CN110538460B

CN110538460B - Mobile device

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Publication number: CN110538460B
Application number: CN201910110855.2A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 林柏翰
Original assignee: Asustek Computer Inc
Current assignee: Asustek Computer Inc
Priority date: 2018-05-29
Filing date: 2019-02-12
Publication date: 2023-06-02
Anticipated expiration: 2039-02-12
Also published as: CN110538460A

Abstract

The invention provides a mobile device, which comprises a shell, at least one motion sensor arranged on the shell, a touch screen arranged in the shell, and a processor electrically connected with the motion sensor and the touch screen, wherein the processor establishes first connection setting information between at least one virtual key in an application program displayed on the touch screen and the motion sensor so as to respond to the sensing of the motion sensor according to the first connection setting information and execute the function of the virtual key. Thus, the mobile device provides a better user experience.

Description

Mobile device

Technical Field

The invention relates to a mobile device.

Background

In a mobile device with a touch function, touch operation is directly performed on a touch screen, for example, game software installed in a mobile phone, a user directly performs operation through virtual keys on the touch screen during game playing, so that a finger during operation may block part of screen pictures, and the user has poor operation hand feeling during game playing because of the relationship between the positions of the virtual keys.

Disclosure of Invention

In view of the above, the present invention discloses a mobile device including a housing, at least one motion sensor, a touch screen and a processor. The motion sensor is arranged on the shell, the touch screen and the processor are arranged in the shell, the processor is electrically connected with the motion sensor and the touch screen, and the processor is used for establishing first connection setting information between the motion sensor and at least one virtual key in at least one application program displayed on the touch screen so as to respond to the sensing of the motion sensor according to the first connection setting information and execute the function of the virtual key.

In summary, the mobile device according to the present disclosure is a virtual key with a hidden motion sensor connected to an application program, which not only does not cover the screen of the touch screen, but also provides better holding effect and better operation experience for the user.

Other features and embodiments of the present invention are described in detail below with reference to the following drawings.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments of the present application or the technical solutions in the prior art, the drawings that are required to be used in the embodiments or the description of the prior art will be briefly described below, and it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments described in the present application, and other drawings may be obtained according to these drawings without inventive effort to a person of ordinary skill in the art.

FIG. 1 is a schematic circuit block diagram of a mobile device according to an embodiment of the invention;

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of an appearance of a mobile device according to an embodiment of the invention;

FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a mobile device setting a virtual key according to an embodiment of the invention;

FIG. 4 is a flow chart illustrating an embodiment of setting a virtual key for a mobile device;

FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an embodiment of a mobile device when setting a virtual key;

FIG. 6 is a diagram of an embodiment of a mobile device after completing virtual key setting;

FIG. 7 is a flowchart of another embodiment of setting a virtual key for a mobile device;

FIG. 8 is a flowchart illustrating a mobile device setting virtual key according to another embodiment;

FIG. 9 is a schematic diagram of an appearance of a mobile device according to another embodiment of the invention;

fig. 10 is an external view of the back of the mobile device according to an embodiment of the invention.

Detailed Description

Embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail below, with reference to the drawings. In addition to the foregoing detailed description, the invention may be broadly practiced in other embodiments, and easy alternatives, modifications, and equivalents of any of the described embodiments are included within the scope of the invention and are therefore set forth in the following claims. In the description of the present invention, numerous specific details are provided to provide a thorough understanding of the present invention; however, the invention may be practiced without some or all of these specific details. Furthermore, well-known steps or components have not been described in detail in order to not unnecessarily obscure the present invention. The same or similar components in the drawings will be denoted by the same or similar symbols. It is particularly noted that the drawings are for illustration only and do not represent actual dimensions or numbers of components.

Fig. 1 is a schematic circuit block diagram of a mobile device according to an embodiment of the present invention, and fig. 2 is a schematic circuit block diagram of a mobile device according to an embodiment of the present invention, referring to fig. 1 and 2, the mobile device 10 includes a housing 12, a processor 14, a touch screen 16, and two

motion sensors

18 and 20, which are two examples herein, but one or more of the motion sensors may be designed according to practical needs. In some embodiments, the mobile device 10 may be, but is not limited to, a mobile phone, tablet, palmtop (personal digital assistant, PDA), or the like.

