TWI707264B - Control method of a touchpad and touchpad - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a control method of a touchpad. The method switches the touchpad between two modes. When the touchpad is switched to a first mode, the touch operation area of the touchpad allows multiple touch gestures of a gesture group. When the touchpad is switched to a second mode, the touch operation area of the touchpad is divided into a first area and a second area. The first and second areas respectively allow partial touch gestures of the gesture group, and at least one of the touch gestures allowed by the first and second areas is different. Therefore, switching the modes of the touchpad allows the touchpad to be converted into an extended function key area, and the user can conveniently operate the corresponding extended function key through the limitation of the touch gesture to achieve the purpose of easy use.

Description

Control method of touch panel and touch panel

The present invention is a control method of a touch panel, especially a control method of a touch panel with multiple different touch modes.

Notebook computers are commonly used portable electronic devices. The main demands are light, thin, short, small and easy to carry. Therefore, in many small size (for example, under 13 inches), the keyboard only has a basic key area. , It does not have an independent extended function key area, such as numeric keypad, game key area, etc., these function keys are often integrated into the basic keys, which means that the keys in the same position as the basic keys, if the user wants to use For these function keys, it is often necessary to find the function keys in the same position as the basic keys on the keyboard. After pressing a specific switch key, the extended function keys can be used. For the user, it is necessary to find the extended function keys on the keyboard. The extended function key can be used only after pressing the specific switch key, which undoubtedly causes a lot of inconvenience in use.

In view of this, the present invention considers the expansion function keys that must be used in a smaller notebook computer to improve the current inconvenient use state.

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object of the invention, the present invention provides a touch panel control method, wherein the touch panel has a touch operation area, and the control method includes the following operation modes: (a) In a first mode, the touch gestures allowed by the operation of an object corresponding to the touch operation area of the touchpad include a gesture group including at least two touch gestures; (b) In a second mode, the touch operation area of the touchpad has a first area and a second area, wherein the first area corresponds to the touch gestures allowed by the operation of the object including the At least one touch gesture in the gesture group, the second area corresponding to the operation of the object can be allowed to include at least one touch gesture in the gesture group, and the first area can allow At least one of the touch gestures is different from at least one of the touch gestures allowed by the second area.

The advantage of the present invention is that, by using the touchpad that will be equipped on the notebook computer, by setting the function of the touchpad to allow different touch gestures after the mode is switched, the touchpad can be converted to expansion after the mode is switched. With the function key area, the user does not need to search for extended function keys in the basic key area, but can simply use the touchpad as the extended function key area, thereby achieving the purpose of enhancing the convenience of use.

10: laptop

20, 20A, 20B: touchpad

200, 200A: cover

201, 201A: Touch layer

210, 210B: boundary

21, 21A: Touch operation area

211, 211B: first area

211, 212B: second area

213B: Third area

22, 22A: light guide layer

23: pattern layer

24, 24A: light-emitting components

241A: Light-emitting unit

25, 25B: switch icon

Figure 1 is a schematic diagram of the touchpad of the present invention in the first mode; Figure 2 is a schematic diagram of the touchpad of the present invention in the first mode when it is applied to a notebook computer; Figure 3 is a schematic diagram of the touchpad of the present invention Fig. 4 is a schematic side view of the cross-sectional structure of another embodiment of the touch panel of the present invention; Fig. 5 is a schematic diagram of the touch panel of the present invention in the second mode; When the touchpad is used in a notebook computer, it is a schematic diagram of the second mode; FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram of the touchpad of another embodiment of the present invention in the first mode; FIG. 8 is another embodiment of the present invention A schematic diagram of the touchpad in the second mode; FIG. 9 is a schematic diagram of the touchpad in the second mode when another embodiment of the present invention is applied to a notebook computer; FIG. 10 is a schematic diagram of a touch panel in a second mode according to another embodiment of the present invention.

The following describes the technical means adopted by the present invention to achieve the intended purpose of the invention in conjunction with the drawings and the embodiments of the present invention.

Please refer to FIGS. 1 and 2. The method for controlling the touchpad of the present invention, in one embodiment, refers to a touchpad 20 applied to a notebook computer 10, one of the notebook computers 10 The screen 30 and the touch pad 20 are respectively disposed on two opposite sides of a keyboard 40, but not limited to this. The touch panel 20 has a touch operation surface 21.

