CN101308420A - Hand-held device and electronic device capable of switching user interface - Google Patents

Hand-held device and electronic device capable of switching user interface Download PDF

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CN101308420A
CN101308420A CNA2007101063050A CN200710106305A CN101308420A CN 101308420 A CN101308420 A CN 101308420A CN A2007101063050 A CNA2007101063050 A CN A2007101063050A CN 200710106305 A CN200710106305 A CN 200710106305A CN 101308420 A CN101308420 A CN 101308420A
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许志风
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The invention provides a hand-held device and an electronic device which can convert the user interface, wherein, a processor of the electronic device receives the input signal through a touch-control sensing device, determines the type of the input tool which generates the input signal, and then converts the corresponding user interface based on the type of the tool. Besides, the electronic device also can automatically open or close specific functions based on the type of the tool, thereby improving the efficiency of converting the user interface and increasing the convenience in operating electronic devices.

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The hand-held device and the electronic installation at convertible user interface
Technical field
The invention relates to a kind of input tool kind discrimination method of electronic installation, and particularly use relevant for every extension of above-mentioned discrimination method.
Background technology
In the middle of the life of the busy compactness of modern, everything stresses convenient and efficient has just like become a kind of very general habits and customs.With hand-held devices such as mobile phone or personal digital assistants is example, and except characteristics such as must having and build is light and handy simultaneously concurrently powerful, the user also can wish to open and to carry out needed function mostly in the extremely short time.Then all the more so for the function (for example writing news in brief or inquiring call history) that the user more often uses.The user if can open some common function apace, certainly will can improve hand-held device convenience in the use when the operation hand-held device.
In order to meet the demand, the hot key that corresponding specific common function is set on the keyboard of device or the shell is all being held at hand at the beginning of the design one after another by the manufacturer of hand-held device.In view of the above, when the user presses hot key, just can open corresponding common function rapidly, and then shorten and search and the needed time of open function.For example, some chamber of commerce of mobile phone manufacturing plant is provided with a button of opening camera function at the mobile phone side, when the user presses this button, just can start the camera function of mobile phone immediately.
Yet, heal light and handy trend in the volume day of hand-held device under, manufacturer can be very limited in order to the space that hot key is set.In addition, the user more can not be ignored the requirement of hand-held device external form, meet the succinct requirement that waits attractive in appearance in order to ensure type outside the hand-held device, the number of manufacturer's more necessary control hot key when design is so only can see through the demand that hot key few in number reaches quick connection common function.
Just because of this, in hand-held device, only there is the function of few part to have corresponding hot key and is available for users to quick unlatching.But when user's desire was carried out the function that does not have corresponding hot key, the mode that then must see through the operation menu was carried out breakdown action.Because the menu of hand-held device is tree structure mostly, wherein menu shows that mostly meeting is on the display of hand-held device, therefore the user may on the touch control induction device that overlaps with display to display shown user interface click enter a plurality of submenus after, can find the function choosing-item that needs.For some normal function of using, open execution if all must see through aforesaid way at every turn, will certainly expend many running times, will cause the inconvenience in the use in view of the above.
Generally speaking, at present the user utilizes contacting of being produced between finger or pointer and the touch control induction device or the induction behavior clicks action, but on general hand-held device, no matter be to see through finger or pointer clicks, the user interface that is provided on the hand-held device there is no corresponding difference (user interface as shown in Figure 6).But when the user can have different input feature vectors respectively when utilizing finger and pointer that touch control induction device is imported; In general pointer can be come precisely than user's finger, thus can on the user interface, carry out comparatively accurate controlling, for example in typewriting on the shown dummy keyboard that goes out of display or arranging on the menu of comparatively dense and choosing.But then, directly moving to the user with finger on touch control induction device is intuition, fast and easily comparatively, because can save the action of extracting pointer and just can operate with one hand, although finger can be bigger with the contact area of touch control induction device, also be easier to thereby false touch user interface on other option.
