Touch screen panel to input multi-dimension values and method for controlling touch screen panel

• US 8,812,992 B2
• Filed: 07/16/2008
• Issued: 08/19/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 09/07/2007
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (HP Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Im, Ki-hong
• Primary Examiner(s): Pitaro, Ryan
• Assistant Examiner(s): Pan, Yongjia
• Application Number:
  US12/174,013
• Publication Number:
  US 20090066643A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,225 Days
• Field of Search: 715/200, 715/700, 715/716, 715/764, 715/771, 715/773, 715/780, 715/781, 715/783, 715/799, 715/800, 715856-858, 715/863, 715/864, 715/866
• US Class Current: 715/863
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1438 using more than one graphics controller
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/346 for systems having a bit-mapped display memory

Abstract

A touch screen panel to input multi-dimension values and a method of controlling the touch screen panel are provided. In the touch screen panel, a touch screen unit displays a multi-dimensional coordinate system, and senses whether a certain point of the multi-dimensional coordinate system is touched, a control unit calculates coordinates of the touched point if the touched point is sensed, and a coordinate display unit displays values of the calculated coordinates.

Claims

1. A touch screen panel to input multi-dimension values, comprising:

a touch screen unit which displays a multi-dimensional coordinate system, and senses a certain point that is touched by a user on the multi-dimensional coordinate system;

a control unit which calculates coordinates of the touched point relative to the multi-dimensional coordinate system; and

a coordinate display unit which displays values of the calculated coordinates,

wherein the multi-dimensional coordinate system is a graphic user interface (GUI) displayed on one portion of the touch screen panel to simultaneously receive a location to move an image, text or a cursor,

wherein the multi-dimensional coordinate system is a two-dimensional plane coordinate system and the touch screen unit includes a plurality of circles or polygonal shapes centered on a center point on the two-dimensional plane coordinate system to visually aid the user, and

wherein the plurality of circles or polygonal shapes centered on the center point of the multi-dimensional coordinate system is displayed with different incremental values to select desired coordinates.

2. The touch screen panel of claim 1, wherein, if the touched point is touched by the user for a period longer than a reference time period, the control unit increases the values of the calculated coordinates corresponding to an amount of time that elapses.

3. The touch screen panel of claim 2, wherein the control unit controls a visual display of the increased values of the coordinates at certain time intervals.

4. The touch screen panel of claim 2, wherein the control unit calculates the increased values of the calculated coordinates by multiplying the values of the calculated coordinates by (N+1) at the certain time intervals, wherein N is a number of times the certain time interval elapses.

5. The touch screen panel of claim 1, wherein the multi-dimensional coordinate system is a multi-dimensional coordinate system comprising a horizontal axis and a vertical axis.

6. The touch screen panel of claim 1, further comprising an image display unit which provides a visual display of an image, wherein the control unit operates the image display unit to shift and display an image at a location thereof that corresponds to the values of the calculated coordinates.

7. The touch screen panel of claim 6, wherein the image is initially displayed on a center point of the image display unit when the image is first loaded on the image display unit, and moves to the location that corresponds to the values of the calculated coordinates.

8. The touch screen panel of claim 1, further comprising a text display unit which provides a visual display of a cursor and text, wherein the control unit operates the text display unit to display the cursor at a location thereof that corresponds to the calculated coordinates and enable inputting of the text.

9. The touch screen panel of claim 1, further comprising an image display unit which provides a visual display of an image, wherein the touch screen unit does not overlap the image display unit.