Please refer to FIG. 3, in an embodiment, the touch panel 20 includes a cover 200, a touch layer 201, a light guide layer 22, a pattern layer 23, and a light emitting component 24. The cover 200 It is made of a transparent or semi-transmissive sheet material. The touch operation surface 21 is provided on the cover 200, and the touch layer 201 is provided below the cover 200. When an object touches or approaches the cover 200 , The touch information of the object is obtained by sensing the touch layer 201, the light guide layer 22 is disposed under the cover 200, and the pattern layer 23 is disposed between the light guide layer 22 and the cover 200 (In one embodiment, the pattern layer 23 and the light guide layer 22 are integrated as a whole, as shown in the TW No. 1399681 patent), the light-emitting element 24 is arranged on the side of the light guide layer 22 for Light is emitted toward the side of the light guide layer 22. After the light of the light-emitting element 24 enters the light guide layer 22, it is uniformly refracted through the light guide layer 22 to change the travel route of the light, and guide the light to pass through the pattern layer 23 and transmit out of the cover 200, by The pattern to be presented by the pattern layer 23 is presented on the touch operation surface 21. The touch layer 201 is disposed between the cover 200 and the light-emitting component 24. For example, the touch layer 201 can be located above the pattern layer 23, or the touch layer 201 can also be located below the light guide layer 22.

Please refer to FIG. 4, in another embodiment, the touch panel 20A includes a cover 200A, a touch layer 201A, and a light-emitting element 24A, and the touch operation surface 21A is disposed on the cover On the board 200A, the touch layer 201A is disposed under the cover 200A. When an object touches or approaches the cover 200A, the touch information of the object is obtained through the sensing of the touch layer 201A, and the light-emitting element 24A A plurality of light emitting units 241A are included, wherein the light emitting unit 241A is a light emitting diode (LED), a sub-millimeter light emitting diode (Mini LED) or a micro light emitting diode (Micro LED). The light emitting units 241A are arranged under the cover plate 200A in an array form for emitting light toward the cover plate 200A. When the light of the light-emitting element 24A is directly projected on the bottom surface of the cover 200A, the light-transmitting characteristic of the cover 200A is further controlled by the different light-emitting units 241A to emit light, and the pattern is directly displayed in the touch operation.面21上.

Please refer to FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, the control method of the touch panel of the present invention includes a first mode and a second mode. When in the first mode, the touch operation area of the touch panel 20 21 The touch gestures that can be allowed by the operation of the corresponding object include a gesture group, and the gesture group includes at least two touch gestures. In one embodiment, the first mode is a normal operation mode. At this time, the touch gestures that can be allowed on the touch operation area 21 of the touchpad 20 are the touches of a general user on the touchpad 20 The touch gestures for operations on the operation area 21, such as Cursor moving, Drag, Tap, Click, Multi-touch gestures, etc. Finger gesture operations can include two-finger scrolling (Scrolling), two-finger zoom-in (zoom-in), two-finger zoom-out (zoom-out), two-finger rotation (rotate), two-finger scrolling (Swipe between pages), multi-finger switching Application (Switch between open windows), Pinch the screen, etc., and the gesture group includes at least two of the aforementioned touch gestures.

Please refer to FIGS. 5 and 6, when in a second mode, the touch operation area 21 of the touchpad 20 includes a first area 211 and a second area 212, and the first area 211 corresponds to The gestures allowed for the operation of the object include at least one touch gesture in the gesture group, and the second area 212 corresponds to the touch gestures allowed for the operation of the object including at least one touch gesture in the gesture group. , And at least one of the touch gestures allowed by the first area 211 is different from the second area At least one of the touch gestures allowed by the domain 212.

In the following, several different embodiments are used to further describe the possible touch gestures allowed by the first area 211 and the second area 212, but it is not limited thereto.

In one embodiment, when in the second mode, the touch gesture allowed for the operation of the corresponding object in the first area 211 is click, and the operation of the corresponding object in the second area 212 is The permissible touch gestures are single-finger taps (Tap), and pressing and single-finger taps are respectively different touch gestures allowed in the two areas.