In sum, general hand-held device has some shortcomings at present, and one is that the menu that some specific function of hand-held device needs the user to launch layer by layer afterwards could be chosen startup.Its two person of being to use is on general hand-held device during the enterprising line operate in shown user interface, utilizing pointer to control can be comparatively flexible, concerning the user, comparatively bother, and the words of utilizing finger to operate, comparatively convenient concerning the user, but the flexibility ratio of controlling decline is easy to generate false touch, concerning the user, use pointer still to point and all be difficult to reach make the best of both worlds.
Therefore, if hand-held device can be at different input tools, give application different or mode of operation with the user, when for example using pointer, hand-held device has a kind of application or the mode of operation that is suitable for the pointer use, and when using finger, hand-held device has another kind application or the mode of operation that is suitable for pointing use, and then the user can feel more convenient when using hand-held device.In addition, how in these different application or mode of operation, to select the problem that also is thus to be extended out.
In addition, the shell of known hand-held device is close to the edge of display area that display is touched in control usually, and it is many to control the touch-control sensing plane protrusion that touches display.Because shell protuberance branch stops the control of input tool (comprising finger or pointer) and touches operation and easy scratch finger; therefore the user can not be fast and is effectively touched the picture element that the edge of display area of display is touched in control; and can't carry out very smooth-going touch control operation; in addition; the non-display area that display is touched in control still has the ability of touch-control sensing; and the shell of general hand-held device can cover this zone usually; except that the touch control operation that hinders the user, and the application that allows control touch the touch-control sensing of display is restricted.
Summary of the invention
In view of this, but the invention provides the hand-held device at a kind of convertible user interface and a kind of electronic installation of identification input tool kind.
In one embodiment of this invention, the hand-held device at convertible user interface has the hand-held device at the user interface of two kinds of kenels at least, the more comparatively dense of the option that can Gong click in the middle of, be fit to click use to pointer, the option that can Gong click in the middle of another person is less bigger, is fit to click use to finger.
The present invention can see through the kind of distinguishing input tool, according to this according to different input tools, carries out preset functions such as conversion user interface by different way.
The present invention provides a kind of input tool kind discrimination method in addition, can judge the input tool kind of electronic installation, is made for the reference that electronic installation is carried out every function.
The invention provides the hand-held device at a kind of convertible user interface, comprise display, touch control induction device and processor.Display is in order to show the user interface.Touch control induction device is in order to receive the operation of an input tool.Processor is coupled to display and touch control induction device, in order to judging the kind of input tool, and carries out a preset function according to input tool kind.
In an embodiment of the present invention, input signal is input tool contact or produces during near a touch control induction device, and area, pressure, temperature or image that processor is responded to according to touch control induction device are judged input tool kind.
In an embodiment of the present invention, processor writes down the information that input signal is comprised in the special time earlier, calculates the mobility scale of this information in special time, and judges tool kind according to the size of mobility scale.This information can be input tool contact or near the position or the pressure of touch control induction device, or other relevant informations.
In an embodiment of the present invention, processor calculates the sensing pad number that produces induction on the touch control induction device earlier in a special time, judge tool kind according to the sensing pad number that produces induction then.
In an embodiment of the present invention, above-mentioned preset function can be according to the user interface of tool kind conversion correspondence or according to tool kind and opens or close certain function.
But the present invention provides a kind of electronic installation of identification input tool kind in addition, comprises display, touch control induction device and processor.Display is in order to show the user interface.Touch control induction device is in order to receive the operation of an input tool.Processor is coupled to display and touch control induction device, in order to judging the kind of input tool, and carries out a preset function according to this tool kind.
The present invention can judge the tool kind of input tool according to the characteristics such as contact area, contact pressure, induction area, tool temperature or image of input tool during in input tool contact or near the touch control induction device of electronic installation.And, change and show the user interface of correspondence automatically according to the difference of tool kind.In addition also can be according to tool kind with automatic unlatching or close specific function.Improve the efficient at conversion user interface in view of the above, increase convenience in operating electronic devices simultaneously.
For above-mentioned feature and advantage of the present invention can be become apparent, preferred embodiment cited below particularly, and cooperate appended graphicly, be described in detail below.
