inner low values within outer high values into a touch related sensing information with inner high values within outer low values.

16. The device for analyzing 2D dual-differential sensing information of claim 11, where one of the controller and the host further comprises performing the following operation:

converting the dual-differential sensing information, the converting selected from one of the following;

converting all negative values into zero values, converting all negative values into positive values, converting all positive values into zero values and converting all positive values into negative values.

17. The device for analyzing 2D dual-differential sensing information of claim 11, further comprising:

a sensing device including a plurality of sensors;

wherein the controller provides a one-dimension (1D) dual-differential sensing information each time the controller senses the sensors, the 2D dual-differential sensing information is constituted by a plurality of the 1D dual-differential sensing information, each dual difference of each 1D dual-differential sensing information is generated based on signals of three sensors in a plurality of sensors, wherein each dual difference is the difference between a first difference and a second difference, the first difference is a signal difference of the first two sensors among the three sensors, and the second difference is a signal difference of the latter two sensors among the three sensors.

18. The device for analyzing 2D dual-differential sensing information of claim 11, further comprising:

a sensing device including a plurality of sensors;

wherein the controller provides a 1D dual-differential sensing information each time the controller senses the sensors, each 1D sensing information is generated based on signals of a plurality of sensors, and one of the controller and the host converts these 1D sensing information into the 2D dual-differential sensing information, wherein each value of the 2D dual-differential sensing information is generated based on at least two values of these 1D sensing information.

19. The device for analyzing 2D dual-differential sensing information of claim 11, wherein each 1D sensing information includes a plurality of signal values, each signal value is generated based on a signal of one of these sensors, and each dual difference is generated based on three signal values.

20. The device for analyzing 2D dual-differential sensing information of claim 11, wherein each 1D sensing information includes a plurality of differences, each difference is generated based on the difference between signals of a pair of these sensors, and each dual difference is generated based on a pair of the differences.