TOUCH COMMUNICATIONS CONNECTION ESTABLISHING METHOD AND TOUCH PANEL DEVICE

• US 20150378501A1
• Filed: 12/30/2014
• Published: 12/31/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 12/30/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: MediaTek, Inc.
• Original Assignee: MediaTek, Inc.
• Inventors: Chen, Hsiao-Wen, Shih, Cheng-Wei, Chen, Yung-Tso, Yeh, Chia-Feng
• Application Number:
  US14/764,582
• Publication Number:
  US 20150378501A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• 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: H04B 5/48 Transceivers
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 5/72 for local intradevice communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/80 Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/10 Connection setup

Abstract

A touch communication connection establishing method, for establishing a touch communication between a first touch panel device (500) with a first touch panel (501) and a second touch panel device (900) with a second touch panel (901). The touch communication connection establishing method comprises: sensing at least one control action, wherein the control action comprises at least one touch communication related action, and/or determining if an arrangement of the control action meets a predetermined rule to generate a determining result; and establishing the touch communication connection between the first touch panel device (500) and the second touch panel device (900) based on the determining result.

Claims

1. A touch communications connection establishing method, for establishing a touch communications connection between a first touch panel device with a first touch panel and a second touch panel device with a second touch panel, comprising:

sensing at least one control action, wherein the control action comprises at least one touch communications related action, and/or determining if an arrangement of the control action meets a predetermined rule to generate a determining result; and

establishing the touch communications connection between the first touch panel device and the second touch panel device based on the determining result.

2. The touch communications connection establishing method of claim 1, wherein the control action comprises:

at least one gesture via the first touch panel device, to the first touch panel device, via the second touch panel device, to the second touch panel device or a combination thereof.

3. The touch communications connection establishing method of claim 1, wherein the control action comprises a plurality of continuous control actions.

4. The touch communications connection establishing method of claim 1, wherein the step of determining if the arrangement of the control action meets the predetermined rule to generate the determining result is performed by a processor of the first touch panel device and/or a processor of the second touch panel device.

5. The touch communications connection establishing method of claim 1, wherein the first touch panel device comprises at least one button provided thereon, wherein the control action does not comprise pressing or touching the button.

6. The touch communications connection establishing method of claim 1, wherein the first touch panel comprises a display, wherein the control action is performed without turning on the display.

7. The touch communications connection establishing method of claim 1, wherein the control action is performed when the first touch panel device is in a sleep mode.

8. The touch communications connection establishing method of claim 7, wherein the first touch panel device comprises a main processor and a coprocessor, wherein the main processor is inactive in the sleep mode, and the coprocessor is active for sensing the control action in the sleep mode.

9. The touch communications connection establishing method of claim 1, wherein the touch communications related action comprises:

moving the first touch panel device and/or the second touch panel device thereby a distance between the first touch panel device and the second touch panel device is not larger than a predetermined distance value.

10. The touch communications connection establishing method of claim 9, wherein the touch communications related action further comprises moving the first touch panel device and/or the second touch panel device thereby an overlapping area of the first touch panel and the second touch panel is not smaller than a predetermined area value.

11. The touch communications connection establishing method of claim 1, wherein the touch communications related action is an action facilitating and/or using touch communications.

12. A touch panel device, which can establish a touch communications connection between the touch panel device and another touch panel device with a second touch panel, comprising:

a first touch panel; and

a control module capable of sensing at least one control action and/or determining if an arrangement of the control action meets a predetermined rule to generate a determining result, wherein the control action comprises at least one touch communications related action;

wherein the control module is further capable of establishing the touch communications connection between the touch panel device and the another touch panel device based on the determining result.

13. The touch panel device of claim 12, wherein the control action comprises:

at least one gesture via the first touch panel device, to the first touch panel device, via the second touch panel device, to the second touch panel device or a combination thereof.

14. The touch panel device of claim 12, wherein the control action comprises a plurality of continuous control actions.

15. The touch panel device of claim 12, wherein the control module comprises a processor, the another touch panel device comprises a processor, wherein the step of determining if the arrangement of the control action meets the predetermined rule to generate the determining result is performed by the processor of the control module and/or the processor of the another touch panel device.

16. The touch panel device of claim 12, wherein the touch panel device comprises at least one button provided thereon, wherein the control action does not comprise pressing or touching the button.

17. The touch panel device of claim 12, wherein the touch panel device comprises a display, wherein the control action is performed without turning on the display.

18. The touch panel device of claim 12, wherein the touch communications related action comprises:

moving the touch panel device and/or the another touch panel device thereby a distance between the touch panel device and the another touch panel device is not larger than a predetermined distance value.

19. The touch panel device of claim 12, wherein the touch communications related action further comprises moving the touch panel device and/or the another touch panel device thereby an overlapping area of the first touch panel and the second touch panel is not smaller than a predetermined area value.

20. The touch panel device of claim 12, wherein the touch communications related action is an action facilitating and/or using touch communications.