Touch electronic device with touch panel, wireless transmission module, and touch link module and related touch link method

• US 9,741,317 B2
• Filed: 03/30/2015
• Issued: 08/22/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 04/18/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited
• Original Assignee: MediaTek Singapore Pte. Ltd. (MediaTek, Inc.)
• Inventors: Wang, Yuanyuan, Chang, Tzu-Wen, Cao, Heyan
• Primary Examiner(s): Abdin, Shaheda
• Application Number:
  US14/672,491
• Publication Number:
  US 20150302826A1
• Time in Patent Office: 876 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04162 for exchanging data with external devices, e.g. smart pens, via the digitiser sensing hardware
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1423 controlling a plurality of local displays, e.g. CRT and flat panel display
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2370/16 Use of wireless transmission of display information
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2370/22 Detection of presence or absence of input display information or of connection or disconnection of a corresponding information source
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/12 Synchronisation between the display unit and other units, e.g. other display units, video-disc players
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 5/22 Capacitive coupling

Abstract

A touch electronic device includes a touch panel, a wireless transmission module and a touch link module. The wireless transmission module is utilized to receive data request information transmitted by a first external electronic device. The data request information relates to a data transmission function. The touch link module is utilized to develop a touch link between the touch electronic device and a second external electronic device through the touch panel when the wireless transmission module receives the data request information, and receive identification information transmitted by the second external electronic device through the touch link. The wireless transmission module transmits the identification information to the first external electronic device to execute identification of the touch electronic device, and the second external electronic device is different from the first external electronic device.

Claims

1. A touch electronic device, comprising:

a wireless transmission module, utilized to receive a data request information transmitted by a first external electronic device, and to transmit an identification information to the first external electronic device to execute identification of the touch electronic device, wherein the data request information relates to a data transmission function;

a touch panel, utilized to display a pattern button for switching between an interface pattern and a normal interface, wherein the identification information is input by a subscriber when the pattern button is touched for choosing the normal interface; and

a touch link module, utilized to develop a touch link between the touch electronic device and a second external electronic device through the touch panel after the wireless transmission module receives the data request information and after the pattern button is touched for choosing the interface pattern, and to receive the identification information transmitted by the second external electronic device through the touch link, wherein the second external electronic device is different from the first external electronic device.

2. The touch electronic device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first external electronic device matches the identification information to confirm whether or not the touch electronic device matches the identification of the first external electronic device, and the first external electronic device transmits an identification acknowledge information to the touch electronic device when it is matched.

3. The touch electronic device as claimed in claim 1, wherein when the wireless transmission module receives the data request information, the touch panel displays the interface pattern for developing the touch link.

4. The touch electronic device as claimed in claim 3, wherein when the second external electronic device is physically adjacent to the interface pattern, the touch electronic device develops the touch link between the touch electronic device and the second external electronic device through the touch panel.

5. The touch electronic device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the touch link module further comprises:

a sensing module, utilized to detect a physical adjacency between the touch electronic device and the second external electronic device; and

a connection module, utilized to develop the touch link between the touch electronic device and the second external electronic device through the touch panel when the sensing module detects the physical adjacency.

6. The touch electronic device as claimed in claim 5, wherein the connection module transmits a touch link request information to the second external electronic device to develop the touch link between the touch electronic device and the second external electronic device.

7. The touch electronic device as claimed in claim 6, further comprising a control module to determine whether or not the touch electronic device transmits the touch link request information more than a predetermined number of times or longer than a predetermined period, wherein when the touch electronic device does not transmit the touch link request information more than a predetermined number of times nor transmit the touch link request information longer than a predetermined period, the connection module re-transmits the touch link request information to the second external electronic device, otherwise, the connection module stops transmitting the touch link request information to the second external electronic device.

8. The touch electronic device as claimed in claim 6, wherein when the touch electronic device receives a touch link acknowledge information transmitted by the second external electronic device, the touch electronic device confirms developing the touch link between the touch electronic device and the second external electronic device.

9. The touch electronic device as claimed in claim 1, wherein before the touch electronic device receives the identification information transmitted by the second external electronic device, the touch electronic device transmits an identification request information to the second external electronic device through the touch link.

10. The touch electronic device as claimed in claim 9, wherein the identification request information relates to the data request information.

11. A touch link method, utilized for a touch electronic device, comprising:

receiving a data request information transmitted by a first external electronic device, wherein the data request information relates to a data transmission function;

displaying a pattern button for switching between an interface pattern and a normal interface;

developing a touch link between the touch electronic device and a second external electronic device through a touch panel of the touch electronic device after receiving the data request information and after the pattern button being touched for choosing the interface pattern, wherein the second external electronic device is different from the first external electronic device;

receiving the identification information input by a subscriber when the pattern button is touched for choosing the normal interface or the identification information transmitted by the second external electronic device through the touch link when the pattern button is touched for choosing the interface pattern; and

transmitting the identification information to the first external electronic device to execute identification of the touch electronic device.

12. The touch link method as claimed in claim 11, further comprising matching the identification information by the first external electronic device to confirm whether or not the touch electronic device matches the identification of the first external electronic device, and transmitting an identification acknowledge information to the touch electronic device by the first external electronic device when it is matched.

13. The touch link method as claimed in claim 12, further comprising displaying the interface pattern for developing the touch link by the touch panel when the data request information is received.

14. The touch link method as claimed in claim 13, further comprising developing the touch link between the touch electronic device and the second external electronic device through the touch panel when the second external electronic device is physically adjacent to the interface pattern.

15. The touch link method as claimed in claim 11, wherein the step of developing the touch link further comprises:

detecting a physical adjacency between the touch electronic device and the second external electronic device; and

developing the touch link between the touch electronic device and the second external electronic device through the touch panel when the physical adjacency is detected.

16. The touch link method as claimed in claim 15, wherein the step of developing the touch link further comprises transmitting a touch link request information to the second external electronic device to develop the touch link between the touch electronic device and the second external electronic device.

17. The touch link method as claimed in claim 16, wherein the step of developing the touch link further comprises determining whether or not the touch electronic device transmits the touch link request information more than a predetermined number of times or longer than a predetermined period, wherein when the touch electronic device does not transmit the touch link request information more than a predetermined number of times nor transmit the touch link request information longer than a predetermined period, re-transmitting the touch link request information to the second external electronic device, otherwise, stopping transmitting the touch link request information to the second external electronic device.

18. The touch link method as claimed in claim 16, further comprising when the touch electronic device receives a touch link acknowledge information transmitted by the second external electronic device, confirming developing the touch link between the touch electronic device and the second external electronic device.

19. The touch link method as claimed in claim 11, further comprising before the touch electronic device receives the identification information transmitted by the second external electronic device, transmitting an identification request information to the second external electronic device through the touch link by the touch electronic device.

20. The touch link method as claimed in claim 19, wherein the identification request information relates to the data request information.