In one embodiment, the two

motion sensors

18, 20 are disposed on the housing 12, the processor 14 and the touch screen 16 are disposed in the housing 12, and the touch screen 16 is used for displaying a screen for user operation. The processor 14 is electrically connected to the touch screen 16 and the

motion sensors

18, 20 to thereby control the operation of the device. In some embodiments, the

motion sensors

18 and 20 are respectively disposed on the left and right sides of one of the long frames 122 of the housing 12, and are embedded in the long frames 122 of the housing 12 without being exposed outside, and a

prompt pattern

22 and 24 is respectively disposed at a position on the outer surface of the long frame 122 of the housing 12 corresponding to the

motion sensors

18 and 20 to indicate the position of the

corresponding motion sensor

18 and 20, so that the motion sensor 18 and the corresponding prompt pattern 22 are used as a left shortcut key a, and the motion sensor 20 and the corresponding prompt pattern 24 are used as a right shortcut key B, so that the user can easily operate the device.

In some embodiments, the

motion sensors

18, 20 may be at least one of physical buttons, capacitive pressure sensors, resistive pressure sensors, or ultrasonic sensors. In one embodiment, the

motion sensors

18 and 20 are ultrasonic sensors, and the ultrasonic sensors can determine whether an object touching the ultrasonic sensors is a human finger by sensing moisture content, and if not, the corresponding operation function is not triggered, so as to achieve the purpose of preventing false touch. When the ultrasonic sensor is installed on the frame of the mobile device as the action sensor, even if other objects touch the ultrasonic sensor carelessly, the ultrasonic sensor cannot be triggered, and the ultrasonic sensor can be triggered only when the hand presses or slides, so that the effect of preventing false touch can be achieved.

The mobile device 10 may be used to execute a plurality of applications and may provide a key set-up procedure. In one embodiment, when the processor 14 executes one of the applications, an application execution screen is displayed on the touch screen 16, wherein the screen includes two

virtual buttons

30, 32, as shown in fig. 3, the two

virtual buttons

30, 32 are taken as an example, but not limited to this number, depending on the design of the application itself. At this time, the processor 14 establishes first connection setting information between the

virtual keys

30, 32 and the

corresponding motion sensors

18, 20 according to the key setting program, so as to perform the functions of the

virtual keys

30, 32 in response to the sensing of the

motion sensors

18, 20 according to the first connection setting information. In some embodiments, the first connection setting information includes the code of the application itself and the location information (coordinate location) of the

virtual keys

30, 32 displayed on the touch screen 16 by the application.

As shown in fig. 1 to 3, the mobile device 10 further includes a vibrator 26 and a storage unit 28, and the processor 14 is electrically connected to the vibrator 26 and the storage unit 28.

The vibrator 26 is used for generating vibration according to the actuation of the

motion sensors

18 and 20. For example, when a user places a finger on the prompting pattern 24 on the surface of the housing 12, the prompting pattern 24 is pressed, so that the motion sensor 20 corresponding to the prompting pattern 24 senses the pressing motion to generate a sensing signal and transmits the sensing signal to the processor 14, so that the processor 14 triggers the virtual key 32 to execute the corresponding function in the application program according to the first connection setting information previously established, and the processor 14 drives the vibrator 26 to generate vibration according to the sensing signal to feedback the operation of the user, thereby providing an interactive environment. In some embodiments, vibrator 26 may directly use a vibrator built into mobile device 10.

The storage unit 28 is used for storing the application program, the key setting program, the first connection setting information of the connection relation between the

virtual keys

30 and 32 and the

motion sensors

18 and 20, and the like. Different applications have different connection setting information, so the processor 14 stores the applications and their corresponding first connection setting information in the storage unit 28. In some embodiments, the storage unit 28 may be separately provided from the processor 14, or may be built into the processor 14, depending on the user's needs or the actual circuit design.

