KR20180018613A - Force touch method in touch input device - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a pressure touch method for a touch input device. More specifically, the method is used to provide different functions in accordance with a pressure touch input to the touch input device. According to an embodiment of the present invention, the pressure touch method of the touch input device including a touch input unit and a control unit includes: a detection step of detecting the magnitude of pressure of an object input to the touch input unit by using the control unit; a first pressure touch function control step of enabling the control unit to execute a first preset pressure touch function in the touch input device when the detected magnitude of pressure increases to be equal to or greater than a reference pressure from a value less than the preset reference pressure; and an (N+1)^th pressure touch function control step of enabling the control unit to control and execute a (N+1)^th pressure touch function other than the first pressure touch function in the touch input device while the object is not released from the touch input unit and while the touch input device executes the first pressure touch function when the detected magnitude of pressure is reduced below a secondary reference pressure and increased to be equal to or greater than the reference pressure for N number of times. N is a natural number.

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD [0001] The present invention relates to a pressure touch method for a touch input device,

[0001] The present invention relates to a pressure touch method of a touch input device, and more particularly, to a method capable of providing different functions according to a pressure touch input to a touch input device.

Various types of input devices have been developed and used to manipulate computing systems such as buttons, keys, joysticks, and touch screens. Among them, the touch screen has attracted the greatest attention because it has various advantages such as ease of operation, miniaturization of the product and simplification of the manufacturing process.

The touch screen may constitute a touch surface of a touch input device including a touch sensor panel. The touch sensor panel can be attached to the front of the touch screen to cover the touch screen. The user can operate the corresponding device by touching the touch screen with a finger or the like. The device detects whether or not the user touches the touch panel and performs the operation, and performs an operation corresponding to the user operation.

Most devices (e.g., a mobile terminal, a PDA, etc.) employing a touch screen judge whether a user touches the touch screen and perform a specific operation. Specifically, when a user touches an area in which an application is displayed, the device detects the position where the touch is made and executes, starts or ends the application. Each device also operates an application based on touch time, number of times, or pattern. For example, objects displayed by long touch, double touch, multi-touch, etc. can be operated in various ways.

However, the above-described conventional touch control method performs a specific operation based on the touch position, the pattern, and the time, so that the operation that can be controlled is limited. At the present time, in which functions of various devices are integrated, and their functions are becoming ever more diverse, a new touch method that can escape from the conventional touch control method is required.

There is pressure touch (so called '3D touch') with new touch method. Recently, a smartphone or a computer with such a pressure touch has been released.

Among the various pressure touch methods applied to smart phones that are being launched are peek and pop. The pick-and-pop function will be described with reference to Figs.

1 to 3 are views showing practical examples of a pick-and-pop function applied to a conventional smart phone, and FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a force and force for describing a pick-and-pop function applied to the conventional smartphone shown in FIGS. ) - pressure (prs) graph.

1 to 4, when a user touches the first area A of the display screen shown in FIG. 1 with a finger, the force applied by the user is 300 gf or more (A so-called peek function), as shown in Fig. 2, a new window W smaller than the display screen is generated.

When the magnitude of the force applied by the user exceeds 600 (gf) while the pick function is being performed, the new window W shown in Fig. 2 is displayed on the entire display screen as shown in Fig. (So-called pop function).

As described above, the pick-and-pop function applied to the conventional smartphone is a function of the magnitude of the pressure corresponding to the magnitude of the force applied from the user, with two different reference pressures (0.30 prs, 0.60 prs) When the first reference pressure (0.30 prs) is exceeded, a first 3D touch function such as the pick function shown in Fig. 2 is performed, and when the second reference pressure (0.60 prs) is exceeded, A second 3D touch function such as the pop function shown is performed.

The conventional pick-and-pop function described in FIGS. 1 to 4 has the following problems. Will be described with reference to Figs. 5 to 6. Fig.

FIGS. 5 to 6 are graphs for explaining problems of the conventional Peek-APPP function.

When a substance such as a cushion for detecting the pressure touch is present inside the smartphone to which the conventional peak appspop function is applied, the force-pressure prs, as shown in Figs. 5 to 6, The graph of values does not appear as a linear straight line. Particularly, the variation of the force-pressure (prs) value is very large depending on the position of the display screen.

Also, in order to map to a preset pressure prs corresponding to a preset force, calibration must be performed in the manufacturing process, and two forces corresponding to each of the two reference pressures (force ), It is necessary to perform a calibration for each of the two forces. Calibration is performed two times at 15 points or more on the surface of the cover covering the display screen. Therefore, there is a problem in that the calibration is performed in a short time .

An object of the present invention is to provide a pressure touch method of a touch input device capable of providing two or more different pressure touch functions using one reference pressure.

