Electrical Device, Touch Input Method And Control Method

• US 20140123080A1
• Filed: 06/07/2012
• Published: 05/01/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 06/07/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Lenovo (Beijing) Limited (Lenovo Group Ltd.), Lenovo Company Limited (Lenovo Group Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Lenovo (Beijing) Limited (Lenovo Group Ltd.), Lenovo Company Limited (Lenovo Group Ltd.)
• Inventors: Gan, Dayong
• Application Number:
  US14/124,793
• Publication Number:
  US 20140123080A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/863
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04803 Split screen, i.e. subdividing the display area or the window area into separate subareas
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0481 based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures

Abstract

An electrical device, touch input method and a control method thereof are provided. The touch input method is applied to the electrical device. The electrical device includes a display unit and a touch sensing unit arranged on top of the display unit, the touch area of the touch sensing unit is overlaid with the display area of the display unit, the display is used to display objects of the electrical device in the display area, and the touch area is divided into a first area and a second area not overlaying with each other. The touch input method comprises: detecting a gesture input; determining the start point of the gesture input being in the first area or the second area; generating a system management command corresponding to the gesture input when the start point of the gesture input being determined in the second area; generating an object operation command used to operating the object corresponding to the gesture input when the start point of the gesture input being determined in the first area; and executing the system management command or the object operation command.

Claims

1-20. -20. (canceled)

21. A touch input method for a touch sensing unit, the touch sensing unit including an input area which is divided into a first area and a second area that are not overlapped with each other, and a first edge of the input area coinciding with a second edge of the second area, wherein the second area can identify an input operation in which at least part of an operation object is in contact with the second edge, and the first area can identify an input operation in which the operation object is not in contact with the second edge, the touch input method comprising:

detecting a gesture input;

judging whether a start point of the gesture input is located within the first area or the second area so as to generate a judgment result;

generating a first command when the judgment result indicates that the start point of the gesture input is located within the first area;

generating a second command which is different from the first command when the judgment result indicates that the start point of the gesture input is located within the second area; and

executing the first command or the second command.

22. The touch input method according to claim 21, wherein the first command refers to an object operation command corresponding to the gesture input, the object operation command being used for operating the object, and the second command refers to a system administration command corresponding to the gesture input.

23. The touch input method according to claim 21, wherein

an end point of the gesture input is located within the first area or the second area when the start point of the gesture input is located within the first area;

or

the end point of the gesture input is within the first area or the second area when the start point of the gesture input is within the second area.

24. The touch input method according to claim 21, wherein the second area refers to the edge of the first area and surrounds the first area.

25. The touch input method according to claim 21, wherein said generating the system administration command corresponding to the gesture input further comprises:

identifying type of the gesture input; and

generating a back command when the gesture input is identified to be a leftward slide operation in which the start point is located within the second area.

26. The touch input method according to claim 21, wherein the input gesture refers to a gesture coming from outside of the touch area of the touch sensing unit.

27. The touch input method according to claim 24, wherein a length of a second border of the second area perpendicular to the first edge is less than a first distance and greater than a second distance, and wherein when a physical touch imprint left by the finger is substantially identical to the first touch area sensed by the touch sensing unit, the touch sensing unit converts the first touch area to a first touch point and the distance from the first touch point to the first edge refers to the first distance, and when the physical touch imprint left by the finger is greater than the second touch area sensed by the touch sensing unit, the touch sensing unit converts the second touch area to a second touch point and the distance from the second touch point to the first edge refers to the second distance.

28. The touch input method according to claim 24, wherein the distance value from the divided boundary of the second area and the first area to the first edge of the input area of the touch sensing unit is less than the distance value from the first touch point to the first edge of the input area of the touch sensing unit corresponding to a case in which the edge of the first touch area is tangent with the first edge of the input area of the touch sensing unit.

29. An electrical device comprising:

a display unit for displaying an object of the electrical device on a display area;

a touch sensing unit arranged above the display unit and used to detect a gesture input, a touch area of the touch sensing unit being overlapped with the display area of the display unit, the touch area being divided into a first area and a second area that are not overlapped with each other;

a processor;

wherein the processor is configured to;

judge whether a start point of the gesture input is located within the first area or the second area so as to generate a judgment result;

generate a first command when the judgment result indicates that the start point of the gesture input is located within the first area;

generate a second command which is different from the first command when the judgment result indicates that the start point of the gesture input is located within the second area; and

execute the first command or the second command.

30. The electrical device according to claim 29, wherein the first command refers to an object operation command corresponding to the gesture input, the object operation command being used for operating the object, and the second command is a system administration command corresponding to the gesture input.

31. The electrical device according to claim 29, wherein the processor is further configured to:

identify type of the gesture input; and

generate a back command when the gesture input is identified to be a leftward slide operation in which the start point is located within the second area.

32. A control method for an electrical device including a first area and a second area surrounding the first area, wherein the first area is of polygon shape and the second area is divided into a plurality of sub-areas in accordance with borders of the first area, the first area and the second area constituting a touch sensing area corresponding to a touch sensing unit of the electrical device, the method comprising:

detecting movement locus of an operating body;

determining whether the movement locus passes through at least two sub-areas of the second area;

determining, in a first instruction set of the electrical device, an instruction corresponding to a touch operation in accordance with the movement locus when the movement locus passes through at least two sub-areas of the second area; and

determining, in a second instruction set of the electrical device, an instruction corresponding to the touch operation in accordance with the movement locus when the movement locus fails to pass through at least two sub-areas of the second area.

