All-in-one machine and method and computer memory medium for realizing quick touch in all channels thereof

• US 9,971,424 B2
• Filed: 04/04/2014
• Issued: 05/15/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 04/07/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Guangzhou Shirui Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Guangzhou Shirui Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Rao, Haiqing, Xu, Songqing, Liu, Weigao, Huang, Ling, Zhang, Jianxin, Cai, Wensheng, Pan, Guining
• Primary Examiner(s): Vo, Tim T
• Assistant Examiner(s): Iradukunda, Herve
• Application Number:
  US14/781,704
• Publication Number:
  US 20160041629A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,502 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/038 Control and interface arrangements therefor, e.g. drivers or device-embedded control circuitry
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4112 having fewer capabilities than the client, e.g. thin client having less processing power or no tuning capabilities
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/42204 User interfaces specially adapted for controlling a client device through a remote control device; Remote control devices therefor constructive details of casings for the remote control device H01H9/0235; user interfaces for controlling a tuning device of a television receiver through a remote control H03J9/00; remote control of peripheral devices connected to a television receiver through the remote control device of the television receiver H04B1/205
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/42224 Touch pad or touch panel provided on the remote control
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4312 involving specific graphical features, e.g. screen layout, special fonts or colors, blinking icons, highlights or animations
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/443 OS processes, e.g. booting an STB, implementing a Java virtual machine in an STB or power management in an STB

Abstract

The present invention provides an all-in-one machine, a method for the all-in-one machine to realize quick touch in all channels, and a computer storage medium. The method includes: detecting which channel is currently connected to the main board, and controlling a USB selecting switch to connect a first data port of a touch frame with a USB port of a device or module to which the currently connected channel belongs, based on the detected channel information; determining whether there is an action to call a touch menu when detecting that the channel connected to the main board is an internal PC module channel or an external device channel; and if so, activating the main board to start a touch menu application program, and making response, by the main board, to touch data within an area of the touch menu transmitted from the touch frame through the second data port, after the touch menu has been called and before an action of leaving the touch menu is detected. The present invention avoids wasting time in waiting for the USB to be identified that the user can perform a touch manipulation immediately after the USB selecting switch is switched.

Claims

1. An all-in-one machine, comprising a touch frame, a USB selecting switch, an internal PC module, a main board and a display screen, wherein the display screen and the internal PC module are respectively connected to the main board, the USB selecting switch is connected to a USB port of the internal PC module, a first data port of the touch frame and a GPIO port of the main board respectively, and the touch frame is also connected to the main board through a second data port, and further comprising

a MCU connected between the second data port of the touch frame and the main board, wherein the MCU is further connected to the USB selecting switch via GPIO, wherein

the MCU is configured to detect which channel is currently connected to the main board, control the USB selecting switch based on the detected channel information to connect the first data port of the touch frame with a USB port of a device or module to which the currently connected channel belongs, determine whether there is an action to call a touch menu when detecting that the channel currently connected to the main board is an internal PC module channel or an external device channel, and inform the main board to start a touch menu application program if it is determined that there is the action to call the touch menu;

the MCU is also configured to receive the touch data within the area of the touch menu transmitted from the touch frame through the second data port, simulate itself as a standard USB touch device, and transmit the touch data within the area of the touch menu to the main board through a first USB port connected with the main board, after the touch menu has been called and before an action of leaving the touch menu is detected; and

the main board is configured to start the touch menu application program based on the information from the MCU, and make response to the touch data within the area of the touch menu received through the first USB port.

2. The all-in-one machine of claim 1, wherein the main board is configured to detect which channel is currently connected to the main board, control the USB selecting switch based on the detected channel information to connect the first data port of the touch frame with a USB port of a device or module to which the currently connected channel belongs, determine whether there is an action to call a touch menu when detecting that the channel currently connected to the main board is an internal PC module channel or an external device channel, start a touch menu application program if it is determined that there is the action to call the touch menu, and make response to touch data within an area of the touch menu transmitted from the touch frame through the second data port, after the touch menu has been called and before an action of leaving the touch menu is detected.

3. The all-in-one machine of claim 1, wherein the first data port is a USB port, and the second data port is a serial port or USB port.

4. The all-in-one machine of claim 1, wherein the channel currently connected to the main board comprises an external device channel, an internal PC module or a TV channel.

5. The all-in-one machine of claim 4, wherein the MCU is also configured to, when the MCU has detected that the channel currently connected to the main board is the TV channel, control the USB selecting switch to close the first data port of the touch frame, receive the touch data transmitted from the touch frame through the second data port, simulate itself as a standard USB touch device, and transmit all of the touch data collected by the touch frame to the main board through the first USB port connected to the main board;

and

the main board makes response to said all of the touch data received through the first USB port.