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Fig. 1 is the process flow diagram of the method for operating at the user interface that illustrates according to one embodiment of the invention;
Fig. 2 A to Fig. 2 D is the calcspar of the hand-held device at the convertible user interface that illustrates according to embodiments of the invention;
Fig. 3 A and Fig. 3 B are the input tool contact area synoptic diagram that illustrates according to one embodiment of the invention;
Fig. 4 A to Fig. 4 C is the input tool kind discrimination method process flow diagram that illustrates according to embodiments of the invention;
Fig. 5 is the input tool kind discrimination method process flow diagram that illustrates according to another embodiment of the present invention;
Fig. 6 and Fig. 7 are the synoptic diagram at the user interface of the hand-held device that illustrates according to embodiments of the invention;
Fig. 8 A to Fig. 8 C is the process flow diagram of the method for operating at the user interface that illustrates according to one embodiment of the invention;
Fig. 9 A is the stereographic map of a kind of electronic installation of illustrating according to one embodiment of the invention;
Fig. 9 B is the sectional view of the electronic installation of Fig. 9 A.
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110-130: each step of the method for operating at the described user of one embodiment of the invention interface
210: display 220-223: touch control induction device
230: processor 240: the resistance-type sensor
250: capacitance type sensing device 260: temperature-sensitive sticker
270: image capture unit
410-470,510-560: each step of the described input tool kind discrimination method of embodiments of the invention
600,700: the user interface
810-870: each step of the method for operating at the described user of one embodiment of the invention interface
901: case of electronic device 902: touch-sensitive display
903: processor 904: surface of shell
905: accommodation space 906: shell nozzle
907: display 908: touch control induction device
909: touch-control sensing plane 910: viewing area
911: non-display area
T-1, t-2, t-3, t-4: the contact point of input tool and touch control induction device
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With present hand-held device, the user only can see through the mode of pushing hot key and open some specific function fast, yet the hot key limited amount on the hand-held device, if the user interface that can provide a kind of user of allowing to be entered fast to show a plurality of common functions simultaneously, certainly will be able to increase the convenience of operation hand-held device.The present invention is based on above-mentioned viewpoint and then develops the method for operating at a kind of user interface that and the hand-held device that uses the method.In order to make content of the present invention more clear, below the example that can implement according to this really as the present invention especially exemplified by embodiment.
Fig. 1 is the process flow diagram of the method for operating at the user interface that illustrates according to one embodiment of the invention.See also Fig. 1, present embodiment be explanation when the user in operation during hand-hold device, hand-held device is how according to the difference of input tool, and then the detailed step at the user interface of conversion correspondence automatically.Wherein, hand-held device comprises mobile phone, personal digital assistant or intelligent mobile phone or the like, does not limit its scope at this.
When the user utilized input tool that hand-held device is operated, at first shown in step 110, hand-held device received input signal in a user interface.Then in step 120, during according to the input tool contact or near touch control induction device, the area that touch control induction device is responded to, pressure, temperature or image are judged the tool kind of input tool according to this.Shown in step 130, hand-held device is according to the difference of tool kind at last, and conversion also shows corresponding user interface.
Be noted that above-mentioned method of operating can be divided into two parts, its part is the method (being step 110 and step 120) of the kind of identification input tool, and its two part is a method (being step 130) of utilizing identification result to use.That is to say that in the middle of method flow shown in Figure 1, the present invention provides the discrimination method that comprises step 110 and step 120 at least, the then visual practical application request of the step after step 120 is designed.Step 130 among Fig. 1 is only in order to a kind of embodiment (conversion at user interface) on expression is used respectively.In the present embodiment, hand-held device can show corresponding user interface according to different tool kinds.For convenience of description, be to distinguish that two kinds of different input tools are example in following embodiment, pointer (stylus) and user's finger for example, and come the present invention is done further explanation with the flow process of changing corresponding user interface according to two kinds of different tool kinds respectively.In the scope of the invention, then can comprise the tool kind of any amount.
In the following embodiments, the user interface of corresponding pointer is the general user interface that comprises the repertoire of hand-held device, and the user interface of corresponding finger then is the common function interface that shows the partial function of hand-held device.The function that is presented on the common function interface can preestablish it according to its custom or demand by the user.
Present embodiment has several different methods can judge the kind of input tool, and different determination methods needs different hardware design, shown in the hand-held device calcspar of Fig. 2 A to 2D, below explanation in regular turn.
