Wearable electronic apparatus

• US 9,836,082 B2
• Filed: 02/26/2015
• Issued: 12/05/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 02/26/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: HTC Corporation
• Original Assignee: HTC Corporation
• Inventors: Tsai, Ming-Han, Huang, Chun-Hao, Chen, Chia-Wei, Chueh, Hsin-Ti
• Primary Examiner(s): Elahi, Towfiq
• Application Number:
  US14/631,860
• Publication Number:
  US 20160252985A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,013 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/163 Wearable computers, e.g. on a belt
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1652 the display being flexible, e.g. mimicking a sheet of paper, or rollable
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04102 Flexible digitiser, i.e. constructional details for allowing the whole digitising part of a device to be flexed or rolled like a sheet of paper
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/03547 Touch pads, in which fingers can move on a surface
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
• 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

A wearable electronic apparatus includes a touch panel and a processor. The touch panel is configured for providing a touch interface and detecting a swipe gesture across the touch interface. The touch interface has a first portion and a second portion. The processor is operatively coupled to the touch panel. The processor is adapted to assign a first border layout and a second border layout for discriminating between a vertical swipe and a horizontal swipe. The first border layout is different from the second border layout. The processor is further adapted to recognize whether an initial touchdown point of the swipe gesture is located in the first portion or the second portion of the touch interface.

Claims

1. A wearable electronic apparatus, comprising:

a touch panel, configured for providing a touch interface and detecting a swipe gesture across the touch interface, the touch interface having a first portion and a second portion;

a processor, operatively coupled to the touch panel, the processor being adapted to;

assign a first border layout and a second border layout for discriminating between a vertical swipe and a horizontal swipe, the first border layout being different from the second border layout;

determine whether an initial touchdown point of the swipe gesture is located in the first portion or the second portion of the touch interface;

in response to the initial touchdown point being located in the first portion, utilize the first border layout and place the initial touchdown point at the center of the first border layout, and determine whether the swipe gesture is the vertical swipe or the horizontal swipe according to a directional vector of the swipe gesture in the first border layout; and

in response to the initial touchdown point being located in the second portion, utilize the second border layout and place the initial touchdown point at the center of the second border layout, and determine whether the swipe gesture is the vertical swipe or the horizontal swipe according to the directional vector of the swipe gesture the second border layout;

wherein the touch interface is shaped as a rectangle having a first pair of edges and a second pair of edges, the first pair of edges is longer than the second pair of edges, the first portion covers at least area adjacent to the first pair of edges, the second portion covers at least another area adjacent to the second pair of edges and corners of the touch interface;

wherein the first border layout comprises a first pair of border lines, the first pair of border lines, a vertical axis and a horizontal axis are intersected at the initial touchdown point and located on a plane of the touch interface, the first pair of border lines are mirrored to each other relative to the vertical axis and inclined to the horizontal axis at a first angle;

wherein the second border layout comprises a second pair of border lines, the second pair of border lines, the vertical axis and the horizontal axis are intersected at the initial touchdown point and located on the plane of the touch interface, the second pair of border lines are mirrored to each other relative to the vertical axis and inclined to the horizontal axis at a second angle different from the first angle.

2. The wearable electronic apparatus of claim 1, wherein a diagonal length of the touch panel is less than or equal to three inches.

3. The wearable electronic apparatus of claim 1, wherein, in response to the initial touchdown point is located in the first portion, a sensitivity of recognizing the swipe gesture to be the vertical swipe is higher than an another sensitivity of recognizing the swipe gesture to be the horizontal swipe.

4. The wearable electronic apparatus of claim 1, wherein, in response to the initial touchdown point is located in the second portion, a sensitivity of recognizing the swipe gesture to be the vertical swipe is lower than an another sensitivity of recognizing the swipe gesture to be the horizontal swipe.

5. The wearable electronic apparatus of claim 1, wherein the first portion comprises two elongated strip areas located beside a middle part of the first pair of edges.

6. The wearable electronic apparatus of claim 1, wherein the second portion comprises an “

H”

-shaped area located beside the second pair of edges and at a center part of the touch interface.

7. The wearable electronic apparatus of claim 1, wherein the wearable electronic apparatus is a smart watch or a smart wristband.

13. The wearable electronic apparatus of claim 1, wherein:

each of the first and second border layouts has a plurality of sectors for determining whether the swipe gesture is the vertical swipe or the horizontal swipe, wherein the sectors of the first border layout for determining whether the swipe gesture is the vertical swipe are larger than the sectors of the first border layout for determining whether the swipe gesture is the horizontal swipe, and the sectors of the second border layout for determining whether the swipe gesture is the horizontal swipe are larger than the sectors of the second border layout for determining whether the swipe gesture is the vertical swipe; and

determining whether the swipe gesture is the vertical swipe or the horizontal swipe is performed by determining whether the swipe gesture is in one of the sectors of the first border layout or the second border layout corresponding to the vertical swipe or the horizontal swipe.

8. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing one or more programs, the one or more programs comprising instructions, which when executed by a wearable electronic device with a touch interface, causes the wearable electronic device to perform a method, wherein the method comprises:

assigning a first border layout and a second border layout for discriminating between a vertical swipe and a horizontal swipe, the first border layout being different from the second border layout;

detecting a swipe gesture across the touch interface, the touch interface having a first portion and a second portion;

determining whether an initial touchdown point of the swipe gesture is located in the first portion or the second portion of the touch interface;

in response to the initial touchdown point being located in the first portion, utilizing the first border layout and place the initial touchdown point at the center of the first border layout, and determining whether the swipe gesture is the vertical swipe or the horizontal swipe according to a directional vector of the swipe gesture in the first border layout; and

in response to the initial touchdown point being located in the second portion, utilizing the second border layout and place the initial touchdown point at the center of the second border layout, and determining whether the swipe gesture is the vertical swipe or the horizontal swipe according to the directional vector of the swipe gesture the second border layout;

wherein the touch interface is shaped as a rectangle having a first pair of edges and a second pair of edges, the first pair of edges is longer than the second pair of edges, the first portion covers at least an area adjacent to the first pair of edges, the second portion covers at least another area adjacent to the second pair of edges and corners of the touch interface;

wherein the first border layout comprises a first pair of border lines, the first pair of border lines, a vertical axis and a horizontal axis are intersected at the initial touchdown point and located on a plane of the touch interface, the first pair of border lines are mirrored to each other relative to the vertical axis and inclined to the horizontal axis at a first angle;

wherein the second border layout comprises a second pair of border lines, the second pair of border lines, the vertical axis and the horizontal axis are intersected at the initial touchdown point and located on the plane of the touch interface, the second pair of border lines are mirrored to each other relative to the vertical axis and inclined to the horizontal axis at a second angle different from the first angle.

9. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 8, wherein, in response to the initial touchdown point is located in the first portion, a sensitivity of recognizing the swipe gesture to be the vertical swipe is higher than an another sensitivity of recognizing the swipe gesture to be the horizontal swipe.

10. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 8, wherein, in response to the initial touchdown point is located in the second portion, a sensitivity of recognizing the swipe gesture to be the vertical swipe is lower than an another sensitivity of recognizing the swipe gesture to be the horizontal swipe.

11. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 8, wherein the first portion comprises two elongated strip areas located beside a middle part of the first pair of edges.

12. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 8, wherein the second portion comprises an “

H”

-shaped area located beside the second pair of edges and at a center part of the touch interface.