In one embodiment, when in the second mode, the touch gesture allowed for the operation of the corresponding object in the first area 211 is click, and the operation of the corresponding object in the second area 212 is The allowable touch gestures are single-finger tap (Tap) and cursor moving (Cursor moving). Press and single-finger tap are the different touch gestures allowed in the two areas. Press and cursor movement are also the same in the two areas. Different touch gestures allowed.

In one embodiment, when in the second mode, the touch gesture allowed for the operation of the corresponding object in the first area 211 is click, and the operation of the corresponding object in the second area 212 is The allowable touch gestures are Click and Cursor moving, and then the pressing and cursor moving are different touch gestures allowed in the two areas.

In one embodiment, when in the second mode, the touch gestures allowed by the operation of the corresponding object in the first area 211 are Click and Cursor moving, and the second area The touch gestures allowed for the operation of the corresponding object in 212 are single-finger tap (Tap) and cursor moving (Cursor moving). Press and single-finger tap are different touch gestures allowed in the two areas.

In one embodiment, when in the second mode, the touch gestures allowed by the operation of the corresponding object in the first area 211 are Click and Cursor moving, and the second area The touch gesture allowed for the operation of the corresponding object in 212 is single-finger tap (Tap) and Scrolling, the pressing and cursor movement allowed by the first area 211 are completely different from the single-finger click and scrolling allowed by the second area 212.

In one embodiment (as shown in FIGS. 5 and 6), in the second mode (for example, when the user wants to use the numeric key function), the touch pad 20 is switched to a numeric keyboard, which is The pattern presented by the control operation area 21 presents the corresponding function keys, and a boundary 210 presented by the pattern further divides the touch operation area 21 into the first area and the second area. The first area 211 is the left and right key area, which presents patterns such as "L" and "R" to correspond to the left and right key functions of a general mouse. At this time, the touch gestures allowed in the first area 211 are press (Click ) Gestures, which are used to perform the left-click or right-click functions of a general mouse; and the second area 212 is a numeric function key area, which presents numbers such as 0-9, "+", "-", "* ","/" and other operands, "enter" and "←" and other corresponding function key patterns. At this time, the touch gestures allowed in the second area 212 are Cursor moving and single-finger tapping (Tap ) Wait for gestures that may be used in the numeric keypad.

In another embodiment (as shown in FIGS. 7-9), in the second mode (for example, when the user wants to execute a computer game), the touchpad 20B is switched to a gaming keyboard, which is determined by the pattern Two borders 210B are presented to distinguish the touch operation area 21B into the first area 211B, the second area 212B, and a third area 213B. The first area 211B is the left and right keypad, which presents such as "L" and The "R" pattern corresponds to the left and right button functions of a normal mouse. At this time, the touch gesture allowed in the first area 211B is a click gesture, which is used to perform the left or right button function of a normal mouse. ; And the second area 212B is a control area, does not present any patterns and allows cursor moving (Cursor moving) and multi-finger gesture operation to correspond to the user's movement in the general game interface and other functions; and the third area 213B It is a hotkey area, which presents multiple different patterns to represent different hotkeys. The user presets the function that each hotkey can trigger in the game program, and the hotkey area allows The touch gesture is a single-finger tap (Tap).

In one embodiment, after the mode is switched, there is no limitation on the need for each area on the touchpad The aforementioned patterns are present, and there are blanks and no patterns in each area, and each area can be distinguished by presenting the boundaries 210 and 210B between the areas.

In one embodiment, the touchpad 20 is switched to the first mode and the second mode by clicking a switch icon 25 on the touchpad 20 to switch, and the switch icon 25 can Is a preset pattern formed on the cover 200 or pattern layer 23 of the touch panel 20. For example, the switch icon 25 is a computer pattern (as shown in FIGS. 5 and 6) to represent When switching to the second mode, it enters a numeric keyboard mode, and the touchpad 20 will switch to a numeric keyboard; or, the switching icon 25B is a game symbol (as shown in FIG. 7 to FIG. 9 as G) When switching to the second mode as a representative, it enters a game control mode, and the touchpad 20B will switch to a gaming keyboard; in addition, the switching icon 25 can also be any icon, such as a manufacturer’s trademark, etc. . On the other hand, the switching icon 25 may be set at the corner of the touch operation area 21 (as shown in FIG. 1), or the switching icon 25 may be set at the bottom center of the touch operation area 21 (as shown in FIG. 10). (Shown) are all positions that do not affect touch operation.