The hand-held device of Fig. 2 A comprises display 210, touch control induction device 220 and processor 230.Display 210 is in order to show the user interface, and touch control induction device 220 for example be a contact panel (touchpanel), in order to detecting the operation of input tool, and produces an input signal according to the operation of input tool.Processor 230 is coupled to display 210 and touch control induction device 220, in order to the tool kind of judgement input tool, and according to the corresponding user interface of tool kind conversion.
The touch control induction device 220 of Fig. 2 A comprises resistance-type sensor (resistive sensor device) 240.Contact position and pressure when the resistance-type sensor can be responded to the input tool operation, so the input signal that touch control induction device 220 provides comprises information such as input tool position contacting and pressure.It should be noted that the resistance-type sensor can only provide the input signal of a contact point at one time, and contact point can be distributed in the contact area of input tool and resistance-type sensor, shown in Fig. 3 A and 3B.Resistance-type sensor itself only can judge whether to contact with the input tool generation, and can't distinguish the classification of input tool, therefore need to cooperate method provided by the present invention, judge the kind of input tool by the input signal of a plurality of contact points of being collected in during certain.The contact point t-1 to t-4 of the pointer that illustrates as Fig. 3 A, because the contact area of pointer is less, so contact point is more concentrated, can judge the input tool that contacts with the resistance-type sensor by method provided by the present invention is pointer.Fig. 3 B illustrates the contact point t-1 to t-4 of finger, because the contact area of finger is bigger, so contact point disperses, can judges the input tool that contacts with the resistance-type sensor by method provided by the present invention and be finger.Because the resistance-type sensor can only provide the input signal of a contact point at one time, the processor 230 of carrying out method provided by the present invention (being described in detail in the following) can continue the information of record input signal in one section special time, calculate its mobility scale, judge input tool kind according to the size of this mobility scale then.
Four contact points with Fig. 3 A and 3B are example, suppose that the input signal that contact point t-i produces is that (Pi), wherein i can be 1,2,3,4 for Xi, Yi.Xi is the Building X mark of the contact position of t-i, and Yi is the Building Y mark of the contact position of t-i, and Pi is the contact pressure of t-i.It is as follows that processor 230 can be distinguished the mean value of calculating location and pressure:
Building X mark mean value: Xa=(X1+X2+X3+X4)/4
Building Y mark mean value: Ya=(Y1+Y2+Y3+Y4)/4
Pressure mean values: Pa=(P1+P2+P3+P4)/4
The mobility scale that can distinguish calculating location and pressure then is as follows:
Building X mark mobility scale: Xd=|Xa-X1|+|Xa-X2|+|Xa-X3|+|Xa-X4|
Building Y mark mobility scale: Yd=|Ya-Y1|+|Ya-Y2|+|Ya-Y3|+|Ya-Y4|
Pressure variation scope: Pd=|Pa-P1|+|Pa-P2|+|Pa-P3|+|Pa-P4|
Mobility scale as for how according to position and pressure is judged tool kind, details shown in the flow process of Fig. 4 A to 4C, below explanation in regular turn.
Fig. 4 A is the performed input tool kind discrimination method process flow diagram of the processor 230 of Fig. 2 A, and the flow process of Fig. 4 A is to judge tool kind according to the mobility scale of contact position.At first begin to detect the contact of input tool, mark every one section X, Building Y of writing down contact point default sample time in step 420 in step 410.Then check in step 430 whether sample size is enough, if satisfied the predetermined number of processor 230, flow process enters step 440, continues record otherwise get back to step 420.
Next, calculate mobility scale Xd, the Yd of contact position in step 440, whether check Xd<Vx and Yd<Vy in step 450, wherein Vx and Vy are the preset range of processor 230.If the mobility scale of two coordinates is all less than the corresponding preset scope, processor 230 judges that in step 460 input tool kind is a pointer, and the user interface is converted to corresponding common user interface.Failing processor 230 judges that in step 470 input tool kind is finger, is converted to corresponding common function interface with the user interface.