It should be understood, however, that the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and may be variously modified without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention.

A method according to an embodiment of the present invention is a method of touching a touch input device including a touch input unit and a control unit, the method comprising: detecting a magnitude of a pressure of an object input to the touch input unit; A first pressure touch function control step of controlling the first pressure touch function to be performed in the touch input device when the magnitude of the detected pressure is increased below the preset reference pressure to the reference pressure or more; And a control unit for controlling the touch input unit so that, when the first pressure touch function is performed and the magnitude of the pressure detected when the object is not released from the touch input unit is reduced to less than the auxiliary reference pressure, (N + 1) -th pressure touch function different from the first pressure touch function is performed in the touch input device when the number of times the pressure is increased to be equal to or greater than the pressure is N (N is a natural number) (N + 1) pressure touch function control step.

Here, in the (N + 1) -th pressure touch function control step, the control unit may control the first time Ta in which the magnitude of the detected pressure is increased to be equal to or greater than the reference pressure at less than the reference pressure, The first pressure touch function can be maintained to be maintained during a second time Tc during which the magnitude of the pressure detected after the time is increased from the reference pressure to the reference pressure or more.

Here, in the (N + 1) -th pressure touch function control step, the control unit may calculate a first time (Ta) that is increased below the reference pressure to be higher than the reference pressure, When the magnitude of the pressure detected during a second time (Tc) at which the magnitude of the pressure is less than the reference pressure is increased to be equal to or less than the reference pressure, And the auxiliary reference pressure may have a magnitude lower than the reference pressure.

If the magnitude of the pressure detected between the first time (Ta) and the second time (Tc) is not decreased below the auxiliary reference pressure, the control unit may cause the control unit to perform the first time (Ta) The set pressure touch function can be maintained at the second time.

Here, the first pressure-touch function is a function that the control unit displays predetermined information on a part of the display screen of the touch input unit, and the (N + 1) -th pressure touch function is a function And to display the predetermined information on the entire display surface.

Here, the first pressure-touch function is a function of keeping the display screen of the touch input unit turned off by the controller turned off, and the (N + 1) -th pressure touch function is a function of pressing the touch input unit Or a part of the display screen of the display device.

Here, the (N + 1) -th pressure touch function may control the controller to execute a predetermined application in a portion of the touch input unit on which the display screen is turned on.

Here, the first pressure-touch function is a function for the controller to maintain the lock screen displayed on the display screen of the touch input unit, and the (N + 1) And may be a function of executing a preset application on the display screen.

Here, the auxiliary reference pressure may be equal to the reference pressure.

Here, the auxiliary reference pressure may be lower than the reference pressure.

According to the present invention, there is an advantage that two or more different pressure-touch functions can be provided by using one reference pressure. Accordingly, calibration can be performed only once to confirm two or more different pressure-touch functions, so that there is an advantage that the calibration time can be shortened.

However, the effects of the present invention are not limited to the above effects, and may be variously extended without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention.

1 to 3 are diagrams illustrating actual examples of a pick-and-pop function applied to a conventional smart phone.
FIG. 4 is a force-pressure (prs) graph for explaining the pick-and-pop function applied to the conventional smartphone shown in FIG. 1 to FIG.
FIGS. 5 to 6 are graphs for explaining problems of the conventional Peek-APPP function.
7 is a block diagram illustrating a touch input device according to an embodiment of the present invention.
8 is a sectional view of the first embodiment of the touch input unit 100 shown in Fig.
9 is a sectional view of the second embodiment of the touch input unit 100 shown in Fig.
10 is a sectional view of the third embodiment of the touch input unit 100 shown in Fig.
FIGS. 11 to 13 are views showing modifications of the first electrode 41 and the second electrode 42. FIG.
Fig. 14 shows a display module 150A including an LCD panel, and Fig. 15 shows a display module 150B including an OLED panel.
16 to 18 are sectional views for explaining a modified example of the touch input unit shown in FIG.
19 is a sectional view of a touch input unit according to another embodiment of the present invention.
20 is a cross-sectional view for explaining a modification of the touch input unit according to the embodiment of the present invention shown in FIG.
21 is a sectional view of a touch input unit according to another embodiment of the present invention.
22 is a flowchart for explaining the pressure touch method of the touch input device according to the embodiment of the present invention.
23 is a force-time graph for explaining the flowchart shown in FIG. 22. FIG.

