Power Saving Method and Touch Display Apparatus

• US 20130027323A1
• Filed: 01/03/2012
• Published: 01/31/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 07/29/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Acer, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Acer, Inc.
• Inventors: Chang, Yi-Wei
• Application Number:
  US13/342,234
• Publication Number:
  US 20130027323A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/173
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/3203 Power management, i.e. event-based initiation of a power-saving mode
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/3262 Power saving in digitizer or tablet

Abstract

A power saving method is disclosed. The method is used for reducing the amount of power consumed by a touch display apparatus including a sensing area. The method includes: determining whether an instruction event happens in the sensing area by scanning the sensing area within a first processing period; in response to a negative determination, providing a specific sensing area within the sensing area; determining whether the instruction event happens in the specific sensing area by scanning the specific sensing area within a second processing period; and in response to a negative determination, ending the scanning of the sensing area.

Claims

1. A power saving method for reducing the amount of power consumed by a touch display apparatus, wherein the touch display apparatus comprises a sensing area, the power saving method comprising the following steps:

determining whether an instruction event happens in the sensing area by scanning the sensing area within a first processing period;

when it is determined that no instruction event happens in the sensing area within the first processing period, providing a specific sensing area within the sensing area;

determining whether the instruction event happens in the specific sensing area by scanning the specific sensing area within a second processing period; and

when it is determined that no instruction event happens in the sensing area within the second processing period, ending the scanning of the sensing area.

2. The power saving method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising:

when it is determined that the instruction event happens in the specific sensing area within the second processing period, determining whether the instruction event happens in the sensing area by scanning the sensing area within the first processing period.

3. The power saving method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising:

marking the range of the specific sensing area.

4. The power saving method as claimed in claim 2, further comprising:

marking the range of the specific sensing area.

5. The power saving method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising:

determining whether an exception event occurs; and

when it is determined that no exception event occurs, determining whether the instruction event happens in the sensing area by scanning the sensing area within the first processing period.

6. The power saving method as claimed in claim 5, wherein the exception event is one of a set of a video displaying event, a document displaying event, a picture displaying event, and a webpage displaying event.

7. The power saving method as claimed in claim 2, further comprising:

determining whether an exception event occurs; and

when it is determined that no exception event occurs, determining whether the instruction event happens in the sensing area by scanning the sensing area within the first processing period.

8. The power saving method as claimed in claim 7, wherein the exception event is one of a set of a video displaying event, a document displaying event, a picture displaying event, and a webpage displaying event.

9. The power saving method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising:

displaying a predetermined picture or a predetermined message on the sensing area after the first processing period.

10. The power saving method as claimed in claim 2, further comprising:

displaying a predetermined picture or a predetermined message on the sensing area after the first processing period.

11. A touch display apparatus comprising:

a touch screen comprising a sensing area;

a marking module connected to the touch screen, used for marking a specific sensing area, wherein the specific sensing area falls within the sensing area;

and

a scanning module connected to the touch screen, used for scanning the sensing area within a first processing period so as to determine whether an instruction event happens in the sensing area, and when it is determined that no instruction event happens within the first processing period, scanning the specific sensing area within a second processing period so as to determine whether the instruction event happens in the specific sensing area, and when it is determined that no instruction event happens in the specific sensing area within the second processing period, ending the scanning of the sensing area.

12. The touch display apparatus as claimed in claim 11, wherein when it is determined that the instruction event happens in the specific sensing area within the second processing period, the scanning module scans the sensing area within the first processing period so as to determine whether the instruction event happens in the sensing area.

13. The touch display apparatus as claimed in claim 11, further comprising;

a processing module connected to the touch screen, used for determining whether an exception event occurs, wherein when it is determined that no exception event occurs, determining whether the instruction event happens in the sensing area by scanning the sensing area within the first processing period with the scanning module.

14. The touch display apparatus as claimed in claim 13, wherein the exception event is one of a set of a video displaying event, a document displaying event, a picture displaying event, and a webpage displaying event.

15. The touch display apparatus as claimed in claim 12, further comprising;

a processing module connected to the touch screen, used for determining whether an exception event occurs, wherein when it is determined that no exception event, determining whether the instruction event happens in the sensing area by scanning the sensing area within the first processing period with the scanning module.

16. The touch display apparatus as claimed in claim 15, wherein the exception event is one of a set of a video displaying event, a document displaying event, a picture displaying event, and a webpage displaying event.

17. The touch display apparatus as claimed in claim 11, wherein the marking module displays a predetermined picture or a predetermined message on the sensing area after the first processing period.

18. The touch display apparatus as claimed in claim 12, wherein the marking module displays a predetermined picture or a predetermined message on the sensing area after the first processing period.