METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PALM REJECTION

• US 20110012855A1
• Filed: 07/19/2010
• Published: 01/20/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 07/17/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: eGalax_eMPIA Technology Inc.
• Original Assignee: eGalax_eMPIA Technology Inc.
• Inventors: Chen, Jia-Ming, YEH, SHANG-TAI
• Application Number:
  US12/839,024
• Publication Number:
  US 20110012855A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/173
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04186 Touch location disambiguation

Abstract

The present invention carries out palm rejection on a multi-touch panel. The panel is first touched by a palm before the detection of a finger or pen to define a rejection region and the touch location of the finger or pen is detected outside that rejection region. The present invention, when the rejection region and the touch location of the finger or pen have been detected, is able to continuously detecting a region touched by the palm using a detected range defined by the rejection region to determine whether the rejection region needs to be updated.

Claims

1. A method for palm rejection, comprising:

scanning a touch panel to obtain an image;

detecting at least one first touched region based on the image before the touch panel is touched by at least one finger or pen;

defining at least one rejection region based on the first touched region when the at least one first touched region is detected; and

identifying a touch location corresponding to each of the finger or pen outside the at least one rejection region when the touch panel is being touched by the at least one finger or pen.

2. The method for palm rejection of claim 1, further comprising:

defining at least one detected range based on the at least one rejection region;

detecting at least one second touched region in the at least one detected range;

generating a difference region by comparing the at least one second touched region and the at least one touched region;

determining whether a command for updating the at least one first touched region is generated based on the difference region; and

detecting the at least one touched region outside the touch location corresponding to each finger or pen upon generation of the command for updating the at least one first touched region again.

3. The method for palm rejection of claim 2, wherein the detected range is determined by expanding the at least one rejection region by a predetermined percentage.

4. The method for palm rejection of claim 1, wherein the first and second touched regions include at least one block, and only one touch location can be identified in a single block.

5. The method for palm rejection of claim 1, wherein the detection of the first and second touched regions is determined by whether a touch location is identified in each block.

6. A touch device for palm rejection, comprising:

a touch device for providing an image; and

a controller for scanning the touch device for obtaining the image and performing at least the following processes;

detecting at least one first touched region based on the image before the touch panel is touched by at least one finger or pen;

defining at least one rejection region based on the first touched region when the at least one first touched region is detected; and

identifying a touch location corresponding to each of the finger or pen outside the at least one rejection region when the touch panel is being touched by the at least one finger or pen.

7. The touch device for palm rejection of claim 6, further comprising at least the following processes:

defining at least one detected range based on the at least one rejection region;

detecting at least one second touched region in the at least one detected range;

generating a difference region by comparing the at least one second touched region and the at least one touched region;

determining whether a command for updating the at least one first touched region is generated based on the difference region; and

detecting the at least one touched region outside the touch location corresponding to each finger or pen upon generation of the command for updating the at least one first touched region.

8. The touch device for palm rejection of claim 7, wherein the detected range is determined by expanding the at least one rejection region by a predetermined percentage.

9. The touch device for palm rejection of claim 6, wherein the first and second touched regions include at least one block, and only one touch location can be identified in a single block.

10. The touch device for palm rejection of claim 6, wherein the detection of the first and second touched regions is determined by whether a touch location is identified in each block.