Operating system with shortcut touch panel having shortcut function

• US 9,274,620 B2
• Filed: 04/09/2014
• Issued: 03/01/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 04/09/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Wei-Chih Cheng
• Original Assignee: Wei-Chih Cheng
• Inventors: Cheng, Wei-Chih
• Primary Examiner(s): Lao, Lun-Yi
• Assistant Examiner(s): DEADERICK, ELLIOTT J
• Application Number:
  US14/248,816
• Publication Number:
  US 20150293616A1
• Time in Patent Office: 692 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/0339 Touch strips, e.g. orthogonal touch strips to control cursor movement or scrolling; single touch strip to adjust parameter or to implement a row of soft keys
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04106 Multi-sensing digitiser, i.e. digitiser using at least two different sensing technologies simultaneously or alternatively, e.g. for detecting pen and finger, for saving power or for improving position detection
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/03547 Touch pads, in which fingers can move on a surface
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0412 Digitisers structurally integrated in a display
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04886 by partitioning the display area of the touch-screen or the surface of the digitising tablet into independently controllable areas, e.g. virtual keyboards or menus

Abstract

An operating system having a shortcut touch panel having shortcut functions, wherein the operating system has an electronic device and a shortcut touch panel. The electronic device has a display screen having multiple display areas. The shortcut touch panel has a first function mode and a second function mode, wherein the shortcut touch panel has a shortcut ring. The shortcut ring has multiple ring sensing sections. When the shortcut touch panel is operated in the first function mode, a screen cursor on the display screen can be moved to any display area rapidly by the shortcut touch panel. When the shortcut touch panel is operated in the second function mode, the shortcut touch panel can launch custom functions of the electronic device rapidly.

Claims

1. An operating system having a shortcut touch panel having shortcut functions, the operating system comprising:

an electronic device having

a monitor unit having

a display screen, wherein the display screen is divided into multiple display areas; and

a screen cursor displayed on the display screen; and

a shortcut touch panel electrically connected to the electronic device, and having a first function mode and a second function mode, wherein the shortcut touch panel has

a touch screen, wherein when the shortcut touch panel senses an object moving on the touch screen, the screen cursor moves on the display screen along a moving direction of the object, and a moving distance of the screen cursor is proportional to a moving distance of the object;

a shortcut ring surrounding the touch screen, wherein the shortcut ring has

multiple sensing ring sections respectively corresponding to the multiple display areas of the monitor unit; and

a function switch mounted on a side of the shortcut touch panel and used to select the first function mode or the second function mode of the shortcut touch panel;

wherein when the shortcut touch panel is operated in the first function mode, the multiple sensing ring sections respectively correspond to the multiple display areas of the display screen of the monitor unit, and when the shortcut touch panel senses a control action on any sensing ring section, the screen cursor is displayed on one of the display areas corresponding to the sensing ring section that has the control action sensed thereon; and

wherein when the shortcut touch panel is operated in the second function mode, the multiple sensing ring sections of the shortcut touch panel each have a respective custom function corresponding to the electronic device, and when the shortcut touch panel senses a control action on any sensing ring section, the custom function corresponding to the sensing ring section that has the control action sensed thereon is launched.

2. The operating system as claimed in claim 1, wherein each custom function is any one of adjusting volume, adjusting monitor brightness, engaging a sleeping mode of the electronic device, and turning off the electronic device.

3. The operating system as claimed in claim 1, wherein each custom function is any one of a Ctrl key function, an Alt key function, a Command key function, an Enter key function, and an Esc key function.

4. The operating system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the display screen is square and is divided into nine display areas, wherein the nine display areas are square and form a three-by-three grid;

and

the shortcut ring of the shortcut touch panel has eight sensing ring sections respectively corresponding to eight of the nine display areas when the shortcut touch panel is operated in the first function mode.

5. The operating system as claimed in claim 4, wherein the control action is a double click on any sensing ring section.

6. The operating system as claimed in claim 4, wherein the control action is pressing for at least one second on any sensing ring section.

7. The operating system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the control action is pressing for at least one second on any sensing ring section.

8. The operating system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the control action is a double click on any sensing ring section.

9. The operating system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the shortcut touch panel is mounted on the electronic device.

10. The operating system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the electronic device further comprises a USB port;

and

the shortcut touch panel further comprises a USB connector electrically connected to the USB port of the electronic device.

11. The operating system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the shortcut touch panel further comprises a wireless transmission module, and the shortcut touch panel is wirelessly connected to the electronic device via the wireless transmission module.

12. An operating system having a shortcut touch panel having shortcut functions, the operating system comprising:

an electronic device having

a monitor unit having

a display screen, wherein the display screen is divided into multiple display areas; and

a screen cursor displayed on the display screen;

a touch panel electrically connected to the electronic device and having

a touch screen, wherein when the touch panel senses an object moving on the touch screen, the screen cursor moves on the display screen along a moving direction of the object, and a moving distance of the screen cursor is proportional to a moving distance of the object; and

a shortcut touch panel electrically connected to the electronic device and having

a shortcut screen, wherein the shortcut screen is divided into multiple sensing sections; and

a function switch mounted on a side of the shortcut touch panel and used to switch a function mode of the shortcut touch panel;

wherein when the shortcut touch panel is operated in a first function mode, the multiple sensing sections respectively correspond to the multiple display areas of the display screen of the monitor unit, and when the shortcut touch panel senses a control action on any sensing section, the screen cursor is displayed on one of the display areas corresponding to the sensing section that has the control action sensed thereon; and

wherein when the shortcut touch panel is operated in a second function mode, the multiple sensing sections each have a respective custom function corresponding to the electronic device, and when the shortcut touch panel senses a control action on any sensing section, the custom function corresponding to the sensing section that has the control action sensed thereon is launched.

13. The operating system as claimed in claim 12, wherein each custom function is any one of adjusting volume, adjusting monitor brightness, engaging a sleeping mode of the electronic device, and turning off the electronic device.

14. The operating system as claimed in claim 12, wherein each custom function is any one of a Ctrl key function, an Alt key function, a Command key function, an Enter key function, and an Esc key function.

15. The operating system as claimed in claim 12, wherein the display screen is square and is divided into nine display areas, wherein the nine display areas are square and form a three-by-three grid;

and

the shortcut screen of the shortcut touch panel is square and is divided into nine square sensing sections, wherein the nine sensing sections form a three-by-three grid and respectively correspond to the nine display areas when the shortcut touch panel is operated in the first function mode.

16. The operating system as claimed in claim 15, wherein the control action is a double click on any sensing ring section.

17. The operating system as claimed in claim 15, wherein the control action is pressing for at least one second on any sensing ring section.

18. The operating system as claimed in claim 12, wherein the control action is pressing for at least one second on any sensing ring section.

19. The operating system as claimed in claim 12, wherein the control action is a double click on any sensing ring section.

20. The operating system as claimed in claim 12, wherein the touch panel and the shortcut touch panel are mounted on the electronic device.

21. The operating system as claimed in claim 12, wherein the electronic device further comprises a USB port;

and

the shortcut touch panel further comprises a USB connector electrically connected to the USB port of the electronic device.

22. The operating system as claimed in claim 12, wherein the shortcut touch panel further comprises a wireless transmission module, and the shortcut touch panel is wirelessly connected to the electronic device via the wireless transmission module.