10. A method of inputting multi-dimension values in a touch screen panel for displaying a multi-dimensional coordinate system, the method comprising:

sensing a certain point that is touched by a user on the multi-dimensional coordinate system;

calculating coordinates of the touched point relative to the multi-dimensional coordinate system; and

displaying values of the calculated coordinates,

wherein the multi-dimensional coordinate system is a graphic user interface (GUI) displayed on one portion of the touch screen panel to simultaneously receive a location to move an image, text or a cursor,

wherein the multi-dimensional coordinate system is a two-dimensional plane coordinate system and the touch screen unit includes a plurality of circles or polygonal shapes centered on a center point on the two-dimensional plane coordinate system to visually aid the user, and

wherein the plurality of circles or polygonal shapes centered on the center point of the multi-dimensional coordinate system is displayed with different incremental values to select desired coordinates.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein in the sensing of the certain point, if the touched point is touched by the user for a period longer than a reference time period, the values of the calculated coordinates increases corresponding to an amount of time that elapses.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the values of the increased coordinates are displayed at certain time intervals.

13. The method of claim 11, wherein in the calculation of the coordinates, the increased values of the calculated coordinates are calculated by multiplying the values of the calculated coordinates by (N+1) at the certain time intervals, wherein N is a number of times the certain time interval elapses.

14. The method of claim 10, wherein the multi-dimensional coordinate system is a multi-dimensional coordinate system comprising a horizontal axis and a vertical axis.

15. The method of claim 10, further comprising shifting and displaying an image at a location that corresponds to values of the calculated coordinates.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein the image is initially displayed on a center point of the image display unit when the image is first loaded on the image display unit, and moves to the location that corresponds to the values of the calculated coordinates.

17. The method of claim 10, further comprising

displaying a cursor at a location that corresponds to the calculated coordinates and enabling input of text;

and

displaying the input text from at a location of the displayed cursor.

18. The method of claim 10, wherein the multi-dimensional coordinate system does not overlap the image, text or cursor.

19. A touch screen panel device to receive input by touch, comprising:

an input portion to display a coordinate system and to receive a position selected by touch input on the coordinate system;

an image display portion to display a predetermined image at a position thereof corresponding to the selected position on the coordinate system; and

a coordinate display portion to display coordinate values of the selected position,

wherein the coordinate system is a graphic user interface (GUI) displayed on one portion of the touch screen panel device to simultaneously receive a location to move an image, text or a cursor,

wherein the coordinate system is a two-dimensional plane coordinate system and the input portion includes a plurality of circles or polygonal shapes centered on a center point on the two-dimensional plane coordinate system to visually aid the user, and

wherein the plurality of circles or polygonal shapes centered on the center point of the coordinate system is displayed with different incremental values to select desired coordinates.

20. The touch screen panel device of claim 19, wherein the touch input determines a plurality of coordinates of the coordinate system by a single touch.

21. The touch screen panel device of claim 19, wherein the coordinate values of the selected position comprises at least two values that are independent of each other.

22. The touch screen panel device of claim 19, further comprising a controller to determine a time duration that elapses while the selection of the position on the coordinate system by touch input occurs to determine accumulated coordinate values of the selected position that corresponds to the amount of time that elapses.

23. The touch screen panel device of claim 19, wherein the input portion comprises a touch screen panel.

24. The touch screen panel device of claim 19, wherein the input portion, the image display portion, and the coordinate display portion are displayed as a single graphic user interface.

25. A method of receiving input by touch using a touch screen panel, comprising:

receiving a position selected by touch input on a coordinate system displayed on an input portion of the touch screen panel device;

displaying a predetermined image at a position of an image display portion of the a touch screen panel device that corresponds to the selected position on the coordinate system; and

displaying coordinate values of the selected position on a coordinate display portion of the touch screen panel device,

wherein the coordinate system is a graphic user interface (GUI) displayed on one portion of the touch screen panel device to simultaneously receive a location to move an image, text or a cursor,

wherein the coordinate system is a two-dimensional plane coordinate system and the touch screen unit includes a plurality of circles or polygonal shapes centered on a center point on the two-dimensional plane coordinate system to visually aid the user, and

wherein the plurality of circles or polygonal shapes centered on the center point of the coordinate system is displayed with different incremental values to select desired coordinates.

26. The method of claim 25, further comprising detecting a time duration that elapses while the selection of the position on the coordinate system by touch input occurs to determine accumulated coordinate values of the selected position that corresponds to the amount of time that elapses.