Smart monitor system and hand-held electronic device

• US 9,538,316 B2
• Filed: 06/16/2015
• Issued: 01/03/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 07/25/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: HannStar Display Corporation, Hannstar Display Nanjing Corp (HannStar Display Corporation)
• Original Assignee: HannStar Display Corporation, Hannstar Display Nanjing Corp (HannStar Display Corporation)
• Inventors: Chiao, Yu-Chi, Wu, Hsu-Ho, Lu, Tien-Rong
• Primary Examiner(s): Gonzales, April G
• Application Number:
  US14/740,939
• Publication Number:
  US 20160029147A1
• Time in Patent Office: 567 Days
• Field of Search: 455/41.1
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/0381 Multimodal input, i.e. interface arrangements enabling the user to issue commands by simultaneous use of input devices of different nature, e.g. voice plus gesture on digitizer
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04808 Several contacts: gestures triggering a specific function, e.g. scrolling, zooming, right-click, when the user establishes several contacts with the surface simultaneously; e.g. using several fingers or a combination of fingers and pen
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/013 Eye tracking input arrangements G06F3/015 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0486 Drag-and-drop
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/202 by remote control
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 5/72 for local intradevice communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 5/79 for data transfer in combination with power transfer
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/80 Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication

Abstract

A smart monitor system includes a hand-held electronic device and a monitor. The hand-held electronic device includes a panel, a control unit, a touch-sensing cover and a wireless communication unit. The touch-sensing cover has a cover and a touch-sensing structure. The cover is disposed on the side of the hand-held electronic device opposite the panel. Partial or total area of the touch-sensing structure is disposed on the cover. The touch-sensing structure is electrically connected to the control unit. The wireless communication unit has a wireless communication chip and an antenna. The wireless communication chip is electrically connected to the control unit, and the antenna is disposed on the touch-sensing cover. The smart monitor system can communicate with and controls the monitor through the hand-held electronic device for various application.

Claims

1. A smart monitor system, comprising:

a hand-held electronic device, comprising;

a panel;

an eyeball tracking module, acquiring an eyeball information, wherein the eyeball information corresponds to a position information on the panel, and the position information corresponds to an object displayed on the panel;

a control unit;

a touch-sensing cover, having a cover and a touch-sensing structure, wherein the cover is disposed on the side of the hand-held electronic device opposite the panel, partial or total area of the touch-sensing structure is disposed on the cover, and the touch-sensing structure is electrically connected to the control unit;

a wireless communication unit, having a wireless communication chip and an antenna, wherein the wireless communication chip is electrically connected to the control unit, and the antenna is disposed on the touch-sensing cover; and

a monitor, having a display panel and a wireless unit, wherein the monitor is wirelessly connected to the wireless communication unit of the hand-held electronic device by the wireless unit;

wherein the wireless communication unit transmits a display information to the monitor by the wireless connection.

2. The smart monitor system of claim 1, further comprising:

a wireless access point, wirelessly connected to the wireless communication unit of the hand-held electronic device and the monitor, wherein the display information is transmitted to the monitor by the wireless access point.

3. The smart monitor system of claim 1, wherein when a user executes a mouse application program, the hand-held electronic device performs online connection with the monitor, so as to operate the monitor by the input action on the touch-sensing cover.

4. The smart monitor system of claim 3, wherein the mouse application program is stored in the hand-held electronic device or the monitor.

5. The smart monitor system of claim 1, wherein the touch-sensing structure comprises metal mesh, metal nanowires, transparent conducting film, carbon nanotube or graphene.

6. The smart monitor system of claim 1, wherein the hand-held electronic device further comprises a charging module, and the monitor transmits a wireless charging energy to the charging module.

7. A hand-held electronic device, wirelessly connected to a monitor, the hand-held electronic device comprising:

a panel;

an eyeball tracking module, acquiring an eyeball information, wherein the eyeball information corresponds to a position information on the panel, and the position information corresponds to an object displayed on the panel;

a control unit;

a touch-sensing cover, having a cover and a touch-sensing structure, wherein the cover is disposed on the side of the hand-held electronic device opposite the panel, partial or total area of the touch-sensing structure is disposed on the cover, the touch-sensing structure is electrically connected to the control unit; and

a wireless communication unit, having a wireless communication chip and an antenna, wherein the wireless communication chip is electrically connected to the control unit, and the antenna is disposed on the touch-sensing cover;

wherein the wireless communication unit transmits a display information to the monitor by the wireless connection.

8. The hand-held electronic device of claim 7, wherein the wireless communication unit comprises infrared module, bluetooth module, zigbee module, radiofrequency module, or near field communication module.

9. The hand-held electronic device of claim 7, wherein the antenna is disposed on the cover or integrated with the touch-sensing structure.

10. The hand-held electronic device of claim 7, wherein the touch-sensing structure comprises a plurality of detection points, the control unit computes a trigger quantity, a trigger quantity distribution, a trigger morphology, a trigger time, a trigger frequency or a trigger location of the detection points with an interval in a predefined time period and compares the trigger quantity, the trigger quantity distribution, the trigger morphology, the trigger time, the trigger frequency or the trigger location with an initiative determination condition pre-stored in the hand-held electronic device, and permits the touch-sensing structure to receive at least one input action inputted by a user if the trigger quantity, the trigger quantity distribution, the trigger morphology, the trigger time, the trigger frequency or the trigger location conforms to the initiative determination condition.

11. The hand-held electronic device of claim 7, wherein the touch-sensing structure comprises metal mesh, metal nanowires, transparent conducting film, carbon nanotube or graphene.

12. The hand-held electronic device of claim 7, wherein the hand-held electronic device further comprises a charging module, and the monitor transmits a wireless charging energy to the charging module.

13. The hand-held electronic device of claim 7, wherein the hand-held electronic device is operated by one hand.

14. The hand-held electronic device of claim 7, wherein the area of the touch-sensing structure and the area of the panel have a ratio relationship, and the control unit converts an input position into a display position on the panel according to the ratio relationship.

15. The hand-held electronic device of claim 7, further comprising a near field communication unit, wherein the near field communication unit has a near field communication chip and an antenna, the near field communication chip is electrically connected to the control unit, and the antenna is disposed on the cover or the touch-sensing structure.

16. The hand-held electronic device of claim 7, wherein the panel display an icon, the icon corresponds to a mouse application program, the mouse application program is executed by the control unit when a user clicks the touch-sensing cover corresponding to the icon displayed on the panel.

17. The hand-held electronic device of claim 7, further comprising:

a capacitance detection unit, coupled to the touch-sensing structure to detect the variation of the coupled capacitor between a first sensing line and a second sensing line, and providing a first finger to input a signal,

wherein the hand-held electronic device confirms a clicked object according to the input signal from the first finger.

18. The hand-held electronic device of claim 7, wherein the touch-sensing structure is capable of a wireless power transmission.