Handheld electronic device and frame control method of digital information thereof

• US 8,823,665 B2
• Filed: 05/10/2012
• Issued: 09/02/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 04/23/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Altek Corporation
• Original Assignee: Altek Corporation
• Inventors: Hsieh, Tai-Jung
• Primary Examiner(s): Mengistu, Amare
• Assistant Examiner(s): LAM, VINH TANG
• Application Number:
  US13/468,771
• Publication Number:
  US 20130278510A1
• Time in Patent Office: 845 Days
• Field of Search: 345173-184, 340984-996
• US Class Current: 345/173
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text

Abstract

A handheld electronic device and a frame control method of digital information thereof. The handheld electronic device comprises a display module, a detection module and a processing module. The display module is used to display the digital information. The detection module is connected to the display module and used to detect whether the display module is touched by a predetermined method and also used to detect a duration time or a motion track when the display module is touched by the predetermined method. The processing module is connected to the display module and the detection module and determines whether the duration time exceeds a threshold value or the motion track corresponds to a preset graphic. When the duration time exceeds the threshold value or the motion track corresponds to the preset graphic, the processing module would execute a preset process action of the digital information.

Claims

1. A handheld electronic device, comprising:

a display module, displaying a digital information;

a detection module, coupled to the display module, for detecting whether the display module is touched by a predetermined manner, and detecting a duration time of the touched display module if the display module is touched by the predetermined manner; and

a processing module, coupled to the display module and the detection module, for determining whether the duration time is greater than a threshold value; and

performing a preset processing action of the digital information if the duration time is greater than the threshold value;

wherein if the detection module detects that the display module is touched by the predetermined manner of a single touch, the detection module detects the duration time of touching the display module, and the processing module determines whether the duration time is greater than the threshold value and perform the preset processing action of a frame reduction of the digital information.

2. The handheld electronic device of claim 1, wherein if the detection module detects that the display module is no longer touched, the processing module stops performing the preset processing action of the frame reduction of the digital information.

3. The handheld electronic device of claim 1, wherein if the detection module detects the display module is touched by the predetermined manner of a double touch, the detection module detects the duration time of touching the display module, and the processing module determines whether the duration time is greater than the threshold value, and performs the preset processing action of a frame enlargement of the digital information if the duration time is greater than the threshold value.

4. The handheld electronic device of claim 3, wherein if the detection module detects that the display module is no longer touched, the processing module stops performing the preset processing action of the frame enlargement of the digital information.

5. The handheld electronic device of claim 1, wherein the display module sets a detecting area, and the detection module performs a touch detection of the detecting area.

6. A frame control method of digital information, applied in a handheld electronic device, comprising the steps of:

displaying digital information through a display module of the handheld electronic device;

detecting whether the display module is touched by a predetermined method through a detection module of the handheld electronic device, and detecting a duration time of the touched display module if the display module is touched by the predetermined method; and

using a processing module of the handheld electronic device to determine whether the duration time is greater than a threshold value, and performing a preset processing action of the digital information if the duration time is greater than a threshold value;

wherein if the detection module detects that the display module is touched by the predetermined method of a single touch, the detection module further detects the duration time of touching the display module, and the processing module determines whether the duration time is greater than the threshold value, and performs the preset processing action of a frame reduction of the digital information if the duration time is greater than the threshold value.

7. The frame control method of digital information as recited in claim 6, further comprising the step of using the detection module to detect whether the display module is still touched, and using the processing module to stop performing the preset processing action of the frame reduction of the digital information if the display module is not touched.

8. The frame control method of digital information as recited in claim 6, wherein if the detection module detects that the display module is touched by the predetermined method of a double touch, the detection module further detects the duration time of touching the display module, and the processing module determines whether the duration time is greater than the threshold value and performs the preset processing action of a frame enlargement of the digital information if the duration time is greater than the threshold value.

9. The frame control method of digital information as recited in claim 8, further comprising the steps of using the detection module to detect whether the display module is still touched, and using the processing module to stop performing the preset processing action of the frame enlargement of the digital information, if the display module is not touched.