Method and device for position detection with palm rejection

• US 9,080,919 B2
• Filed: 09/21/2011
• Issued: 07/14/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 04/17/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: eGalax_eMPIA Technology Inc.
• Original Assignee: eGalax_eMPIA Technology Inc.
• Inventors: Yeh, Shang-Tai, Chen, Jia-Ming, Ho, Shun-Lung
• Primary Examiner(s): PATEL, PARESH H
• Application Number:
  US13/238,842
• Publication Number:
  US 20120007614A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,392 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G01L 1/205 using distributed sensing elements
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04104 Multi-touch detection in digitiser, i.e. details about the simultaneous detection of a plurality of touching locations, e.g. multiple fingers or pen and finger
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/045 using resistive elements, e.g. a single continuous surface or two parallel surfaces put in contact

Abstract

The method and the device for position detection with palm rejection are disclosed. The invention provides a sensor and a controller for controlling the sensor. The sensor includes a plurality of strips. The controller execute a first kind of position detection and a second kind of position detection on the sensor. The first kind of position detection identifies an ignored zone, and the second kind of position detection executes the position detection outside the ignored zone.

Claims

1. A method for position detection with palm rejection, comprising:

performing a multiple position detection on a sensor, wherein the multiple position detection defines an omitted area; and

performing a single position detection outside the omitted area on the sensor, wherein the sensor comprises a plurality of conductive stripes constituting a plurality of intersecting regions, wherein the conductive stripes are driven by AC signals to perform the multiple position detection, and the conductive stripes are driven by DC signals to perform the single position detection.

2. The method for position detection with palm rejection of claim 1, wherein the omitted area is a contact area that a palm depresses a sensor, and the contact position that a pen depresses the sensor is determined by the single position detection.

3. The method for position detection with palm rejection of claim 1, wherein the omitted area comprises a plurality of independent omitted areas.

4. The method for position detection with palm rejection, comprising:

providing a sensor comprising a plurality of intersecting conductive stripes; and

performing a first type of position detection and a second type of position detection on the sensor, wherein the first type of position detection defines an omitted area, and the second type of position detection is performed outside the omitted area,

wherein the conductive stripes constitutes a plurality of intersecting regions, wherein the conductive stripes are driven by AC signals to perform the first type of position detection, and the conductive stripes are driven by DC signals to perform the second type of position detection.

5. The method for position detection with palm rejection of claim 4, wherein the controller further controls the driver, the detector and the selector to perform the following operation of determining the position of the contact point on each depressed intersecting region, wherein the determination of the position of each contact point comprises:

wherein the omitted area is a contact area that a palm depresses a sensor, and the contact position that a pen depresses the sensor is determined by the single position detection.

6. The method for position detection with palm rejection of claim 4, wherein the omitted area comprises a plurality of independent omitted areas.

7. The device for position detection with palm rejection, comprising:

a sensor, comprising a plurality of intersecting conductive stripes; and

a controller, performing a first type of position detection and a second type of position detection, wherein the first type of position detection defines an omitted area, and the second type of position detection is performed outside the omitted area,

wherein the conductive stripes constitutes a plurality of intersecting regions, wherein the conductive stripes are driven by AC signals to perform the first type of position detection, and the conductive stripes are driven by DC signals to perform the second type of position detection.

8. The device for position detection with palm rejection of claim 7, wherein the omitted area is a contact area that a palm depresses the sensor, and the contact position that a pen depresses the sensor is determined by the second type of position detection.

9. The device for position detection with palm rejection of claim 7, wherein the omitted area comprises a plurality of independent omitted areas.