Electronic Apparatus With Touch Panel and the Operating Method Therefor

• US 20130194197A1
• Filed: 02/01/2012
• Published: 08/01/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 02/01/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Ideacon Technology Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Ideacon Technology Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: LIN, HUNG-YI, HSIUNG, KUO-HUA
• Application Number:
  US13/363,384
• Publication Number:
  US 20130194197A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/173
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04808 Several contacts: gestures triggering a specific function, e.g. scrolling, zooming, right-click, when the user establishes several contacts with the surface simultaneously; e.g. using several fingers or a combination of fingers and pen
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text

Abstract

The invention relates to an electronic apparatus with touch panel comprising a touch panel, a detecting module and a processing module. The detecting module coupled to the touch panel is used for detecting at least one first touch point and at least one second touch point on the touch panel and further detecting a vector difference between the at least one touch point and the at least one second touch point. The processing module coupled to the detecting module is used for executing a first command according to the at least one first touch point and executing a second command according to the vector difference and the first command.

Claims

1. An electronic apparatus with touch panel, comprising:

a touch panel;

a detecting module coupled to the touch panel for detecting at least one first touch point and at least one second touch point on the touch panel, and further detecting a vector difference between the at least one first touch point and the at least one second touch point; and

a processing module coupled to the detecting module for executing a first command according to the at least one first touch point and executing a second command according to the vector difference and the first command.

2. The electronic apparatus with touch panel of claim 1, wherein the vector difference is generated by one or more of the at least one first touch point and the at least one second touch point occurring a position variation.

3. The electronic apparatus with touch panel of claim 2, wherein the position variation is caused by one of a moving, slipping, dragging and rotating gestures executed to the at least one first touch point and the at least one second touch point.

4. The electronic apparatus with touch panel of claim 3, wherein the detecting module determines a first vector between the at least one first touch point and the at least one second touch point after the at least one second touch point is detected, and further determines a second vector between the at least one first touch point and the at least one second touch point generated by one or more touch points of the at least one first touch point and the at least one second touch point occurring the position variation, and then determines the vector difference according to the first vector and the second vector.

5. The electronic apparatus with touch panel of claim 1, wherein the detecting module further comprises a counting unit for counting a time period after the at least one first touch point and the at least one second touch point is detected by the detecting module respectively.

6. The electronic apparatus with touch panel of claim 5, wherein the detecting module detects the at least one second touch point on the touch panel during a predetermined time period after the at least one first touch point is detected.

7. The electronic apparatus with touch panel of claim 5, wherein the detecting module detects the vector difference between the at least one touch point and the at least one second touch point during a predetermined time period after the at least one second touch point is detected.

8. The electronic apparatus with touch panel of claim 1, wherein when the position of the at least one first touch point matches an image object displayed on the touch panel, the first command is used for selecting the image object displayed on the touch panel.

9. The electronic apparatus with touch panel of claim 8, wherein the second command is used for scaling, rotating, adjusting, pointing or moving the image object.

10. The electronic apparatus with touch panel of claim 1, wherein the first command controls the touch panel into a function selection mode.

11. The electronic apparatus with touch panel of claim 10, wherein the processing module comprises a storage unit for storing a plurality of function actions corresponding to the vector difference and the second command is used for executing a corresponding function action of the plurality of function actions according to the vector difference under the function selection mode.

12. An operating method for electronic apparatus with touch panel, which comprising following steps:

(a) detecting at least one first touch point on a touch panel;

(b) detecting at least one second touch point on the touch panel;

(C) determining a vector difference between the at least one first touch point and the at least one second touch point;

(d) executing a first command according to the at least one first touch point; and

(e) executing a second command according to the vector difference and the first command.

13. The operating method for the electronic apparatus with touch panel of claim 12, wherein the vector difference is generated by one of the at least one first touch point or the at least one second touch point occurring a position variation.

14. The operating method of electronic apparatus with touch panel of claim 13, wherein the position variation is caused by one of a moving, slipping, dragging and rotating gestures executed to the at least one first touch point or the at least one second touch point.

15. The operating method of electronic apparatus with touch panel of claim 14, wherein the method comprises steps:

(c1)determining a first vector between the at least one first touch point and the at least one second touch point after the at least one second touch point is detected;

(c2) determining a second vector between the at least one first touch point and the at least one second touch point generated by one or more points of the at least one first touch point and the at least one second touch point occurring the position variation; and

(c3) determining the vector difference according to the first vector and the second vector.

16. The operating method of electronic apparatus with touch panel of claim 12, wherein the method further detects the at least one second touch point on the touch panel during a predetermined time period after the at least one first touch point is detected.

17. The operating method of electronic apparatus with touch panel of claim 12, wherein the method detects the vector difference between the at least one first touch point and the at least one second touch point during a predetermined time period after the at least one second touch point is detected.

18. The operating method of electronic apparatus with touch panel of claim 12, wherein when the position of the at least one first touch point matches an image object displayed on the touch panel, the first command is used for selecting the image object displayed on the touch panel.

19. The operating method of electronic apparatus with touch panel of claim 18, wherein the second command is used for scaling, rotating, adjusting, pointing or moving the image object.

20. The operating method of electronic apparatus with touch panel of claim 12, wherein the first command controls the touch panel into a function selection mode and the method further stores a plurality of function actions according to the vector difference and the second command is used for executing a corresponding function action of the plurality of function actions according to the vector difference under the function selection mode.