MOBILE PHONE AND POINTER CONTROL METHOD THEREOF

• US 20120270533A1
• Filed: 06/14/2011
• Published: 10/25/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 04/19/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Futaihua Industry (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd. (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.), Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Futaihua Industry (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd. (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.), Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: YOU, QIANG
• Application Number:
  US13/159,435
• Publication Number:
  US 20120270533A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/420
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0416 Control or interface arrangements specially adapted for digitisers
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0421 by interrupting or reflecting a light beam, e.g. optical touch-screen
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/22 including a touch pad, a touch sensor or a touch detector

Abstract

The disclosure provides a mobile phone with pointer and a pointer control method adapted for the mobile phone. When a user finger over a touch screen is within a predetermined distance, a position of the touch screen corresponding to the user finger displays a pointer. When the finger moves over the touch screen within the predetermined distance, the pointer on the touch screen moves with the finger moving. When the user generates an operation on the touch screen and presses/slides the position of the pointer, the mobile phone performs a function corresponding to the operation.

Claims

1. A mobile phone for controlling a pointer, comprising:

a touch screen;

a storage unit for storing position information and direction information on the touch screen and function applications associated with the position or the direction information;

a display unit;

a screen optical sensing unit for sensing light blocked by a finger on the touch screen in real time and forming a light spot on the touch screen corresponding to the finger to generate a light source signal; and

a control unit for calculating coordinates of the light spot and obtaining the position of the light spot on the touch screen according to the light source signal, generating a pointer on the position of the light spot and displaying the pointer on the touch screen, evaluating whether an operation is received on the pointer position from the finger, when the pointer position receives the operation, acquiring a function application for the operation on the pointer position from the storage unit, and performing a function associated with the function application.

2. The mobile phone as recited in claim 1, wherein the screen optical sensing unit is an integrated through screen optical module.

3. The mobile phone as recited in claim 1, wherein the control unit is further configured for evaluating that a press operation is received on the pointer position from the finger, acquiring the position information for the pointer position and a function application associated with the position information for the press operation from the storage unit, and performing a function associated with the function application.

4. The mobile phone as recited in claim 1, wherein the control unit is further configured for evaluating that a plurality of successive light source signals are received in a predetermined time period, calculating an end position of the pointer according to a last light source signal and displaying the pointer on the end position, evaluating a sliding direction of the finger according to a start position and the end position of the pointer, acquiring a function application according to the sliding direction from the storage unit, and performing a function associated with the function application.

5. The mobile phone as recited in claim 4, wherein the predetermined time period is about 0.1 second.

6. The mobile phone as recited in claim 1, wherein the control unit is further configured for processing the light spot and acquiring the center of the spot for calculating the coordinates of the light spot.

7. A method for controlling a pointer by a mobile phone, wherein the mobile phone comprises a touch screen and stores position information and direction information on the touch screen and function applications associated with the position or the direction information, the method comprising:

sensing light blocked by a finger on the touch screen in real time and forming a light spot on the touch screen corresponding to the finger to generate a light source signal;

calculating coordinates of the light spot and obtaining the position of the light spot on the touch screen according to the light source signal;

generating a pointer on the position of the light spot and displaying the pointer on the touch screen;

evaluating whether an operation is received on the pointer position from the finger; and

if the pointer position receives the operation, acquiring a function application for the operation on the pointer position and performing a function associated with the function application.

8. The method as recited in claim 7, further comprising:

evaluating that a press operation is received on the pointer position from the finger, acquiring the position information for the pointer position and a function application associated with the position information for the press operation, and performing a function associated with the function application.

9. The method as recited in claim 7, further comprising:

evaluating that a plurality of successive light source signals are received in a predetermined time period, calculating an end position of the pointer according to a last light source signal, and displaying the pointer on the end position;

evaluating a sliding direction of the finger according to a start position and the end position of the pointer; and

acquiring a function application according to the sliding direction and performing a function associated with the function application.

10. The method as recited in claim 9, wherein the predetermined time period is about 0.1 second.

11. The method as recited in claim 7, further comprising:

processing the light spot and acquiring the center of the spot for calculating the coordinates of the light spot.