Summary of the invention
In view of this, be necessary to provide a kind of touch panel device with electricity-saving function and fast response time.
In view of this, also be necessary to provide a kind of electricity saving method of touch panel device, to address the above problem.
A kind of touch panel device, it comprises touch-screen, UI (user interface) control module and scan control unit.Described user interface control unit is used for setting effective touch area according to the user interface of described touch screen display, and sends regional setting signal to described scan control unit.Described scan control unit is used for determining the scanning area corresponding with described effective touch area according to the described regional setting signal that receives, startup is to the scanning of described scanning area, and stops the scanning to described scanning area after the user finishes touch input operation.Wherein, after described touch-screen entered another user interface, described user interface control unit reset effective touch area, and new scanning area is determined according to the effective touch area that resets in described scan control unit.
A kind of electricity-saving control method of touch panel device comprises the steps:
Set effective touch area according to the user interface that touches screen display;
Determine scanning area according to effective touch area;
Startup is to the scanning of scanning area;
Position, quantity that the detecting user inputs in the touch of scanning area, and carry out operation corresponding to described touch input;
Enter another user interface; And
Again set effective touch area according to the New Consumers interface display.
With respect to prior art, described touching device adopts the UI control module to set effective touch area, determines scanning area by the scan control unit according to effective touch area again, only starts the scanning to the effective scanning zone, and whole touch-screen is not scanned.Therefore reduce the power consumption of touch-screen, thereby reduced the response speed that has improved touch-screen sweep time.
Embodiment
In the present embodiment, effective touch area that touch panel device sets according to built-in or external UI (user interface) control module, it is the zone that is used on the user interface that shows of touch-screen for user's operation, carry out equal or be slightly larger than the scanning motion of this effective touch area, and according to the user by writing pencil or finger in the touch operation of this effective coverage, carry out corresponding function.In the present embodiment, according to the user interface that touches screen display, can there be a plurality of effective touch areas simultaneously in touch panel device, and starts the scanning to these a plurality of effective coverages, saves the scanning motion to other non-effective zone, saves power consumption and sweep time.
Simultaneously, in other embodiment of the present invention, can also be as required number and/or area be set greater than the effective scanning area of touch area for a plurality of effective touch areas, has the overlapping region between those scanning areas, thereby the scanning times of the unit interval in overlapping zone has increased on these a plurality of scanning areas, has reduced the response speed that touch operation is leaked probability and then the raising touch-screen of detecting.For example, can be the overlapping region of a plurality of scanning areas to the handwriting recognition zone on the touch-screen or the high region division of frequency of utilization, to increase the scanning times of those overlapping regions unit interval.
Please consult simultaneously Fig. 1 and Fig. 2, it is respectively inputting interface synoptic diagram and the functional block diagram of the touch panel device 10 of the first embodiment of the present invention.Touch panel device 10 comprises touch-screen 100, UI (user interface) control module 120, scan control unit 130.Wherein, touch-screen 100 comprises two zones: scanning area 101 and non-scanning area 102.
UI control module 120 is used for setting effective touch area, and sends regional setting signal to scan control unit 130.This effective touch area is the zone that supplies the user to operate on the user interface of touch-screen 100 demonstrations, shows the zone of the ACK button such as OK, QUIT on the user interface such as touch-screen 100.This zone setting signal comprises the relevant informations such as the number of this effective touch area and particular location thereof.
Scan control unit 130 is used for receiving the regional setting signal of UI control module 120, and according to after the definite scanning area 101 corresponding with this effective touch area of this zone setting signal, starts the discontinuity scanning to scanning area 101.In the present embodiment, this scanning area 101 overlaps with effective touch area.
Scan control unit 130 also be used for after the user finishes touch input operation (for example: after the user touches OK button on the touch-screen 100, the color of this OK button become grey then show finished input operation) automatically stop the scanning to this scanning area 101.And after touch-screen 100 enters another user interface, UI control module 120 resets the effective touch area on the touch-screen 100 New Consumers interfaces, scanning area 101 is determined according to effective touch area that UI control module 120 resets in scan control unit 130, and starts the discontinuity scanning to scanning area 101.In other embodiments, scan control unit 130 continues scanning area 101 is scanned.
Please consult simultaneously Fig. 2, shown on the touch-screen 100 that the ACK button such as OK, QUIT are for user's operation.These ACK button regions all are confirmed as scanning area 101.In the present embodiment, number and the zone of the ACK button such as the number of scanning area 101 and OK, QUIT or other effective touch area are corresponding.Scan control unit 130 starts the scanning to each scanning area 101 in certain sequence, in order to identify the touch input operation of user on this scanning area 101.
On the touch-screen 100 except showing that the ACK button such as OK, QUIT operate for the user, without other zone for user's operation, therefore, other zone except the scanning area 101 at the ACK button places such as OK, QUIT is non-scanning area 102, and scan control unit 130 can not start the scanning to non-scanning area 102.
Touch detecting unit 140 and be used for the detecting user at the touch input position of scanning area 101, and send the touch signal that detects to UI control module 120.Touch detecting unit 140 and be used for also whether the detecting user finishes touch input operation or whether touch-screen 100 enters another user interface, and will detect the result and send scan control unit 130 to.