Fig. 4 B is the process flow diagram of the performed another kind of input tool kind discrimination method of processor 230, and the flow process of Fig. 4 B is to judge tool kind according to the mobility scale of contact pressure.Processor 230 every one section contact pressure that writes down input tool sample time, calculates the mobility scale Pd of contact pressure in step 441 in step 421, whether checks Pd<Vp in step 451 then, and wherein Vp is the preset range of processor 230.If Pd<Vp, processor 230 judges that in step 460 input tool kind is a pointer, and the user interface is converted to corresponding common user interface.Failing processor 230 judges that in step 470 input tool kind is finger, is converted to corresponding common function interface with the user interface.All the other steps of Fig. 4 B are identical with Fig. 4 A, repeat no more.
Fig. 4 C is the process flow diagram of the performed another kind of input tool kind discrimination method of processor 230, and the flow process of Fig. 4 C is simultaneously according to the mobility scale judgement tool kind of contact position and pressure.Processor 230 in step 422 every one section contact position and pressure that writes down input tool sample time, calculate mobility scale Xd, the Yd of contact position and the mobility scale Pd of contact pressure in step 442, whether check Xd<Vx, Yd<Vy and Pd<Vp in step 452 then.If processor 230 judges that in step 460 input tool kind is a pointer, and the user interface is converted to corresponding common user interface.Failing processor 230 judges that in step 470 input tool kind is finger, is converted to corresponding common function interface with the user interface.All the other steps of Fig. 4 C are identical with Fig. 4 A, repeat no more.
Next be the input tool kind discrimination method under the another kind of hardware design, please refer to Fig. 2 B and Fig. 5.Fig. 2 B is the hand-held device calcspar of another embodiment of the present invention, and the main difference of Fig. 2 B and Fig. 2 A is that the touch control induction device 220 with Fig. 2 A changes the touch control induction device 221 that comprises capacitance type sensing device (capacitivesensor device) 250 into.The capacitance type sensing device is at textural sensing pad (sensor pad) with a plurality of arrayed.Sensing pad only can produce capacity effect and sense the contact of conductor or approaching enough big conductor.Finger is a conductor, can make sensing pad produce induction.If pointer is made of conductor, size is enough big, also can allow sensing pad produce induction.Therefore the capacitance type sensing device generally is to utilize scan mode to respond to, can be at the same time or have most sensing pads to produce induction in a short period of time.Because capacitance type sensing device itself only can judge whether to contact with the input tool generation, and can't distinguish the classification of input tool, therefore need to cooperate method provided by the present invention, the input signal of sensing by a plurality of contact mat is in a short time judged the kind of input tool.The processor 230 of Fig. 2 B can calculate the size of induction area according to the quantity of the sensing pad that induction takes place when carrying out method provided by the present invention (being described in detail in the following), be finger or pointer and tell input tool.
Fig. 5 is the performed input tool kind discrimination method process flow diagram of the processor 230 of Fig. 2 B.At first in step 510 every one section contact of detecting input tool sample time or approaching, whether have sensing pad to produce induction step 520 inspection then.Continue detecting if no, get back to step 510.If have, enter step 530, when in one section default special time, calculating input tool operation touch control induction device 221, produce the sensing pad number of induction among the capacitance type sensing device 250.Check that in step 540 above-mentioned sensing pad number is whether less than the preset value of processor 230 then.If the sensing pad number is less than preset value, processor 230 judges that in step 550 input tool kind is a pointer, and the user interface is converted to corresponding common user interface.Failing processor 230 judges that in step 560 input tool kind is finger, is converted to corresponding common function interface with the user interface.Above-mentioned preset value can be set according to the density of sensing pad unit area.
Fig. 2 C is the hand-held device calcspar of another embodiment of the present invention, and the main difference of Fig. 2 C and Fig. 2 A is that the touch control induction device 220 with Fig. 2 A changes the touch control induction device 222 that comprises temperature-sensitive sticker 260 into.In the present embodiment, processor 230 is that tool temperature during according to input tool contact or near touch control induction device 222 is judged tool kind.Please consult Fig. 1 and Fig. 2 C simultaneously, when the user utilizes input tool at touch control induction device 222 enterprising line operates, processor 230 will receive corresponding input signal (step 110).At this moment, processor 230 is understood the tool temperature when seeing through temperature-sensitive sticker 260 detecting input tools operations, and tool temperature and preset temperature (for example mean value of room temperature and body temperature) are compared.If tool temperature is less than preset temperature, then processor 230 judges that input tool is a pointer, otherwise judges that then input tool is a finger (step 120).Next, processor 230 shows corresponding common user interface or common function interface, (step 130) as previously described in the embodiment according to tool kind on display 210.