6. The all-in-one machine of claim 5, further comprising a USB port that is not connected with any device, wherein when the first data port of the touch frame is required to be closed, the USB selecting switch is switched to the USB port that is not connected with any device.

7. The all-in-one machine of claim 4, wherein the main board further comprises a second USB port through which the USB selecting switch is connected to the main board.

8. The all-in-one machine of claim 7, wherein the main board is further configured to control the USB selecting switch to connect the first data port of the touch frame to the second USB port of the main board when the channel currently connected to the main board is detected to be a TV channel;

and

the main board is configured to make response to all the touch data transmitted from the touch frame through the first data port.

9. The all-in-one machine of claim 2, wherein the main board comprises a first determination module configured to receive the touch data from the display screen through the second data port of the touch frame, determine whether the touch data is a touch action within a preset area on the display screen, and if so, determine there is an action to call a touch menu;

and the preset area is an area which is pre-set on the display screen to be activated to call a touch menu.

10. The all-in-one machine of claim 1, wherein the MCU comprises a second determination module configured to receive the touch data from the display screen through the second data port of the touch frame, determine whether the touch data is a touch action within a preset area on the display screen, and if so, determine there is an action to call a touch menu;

and the preset area is an area which is pre-set on the display screen to be activated to call a touch menu.

11. The all-in-one machine of claim 9, wherein the preset area is black border arranged around the display screen.

12. The all-in-one machine of claim 4, wherein the USB selecting switch is connected to the external device via a USB, and the external device is connected to the main board through a VGA interface, a HDMI interface, an AV interface or YPBPR interface.

13. A method for an all-in-one machine to realize quick touch in all channels, comprising:

detecting which channel is currently connected to a main board, and controlling, based on a detected channel information, a USB selecting switch to connect a first data port of a touch frame with a USB port of a device or module to which the currently connected channel belongs;

determining whether there is an action to call a touch menu when detecting that the channel connected to the main board is an internal PC module channel or an external device channel; and

if it is determined that there is an action to call a touch menu when detecting that the channel connected to the main board is the internal PC module channel or the external device channel, activating the main board to start a touch menu application program, and making response, by the main board, to touch data within an area of the touch menu transmitted from the touch frame through a second data port, after the touch menu has been called and before an action of leaving the touch menu is detected, wherein the all-in-one machine comprises a MCU connected between the second data port of the touch frame and the main board, wherein the MCU is further connected to the USB selecting switch via GPIO, wherein

the MCU is configured to detect which channel is currently connected to the main board, control the USB selecting switch based on the detected channel information to connect the first data port of the touch frame with a USB port of a device or module to which the currently connected channel belongs, determine whether there is an action to call a touch menu when detecting that the channel currently connected to the main board is an internal PC module channel or an external device channel, and inform the main board to start a touch menu application program if it is determined that there is the action to call the touch menu;

the MCU is also configured to receive the touch data within the area of the touch menu transmitted from the touch frame through the second data port, simulate itself as a standard USB touch device, and transmit the touch data within the area of the touch menu to the main board through a first USB port connected with the main board, after the touch menu has been called and before an action of leaving the touch menu is detected; and

the main board is configured to start the touch menu application program based on the information from the MCU, and make response to the touch data within the area of the touch menu received through the first USB port.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the determining whether there is an action to call a touch menu comprises:

receiving the touch data on the display screen from the second data port of the touch frame, determining whether the touch data is a touch action in the preset area on the display screen, and determining there is an action to call a touch menu if the answer is yes; and

the preset area is an area which is pre-set on the display screen to be activated to call a touch menu.

15. The method of claim 13, further comprising:

controlling the USB selecting switch to close the first data port of the touch frame, when the channel currently connected to the main board is detected to be a TV channel; and

making response, by the main board, to all of the touch data transmitted from the touch frame through the second data port.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein the controlling the USB selecting switch to close the first data port of the touch frame comprises controlling the USB selecting switch to switch to a USB port that is not connected to any device.

17. The method of claim 13, further comprising:

controlling the USB selecting switch to connect the first data port of the touch frame to the second USB port of the main board when the channel currently connected to the main board is detected to be a TV channel; and

making response, by the main board, to all of the touch data transmitted from the touch frame through the first data port.

18. The method of claim 15, wherein the first data port is a USB port, and the second data port is a serial port or USB port.

19. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing computer-executable instructions which, when executed, perform the method for the all-in-one machine to realize quick touch in all channels according to claim 13.