ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND HUMAN-COMPUTER INTERACTION METHOD

• US 20140240254A1
• Filed: 02/15/2014
• Published: 08/28/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 02/26/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: CHEN, YI-AN
• Application Number:
  US14/181,630
• Publication Number:
  US 20140240254A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/173
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04104 Multi-touch detection in digitiser, i.e. details about the simultaneous detection of a plurality of touching locations, e.g. multiple fingers or pen and finger
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0485 Scrolling or panning
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures

Abstract

An electronic device includes a base member and a display member rotatably coupled to the base member. A keyboard and a touchpad are located on a working surface of the base member. When two spaced points of the touchpad are pressed and the touchpad simultaneously detects a slide touch made along a direction substantially perpendicular to a straight line determined by the two spaced points of the touchpad, the touchpad recognizes the slide touch as a scroll operation on a scroll wheel of a mouse. A human-computer interaction method is also provided.

Claims

1. An electronic device, comprising:

a base member;

a display member rotatably coupled to the base member; and

a keyboard and a touchpad located on a working surface of the base member;

wherein when two spaced points of the touchpad are pressed and the touchpad simultaneously detects a slide touch made along a direction substantially perpendicular to a straight line determined by the two spaced points of the touchpad, the touchpad is configured to recognize the slide touch as a scroll operation on a scroll wheel of a mouse.

2. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the touchpad is further configured to recognize a press touch made with respect to one of the two spaced points of the touchpad as a press operation on a right button of a mouse and a press touch made with respect to another of the two spaced points of the touchpad as a press operation on a left button of a mouse.

3. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein a distance of the two spaced points of the touchpad is greater than a predetermined distance.

4. The electronic device of claim 3, wherein the display member comprises a display configured to provide a graphic user interface (GUI) to allow a user to define the predetermined distance.

5. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the touchpad is located in front of the keyboard.

6. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the touchpad is suitable for two-hand operation by a user of the electronic device.

7. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein a length of the touchpad is substantially the same as a length of the keyboard.

8. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein a length of the touchpad is substantially the same as a length of the base member.

9. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the touchpad comprises a touch-sensitive surface made from carbon nanotubes.

10. A human-computer interaction method implemented in an electronic device, the electronic device comprising a base member, a display member rotatably coupled to the base member, a keyboard and a touchpad located on a working surface of the base member, the human-computer interaction method comprising:

detecting whether two spaced points of the touchpad are pressed and simultaneously a slide touch is made along a direction substantially perpendicular to a straight line determined by the two spaced points of the touchpad; and

when the two spaced points of the touchpad are pressed and simultaneously a slide touch is made along the direction substantially perpendicular to the straight line determined by the two spaced points of the touchpad, recognizing the slide touch as a scroll operation on a scroll wheel of a mouse.

11. The human-computer interaction method of claim 10, further comprising:

recognizing a press touch made with respect to one of the two spaced points of the touchpad as a press operation on a right button of a mouse; and

recognizing a press touch made with respect to another of the two spaced points of the touchpad as a press operation on a left button of a mouse.

12. The human-computer interaction method of claim 11, further comprising determining whether a distance of the two spaced points of the touchpad is greater than a predetermined distance.

13. The human-computer interaction method of claim 12, further comprising providing a graphic user interface (GUI) to allow a user to define the predetermined distance.

14. The human-computer interaction method of claim 10, wherein the touchpad is located in front of the keyboard.

15. The human-computer interaction method of claim 10, wherein the touchpad is suitable for two-hand operation by a user of the electronic device.

16. The human-computer interaction method of claim 10, wherein a length of the touchpad is substantially the same as a length of the keyboard.

17. The human-computer interaction method of claim 10, wherein a length of the touchpad is substantially the same as a length of the base member.

18. The human-computer interaction method of claim 10, wherein the touchpad comprises a touch-sensitive surface made from carbon nanotubes.