Touch display module and power saving method thereof

• US 20070057925A1
• Filed: 09/08/2006
• Published: 03/15/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 09/09/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Inventec Appliances Corporation (Inventec Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Inventec Appliances Corporation (Inventec Corporation)
• Inventors: Hung, Haw-Yun
• Application Number:
  US11/517,318
• Publication Number:
  US 20070057925A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/173
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/3203 Power management, i.e. event-based initiation of a power-saving mode
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/3262 Power saving in digitizer or tablet
• CPC Class Codes: Y02D 30/50 in wire-line communication networks, e.g. low power modes or reduced link rate

Abstract

A touch display module for use in an electronic device includes a touch screen for receiving a touch signal, a detection unit for detecting a state of the touch display module, a logic unit for generating a control signal depending on the touch signal, the state and a determining condition, and a light source capable of illuminating the touch screen according to the control signal.

Claims

1. A touch display module for an electronic device, comprising:

a touch screen sensitive to a touch signal and for displaying an image;

a detection unit for detecting a state of the touch display module;

a logic unit for generating a control signal depending on the touch signal, the state, and a determining condition; and

a light source capable of illuminating said touch screen according to said control signal.

2. The touch display module according to claim 1, further comprising a converting unit for converting the touch signal into a digital signal.

3. The touch display module according to claim 2, further comprising a processing unit which processes said digital signal to output a command for generating said control signal.

4. The touch display module according to claim 2, wherein said digital signal relates to a position on the touch screen controlled by the touch signal.

5. The touch display module according to claim 1, wherein said detection unit comprises a light sensor.

6. The touch display module according to claim 5, wherein said light sensor is capable of detecting an ambient light condition for determining the state of the touch display module, the state comprising an insufficient ambient light condition or a sufficient ambient light condition.

7. The touch display module according to claim 6, wherein the determining condition stipulates that when the state is the insufficient ambient light condition of said touch screen, the control signal restrains the light source from illuminating the touch screen.

8. The touch display module according to claim 6, wherein the determining condition stipulates that when the touch signal is not received by the touch screen and the state is the sufficient ambient light condition of said touch screen, the control signal restrains the light source from illuminating the touch screen.

9. The touch display module according to claim 6, wherein the determining condition stipulates that when the touch signal is received by the touch screen and the state is the sufficient ambient light condition of said touch screen, the control signal drives the light source to illuminate the touch screen.

10. The touch display module according to claim 1, wherein the state of the touch display module concerns a position of the touch display module.

11. The touch display module according to claim 10, wherein said detection unit comprises a position detection unit for detecting a position of the touch display module.

12. The touch display module according to claim 11, wherein the determining condition stipulates that when the position detection unit detects that the touch display module is held in a non-horizontal position, the control signal restrains the light source from illuminating the touch screen.

13. The touch display module according to claim 11, wherein the determining condition stipulates that when the touch signal is not received by the touch screen and the position detection unit detects that the touch display module is in a substantially horizontal position, the control signal restrains the light source from illuminating the touch screen.

14. The touch display module according to claim 11, wherein the determining condition stipulates that when the touch signal is received by the touch screen and the position detection unit detects that the touch display module is in a substantially horizontal position, the control signal drives the light source to illuminate the touch screen.

15. The touch display module according to claim 1, wherein the light source is part of a backlight.

16. The touch display module according to claim 1, wherein said determining condition is stored within said logic unit in advance for determining the control signal.

17. A power saving method for an electronic device having a touch display module, comprising:

(a) a touch screen of the touch display module receiving a touch signal;

(b) detecting a state of the touch display module;

(c) generating a control signal depending on the touch signal, the state, and a determining condition; and

(d) the control signal controlling a light source capable of illuminating the touch screen.

18. The power saving method according to claim 17, wherein said detecting state means detecting an ambient light condition of the touch display module.

19. The power saving method according to claim 18, wherein the determining condition stipulates that when the state represents an insufficient ambient light condition of said touch screen, the control signal restrains the light source from illuminating the touch screen, thereby saving power consumed by the light source.

20. The power saving method according to claim 18, wherein the determining condition stipulates that when the touch signal is not received by the touch screen and the state represents a sufficient ambient light condition of said touch screen, the control signal restrains the light source from illuminating the touch screen, thereby saving power consumed by the light source.

21. The power saving method according to claim 18, wherein the determining condition stipulates that when the touch signal is received by the touch screen and the state represents a sufficient ambient light condition of said touch screen, the control signal drives the light source to illuminate the touch screen.

22. The power saving method according to claim 17, wherein detecting the state comprises detecting a position of the touch display module.

23. The power saving method according to claim 22, wherein the determining condition stipulates that when it is detected that the touch display module is held in a non-horizontal position, the control signal restrains the light source from illuminating the touch screen, thereby saving power consumed by the light source.

24. The power saving method according to claim 22, wherein the determining condition stipulates that when the touch signal is not received by the touch screen and it is detected that the touch display module is in a substantially horizontal position, the control signal restrains the light source from illuminating the touch screen, thereby saving power consumed by the light source.

25. The power saving method according to claim 22, wherein the determining condition stipulates that when the touch signal is received by the touch screen and is detected that the touch display module is in a substantially horizontal position, the control signal drives the light source to illuminate the touch screen.

26. The power saving method according to claim 17, wherein the light source is part of a backlight.