In the mobile device, when the processor sets the connection between the motion sensor and the virtual key of the application program, the user can operate according to the instruction of the setting interface of the key setting program to complete the setting of the virtual key. In the embodiment of fig. 2, the left shortcut key a represents the motion sensor 18 and its corresponding prompting pattern 22, the right shortcut key B represents the motion sensor 20 and its corresponding prompting pattern 24, and the virtual key setting procedure is described in detail below in conjunction with the left shortcut key a and the right shortcut key B.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 1-4, the user opens an application program (step S10), such as game software, in the mobile device 10. Referring to fig. 6, a screen of the application program is displayed on the touch screen 16, and two

virtual buttons

30, 32 for the user to operate are displayed on the screen, at this time, the processor 14 controls the touch screen 16 to display a setting interface on the screen of the application program (step S11), and the setting interface has two window

selection indication frames

34, 36. In one embodiment, before performing the setting step, the processor 14 may control the touch screen 16 to jump out of the prompt screen to ask the user whether to set the shortcut key, and when the user selects the setting, the setting interface displays two window selection indication frames 34 and 36 (corresponding to the

motion sensors

18 and 20 respectively) according to the number of the

virtual keys

30 and 32 for setting the left shortcut key a and the right shortcut key B. Next, the positions of the

virtual keys

30, 32 selected by the window

selection indication frames

34, 36 are determined (step S12) to determine the

virtual keys

30, 32 corresponding to the window

selection indication frames

34, 36. Next, the processor 14 establishes the first connection setting information between the specific positions of the

virtual keys

30, 32 selected by the window

selection indication frames

34, 36 and the motion sensors 18, 20 (step S13), so that the left shortcut key a performs the function of the virtual key 30 according to the first connection setting information, and the right shortcut key B performs the function of the virtual key 32 according to the first connection setting information.

Therefore, when executing the application program, the user can select to click the left shortcut key a or the right shortcut key B to operate instead of the original

virtual keys

30 and 32 in addition to the

virtual keys

30 and 32 on the original screen, so as to provide better operation hand feeling and environment for the user.

In an embodiment, referring to fig. 1 to 3 and fig. 5 to 7, the processor executes the setting step, the user starts an application program (e.g. game software) in the mobile device 10 (step S20), a screen of the application program is displayed on the touch screen 16, and two

virtual buttons

30 and 32 for the user to operate are displayed on the screen, at this time, the processor 14 controls the touch screen 16 to display a setting interface on the screen of the application program (step S21), and the setting interface has two window

selection marking frames

34 and 36, wherein the setting interface displays two window selection marking frames 34 and 36 (corresponding to the

corresponding motion sensors

18 and 20 respectively) according to the number of the

virtual buttons

30 and 32, or the user sets the number of window selection marking frames by himself/herself, so as to set the left shortcut key a and the right shortcut key B. Next, the touch screen 16 receives the dragging information of each of the window selection indicator frames 34 and 36 (step S22). According to the drag information, the processor determines the

virtual keys

30, 32 selected by the window selection indicator frames 34, 36 (step S23), in one embodiment, the processor confirms whether the window selection indicator frame 34 is dragged onto the virtual key 30 to be selected and whether the window selection indicator frame 36 is dragged onto the other virtual key 32 to be selected according to the drag information, if yes, the processor 14 establishes the first connection setting information between the

virtual keys

30, 32 selected by the window

selection indicator frames

34, 36 and the motion sensors 18, 20 (step S24), so that the left shortcut key a performs the function of the virtual key 30 according to the first connection setting information, and the right shortcut key B performs the function of the virtual key 32 according to the first connection setting information.

If only one virtual key is to be set, a setting interface with a window selection mark frame is displayed on the touch screen 16, and the number of window selection mark frames is not limited to this according to the application program.

In an embodiment, referring to fig. 1-3 and 8, a user starts an application program (step S30), such as game software, in the mobile device 10, a screen of the application program is displayed on the touch screen 16, and two

virtual keys

30, 32 for operation by the user are displayed on the screen. When setting the virtual key 30, the processor 14 receives a first touch signal from the virtual key 30 (step S31), and then receives a second touch signal from the motion sensor 18 corresponding to the left shortcut key a (step S32), and the processor 14 sets the connection between the virtual key 30 and the motion sensor 18 according to the first touch signal and the second touch signal. Then, if there is another virtual key 32 to be set, the processor 14 receives a third touch signal from the virtual key 32 (step S33), and then the processor 14 receives a fourth touch signal from another motion sensor 20 corresponding to the right shortcut key B (step S34), and the processor 14 sets the connection between the virtual key 32 and the motion sensor 20 according to the third touch signal and the fourth touch signal. Finally, the processor 14 establishes first connection setting information according to the connection setting between the virtual key 30 and the motion sensor 18 completed by the first touch signal and the second touch signal and the connection setting between the virtual key 32 and the motion sensor 20 completed by the third touch signal and the fourth touch signal (step S35), so that the left shortcut key a performs the function of the virtual key 30 according to the first connection setting information, and the right shortcut key B performs the function of the virtual key 32 according to the first connection setting information.

