Operating method, related touch display device and related semiconductor device

• US 10,311,830 B2
• Filed: 08/12/2016
• Issued: 06/04/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 12/31/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd., Hefei Xinsheng Optoelectric Technology Co. Ltd. (BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd., Hefei Xinsheng Optoelectric Technology Co. Ltd. (BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Zhan, Yifei, Zhang, Dayu
• Primary Examiner(s): Patel, Nitin
• Assistant Examiner(s): Stone, Robert M
• Application Number:
  US15/501,060
• Publication Number:
  US 20180040296A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,026 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0416 Control or interface arrangements specially adapted for digitisers
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04847 Interaction techniques to control parameter settings, e.g. interaction with sliders or dials
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2320/0626 for control of overall brightness
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2354/00 Aspects of interface with display user
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/10 Intensity circuits

Abstract

The present disclosure provides an operating method for adjusting a brightness level of a touch display device with a touch display panel, including: detecting a touch motion performed on the touch display panel; adjusting the touch display panel to display images with a first brightness level; detecting a distance between a user and the touch display panel; and adjusting the brightness level of the touch display panel to display images based on the distance between the user and the touch display panel.

Claims

1. An operating method for adjusting a brightness level of a touch display device with a touch display panel, comprising:

detecting a touch motion performed on the touch display panel;

then

adjusting the touch display panel to display images with a reduced first brightness level from a higher previous brightness level based on the touch motion detected;

then

detecting a distance between a user and the touch display panel to evaluate if the distance is greater than or equal to a preset distance; and

then

if the distance is evaluated to be greater than or equal to the preset distance, adjusting a brightness level of the touch display panel to display images with an increased second brightness level from the reduced first brightness level, wherein said increased second brightness level is the same as the higher previous brightness level, and

if the distance is evaluated to be less than the preset distance, maintaining the brightness level at the reduced first brightness level and again detecting the distance between the user and the touch display to again evaluate if the distance is greater than or equal to the preset distance.

2. The operating method according to claim 1, wherein the detecting the touch motion performed on the touch display panel comprises:

detecting a change of a pressure applied on the touch display panel.

3. The operating method according to claim 1, wherein the detecting the touch motion performed on the touch display panel comprises:

detecting a change of touch-sensing signals transmitted by the touch display panel.

4. The operating method according to claim 1, wherein detecting the distance between the user and the touch display panel comprises:

obtaining the user'"'"'s images for comparing the user'"'"'s images with a preset image to determine the distance between the user and the touch display panel.

5. The operating method according to claim 1, wherein detecting the distance between the user and the touch display panel comprises:

measuring the distance between the user and the touch display panel by acoustic waves or infrared waves.

6. The operating method according to claim 1, further comprising displaying images with a preset brightness level if the user performs operations without adjusting the brightness level of the touch display panel.

7. The operating method according to claim 1, further comprising displaying images with a desired brightness level adjusted by the user.

8. An operating method for adjusting a brightness level of a touch display device with a touch display panel, comprising:

detecting a touch motion performed on the touch display panel;

then

adjusting the touch display panel to display images with a reduced first brightness level from a higher previous brightness level based on the touch motion detected;

then

detecting a distance between a user and the touch display panel to evaluate if the distance is greater than or equal to a preset distance; and

then

if the distance is evaluated to be greater than or equal to the preset distance, adjusting a brightness level of the touch display panel to display images with an increased second brightness level from the reduced first brightness level, and

if the distance is evaluated to be less than the preset distance, maintaining the brightness level at the reduced first brightness level and again detecting the distance between the user and the touch display to again evaluate if the distance is greater than or equal to the preset distance, and further comprising

storing a value of the reduced first brightness level before detecting the touch motion performed on the touch display panel such that the touch display panel displays images with the reduced first brightness level when multiple touch motions are performed on the touch display panel.

9. An operating method for adjusting a brightness level of a touch display device with a touch display panel, comprising:

detecting a touch motion performed on the touch display panel;

then

adjusting the touch display panel to display images with a reduced first brightness level from a higher previous brightness level based on the touch motion detected;

then

detecting a distance between a user and the touch display panel to evaluate if the distance is greater than or equal to a preset distance; and

then

if the distance is evaluated to be greater than or equal to the preset distance, adjusting a brightness level of the touch display panel to display images with an increased second brightness level from the reduced first brightness level, and

if the distance is evaluated to be less than the preset distance, maintaining the brightness level at the reduced first brightness level and again detecting the distance between the user and the touch display to again evaluate if the distance is greater than or equal to the preset distance, and further comprising

storing a value of the higher second brightness level, the higher second brightness level being a brightness level displayed by the touch display panel before the touch motion or after the brightness level is adjusted by the user.

10. A touch display device with a touch display panel, comprising:

a touch motion detector for detecting a touch motion performed on the touch display panel;

a distance detector for detecting a distance between a user and the touch display panel; and

a processing module, coupled to the touch motion detector and the distance detector, wherein the processing module includes a processor configured to

adjust the touch display panel to display images with a reduced first brightness level from a higher previous brightness level based on signals from the touch motion detector, and then

determine if the distance is greater than or equal to a preset distance based on distance detected by the distance detector, and

if the distance is greater than or equal to the preset distance, adjust a brightness level of the touch display panel to display images with a higher second brightness level from the reduced first brightness level, and

if the distance is less than the preset distance, maintain the brightness level of the touch display panel at the reduced first brightness and then again determine if the distance is greater than or equal to the preset distance based on another distance detected by the distance detector;

wherein the touch motion detector comprises a pressure sensor or a touch sensor and the distance detecting module comprises a camera, an infrared sensor or an acoustic sensor; and

further comprising

a storage module coupled to the processing module, wherein the storage module is configured to store the reduced first brightness level and the higher second brightness level of the touch display panel before the touch motion.

11. The touch display device according to claim 10, wherein the touch motion detector is configured to detect a touch motion by detecting a change of pressure applied on the touch display panel.

12. The touch display device according to claim 10, wherein the touch motion detector is configured to detect a touch motion by detecting a change of touch-sensing signals transmitted by the touch display panel.

13. The touch display device according to claim 10, wherein the processing module is configured to display images with a preset brightness level if the user performs operations without adjusting the brightness level of the touch display panel.

14. The touch display device according to claim 10, wherein the processing module is configured to display images with a desired brightness level adjusted by the user.

15. The touch display device according to claim 10, wherein the distance detector is configured to periodically obtain the user'"'"'s images for comparing the user'"'"'s images with a preset image to determine the distance between the user and the touch display panel.

16. A semiconductor device, comprising one or more of the touch display devices according to claim 10.