UI control module 120 also be used for to receive touches the touch signal that detecting unit 140 transmits, and after this touch signal changed, and is controlled to show corresponding operating result on the touch-screen 100.
When using above-mentioned touch panel device 10, effective touch area that scan control unit 130 is set according to UI control module 120 determines that scanning area 101 also starts the scanning to scanning area 101, and need not whole touch-screen 100 is scanned.Therefore reduced the power consumption of touch-screen 100, thereby reduced the response speed that has improved touch-screen 100 sweep time, so that the user is when inputting, touch panel device 10 can be made faster response and carry out corresponding function.
See also Fig. 2 and Fig. 3, it is respectively functional block diagram and the inputting interface synoptic diagram of the touch panel device 10 of the second embodiment of the present invention.Touch panel device 10 differences of present embodiment and the first embodiment are: except having shown that the ACK button such as OK, QUIT operate for the user, comprise that also a hand-written input area 110 carries out handwriting input for the user on the touch-screen 100.In order to improve the detecting precision in zone corresponding to this handwriting input zone 110 and the ACK button such as OK, QUIT, after scan control unit 130 received this handwriting input zone 110 that UI control module 120 is set to and the zones corresponding to ACK button such as OK, QUIT and is effective touch area, the scanning areas 101 that scan control unit 130 is determined comprised the first scanning area 1011, the second scanning area 1012 and the 3rd scanning area 1013.Wherein, the first scanning area 1011 comprises effective touch area corresponding with OK key and QUIT key viewing area on the touch-screen 100, the second scanning area 1012 is the effective touch area corresponding with handwriting input zone 110, and 1013 of the 3rd scanning areas have comprised the first scanning area 1011 and the second scanning area 1012.
When using above-mentioned touch panel device 10,130 sequence startings of scan control unit are to the first scanning area 1011 in the scanning area 101, the discontinuity scanning of the second scanning area 1012 and the 3rd scanning area 1013, because the 3rd scanning area 1013 comprises the first scanning area 1011 and the second scanning area 1012, this first scanning area 1011 and the scanning times of the second scanning area 1012 within the unit interval have doubled, thereby can improve OK key on the corresponding touch-screen 100, detecting precision and the reaction velocity in QUIT key viewing area and handwriting input zone 110, reduced the probability that changes the leakage detecting of a little effectively touch areas, thereby improved the response speed of touch-screen 100, so that the user is when inputting, touch panel device 10 can be made more accurately faster response and carry out corresponding function.
In other embodiments, can also be as required for a plurality of scanning areas of number more than effective touch area are set, leaked the probability of detecting to reduce this effective touch area, for example, can two or more scanning areas be set to the high same effective touch area correspondence of frequency of utilization on the touch-screen, these two or more scanning areas all comprise this effective touch area.
See also Fig. 2 and Fig. 4, wherein, it is touch panel device electricity-saving control method flow chart of steps of the present invention for Fig. 4, comprises the steps:
Step S301, UI control module 120 is set effective touch area according to the user interface that touch-screen 100 shows, and sends regional setting signal to scan control unit 130.This effective touch area is for the zone of user's operation, such as the zone of the ACK button such as OK, QUIT that show on touch-screen 100 user interfaces on the user interface that shows of touch-screen 100.This zone setting signal comprises the relevant informations such as the number of this effective touch area and particular location thereof.
Step S303, scan control unit 130 receives the regional setting signal of UI control module 120, and according to after the definite scanning area 101 corresponding with described effective touch area of this zone setting signal, starts the discontinuity scanning to scanning area 101.Be effective touch area when determining scanning area 101 in scan control unit 130 according to this zone setting signal, scanning area 101 can be set to overlap with described effective touch area or contain and greater than this effective touch area; Can arrange and the same number of scanning area 101 that contains this effective touch area in effective touch area, can also two or more scanning areas 101 be set for each effective touch area, and these a plurality of scanning areas 101 are for partly or entirely overlapping and all contain the scanning area 101 of this effective touch area.
Whether step S305, touching detecting unit 140 detecting users has touch input operation in scanning area 101.If not, then return step S303.
Step S307 if so, touches position, quantity and associative operation thereof that detecting unit 140 continues this touch input of detecting.
Step S309 touches detecting unit 140 and sends the touch signal that detects to UI control module 120.
Step S311, UI control module 120 judges whether to continue to use touch-screen 100 according to the touch signal that receives.If so, then return step S301.
Step S313, if not, UI control module 120 shows suitable interface and closes the scanning of the 130 pairs of scanning areas 101 in scan control unit.
When using the electricity-saving control method of above-mentioned touch panel device, effective touch area that scan control unit 130 recognizes according to UI control module 120 determines that scanning area 101 also starts the scanning to scanning area 101, and need not whole touch-screen 100 is scanned, therefore reduce the power consumption of touch-screen 100, thereby reduced the response speed that has improved touch-screen 100 sweep time.
Those skilled in the art will be appreciated that; above embodiment only is that the present invention is described; and be not to be used as limitation of the invention; as long as within connotation scope of the present invention, appropriate change and variation that above embodiment is done all drop within the scope of protection of present invention.