If only one virtual key is to be set, step S33 and step S34 may be omitted, and the first connection setting information may be generated directly as in step S35 after the setting of step S31 and step S32 is completed.

Referring to fig. 1 to 3, no matter what way the setting of the virtual key is completed, after the mobile device completes the setting, when the user clicks the left shortcut key a, the processor 14 can learn, according to the first connection setting information, that the virtual key 30 at the specific position corresponding to the left shortcut key a is triggered by the key setting program, so that the virtual key 30 performs the function in the application program, and at the same time, the processor 14 notifies the vibrator 26 to generate vibration to feed back to the user, so that the user confirms that the function of the virtual key 30 on the touch screen 16 is successfully performed. Similarly, when the user clicks the right shortcut key B, the processor 14 can also learn that the virtual key 32 at the specific position corresponding to the right shortcut key B is triggered according to the first connection setting information by the key setting program, so that the virtual key 32 executes the function in the application program, and at the same time, the processor 14 notifies the vibrator 26 to generate vibration to feed back to the user, so that the user confirms that the virtual key 32 function on the touch screen 16 is also successfully executed. Of course, the set first connection setting information is stored by the processor 14, so that when the application program is restarted, the last first connection setting information is reserved without resetting.

In some embodiments, in addition to using a vibrator to generate vibration feedback, sound feedback may be used instead of vibration feedback in the mobile device, and even if the feedback is turned off to take a mute state, depending on the usage habit of the user.

Referring to fig. 9, fig. 9 is an external view of a mobile device according to another embodiment of the invention. In the embodiment of fig. 9, since the

motion sensors

18 and 20 are respectively disposed on the left and right sides of one of the long frames 122 of the housing 12 and are embedded in the long frames 122 of the housing 12, a

physical key

38 and 40 is respectively disposed at a position on the outer surface of the long frame 122 of the housing 12 corresponding to the

motion sensors

18 and 20, providing an interface for easy operation by the user, and pressing the

physical key

38 and 40 to respectively operate the

motion sensors

18 and 20 and simultaneously trigger the corresponding

virtual key

30 and 32 according to the first connection setting information. In this embodiment, the

physical buttons

38, 40 are used to replace the

prompt patterns

22, 24, respectively, and the other functions, effects and settings are the same as those described above, so that the description thereof will not be repeated.

In the mobile device of the foregoing embodiment, two motion sensors located at the frame are used to describe the structural relationship and operation of the whole mobile device in detail, and two virtual key settings are used as the description embodiments, however, the number and positions of the motion sensors and the number and settings of the virtual keys are determined according to the actual requirements.

In some embodiments, the housing further includes a back cover and a frame surrounding the back cover, so that the motion sensors can be selectively disposed on the frame, the back cover, or a combination of the frame and the back cover, and a suitable number of motion sensors can be disposed at different positions according to the requirement.

Referring to an embodiment shown in fig. 10, the housing 12 has a back cover 124 and a peripheral frame 126 thereof, two

motion sensors

18 and 20 are embedded in the back cover 124, and

prompt patterns

22 and 24 are respectively provided on the surface of the back cover 124 and corresponding to the positions of the

motion sensors

18 and 20, so as to indicate the positions of the

corresponding motion sensors

18 and 20, thereby facilitating the operation of the user. In this embodiment, the

motion sensors

18 and 20 disposed on the back cover 124 can also establish the first connection setting information with the virtual keys of the application program, and the circuit connection relationship and the setting are the same as those of the previous embodiment, so that the description thereof will be omitted.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 1-2, the

motion sensors

18, 20 can sense at least one touch operation, and the processor 14 can establish a second connection setting information between the touch operation and the operation function preset by the application program or the user-defined operation function. When the motion sensor 20 senses a touch operation, the processor 14 triggers a corresponding operation function according to the second connection setting information. In an embodiment, the touch operation includes a swipe gesture, a tap gesture, a highlight gesture, or a continuous tap gesture, which may respectively represent different functions.