The following detailed description of the invention refers to the accompanying drawings, which illustrate, by way of example, specific embodiments in which the invention may be practiced. These embodiments are described in sufficient detail to enable those skilled in the art to practice the invention. It should be understood that the various embodiments of the present invention are different, but need not be mutually exclusive. For example, certain features, structures, and characteristics described herein may be implemented in other embodiments without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention in connection with one embodiment. It is also to be understood that the location or arrangement of the individual components within each disclosed embodiment may be varied without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention. The following detailed description is, therefore, not to be taken in a limiting sense, and the scope of the present invention is to be limited only by the appended claims, along with the full scope of equivalents to which such claims are entitled, if properly explained. In the drawings, like reference numerals refer to the same or similar functions throughout the several views.

The terminology used in describing the various embodiments described herein is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting. As used in the description of the various described embodiments and the appended claims, the singular forms "a", "an" and "the" are intended to include the plural forms as well, It is intended. It is also to be understood that the term "and / or" as used herein denotes and encompasses any and all possible combinations of one or more of the associated items listed. The terms " comprise, "" comprise, "" comprise," " comprise, " It will be further understood, however, that it does not preclude the presence or addition of one or more other features, integers, steps, operations, elements, components, and / or groups thereof.

In the following discussion, a touch input device including a touch screen is described. It should be understood, however, that the touch input device optionally includes one or more other physical user interface devices, such as a physical keyboard, a mouse, and / or a joystick.

The touch input device is typically used for a variety of applications including drawing applications, presentation applications, word processing applications, web site creation applications, disk authoring applications, spreadsheet applications, gaming applications, telephone applications, video conferencing applications, Such as one or more of a photo management application, a digital camera application, a digital video camera application, a web browsing application, a digital music player application, and / or a digital video player application.

7 is a block diagram illustrating a touch input device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 7, the touch input device according to the embodiment of the present invention may include a touch input unit 100, a memory 300, a control unit 500, and a tactile generation unit 700.

The touch input unit 100 includes a touch sensor module 110 and a display module 150.

The touch input unit 100 functions as a display means. To this end, the touch input unit 100 includes a display module 150. Display module 150 displays visual output to the user. The visual output optionally includes graphics, text, icons, video, and any combination thereof (collectively referred to as "graphics").

The touch input unit 100 functions as an input means. To this end, the touch input unit 100 includes a touch sensor module 110. Here, the function as the input means detects the touch information input to the touch input unit 100. [

The touch information includes 2D touch information and 3D touch information. That is, it includes 2D touch information on whether a touch is input (whether or not touch is input), and where the touch is input on the surface of the touch input unit 100 (touch position). Further, the touch information may further include information on whether the touch is a 2D touch or a 3D touch having a pressure equal to or larger than a predetermined size. In this case, the 3D touch may mean a touch having a pressure such that the surface of the touch input unit 100 may be warped.

The touch input unit 100 may be referred to as a so-called 'touch and pressure sensitive touch screen'.

The term " intensity " of a touch on the surface of the touch input unit 100 refers to the force or pressure (force per unit area) of contact (e.g. finger contact) on the surface of the touch input 100. The intensity of the contact has various values including at least four distinct values and more typically several hundred (e.g., at least 256) distinct values. The intensity of the contact is optionally determined (or measured) using various approaches and combinations of various sensors or sensors. For example, one or more pressure sensors below or adjacent to the surface of the touch input 100 may be selectively used to measure force at various points on the surface of the touch input 100. The magnitude and / or variation of the contact area detected on the surface of the touch input 100, the capacitance of the touch sensitive surface in the vicinity of the contact and / or the change thereof, and / or the resistance of the surface in the vicinity of the contact resistance and / or a change thereon is optionally used as a substitute for the force or pressure of contact on the surface of the touch input 100.

The touch sensor module 110 of the touch input unit 100 may be disposed on the display module 150 or may be disposed below the touch module. In addition, the touch sensor module 110 may be embedded in the display module 150. Embodiments of a specific touch input unit 100 will be described later with reference to the accompanying drawings.

The touch input unit 100 uses LCD (liquid crystal display) technology, LPD (light emitting polymer display) technology, or LED (light emitting diode) technology, but other display technologies may be used in other embodiments.

The touch input 100 and the controller 500 can be used to control the touch (and any movement or interruption of contact) on the touch input 100 (along with any associated modules and / or sets of instructions within the memory 300) And converts the detected contact into interaction with user interface objects (e.g., one or more soft keys, icons, web pages, or images) displayed on the display module 150 of the touch input 100.

The touch input unit 100 and the control unit 500 optionally include proximity sensor arrays or other elements other than capacitance, resistance, infrared and surface acoustic wave techniques to determine one or more points of contact with the touch input 100 But not limited to, any of a plurality of currently known or later developed touch sensing techniques to detect contact and any movement or interruption thereof.

