TOUCH-SENSITIVE MOBILE COMPUTING DEVICE AND CONTROLLING METHOD APPLIED THERETO

• US 20100013782A1
• Filed: 07/10/2009
• Published: 01/21/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 07/18/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: ASUSTek Computer, Inc.
• Original Assignee: ASUSTek Computer, Inc.
• Inventors: HSIEH, Ming-Chih, LIU, Kuan-Lin
• Application Number:
  US12/500,947
• Publication Number:
  US 20100013782A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/173
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0485 Scrolling or panning
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04855 Interaction with scrollbars
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text

Abstract

A touch-sensitive mobile computing device includes a main body, a display screen and a touch-sensitive interface. The touch-sensitive interface is disposed on the main body and the display screen, and includes a first touch-sensitive zone and a second touch-sensitive zone. The first touch-sensitive zone is disposed on the main body and outside the display screen. The second touch-sensitive zone is directly disposed over the display screen. A controlling method of the touch-sensitive mobile computing device includes the following steps. Firstly, the operating frame of the operating system is shown on the display screen. Then, a touch-move motion of an object in a specified direction on the first touch-sensitive zone or between the first touch-sensitive zone and the second touch-sensitive zone is detected. Afterwards, the contents of the operating frame shown on the display screen are adjusted according to the touch-move motion.

Claims

1. A touch-sensitive mobile computing device executed under an operating system, the touch-sensitive mobile computing device comprising:

a main body;

a display screen disposed on the main body for showing an operating frame of the operating system; and

a touch-sensitive interface disposed on the main body and the display screen, and comprising a first touch-sensitive zone and a second touch-sensitive zone, wherein the first touch-sensitive zone is disposed on the main body and outside the display screen, the second touch-sensitive zone is directly disposed over the display screen, and the contents of the operating frame shown on the display screen are adjusted when a touch-move motion of an object in a specified direction is implemented on the first touch-sensitive zone or between the first touch-sensitive zone and the second touch-sensitive zone.

2. The touch-sensitive mobile computing device according to claim 1 further comprising a control unit disposed within the main body and communicating with the touch-sensitive interface for adjusting the contents of the operating frame shown on the display screen according to the touch-move motion.

3. The touch-sensitive mobile computing device according to claim 1 wherein a translucent directional image is shown on the display screen to indicate the specified direction during the contents of the operating frame shown on the display screen is adjusted.

4. The touch-sensitive mobile computing device according to claim 1 wherein the operating frame is moved in the specified direction when the object moves from a start touching point to an end touching point and then leaves the touch-sensitive interface, wherein the specified direction is defined by the start touching point and the end touching point.

5. The touch-sensitive mobile computing device according to claim 4 wherein the start touching point and the end touching point are both located on the first touch-sensitive zone of the touch-sensitive interface.

6. The touch-sensitive mobile computing device according to claim 4 wherein one of the start touching point and the end touching point is located on the first touch-sensitive zone, and the other of the start touching point and the end touching point is located on the second touch-sensitive zone.

7. The touch-sensitive mobile computing device according to claim 1 wherein the operating frame is continuously moved in the specified direction when the object moves from a start touching point to an end touching point and then staying at the end touching point, wherein the specified direction is defined by the start touching point and the end touching point.

8. The touch-sensitive mobile computing device according to claim 7 wherein the operating frame includes a vertical scrollbar and a horizontal scrollbar, and the operating frame is continuously moved in the specified direction so as to continuous scroll the vertical scrollbar or the horizontal scrollbar.

9. The touch-sensitive mobile computing device according to claim 7 wherein the start touching point and the end touching point are both located on the first touch-sensitive zone of the touch-sensitive interface.

10. The touch-sensitive mobile computing device according to claim 7 wherein one of the start touching point and the end touching point is located on the first touch-sensitive zone, and the other of the start touching point and the end touching point is located on the second touch-sensitive zone.

11. The touch-sensitive mobile computing device according to claim 7 wherein the first touch-sensitive zone further includes a jumping touch-sensitive region arranged at a corner of the display screen.

12. The touch-sensitive mobile computing device according to claim 11 wherein the operating frame is moved in the specified direction to a larger extent when the object moves from a start touching point to an end touching point and then stays at the end touching point, wherein the start touching point and the end touching point are both located on the jumping touch-sensitive region.

13. The touch-sensitive mobile computing device according to claim 12 wherein the operating frame is backward to a previous page or forward to a next page by a touch-move motion of the object on the jumping touch-sensitive region.

14. A controlling method of a touch-sensitive mobile computing device, the touch-sensitive mobile computing device being executed under an operating system and comprising a main body, a display screen and a touch-sensitive interface, the touch-sensitive interface comprising a first touch-sensitive zone and a second touch-sensitive zone, the first touch-sensitive zone being disposed on the main body and outside the display screen, the second touch-sensitive zone being directly disposed over the display screen, the controlling method comprising steps of:

showing an operating frame of the operating system on the display screen;

detecting a touch-move motion of an object in a specified direction on the first touch-sensitive zone or between the first touch-sensitive zone and the second touch-sensitive zone; and

adjusting the contents of the operating frame shown on the display screen according to the touch-move motion.

15. The controlling method according to claim 14 wherein a translucent directional image is shown on the display screen to indicate the specified direction during the contents of the operating frame shown on the display screen is adjusted.

16. The controlling method according to claim 14 further comprising steps of:

allowing the object to move from a start touching point to an end touching point and then leave the touch-sensitive interface, wherein one of the start touching point and the end touching point is located on the first touch-sensitive zone, and the other of the start touching point and the end touching point is located on the second touch-sensitive zone; and

controlling the operating frame to move in the specified direction, wherein the specified direction is defined by the start touching point and the end touching point.

17. The controlling method according to claim 14 further comprising steps of:

allowing the object to move from a start touching point to an end touching point and then stay at the end touching point, wherein at least one of the start touching point and the end touching point is located on the first touch-sensitive zone; and

controlling the operating frame to move in the specified direction, wherein the specified direction is defined by the start touching point and the end touching point.

18. The controlling method according to claim 14 wherein further comprising steps of:

allowing the object to move from a start touching point to an end touching point and then leave the touch-sensitive interface, wherein the start touching point and the end touching point are located on the first touch-sensitive zone; and

controlling the operating frame to move to a large extent in the specified direction, wherein the specified direction is defined by the start touching point and the end touching point.

19. The controlling method according to claim 18 wherein the first touch-sensitive zone further includes a jumping touch-sensitive region arranged at a corner of the display screen, and the start touching point and the end touching point are both located on the jumping touch-sensitive region.