MODE SWITCH METHOD OF MULTI-FUNCTION TOUCH PANEL

• US 20130002586A1
• Filed: 06/29/2012
• Published: 01/03/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 07/01/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Yun-Yu Kung
• Original Assignee: Yun-Yu Kung
• Inventors: Kung, Yun-Yu
• Application Number:
  US13/537,492
• Publication Number:
  US 20130002586A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/173
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04104 Multi-touch detection in digitiser, i.e. details about the simultaneous detection of a plurality of touching locations, e.g. multiple fingers or pen and finger
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04808 Several contacts: gestures triggering a specific function, e.g. scrolling, zooming, right-click, when the user establishes several contacts with the surface simultaneously; e.g. using several fingers or a combination of fingers and pen
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/041 Digitisers, e.g. for touch screens or touch pads, characterised by the transducing means
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04886 by partitioning the display area of the touch-screen or the surface of the digitising tablet into independently controllable areas, e.g. virtual keyboards or menus

Abstract

The mode switching method of multi-function touch panel comprises a touch panel receiving a touch signal and identifying whether the touch signal is a multi-touch signal; if the touch signal is a multi-touch signal, the multi-function touch panel performing multi-touch mode; if the touch signal is not a multi-touch signal, the multi-function touch panel is going to determine whether performing functional mode switch; if determining to perform functional mode switch, the multi-function touch panel will chose to enter keyboard set mode or transform gesture mode; if determined not to perform functional mode switch, the multi-function touch panel will check the touch signal belong to keyboard mode, mouse mode, or other mode, and respectively perform identifying keyboard input, mouse mode, or controlling the single-touch gesture detective and switch mode.

Claims

1. A mode switch method of multi-function touch panel comprising:

(1) receiving a touch signal by a touch panel, and identifying whether the touch signal is a multi-touch signal by the touch panel;

(2) determining the touch signal as a multi-touch control gesture if the touch signal is a multi-touch signal, wherein the multi-function touch panel subsequently performs multi-touch mode;

(3) determining whether performing functional mode switch if the touch signal is not a multi-touch signal, wherein if performing functional mode switch, the multi-function touch panel enters keyboard setting mode or gesture transforming mode, wherein the multi-function touch panel performs keyboard setting in keyboard setting mode, wherein the multi-function touch panel performs translates different gestures in gesture transforming mode;

(4) checking whether the touch signal belonging to keyboard mode, mouse mode, or other mode if the multi-function touch panel in said (3) does not perform function mode switch;

(5) identifying keyboard input if the multi-function touch panel in said (4) determines the touch signal as keyboard mode;

(6) activating left and right input elements of mouse and performing mouse input operation if the multi-function touch panel determines the touch signal as mouse mode in said (4); and

(7) performing single-touch gesture switch mode if the multi-function touch panel determines the touch signal as other mode in said (4).

2. The mode switch method of multi-function touch panel according to claim 1, wherein the multi-touch control gesture comprises magnifying/minifying with two fingers, sliding, and strike-slipping with two fingers.

3. The mode switch method of multi-function touch panel according to claim 1, wherein the multi-function touch panel displays keyboard when entering keyboard setting mode.

4. The mode switch method of multi-function touch panel according to claim 1, wherein the gesture transforming mode in said step (3) comprises joystick control mode.

5. The mode switch method of multi-function touch panel according to claim 1, wherein the multi-function touch panel can transmit signal(s)/command(s) in each switch mode of the multi-function touch panel to target apparatus with wireless receiver.