Except utilizing area, pressure to judge the tool kind with the different of temperature, in the embodiment of Fig. 2 D, processor 230 also can utilize the image recognition technology to judge tool kind.Please consult Fig. 1 and Fig. 2 D simultaneously, Fig. 2 D is that the main difference of the hand-held device calcspar of another embodiment of the present invention and Fig. 2 A is that touch control induction device 220 with Fig. 2 A changes the touch control induction device 223 that comprises image capture unit 270 into.When the user utilized input tool at touch control induction device 223 enterprising line operates, in step 110, processor 230 saw through touch control induction device 223 and receives an input signal.Then in step 120,270 acquisitions of processor 230 control image capture units have comprised the image of input tool, and judge its tool kind according to the feature or the size (dimension) of input tool in image.For instance, processor 230 can see through the image recognition technology obtains input tool in image features such as edge contour, judges its tool kind according to this.Or be to calculate the size of input tool in image, and the size of itself and reference substance compared judge tool kind.If processor 230 judges that input tool is a pointer, just show common user interface at step 130 transmission display device 210.If processor 230 is judged input tool and is finger, just shows common function interface at step 130 transmission display device 210.
What deserves to be mentioned is that the processor in the hand-held device can be adjusted the size of the option at user interface according to the difference of tool kind when conversion and demonstration user interface.For instance, when processor judged that input tool is pointer, as shown in Figure 6, the option on the user interface 600 showed with stock size.Yet, after processor judges that input tool is user's finger, the option at user interface can be amplified to entirely the exercisable size of finger, shown in the user interface 700 of Fig. 7, make things convenient for the user to see through finger according to this user interface is operated.Above-mentioned option comprises image (icon) or the image projects such as (image) that available input tool is chosen.
Hand-held device of the present invention also can be carried out various preset functions according to input tool kind, shown in the flow process of Fig. 8 by different way except change different user interfaces according to input tool kind.Fig. 8 is according to the performed user's interface operation method process flow diagram of the hand-held device of one embodiment of the invention.Flow process is described in detail as follows.At first, the processor of hand-held device sees through touch control induction device and receives input signal (step 810), judges the kind (step 820) of the input tool that produces input signal, carries out preset function (step 830) according to tool kind then.For example, this preset function can be that its correlative detail has been contained in the embodiment of front, repeats no more according to the corresponding user interface (step 840) of tool kind conversion.The preset function of step 830 also can be to open or close specific function (step 850) according to tool kind.Processor also can be carried out other preset functions according to tool kind, is not limited to above example.
The specific function of step 850 can the person's of being to use interface guiding and browsing (browsing) function.Above-mentioned user's interface guiding and browsing function can comprise user interface translation functions (panning), user interface rolling function (scrolling), genetic system (step 860).For example when input tool is pointer, close translation of user interface and rolling function, and input tool is to open user's interface translation and rolling function in when finger, allows the user can be by the displaying contents at moveable finger translation or scrolling user interface.
The detailed process of step 860 is shown in Fig. 8 B.At first judge that in step 861 input tool kind is finger, opens user's interface translation and rolling function.Whether remove in the contact of step 862 inspection finger or near state, that is to say whether finger has left touch control induction device.If do not leave as yet, carry out user interface translation functions in step 863, allow the user interface move with user's finger and translation.On the other hand, if finger has left touch control induction device, just when step 864 inspection finger leaves, whether have mobile.Do not move if having, flow process so far finishes.If have mobilely, then enter step 865, carry out user interface rolling function, allow the user interface with the moving direction of finger scrolling.
