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Control circuit and dual touch control method thereof for a four-wire resistive touch panel

  • US 8,810,545 B2
  • Filed: 07/18/2012
  • Issued: 08/19/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/18/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A dual touch control method for a four-wire resistive touch panel, wherein said four-wire resistive touch panel comprises an upper conducting layer with a first signal terminal disposed in parallel with X coordinate axis of the touch panel and a second signal terminal is disposed in parallel with X coordinate axis of the touch panel as well as a lower conducting layer with a third signal terminal disposed in parallel with Y coordinate axis of the touch panel and a fourth signal terminal disposed in parallel with Y coordinate axis of the touch panel, such that the X coordinate axis is perpendicular to Y coordinate axis;

  • said dual touch method comprising steps of;

    providing a control unit utilized to generate a control signal;

    providing a circuit switching unit having an input voltage terminal and a ground terminal to switch the input voltage terminal and the ground terminal in connection with a pair electrode configuration selected from the group consisting of the first signal terminal, the second signal terminal, the third signal terminal and the fourth signal terminal under the command of the control signal so that two other non-selected signal terminals are left in open free manner;

    providing an analog-to-digit converter, electrically connected to the control unit and having a converting terminal, for switching the converting terminal thereof in connection with either one of the two non-selected signal terminals previously under the command of the control signal;

    forming a touching point when a user presses the touch panel with a finger, wherein the touching point is a depressed point on the upper conducting layer contacting a corresponding point of the lower conducting layer, so that a input voltage from the input voltage terminal is delivered to the converting terminal via the touching point to generate a plurality of digitized coordinate values;

    capturing the digitized coordinate values including the first coordinate value and the second coordinate value on the X coordinate axis, the third coordinate value and the fourth coordinate value on the Y coordinate axis, as well as the fifth coordinate value and the sixth coordinate value on the Z coordinate axis;

    determining whether the touching point is a double-touch pattern in accordance with the third coordinate value, the fifth coordinate value and the sixth coordinate value;

    if the double-touch pattern is detected and recognized, calculating a first variance for the first coordinate value and third coordinate value and calculating a second variance for the second coordinate value and the fourth coordinate value;

    determining whether the result is a first categorical indication in accordance with the first variance and the second variance;

    calculating a correlation coefficient between the first coordinate value and the second coordinate value;

    calculating a first standard deviation with the first coordinate value and the second coordinate value, then a second standard deviation with the first coordinate value, the second coordinate value, the third coordinate value and the fourth coordinate value; and

    determining whether the result is a second categorical indication or a third categorical indication in accordance with the first standard deviation, the second standard deviation and the correlation coefficient.

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