Furthermore, the control method of the touch panel of the present invention is not limited to only switching between the first mode and the second mode, and there may be more than three mode switching, for example, the mode shown in FIG. 8 and FIG. 9 is set to the third mode After the switching of the switching icon 25, the touchpad can be switched between three modes, corresponding to different operating states. For example, if only a single switch icon 25 is set, you can click on the switch icon 25 to switch between the three modes in a round-robin manner. For example, the first mode is preset to be in the first mode. When the switch icon 25 is clicked in one mode, the first mode is switched to the second mode, and when the switch icon 25 is clicked in the second mode, the second mode is switched to the third mode. When the switching icon 25 is clicked in the third mode, the third mode is switched to the first mode. Also, in another implementation mode, multiple switching icons can be set to correspond to different modes at the same time. When one of the corresponding switching icons is clicked, it will switch to the corresponding mode, such as clicking a first Switch to the first mode when switching icons, switch to the second mode when clicking a second switching icon, and switch to the third mode when clicking a third switching icon.

In summary, the present invention uses the mode switching on the touchpad 20 to enable the touchpad 20 to provide different input functions of the extended function keys in one of the modes, and in the mode corresponding to the extended function keys The touch gestures in different areas are restricted, so that the user can easily execute the extended function keypad through the switching mode of the touchpad 20, so as to achieve the purpose of convenience.

The above are only the embodiments of the present invention and do not limit the present invention in any form. Although the present invention has been disclosed as above in the embodiments, it is not intended to limit the present invention. Anyone with ordinary knowledge in the relevant technical field, Without departing from the scope of the technical solution of the present invention, when the technical content disclosed above can be used to make slight changes or modification into equivalent embodiments with equivalent changes, but any content that does not depart from the technical solution of the present invention is based on the technical essence of the present invention Any simple modifications, equivalent changes and modifications made to the above embodiments still fall within the scope of the technical solutions of the present invention.

10: laptop

20: Touchpad

25: Switch icon

Claims (20)

