PROMPTING DEVICE FOR OPTICAL FINGER NAVIGATION SENSOR, PROMPTING METHOD THEREOF AND PROMPTING SYSTEM

• US 20130215039A1
• Filed: 02/16/2012
• Published: 08/22/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 02/16/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Cheng UEI Precision Industry Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Cheng UEI Precision Industry Company Limited
• Inventors: YU, YING-CHIEH, Tsai, Kuang-sheng, Cho, Meng-ching, Lin, You-ruei
• Application Number:
  US13/398,836
• Publication Number:
  US 20130215039A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/173
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/0331 Finger worn pointing device
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/0335 Finger operated miniaturized mouse
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0304 Detection arrangements using opto-electronic means constructional details of pointing devices not related to the detection arrangement using opto-electronic means G06F3/033; optical digitisers G06F3/042
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0308 comprising a plurality of distinctive and separately oriented light emitters or reflectors associated to the pointing device, e.g. remote cursor controller with distinct and separately oriented LEDs at the tip whose radiations are captured by a photo-detector associated to the screen

Abstract

A prompting device for an optical finger navigation sensor, a prompting method thereof, and a prompting system are provided. The prompting device includes at least one light-emitting unit, which is disposed around the OFN sensor. The prompting device is integrated with the OFN sensor. According to the finger position transmitted back to the operating system from the OFN sensor and the action that the operation system can do accordingly, the light-emitting unit provides a blue or green optical indication for the user to perform the next action. Or when the operation system performs the action needed to prompt, the prompting device can prompt the user for the next action. Therefore, the optical indication of the present invention can prompt the user to perform the action, thereby providing a convenience for the user.

Claims

1. A prompting device for an optical finger navigation sensor, comprising:

at least one light-emitting unit, being disposed around the optical finger navigation sensor.

2. The prompting device for an optical finger navigation sensor as claimed in claim 1, wherein the light-emitting unit is annular and surrounds the optical finger navigation sensor.

3. The prompting device for an optical finger navigation sensor as claimed in claim 1, wherein the quantity of the light-emitting unit is two, which are respectively disposed on two sides of the optical finger navigation sensor.

4. The prompting device for an optical finger navigation sensor as claimed in claim 1, wherein the light-emitting unit is a blue light source.

5. The prompting device for an optical finger navigation sensor as claimed in claim 1, wherein the light-emitting unit is a green light source.

6. A prompting method of a prompting device for an optical finger navigation sensor, comprising the following steps of:

1) employing an operating system to send out an order signal according to a task of being currently performed;

2) determining by the operating system whether to need to prompt a user for the order signal, and if need to prompt, performing a step of

     3);

3) emitting out an indication light by the prompting device according to the order signal;

4) judging whether the user performs an action, and if the optical finger navigation sensor senses that the user performs the action in a predetermined time, performing a step of

     5); and

5) reporting the performing position and the performed action and transmitting these messages back to the operating system by the optical finger navigation sensor.

7. The prompting method as claimed in claim 6, wherein in the step of 2), if the operating system determines that the user need not be prompted for the order signal, the prompting device of the optical finger navigation sensor will not prompt the user.

8. The prompting method as claimed in claim 6, wherein in the step of 4), if the optical finger navigation sensor does not sense that the user performs the action in the predetermined time, the optical finger navigation sensor will report the message of no action being performed by the user to the operating system.

9. A prompting system comprising:

an operating system sending out an order signal according to a task of being currently performed and determining whether to need to prompt a user for the order signal;

a prompting device emitting out an indication light according to the order signal; and

an optical finger navigation sensor sensing that the user performs an action, reporting the performing position and the performed action and transmitting these messages back to the operating system.

10. The prompting system as claimed in claim 9, wherein the prompting device will not prompt the user if the operating system ascertains that the user need not be prompted for the order signal.

11. The prompting system as claimed in claim 10, wherein the optical finger navigation sensor will report the message of no action being performed by the user to the operating system if the optical finger navigation sensor does not sense that the user performs the action in a predetermined time.

12. The prompting system as claimed in claim 9, wherein the prompting device has at least one light-emitting unit being disposed around the optical finger navigation sensor.

13. The prompting system as claimed in claim 12, wherein the light-emitting unit is annular and surrounds the optical finger navigation sensor.

14. The prompting system as claimed in claim 12, wherein the quantity of the light-emitting unit is two, which are respectively disposed on two sides of the optical finger navigation sensor.

15. The prompting system as claimed in claim 12, wherein the light-emitting unit is a blue light source.

16. The prompting system as claimed in claim 12, wherein the light-emitting unit is a green light source.