TOUCH DISPLAY DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF

• US 20140168118A1
• Filed: 12/02/2013
• Published: 06/19/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 12/17/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Ambit Microsystems Limited (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Ambit Microsystems Limited (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.), Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: WANG, HUA-QI, WANG, MING-TAO
• Granted Patent: US 9,256,303 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/173
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/0339 Touch strips, e.g. orthogonal touch strips to control cursor movement or scrolling; single touch strip to adjust parameter or to implement a row of soft keys
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/03547 Touch pads, in which fingers can move on a surface

Abstract

A touch display device includes a touch screen, a plurality of physical keys surrounding the touch screen, a touch sensor, and a touch control system. The touch screen senses a touch operation and displays a graphical user interface (GUI). The physical keys are arranged on each side of the touch screen, and the touch keys on one side can be enabled while the physical keys on all other sides are disabled. The touch sensor includes a plurality of touch sensing units which outputs a touch signal when one side is touched. The touch control system rotates the GUI through predetermined numbers of degrees to maintain uprightness for the user, enables the touch keys on the touched side, and disables the touch keys on all the other sides according to the touch signal.

Claims

1. A touch display device, comprising:

a touch screen sensing a touch operation and displaying a graphical user interface (GUI);

a plurality of touch keys arranged on each of a plurality of sides of the touch display device;

a touch sensor comprising a plurality of touch sensing units, each touch sensing unit being arranged at each of the sides of the touch display device, the touch sensor sensing whether one of the sides of the touch display device is touched and outputting a touch signal when the one of the sides of the touch display device is touched; and

a touch control system rotating the GUI at predetermined degrees, enabling the touch keys on the touched side, and disabling the touch keys on the other sides of the touch display device according to the touch signal.

2. The touch display device of claim 1, wherein the touch display device has a first side, a second side, a third side opposite the first side, and a fourth side opposite the second side, a length of the first side is equal to a length of the third side, a length of the second side is equal to a length of the fourth side, and the length of the first side is less than the length of the second side;

the plurality of touch keys are arranged on each of the first, second, third, and fourth side.

3. The touch display device of claim 2, wherein the touch sensor comprises a first touch sensing unit arranged at the first side, a second touch sensing unit arranged at the second side, a third touch sensing unit arranged at the third side, and a fourth touch sensing unit arranged at the fourth side.

4. The touch display device of claim 3, wherein when the first touch sensing unit is touched, the first touch sensing unit outputs a first touch signal to the touch control system;

when the second touch sensing unit is touched, the second touch sensing unit outputs a second touch signal to the touch control system;

when the third touch sensing unit is touched, the third touch sensing unit outputs a third touch signal to the touch control system;

when the fourth touch sensing unit is touched, the fourth touch sensing unit outputs a fourth touch signal to the touch control system.

5. The touch display device of claim 4, wherein the touch keys arranged at the first side is enabled at an original state, and the other touch keys arranged at the second, third, and fourth sides are disabled at the original state.

6. The touch display device of claim 1, wherein each of the touch keys corresponds to an LED, and when a touch key is enabled, a corresponding LED is powered to illuminate the touch key.

7. The touch display device of claim 5, wherein the touch control system comprises an orientation detection module detecting a display orientation of the touch display device and outputting a detection signal according to the touch signal.

8. The touch display device of claim 7, wherein the touch control system further comprises a command setting module outputting a control command according to the detection signal.

9. The touch display device of claim 8, wherein when the orientation detection module outputs the first detection signal, the command setting module does not output any control command;

when the orientation detection module outputs the second detection signal, the command setting module outputs a first control command causing a 90 degree clockwise rotation of the GUI, enabling the touch keys on the second side, and disabling the touch keys on the first side;

when the orientation detection module outputs a third detection command, the command setting module outputs a second control command causing a 180 degree clockwise rotation of the GUI, enabling the touch keys on the third side, and disabling the touch keys on the first side;

when the orientation detection module outputs a fourth detection signal, the command setting module outputs a third control command causing a 90 degree counterclockwise rotation of the GUI, enabling the touch keys on the fourth side, and disabling the touch keys on the first side.

10. The touch display device of claim 9, wherein the touch control system further comprises an adjusting module configured to rotate the GUI the predetermined degrees, enable the touch keys at one side of the sides of the touch display device, and disable the other touch keys according to the control command.

11. A touch display device, comprising:

a touch screen sensing a touch operation and displaying a graphical user interface (GUI);

a plurality of touch keys arranged on each of a plurality of sides of the touch display device;

a gravity sensor sensing an orientation of the touch display device and outputting a sensing signal; and

a touch control system rotating the GUI predetermined degrees, enabling the touch keys on the touched side, and disabling the touch keys on the other sides of the touch display device, according to the sensing signal.

12. A control method for a touch display device having a plurality of touch keys arranged on each of a plurality of sides of the touch display device, the control method comprising:

detecting a display orientation of the touch display device and outputting a detection signal;

outputting a control command according to the detection signal; and

rotating a graphical user interface (GUI) predetermined degrees, enabling the touch keys on a corresponding side of the touch display device, and disabling the touch keys on the other sides, according to the control command.

14. The control method of claim 12, further comprising:

outputting a touch signal denoting that whether one of the sides of the touch display device is touched via a plurality of touch sensors arranged on each of the sides of the touch display device, and outputting the detection signal according to the touch signal.

15. The control method of claim 12, further comprising:

outputting a sensing signal denoting that one side is located beneath the GUI by a gravity sensor, and outputting the detection signal according to the sensing signal.

13. The control method of claim 13, wherein the step of outputting a control command comprises:

outputting a first control command causing a 90 degree clockwise rotation of the GUI, and enabling the touch keys on the second side and disable the touch keys on the first side;

outputting a second control command causing a 180 degree clockwise rotation of the GUI and enabling the touch keys on the second side and disabling the touch keys on the first side;

outputting a third control command causing a 90 degree counterclockwise rotation of the GUI and enabling the touch keys on the fourth side and disabling the touch keys on the first side.