Touch display system and control method thereof

• US 8,605,043 B2
• Filed: 03/09/2010
• Issued: 12/10/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 03/23/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Coretronic Corporation
• Original Assignee: Young Lighting Technology Inc. (Coretronic Corporation)
• Inventors: Chang, Po-Chun
• Primary Examiner(s): Mengistu, Amare
• Assistant Examiner(s): ZUBAJLO, JENNIFER L
• Application Number:
  US12/659,420
• Publication Number:
  US 20100241887A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,372 Days
• Field of Search: 345/173, 713/300, 713/323, 715/702, 715/846
• US Class Current: 345/173
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2354/00 Aspects of interface with display user

Abstract

A control method is applied to a touch display system. The touch display system includes a display module, a touch module, and a programmable circuit. The programmable circuit is electrically connected between the touch module and the display module for executing the control method. The method includes: the touch module providing a first sense area; detecting whether the first sense area being touched or not; the display module displaying an boot image when the first sense area being touched; providing a second sense area after the boot image being displayed; detecting whether the second sense area being touched or not; and the display module displaying an on-screen display menu when the second sense area being touched, wherein the on-screen display menu includes a power item and a plurality of function items.

Claims

1. A control method, adapted to a touch display system, the touch display system comprising a touch module, a programmable circuit, and a display module, the touch module having a first sense area, the programmable circuit electrically connected between the touch module and the display module for executing the control method and the touch module being electrically connected to a host computer for transmitting data with the host computer, the control method comprising steps of:

detecting whether the first sense area is touched or not;

displaying a boot image by the display module when the first sense area is touched;

generating a second sense area after the boot image is displayed;

detecting whether the second sense area is touched or not; and

displaying an on-screen display menu by the display module when the second sense area is touched, wherein the on-screen display menu comprises a power item and a plurality of function items;

when one of the function items is touched, setting a priority of touching the on-screen display menu to a highest priority setting and stopping data transmission between the touch module and the host computer until exiting the on-screen display menu; and

starting a sleep mode by the display module when displaying the boot image by the display module and if the display module does not receive image data from the host computer.

2. The control method of claim 1, wherein the second sense area is generated by the touch module.

3. The control method of claim 1, further comprising a step of cutting off power source of the display module when the power item being touched.

4. The control method of claim 1, further comprising a step of starting an image adjustment action of the display module when the function items being touched.

5. The control method of claim 1, wherein the step of detecting whether first sense area being touched is determined by detecting whether the first sense area being touched for a first preset time.

6. The control method of claim 1, wherein the step of detecting whether second sense area being touched is determined by detecting whether the second sense area being touched for a second preset time.

7. The control method of claim 1, wherein the host computer comprises an operating system, the steps of providing the second sense area comprise:

providing an icon;

providing a driver; and

embedding the icon in the operating system by the driver, and displaying the icon as the second sense area by the operating system.

8. The control method of claim 1, further comprising steps of:

detecting the first sense area after starting the sleep mode; and

closing the display module if the first sense area is touched.

9. A touch display system, comprising:

a display module, comprising a control unit and a display panel;

a touch module, disposed on the display panel of the display module for providing a first sense area and a second sense area separately at different time; and

a programmable circuit, electrically connected between the touch module and the display module,

wherein the touch module controls the control unit of the display module by the programmable circuit to make the display module display a boot image when the first sense area is touched, and the touch module controls the control unit of the display module by the programmable circuit to make the display module display an on-screen display menu when the second sense area is touched;

wherein the touch module is electrically connected to a host computer for bidirectional data transmission between the touch module and the host computer, and the host computer is used to provide power source to the touch module; and

wherein the programmable circuit is configured to detect when a function item of the on-screen display menu is touched, and when a touch of the function item is detected, set a priority of touching the on-screen menu to a highest priority setting and stopping data transmission between the touch module and the host computer until exiting the on-screen display menu.

10. The touch display system of claim 9, wherein the display module is used to provide power source to the touch module.

11. The touch display system of claim 9, wherein the programmable circuit has a timing mechanism for calculating the duration of the first sense area and the second sense area being touched.

12. The touch display system of claim 9, wherein the on-screen display menu comprises a power item and a plurality of function items, wherein the function items is selected from the group consisting of brightness, contrast, color, position, size, input signal format, and reset functions.