METHOD FOR DISPLAYING IMAGES OF TOUCH CONTROL DEVICE ON EXTERNAL DISPLAY DEVICE

• US 20140139431A1
• Filed: 11/21/2012
• Published: 05/22/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 11/21/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: HTC Corporation
• Original Assignee: HTC Corporation
• Inventors: Chueh, Hsin-Ti, Tseng, Chieh-Chih, Wu, Jenn-Wein
• Application Number:
  US13/684,099
• Publication Number:
  US 20140139431A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/158
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/0384 Wireless input, i.e. hardware and software details of wireless interface arrangements for pointing devices
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0231 Cordless keyboards
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/03547 Touch pads, in which fingers can move on a surface
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/038 Control and interface arrangements therefor, e.g. drivers or device-embedded control circuitry
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0416 Control or interface arrangements specially adapted for digitisers
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04886 by partitioning the display area of the touch-screen or the surface of the digitising tablet into independently controllable areas, e.g. virtual keyboards or menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/14 Digital output to display device ; Cooperation and interconnection of the display device with other functional units
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2340/0407 Resolution change, inclusive of the use of different resolutions for different screen areas

Abstract

The present invention provides a method for displaying images of a touch control device on an external display device. The method comprises providing a graphical icon on the image displayed on the external display device; providing a control interface for controlling the graphical icon on the touch control device; receiving a control signal from the control interface; and performing an operation corresponding to the control signal.

Claims

1. A method for displaying images of a touch control device on an external display device, comprising:

providing a graphical icon on the image displayed on the external display device;

providing a control interface for controlling the graphical icon on the touch control device;

receiving a control signal from the control interface; and

performing an operation corresponding to the control signal.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

detecting a connection to the external display device;

wherein the graphical icon is provided in response to the connection being detected.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the detecting further comprises determining a resolution of the external display device.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the providing of graphical icon further comprises adjusting the graphical icon according to at least one of the following:

resolution of the external display device and an application corresponding to the image displayed.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the receiving of control signal further comprises

determining a displacement of an input tool on the control interface corresponding to the control signal;

and

updating position of the graphical icon on the display image according to the displacement.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the control interface is a touch screen and the input tool is one of the following:

finger-tip, stylus.

7. The method of claim 5, wherein the position of the graphical icon is updated according to the displacement of the input tool and a resolution of the external display device.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the performing of operation comprises refreshing the image displayed on the external display device.

9. The method of claim 7, wherein in response to the control signal corresponding to selecting another application, the external display device is refreshed with another image corresponding to the application.

10. A touch control device, comprising:

a touch input interface unit, configured to receive a touch input;

a processing unit, configured to process a control signal corresponding to the touch input; and

an image processing unit, configured to provide an image displayed with a graphical icon;

wherein the graphical icon is controlled according to the control signal.

11. The touch control device of claim 10, further comprising:

a connection interface unit, configured to detect connection to an external device;

wherein the image with the graphical icon is displayed on the external device in response to the connection is detected.

12. The touch control device of claim 11, the processing unit is further configured to disable a display module within the touch input interface unit in response to the connection is detected.

13. The touch control device of claim 10, wherein the processing unit is further configured to control a position of the graphical icon within the image displayed according to the control signal and a display resolution of the external device.

14. The touch control device of claim 13, wherein the position of the graphical icon is updated according to a displacement of the touch input on the touch input interface unit.

15. The touch control device of claim 10, wherein the processing unit is configured to perform an operation corresponding to the control signal, and the image processing unit is configured to refresh the image displayed according to the application.

16. The touch control device of claim 10, further comprising:

a memory unit configured to store the graphics icon.

17. A method for displaying images of a touch control device on an external display device, comprising:

detecting a connection of the touch control device to the external device; and

switching from a first display mode to a second display mode for displaying an image on the external device in response to the connection being detected;

wherein the second display mode provides additional graphics user interface not supported in the first display mode.

18. The method of claim 17, further comprising:

receiving a control signal corresponding to the additional graphics user interface in the second display mode; and

refreshing the image displayed on the external display device according to the control signal.

19. The method of claim 17, wherein the additional graphics user interface is a cursor.

20. The method of claim 17, wherein the additional graphics user interface is provided according to an application currently running on the touch control device.