33. The method according to claim 32, wherein

the step of detecting the movement locus of the operating body further comprises:

detecting a start position corresponding to a touch start point of the touch operation and an end position corresponding to a touch end point of the touch operation; and

the step of determining whether the movement locus passes through at least two sub-areas of the second area further comprises;

in accordance with the start position and/or the end position, determining, in the touch start point and the touch end point, whether there exists a first touch point that is located within a first sub-area of the second area and there exists a second touch point that is located within a second sub-area of the second area;

in accordance with the start position and the end position, determining, in the second instruction set of the electrical device, the instruction corresponding to the touch operation when there exists the first touch point that is located within the first sub-area of the second area and there exists the second touch point that is located within the second sub-area of the second area; and

in accordance with the start position and the end position, determining, in the first instruction set of the electrical device, the instruction corresponding to the touch operation when there fails to exist the first touch point that is located within the first sub-area of the second area and there exists the second touch point that is located within the second sub-area of the second area.

34. The method according to claim 33, wherein

the touch operation is performed through one operation body;

that in accordance with the start position and/or the end position, determining, in the touch start point and the touch end point, whether there exists the first touch point that is located within the first sub-area of the second area and there exists the second touch point that is located within the second sub-area of the second area including;

in accordance with the start position and the end position, determining whether the start position is located within the first sub-area of the second area and whether the end position is located within the second sub-area of the second area.

35. The method according to claim 33, wherein

the touch operation is performed through a plurality of operation bodies at the same time;

that in accordance with the start position and/or the end position, determining, in the touch start point and the touch end point, whether there exists the first touch point that is located within the first sub-area of the second area and there exists the second touch point that is within the second sub-area of the second area including;

in accordance with the start position, determining, in the touch start point, whether there exists the first touch point that is located within the first sub-area of the second area and there exists the second touch point that is located within the second sub-area of the second area.

36. The method according to claim 33, wherein

the touch operation is performed through a plurality of operation bodies at the same time;

that in accordance with the start position and/or the end position, determining, in the touch start point and the touch end point, whether there exists the first touch point that is within the first sub-area of the second area and there exists the second touch point that is within the second sub-area of the second area including;

in accordance with the end position, determining, in the touch end point, whether there exists the first touch point that is located within the first sub-area of the second area and there exists the second touch point that is located within the second sub-area of the second area.

37. The method according to claim 33, wherein the first sub-area and the second sub-area are sub-areas adjacent to each other.

38. An electrical device comprising:

a touch sensing unit configured to detect movement locus of operation body, wherein a touch sensing area of the touch sensing unit is divided into a first area and a second area, the second area surrounding the first area, wherein the first area is a polygon and the second area is divided into a plurality of sub-areas in accordance with borders of the first area;

a locus determination unit configured to determine whether the movement locus passes through at least two sub-areas of the second area;

a first instruction determination unit configured to determine, in a first instruction set of the electrical device, an instruction corresponding to the touch operation in accordance with the movement locus when the movement locus passes through at least two sub-areas of the second area; and

a second instruction determination unit configured to determine, in a second instruction set of the electrical device, an instruction corresponding to the touch operation in accordance with the movement locus when the movement locus fails to pass through at least two sub-areas of the second area.

39. The electrical device according to claim 38, wherein

the touch sensing unit is configured to detect a start position corresponding to a touch start point of the touch operation and an end position corresponding to a touch end point of the touch operation;

the electrical device further includes a position determination unit configured to determine, in the touch start point and the touch end point, whether there exists a first touch point that is located within a first sub-area of the second area and there exists a second touch point that is located within a second sub-area of the second area, in accordance with the start position and/or the end position;

the second instruction determination unit is configured to determine, in the second instruction set of the electrical device, the instruction corresponding to the touch operation when there exists the first touch point that is located within the first sub-area of the second area and there exists the second touch point that is located within the second sub-area of the second area, in accordance with the start position and the end position; and

the first instruction determination unit is configured to determine, in the first instruction set of the electrical device, the instruction corresponding to the touch operation when there fails to exist the first touch point that is located within the first sub-area of the second area and there exists the second touch point that is located within the second sub-area of the second area, in accordance with the start position and the end position.

40. The electrical device according to claim 39, wherein the touch operation is performed through one operation body;

and the position determination unit determines whether the start position is located within the first sub-area of the second area and whether the end position is within the second sub-area of the second area, in accordance with the start position and the end position.

41. The electrical device according to claim 39, wherein

the touch operation is performed through a plurality of operation bodies at the same time;

and

the position determination unit determines, in the touch start point, whether there exists the first touch point that is located within the first sub-area of the second area and there exists the second touch point that is located within the second sub-area of the second area, in accordance with the start position.

42. The electrical device according to claim 39, wherein

the touch operation is performed through a plurality of operation bodies at the same time;

and

the position determination unit determines, in the touch end point, whether there exists the first touch point that is located within the first sub-area of the second area and there exists the second touch point that is located within the second sub-area of the second area, in accordance with the end position.