MULTI-HOST TOUCH CONTROL DISPLAY DEVICE

• US 20120075213A1
• Filed: 08/19/2011
• Published: 03/29/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 09/23/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Acer, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Acer, Inc.
• Inventors: HUANG, Chao-Wei, YAO, Kuo-Liang, CHANG, Tsai-Chin
• Application Number:
  US13/213,928
• Publication Number:
  US 20120075213A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/173
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2814 Exchanging control software or macros for controlling appliance services in a home automation network arrangements for maintenance or administration involving configuration of the network and network elements H04L41/08

Abstract

A multi-host touch control display device is to be connected to a plurality of host devices for touch controlling the host devices, and includes a control unit, a touch screen unit and a switch unit. The control unit provides a switch control signal. The touch screen unit is for generating a touch control signal according to a touch event thereon. The switch unit is coupled electrically to the control unit for receiving the switch control signal therefrom, is further coupled electrically to the touch screen unit, and is to be coupled electrically to the host devices. The switch unit is operable to enable transmission between the touch screen unit and a selected one of the host devices according to the switch control signal received from the control unit such that the touch screen unit is able to transmit the touch control signal generated thereby to the selected one of the host devices.

Claims

1. A multi-host touch control display device to be connected to a plurality of host devices for touch controlling the host devices, said multi-host touch control display device comprising:

a control unit for providing a switch control signal;

a touch screen unit for generating a touch control signal according to a touch event; and

a switch unit coupled electrically to said control unit for receiving the switch control signal therefrom, further coupled electrically to said touch screen unit, and to be coupled electrically to the host devices, said switch unit being operable to enable transmission between said touch screen unit and a selected one of the host devices according to the switch control signal received from said control unit such that said touch screen unit is able to transmit the touch control signal generated thereby to the selected one of the host devices.

2. The multi-host touch control display device as claimed in claim 1, wherein:

said control unit includes a monitor scaler coupled electrically to said touch screen unit and said switch unit, connection between said monitor scaler and said touch screen unit being established via a serial peripheral interface (SPI) bus; and

said multi-host touch control display device is operable in an on-screen display (OSD) mode, where said monitor scaler transmits a screen adjustment enabling signal to said touch screen unit via the serial peripheral interface bus so as to enable said touch screen unit to transmit the touch control signal generated thereby to said monitor scaler via the serial peripheral interface bus, said monitor scaler scaling a screen displayed on said touch screen unit according to the touch control signal.

3. The multi-host touch control display device as claimed in claim 2, wherein said switch unit is a universal serial bus (USB) switch unit.

4. The multi-host touch control display device as claimed in claim 3, wherein:

connection between said touch screen unit and said USB switch unit is established via a universal serial bus; and

said multi-host touch control display device is further operable in a non-on-screen display mode, where said monitor scaler transmits a screen adjustment disabling signal to said touch screen unit via said serial peripheral interface bus such that said touch screen unit is able to transmit the touch control signal generated thereby to said USB switch unit via said universal serial bus.

5. The multi-host touch control display device as claimed claim 3, wherein:

connection between said touch screen unit and said USB switch unit is established via a universal serial bus; and

said multi-host touch control display device is further operable in a non-on-screen display mode, where said touch screen unit is enabled to transmit the touch control signal generated thereby to said USB switch unit via said universal serial bus.

6. The multi-host touch control display device as claimed in claim 4, one of the host devices being a multimedia device that is adapted to be coupled to said touch screen unit via an inter-integrated circuit (I2C) bus, wherein, when said multi-host touch control display device operates in the non-on-screen display mode, and when it is detected by said monitor scaler that the screen displayed on said touch screen unit corresponds to data provided by the multimedia device, said monitor scaler provides a setup command to said USB switch unit via said inter-integrated circuit bus for said USB switch unit to enable transmission between said touch screen unit and the multimedia device, such that said touch screen unit is associated with the multimedia device to enable touch control of the multimedia device.

7. The multi-host touch control display device as claimed in claim 4, one of the host devices being a computer that is adapted to be coupled to said touch screen unit via an inter-integrated circuit (I2C) bus, wherein, when said multi-host touch control display device operates in the non-on-screen display mode, and when it is detected by said monitor scaler that the screen displayed on said touch screen unit corresponds to data provided by the computer, said monitor scaler provides a setup command to said USB switch unit via said inter-integrated circuit bus for said USB switch unit to enable transmission between said touch screen unit and the computer, such that said touch screen unit is associated with the computer to enable touch control of the computer.

8. The multi-host touch control display device as claimed in claim 1, wherein said touch screen unit is associated with the selected one of the host devices and displays a screen based on data provided by the selected one of the host devices, the touch control signal generated by said touch screen unit being associated with a corresponding operation of the selected one of the host devices.