Touch device and method for controlling the same to perform a power-saving function or a power-on function

• US 9,996,117 B2
• Filed: 05/30/2014
• Issued: 06/12/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 06/07/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Insyde Software Corp
• Original Assignee: Insyde Software Corp
• Inventors: Lin, Wen-Ming
• Primary Examiner(s): Adediran, Abdul-Samad A
• Application Number:
  US14/291,349
• Publication Number:
  US 20140362009A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,474 Days
• Field of Search: 3336624, 345156, 345173, 382189, 4554142
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1694 the I/O peripheral being a single or a set of motion sensors for pointer control or gesture input obtained by sensing movements of the portable computer
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/3203 Power management, i.e. event-based initiation of a power-saving mode
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/3206 Monitoring of events, devices or parameters that trigger a change in power modality
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/3231 Monitoring the presence, absence or movement of users
• CPC Class Codes: Y02D 10/00 Energy efficient computing, e.g. low power processors, power management or thermal management

Abstract

A method for controlling a touch device to power on or power off has steps of receiving direction information of the touch device; determining if the touch device is oriented to a direction that is outside or inside a preset viewing angle according to the direction information; detecting a gesture present on the touch device; and performing a power-saving function or a power-on function when detecting the gesture present on the touch device and determining that the direction of the touch device is outside or inside the preset viewing angle. The foregoing technique can replace the power-saving function and the power-on function activated by pressing a physical power button. Accordingly, operational frequency and failure rate of the physical power button can be reduced and an intuitive method for powering on or off the touch device with easy operation can thus be provided.

Claims

1. A method for controlling a touch device to power off and power on, wherein the touch device has an accelerometer sensor, a touch control interface having a touch sensitive area and a controller connected to the accelerometer sensor and the touch control interface, the method performed by the controller and comprising steps of:

receiving direction information of the touch device sensed by the accelerometer sensor;

determining if the touch device is oriented to a direction that is out of or within a preset viewing angle according to the direction information;

generating coordinate information when a designated power-off gesture or a power-on gesture is detected, at least one of the designated power-off gesture and the power-on gesture being a predetermined stroke pattern from a first touch point to a second touch point;

determining if the designated power-off gesture or the power-on gesture is detected on the touch sensitive area of the touch control interface according to the coordinate information; and

performing a power-saving function on the touch device when the coordinate information of the designated power-off gesture on the touch sensitive area and the direction information of the touch device which is oriented to the direction that is out of the preset viewing angle are detected;

or performing a power-on function when the coordinate information of the designated power-on gesture on the touch sensitive area and the direction information of the touch device which is oriented to the direction that is within the present viewing angle are detected.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein when the direction of the touch device is determined to be out of the preset viewing angle, an angle included between the direction of the touch device and an X axis corresponding to a horizontal direction of the touch device is greater than the preset viewing angle.

3. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein when the direction of the touch device is determined to be out of the preset viewing angle, an angle included between the direction of the touch device and a Y axis corresponding to a vertical direction of the touch device is greater than the preset viewing angle.

4. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the designated power-off gesture is selected from one of a multi-touch gesture, a swipe gesture, and a drawing gesture.

5. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the power-saving function enables the touch device to enter a hibernation mode.

6. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the power-saving function enables the touch device to power off.

7. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the designated power-on gesture is made by multiple fingers simultaneously touching the touch device.

8. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the designated power-on gesture is made by two fingers simultaneously touching two opposite edge portions of the touch device.

9. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the direction information of the touch device includes X-axis information and Y-axis information with coordinates respectively varying in an X axis corresponding to a horizontal direction of the touch device and in a Y axis corresponding to a vertical direction of the touch device.

10. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the preset viewing angle is determined according to a specification of a display portion of the touch device.

11. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the preset viewing angle is configured through a setting of the touch device.

12. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the power-on function serves to power on the touch device.

13. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the power-on function serves to wake up from a hibernation mode of the touch device.

14. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the touch device has a displayed area overlapping or within an area of the touch control interface, and the designated power-off gesture and the power-on gesture are detected on the touch control interface corresponding to at least a part of the displayed area.

15. A touch device, comprising:

a touch control interface having a touch sensitive area and a displayed area;

wherein the touch sensitive area is configured to detect a designated power-off gesture or a designated power-on gesture and correspondingly generates coordinate information, at least one of the designated power-off gesture and the power-on gesture being a predetermined stroke pattern from a first touch point to a second touch point;

an accelerometer sensor serving to detect a direction of the touch device and provide direction information of the touch device; and

a controller connected to the touch sensitive area, the displayed area and the accelerometer sensor, the controller receiving the coordinate information and the direction information, when the coordinate information of the designated power-off gesture is detected on the touch sensitive area and the direction information of the touch device is oriented to the direction that is out of a preset viewing angle the controller performs a power-saving function and enable the touch device to enter a hibernation mode or to power off, or when the coordinate information of the designated power-on gesture is detected on the touch sensitive area and the direction information of the touch device is oriented to the direction that is within a preset viewing angle the controller performs a power-on function and enable the touch device to wake up from the hibernation mode or to power on.

16. The touch device as claimed in claim 15, wherein the power-saving function is performed when detecting the designated power-off gesture present on the touch device and determining that the direction of the touch device is out of the preset viewing angle.

17. The touch device as claimed in claim 16, wherein the direction of the touch device is determined to be out of the preset viewing angle, an angle included between the direction of the touch device and an X axis corresponding to a horizontal direction of the touch device is greater than the preset viewing angle.

18. The touch device as claimed in claim 16, wherein when the direction of the touch device is determined to be out of the preset viewing angle, an angle included between the direction of the touch device and a Y axis corresponding to a vertical direction of the touch device is greater than the preset viewing angle.

19. The touch device as claimed in claim 15, wherein the designated power-off gesture and the power-on gesture are detected on the touch sensitive area corresponding to at least a part of the displayed area.