On the other hand, the specific function of step 850 can be a multiple selection function (step 870).For example when being pointer, opens input tool multiple selection function, allow the user choose a plurality of data items or functional item on the user interface simultaneously with pointer, and input tool to be finger the time close multiple selection function, allow the user once can only choose unitem.Because the precision of finger is falsely dropped easily not as pointer, so can promote the accurate and efficient of use.
The detailed process of step 870 is shown in Fig. 8 C.At first judge that in step 871 input tool kind is a pointer, open multiple selection function.Check the pointer contact or whether any option of covering is arranged in step 872 then near the zone of touch control induction device.If no, flow process so far finishes.If have, just choose and be touched the Total Options that the zone covers in step 873.
In addition, processor also can open or cut out other specific functions according to the kind of input tool after execution discrimination method provided by the present invention is judged the kind of input tool, be not limited to above example.That is to say that in the middle of the method flow shown in Fig. 8 A, discrimination method provided by the present invention has comprised step 810 and step 820 at least, the then visual practical application request of the step after step 820 is designed.Step 830 among Fig. 8 A is only multiple at the embodiment that uses in order to represent respectively to step 870.
The hand-held device of above embodiment is extensible to be general electronic installation, and every method flow of above embodiment also can be carried out function with hardware such as integrated electronic devices by the operating system of hand-held device or electronic installation or application program.Aforesaid operations system or application program can be stored in the recording medium that computer-readable is got, and can be carried out by the processor of electronic installation, and its running is basic identical, repeats no more.
In the embodiment of Fig. 2 A to 2D, display and touch control induction device are two elements independently, and wherein display is in order to show the user interface, and touch control induction device is in order to receive input signal.In other embodiments of the invention, display and touch control induction device can constitute a touch-sensitive display, shown in Fig. 9 A and 9B.
Fig. 9 A is the stereographic map according to the hand-hold electronic device of a kind of block-free touch control operation of one embodiment of the invention, and Fig. 9 B is the sectional view of the electronic installation of Fig. 9 A.This electronic installation comprises housing 901, touch-sensitive display 902 and processor 903.Housing 901 has an outside surface 904 and an accommodation space 905, and accommodation space is in communication with the outside by the opening on the outside surface 904 906.Touch-sensitive display 902 comprises display 907 and touch control induction device 908.Display 907 is arranged in the accommodation space 905 of housing 901.Touch control induction device 908 is arranged in the opening 906 of outside surface 904 of housing 901, in order to receive the operation of an input tool.Touch control induction device 908 has a touch-control sensing plane 909, and touch-control sensing plane 909 comprises viewing area 910 and non-display area 911.Opening 906 edges and the touch-control sensing plane 909 of housing 901 join continuously, and the outside surface 904 of housing 901 do not protrude from touch-control sensing plane 909, and the housing 901 of indication does not comprise hot key or button on the hand-hold electronic device here.Processor 903 is coupled to display 907 and touch control induction device 908, in order to the kind of judgement input tool, and according to tool kind execution preset function.
It should be noted that surface of shell 904 and touch-control sensing plane 909 are equivalent to a continuously smooth surface because the outside surface 904 of housing 901 does not protrude from touch-control sensing plane 909, can allow input tool have no the ground of obstruction move operation.Moreover, because the non-display area 911 that expose on touch-control sensing plane 909 as known is not covered by housing 901, therefore in the design of hand-hold electronic device, except allowing input tool have no the ground of the obstruction move operation, can fill and part utilize this non-display area 911, increase the users of allowing more and feel the application of convenient touch control operation.
As the embodiment of front, the area when processor 903 can be operated touch control induction device 908 according to input tool, pressure, temperature or image are judged input tool kind.As for judging flow process and carrying out the embodiment that details such as preset function has seen the front, no longer repeat specification.
In sum, the present invention can judge the tool kind of input tool, and changes corresponding user interface according to the difference of tool kind, or carries out multiple preset function by different way.Thus, not only provide the method at the dissimilar user interface of a kind of quick conversion, also allowed the user be used more convenient mode to come hand-held device is operated, improved efficient and convenience on using in view of the above.
Though the present invention discloses as above with preferred embodiment; right its is not in order to limit the present invention; technician in the technical field under any; without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention; when can doing a little change and retouching, so protection scope of the present invention is as the criterion when looking accompanying the claim person of defining.