A method for controlling a touchpad, wherein the touchpad has a touch operation area, and the control method includes the following operation modes: (a) In a first mode, the touch operation area of the touchpad corresponds to an object The touch gestures allowed by the operation include a gesture group that includes at least two touch gestures; and (b) in a second mode, the touch operation area of the touchpad has a A first area and a second area, where the first area corresponds to the touch gestures allowed by the operation of the object including at least one touch gesture in the gesture group, and the second area corresponds to the operation of the object The allowable touch gestures include at least one touch gesture in the gesture group, and at least one of the touch gestures allowed in the first area is different from the touch gestures allowed in the second area At least one of; wherein switching the first mode and the second mode is switched to the first mode or the second mode by clicking one of the switching icons on the touchpad. The method for controlling a touch panel according to claim 1, wherein the switching icon is formed on the touch panel in a predetermined pattern. The method for controlling a touch panel according to claim 1, wherein when switching to the second mode, at least one pattern is presented on the touch panel to distinguish the first area and the second area. The method for controlling a touch panel according to claim 3, wherein when switching to the second mode, the pattern includes a first pattern group and a second pattern group, and the first area presents the first pattern group, The second area presents the second pattern group, and the first pattern group is different from the second pattern group. The method for controlling a touch panel according to claim 1, wherein in the second mode, the first area can allow a first operation gesture, the second area can allow a second operation gesture, and the first operation The gesture is different from the second operation gesture. The method for controlling a touch panel according to claim 1, wherein in the second mode, the first area can allow a first operation gesture, and the second area can allow a second operation gesture and a first operation gesture. Three operation gestures, where the first operation gesture is different from the second operation gesture and the third operation gesture. The control method of the touch panel according to claim 1, wherein in the second mode, the first area can allow a first operation gesture, and the second area can allow the first operation gesture and a second operation Gesture, wherein the first operation gesture is different from the second operation gesture. The control method of the touch panel according to claim 1, wherein in the second mode, the first area can allow a first operation gesture and a second operation gesture, and the second area can allow a third operation Gestures and a fourth operation gesture, wherein the first operation gesture is different from the third operation gesture and the fourth operation gesture, and the second operation gesture is different from the third operation gesture and the fourth operation gesture. The method for controlling a touch panel according to claim 1, wherein the touch panel further includes a third area, and in the second mode, at least one of the touch gestures allowed by the first area is Different from at least one of the touch gestures allowed by the third area, at least one of the touch gestures allowed by the second area is different from one of the touch gestures allowed by the third area at least one. The control method of a touch panel according to claim 3 or 4, wherein the touch panel includes a cover plate, a light guide layer, at least one pattern layer, and a light emitting component, and the touch operation area is formed on the cover plate The surface of the light-emitting element emits light toward the light guide layer, and the light guide layer guides the light through the pattern layer to present the pattern in the touch operation area. The method for controlling a touch panel according to claim 3 or 4, wherein the touch panel includes a cover plate and a light-emitting element, the touch operation area is formed on the surface of the cover plate, and the light-emitting element includes several The light-emitting unit emits light toward the cover plate through the light-emitting units to present the pattern in the touch operation area. The method for controlling a touch panel according to claim 11, wherein the touch panel further includes a touch layer, and the touch layer is disposed between the cover plate and the light-emitting component. A method for controlling a touch panel, wherein the touch panel has a touch operation area, The control method includes the following operation modes: (a) In a first mode, the touch operation area of the touchpad corresponding to the operation of an object can allow touch gestures including a gesture group, the gesture group Includes at least two touch gestures; and (b) in a second mode, the touch operation area of the touchpad has a first area and a second area, wherein the first area corresponds to the operation of the object The permissible touch gestures include a first operation gesture and a second operation gesture in the gesture group, and the second area corresponding to the operation of the object can allow the touch gesture includes the gesture group A third operation gesture and a fourth operation gesture, wherein the first operation gesture is different from the third operation gesture and the fourth operation gesture, and the second operation gesture is different from the third operation gesture and the fourth operation gesture . A touch panel includes: a cover plate with a touch operation surface; a touch layer, which is arranged under the cover plate, when an object touches or approaches the cover plate, the touch layer The object touch information is obtained by sensing; wherein the touchpad has a first mode and a second mode, and the touchpad is switched to the first mode by clicking a switch icon on the touchpad Mode or the second mode, wherein: (a) in the first mode, the touch gestures allowed by the operation of an object corresponding to the touch operation area of the touchpad include a gesture group, the gesture group The set includes at least two touch gestures; and (b) in the second mode, the touch operation area of the touchpad has a first area and a second area, wherein the first area corresponds to the operation of the object The permissible touch gestures include at least one touch gesture in the gesture group, and the second area corresponding to the operation of the object and the permissible touch gestures include at least one touch gesture in the gesture group , And at least one of the touch gestures allowed in the first area is different from at least one of the touch gestures allowed in the second area. The touch panel according to claim 14, which further includes a light guide layer and a picture The case layer and a light-emitting component, the pattern layer is arranged under the touch layer, the light guide layer is arranged under the pattern layer, and the light-emitting groups are arranged on the side of the light guide layer. The touch panel according to claim 15, wherein the switching icon is formed on the cover plate or the pattern layer. The touch panel according to claim 15, wherein the pattern layer is provided with at least one pattern, and when switching to the second mode, the pattern of the pattern layer is presented through the action of the light-emitting element and the light guide layer , And used to distinguish the first area and the second area. The touch panel according to claim 14, further comprising a light-emitting element disposed under the touch layer and comprising a plurality of light-emitting units, the light-emitting units being arranged in an array and emitting light toward the cover . The touch panel according to claim 18, wherein when switching to the second mode, the light-emitting element presents at least one pattern for distinguishing the first area from the second area. The touch panel according to claim 17 or 19, wherein the pattern includes a first pattern group and a second pattern group, the first pattern group corresponds to the first area, and the second pattern group corresponds to the The second area, and the first pattern group is different from the second pattern group.

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