PORTABLE ELECTRONIC APPARATUS WITH SENSING MECHANISM OF PHYSIOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS AND RELATED METHOD THEREOF

• US 20130335346A1
• Filed: 01/08/2013
• Published: 12/19/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 06/13/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: PixArt Imaging Incorporated
• Original Assignee: PixArt Imaging Incorporated
• Inventors: Chen, Hsin-Chia, Chen, Hui-Hsuan, Kao, Ming-Tsan, Ko, Chia-Fu
• Application Number:
  US13/736,912
• Publication Number:
  US 20130335346A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/173
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/11 Measuring movement of the entire body or parts thereof, e.g. head or hand tremor, mobility of a limb for measuring pulse A61B5/02 ;A61B5/1038 takes precedence; motion detection to correct for motion artifacts in physiological signals A61B5/721
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0354 with detection of 2D relative movements between the device, or an operating part thereof, and a plane or surface, e.g. 2D mice, trackballs, pens or pucks
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/03547 Touch pads, in which fingers can move on a surface
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/041 Digitisers, e.g. for touch screens or touch pads, characterised by the transducing means
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0421 by interrupting or reflecting a light beam, e.g. optical touch-screen

Abstract

A method used for a portable electronic apparatus includes: providing a touch panel for receiving an input of a user; and, determining whether to perform a sensing operation upon an sensed object corresponding to the input of the user via the touch panel to generate a sensing result which is associated with physiological characteristics.

Claims

1. A method used for a portable electronic apparatus, comprising:

providing a touch panel for receiving an input of an user; and

determining whether to perform a sensing operation upon a sensed object corresponding to the input of the user via the touch panel, to generate a sensing result which is associated with physiological characteristics.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of determining whether to perform the sensing operation upon the sensed object corresponding to the input of the user via the touch panel comprises:

determining whether to perform the sensing operation upon the corresponding sensed object according to a control result of the input of the user received by the touch panel.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein:

when the control result indicates that the sensed object corresponding to the input of the user is substantially still, the touch panel is used for performing the sensing operation upon the sensed object; and

when the control result indicates that the sensed object corresponding to the input of the user is not substantially still, the touch panel is not used for performing the sensing operation upon the sensed object.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

performing a motion detection operation to generate a motion detection result;

wherein the step of determining whether to perform the sensing operation upon the sensed object corresponding to the input of the user via the touch panel comprises;

determining whether to perform the sensing operation upon the sensed object corresponding to the input of the user via the touch panel according to the motion detection result.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the step of determining whether to perform the sensing operation upon the sensed object corresponding to the input of the user via the touch panel comprises:

determining whether to perform the sensing operation upon the sensed object corresponding to the input of the user via the touch panel according to the motion detection result and a control result of the input of the user received by the touch panel.

6. The method of claim 4, wherein the step of determining whether to perform the sensing operation upon the sensed object corresponding to the input of the user via the touch panel according to the motion detection result comprises:

when the motion detection result indicates that the portable electronic apparatus operates in a first mode, performing the sensing operation upon the sensed object; and

when the motion detection result indicates that the portable electronic apparatus operates in a second mode, not performing the sensing operation upon the sensed object.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the first mode indicates that the portable electronic apparatus substantially has no motion;

and the second mode indicates that the portable electronic apparatus substantially has motion.

8. The method of claim 4, further comprising:

when the sensing operation is performed upon the sensed object, not performing the motion detection operation; and

when the sensing operation is not performed upon the sensed object, performing the motion detection operation.

9. The method of claim 4, wherein the sensed object contacts the touch panel, and the step of performing the sensing operation upon the sensed object via using the touch panel comprises:

adjusting intensity of an emission light source;

generating an optical sensing signal to the sensed object according to the adjusted intensity of the emission light source;

capturing at least one imaging of the sensed object according to a reflected signal corresponding to the optical sensing signal; and

generating the sensing result according to the at least one imaging.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the physiological characteristics comprises heartbeat, oxygen saturation, or blood velocity.

11. A portable electronic apparatus, comprising:

a touch panel, arranged for receiving an input of an user; and

a sensing circuit, coupled to the touch panel, the sensing circuit arranged for determining whether to perform a sensing operation upon a sensed object corresponding to the input of the user via the touch panel to generate a sensing result, wherein the sensing result is associated with physiological characteristics.

12. The portable electronic apparatus of claim 11, wherein the sensing circuit determines whether to perform the sensing operation upon the corresponding sensed object according to a control result of the input of the user received by the touch panel.

13. The portable electronic apparatus of claim 12, wherein:

when the control result indicates that the sensed object corresponding to the input of the user is substantially still, the sensing circuit performs the sensing operation upon the sensed object via the touch panel; and

when the control result indicates that the sensed object corresponding to the input of the user is not substantially still, the sensing circuit does not perform the sensing operation upon the sensed object via the touch panel.

14. The portable electronic apparatus of claim 11, further comprising:

a motion detection circuit, coupled to the sensing circuit, the motion detection circuit arranged for performing a motion detection operation to generate a motion detection result;

wherein the sensing circuit determines whether to perform the sensing operation upon the sensed object corresponding to the input of the user via the touch panel according to the motion detection result.

15. The portable electronic apparatus of claim 14, wherein the sensing circuit determines whether to perform the sensing operation upon the sensed object corresponding to the input of the user via the touch panel according to the motion detection result and a control result of the input of the user received by the touch panel.

16. The portable electronic apparatus of claim 14, wherein when the motion detection result indicates that the portable electronic apparatus operates in a first mode, the sensing circuit performs the sensing operation upon the sensed object;

and when the motion detection result indicates that the portable electronic apparatus operates in a second mode, the sensing circuit does not perform the sensing operation upon the sensed object.

17. The portable electronic apparatus of claim 16, wherein the first mode indicates that the portable electronic apparatus substantially has no motion;

and the second mode indicates that the portable electronic apparatus substantially has motion.

18. The portable electronic apparatus of claim 14, wherein when the sensing circuit performs the sensing operation upon the sensed object, the motion detection circuit does not perform the motion detection operation;

and when the sensing circuit does not perform the sensing operation upon the sensed object, the motion detection circuit performs the motion detection operation.

19. The portable electronic apparatus of claim 14, wherein the sensed object contacts with the touch panel, and the sensing circuit adjusts intensity of an emission light source;

generates an optical sensing signal to the sensed object according to the adjusted intensity of the emission light source;

captures at least one imaging of the sensed object according to a reflected signal corresponding to the optical sensing signal; and

generates the sensing result according to the at least one imaging.

20. The portable electronic apparatus of claim 11, wherein the physiological characteristics comprises heartbeat, oxygen saturation, or blood velocity.