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1. the hand-held device at a convertible user interface comprises:
One display;
One touch control induction device is in order to receive the operation of an input tool; And
One processor is coupled to this display and this touch control induction device, in order to judging the kind of this input tool, and carries out a preset function according to this tool kind.
2. the hand-held device at convertible user as claimed in claim 1 interface, area, pressure, temperature or image when wherein this processor is operated this touch control induction device according to this input tool are judged this tool kind.
3. the hand-held device at convertible user as claimed in claim 2 interface, wherein this touch control induction device produces an input signal according to the operation of this input tool, the information that this input signal is comprised in this processor for recording one special time, calculate the mobility scale of this information in this special time, judge this tool kind according to the size of this mobility scale then.
4. the hand-held device at convertible user as claimed in claim 3 interface, wherein this processor writes down this information every a sample time in this special time.
5. the hand-held device at convertible user as claimed in claim 3 interface, wherein this touch control induction device comprises a resistance-type sensor, this information is operated the position or the pressure of this resistance-type sensor for this input tool.
6. the hand-held device at convertible user as claimed in claim 2 interface, wherein this touch control induction device comprises a capacitance type sensing device, this processor calculates this input tool in a special time produces the sensing pad number of induction when operating this touch control induction device among this capacitance type sensing device, and judges this tool kind according to this sensing pad number.
7. the hand-held device at convertible user as claimed in claim 1 interface, wherein this display and this touch control induction device constitute a touch-sensitive display.
8. the hand-held device at convertible user as claimed in claim 1 interface, wherein this preset function comprises according to this corresponding user interface of tool kind conversion.
9. the hand-held device at convertible user as claimed in claim 8 interface, wherein this tool kind comprises one first kind and one second kind, this user interface that should first kind is comprised a common user interface of the repertoire of this hand-held device, is a common function interface that comprises the partial function of this hand-held device to this user interface that should second kind.
10. the hand-held device at convertible user as claimed in claim 9 interface, wherein this first kind comprises pointer, this second kind comprises finger.
11. the hand-held device at convertible user as claimed in claim 10 interface, wherein the option of this common function interface is the exercisable size of finger, and above-mentioned option comprises image or the image that available this input tool is chosen.
12. the hand-held device at convertible user as claimed in claim 9 interface, wherein this processor is adjusted the size of the option at this user interface according to the difference of this tool kind.
13. the hand-held device at convertible user as claimed in claim 1 interface, wherein this preset function comprises according to this tool kind unlatching or closes a specific function.
14. but the electronic installation of an identification input tool kind comprises:
One display;
One touch control induction device is in order to receive the operation of an input tool; And
One processor is coupled to this display and this touch control induction device, in order to judging the kind of this input tool, and carries out a preset function according to this tool kind.
But 15. the electronic installation of identification input tool kind as claimed in claim 14, area, pressure, temperature or image when wherein this processor is operated this touch control induction device according to this input tool are judged this tool kind.
16. but the electronic installation of identification input tool kind as claimed in claim 15, wherein this touch control induction device produces an input signal according to the operation of this input tool, the information that this input signal is comprised in this processor for recording one special time, calculate the mobility scale of this information in this special time, judge this tool kind according to the size of this mobility scale then.
But 17. the electronic installation of identification input tool kind as claimed in claim 16, wherein this processor writes down this information every a sample time in this special time.
But 18. the electronic installation of identification input tool kind as claimed in claim 16, wherein this touch control induction device comprises a resistance-type sensor, and this information is operated the position or the pressure of this resistance-type sensor for this input tool.
19. but the electronic installation of identification input tool kind as claimed in claim 15, wherein this touch control induction device comprises a capacitance type sensing device, this processor calculates this input tool in a special time when operating this touch control induction device, produce the sensing pad number of induction among this capacitance type sensing device, and judge this tool kind according to this sensing pad number.
But 20. the electronic installation of identification input tool kind as claimed in claim 14, wherein this display and this touch control induction device constitute a touch-sensitive display.
But 21. the electronic installation of identification input tool kind as claimed in claim 14, wherein this preset function comprises according to this corresponding user interface of tool kind conversion.
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