In an embodiment of the browsing operation function, after the processor 14 establishes the second connection setting information between the sliding gesture in the touch operation and the browsing operation function of the application program, when the motion sensor 20 senses the sliding gesture, the processor 14 triggers the corresponding browsing operation function according to the second connection setting information, and at this time, the screen displayed on the touch screen 16 of the mobile device 10 can be easily browsed through the sliding gesture.

In an embodiment of the volume operation function, after the processor 14 establishes the second connection setting information between the sliding gesture in the touch operation and the volume operation function of the application program, when the motion sensor 20 senses the sliding gesture, the processor 14 triggers the corresponding volume operation function according to the second connection setting information, for example, sliding from left to right to turn up the volume, and sliding from right to left to turn down the volume, at this time, the playing volume of the mobile device 10 can be easily adjusted by the sliding gesture, so as to provide more convenient operation for the user.

Therefore, the mobile device provided with the virtual key of the hidden action sensor connection application program can not shield the picture of the touch screen, and the newly added action sensor (shortcut key) and the original virtual key can be operated by a user, so that more choices of the user can be provided, and the user can have better holding effect and better operation experience due to the design of the shortcut key.

The above examples and/or embodiments are merely illustrative of preferred examples and/or embodiments for implementing the technology of the present invention, and are not intended to limit the implementation of the technology of the present invention in any way, and any person skilled in the art should consider that the technology or examples substantially identical to the technology or embodiments of the present invention can be modified or altered slightly without departing from the scope of the technical means disclosed in the present disclosure.

Claims

1. A mobile device, comprising:

a housing;

at least one motion sensor disposed on the housing;

the touch screen is arranged in the shell; and

the processor is positioned in the shell and is electrically connected with the action sensor and the touch screen, when the processor executes at least one application program, the touch screen displays an execution picture of the application program, the execution picture comprises at least one virtual key, the processor establishes first connection setting information between the action sensor and the virtual key in the application program displayed on the touch screen, and when the action sensor is touched, the function of the virtual key is executed according to the first connection setting information in response to the sensing of the action sensor, so that the action sensor replaces the virtual key to execute the function.

2. The mobile device of claim 1, further comprising a vibrator electrically coupled to the processor for generating vibrations in response to actuation of the motion sensor.

3. The mobile device of claim 1, further comprising a storage unit electrically connected to the processor for storing the application and the first connection setting information.

4. The mobile device of claim 1, wherein the motion sensor senses at least one touch operation, causing the processor to perform a corresponding operational function in accordance with the touch operation.

5. The mobile device of claim 4, wherein the touch operation is a swipe gesture, a tap gesture, a highlight gesture, or a continuous tap gesture.

6. The mobile device of claim 1, wherein the housing includes a bezel and a surrounding bezel such that the motion sensor may be selectively positioned on the bezel, or the bezel and the bezel.

7. The mobile device of claim 1, wherein the motion sensor is embedded within the housing and a presentation pattern is further provided on an outer surface of the housing corresponding to the motion sensor.

8. The mobile device of claim 1, wherein the motion sensor is embedded within the housing, and a physical key is further provided on the housing corresponding to the motion sensor.

9. The mobile device of claim 1, wherein the first connection setting information includes a code of the application program and location information of the virtual key of the application program.

10. The mobile device of claim 1, wherein the motion sensor is at least one of a capacitive pressure sensor, a resistive pressure sensor, or an ultrasonic sensor.

11. The mobile device of claim 1, wherein the processor is configured to perform the following setting steps:

receiving a first touch signal from the virtual key;

receiving a second touch signal from the motion sensor; and

and setting the first connection setting information between the virtual key and the action sensor according to the first touch signal and the second touch signal.

12. The mobile device of claim 1, wherein the processor is configured to perform the following setting steps:

controlling the touch screen to display a setting interface on the application program, wherein the setting interface is provided with at least one window selection marking frame;

judging the virtual key selected by the window selection marking frame; and

and establishing the first connection setting information between the virtual key selected by the window selection marking frame and the action sensor.

13. The mobile device of claim 12, wherein the processor is configured to perform the following setting steps:

receiving dragging information of the window selection marking frame through the touch screen; and

and judging the virtual key selected by the window selection marking frame according to the dragging information.

14. The mobile device of claim 1, wherein the processor is configured to perform the following setting steps:

establishing second connection setting information between at least one touch operation and an operation function preset by the application program; and

when the motion sensor senses the touch operation, the processor triggers the corresponding operation function according to the second connection setting information.