The touch input unit 100 optionally has a video resolution exceeding 100 dpi. In some embodiments, the touch input 100 has a video resolution of approximately 160 dpi. The user optionally contacts the touch input 100 using any suitable object or accessory, such as a stylus, a finger, or the like. In some embodiments, the user interface is designed to work primarily with finger-based contacts and gestures, which may be less precise than the stylus-based input due to the wider contact area of the fingers on the touch input 100. In some embodiments, the touch input device translates the approximate finger-based input into a precise pointer / cursor position or command for performing user desired actions.

Hereinafter, the structure of the touch input unit 100 will be described with reference to FIGS. 8 to 21. FIG.

8 is a sectional view of the first embodiment of the touch input unit 100 shown in Fig.

8, the pressure electrodes 450 and 460 according to the first embodiment of the present invention may be formed on the substrate 300 in the spacer layer 420. [

The pressure electrodes 450 and 460 for detecting the pressure may include a first electrode 450 and a second electrode 460. At this time, one of the first electrode 450 and the second electrode 460 may be a driving electrode and the other may be a receiving electrode. A driving signal may be applied to the driving electrode and a sensing signal may be obtained through the receiving electrode. When a voltage is applied, mutual capacitance may be generated between the first electrode 450 and the second electrode 460.

The lower surface of the display module 150 may have a ground potential for noise shielding. When pressure is applied to the surface of the touch sensor module 110 of FIG. 7 through the object h, the touch sensor module 110 and the display module 150 may be bent. Accordingly, the distance d between the ground potential plane and the pressure electrode patterns 450 and 460 can be reduced to (d '). In this case, as the distance d is reduced, the fringing capacitance is absorbed to the lower surface of the display module 150, so that the mutual capacitance between the first electrode 450 and the second electrode 460 may decrease have. Accordingly, the magnitude of the touch pressure can be calculated by acquiring the amount of decrease in mutual capacitance in the sensing signal obtained through the receiving electrode.

The display module 150 may be bent according to a touch to apply pressure. The display module 150 may be bent to exhibit the largest deformation at the position of the touch. According to an exemplary embodiment, the position of the display module 150 that exhibits the largest deformation when the display module 150 is bent may not coincide with the touch position, but the display module 150 may exhibit warping at least at the touch position. For example, when the touch position is close to the edge and the edge of the display module 150, the position where the display module 150 is bent most greatly may be different from the touch position. However, the display module 150 may be bent at least at the touch position Lt; / RTI >

The top surface of the substrate 30 may also have a ground potential for noise shielding. Accordingly, the pressure electrodes 450 and 460 may be formed on an insulating layer (not shown) to prevent the substrate 30 and the pressure electrodes 450 and 460 from being short-circuited. An insulating layer (not shown) having pressure electrodes 450 and 460 formed thereon may be formed on the substrate 30 according to an embodiment of the present invention. According to the embodiment, the pressure electrodes 450 and 460 are formed by placing a mask having a through hole corresponding to the pressure electrode pattern on an insulating layer (not shown) on the substrate 30 or the substrate 30 May be formed by spraying a conductive spray.

In order to prevent shorting between the pressure electrodes 450 and 460 and the display module 150 located on the substrate 30 when the lower surface of the display module 150 has a ground potential, An insulating layer (not shown) may be disposed.

An insulating layer may be disposed above and below the pressure electrodes 450 and 460, respectively, with the pressure electrodes 450 and 460 therebetween. The two insulating layers and the pressure electrodes 450 and 460 can form a single pressure sheet.

The substrate 30 or the display module 150 to which the pressure electrodes 450 and 460 are attached may not exhibit the ground potential or may exhibit a weak ground potential depending on the type and / or implementation of the touch input unit 100 of FIG. have. In this case, the touch input unit 100 shown in FIG. 7 may further include a ground electrode (not shown) between the substrate 30 or the display module 150 and an insulating layer (not shown). (Not shown) disposed between the ground electrode and the substrate 30 or the display module 150, according to an embodiment. At this time, the ground electrode (not shown) can prevent the magnitude of capacitance generated between the first electrode 450 and the second electrode 460, which are pressure electrodes, from becoming too large.

An adhesive tape 440 having a predetermined thickness along the rim of the upper portion of the substrate 30 may be formed to hold the spacer layer 420. The adhesive tape 440 may be a double-sided adhesive tape. The adhesive tape 440 may be made of a material having no elasticity. In the embodiment of the present invention, since the display module 150 can be bent when pressure is applied to the display module 150, the adhesive tape 440 can detect the magnitude of the touch pressure have.

Meanwhile, although not shown in separate drawings, the pressure electrodes 450 and 460 may be disposed on the lower surface of the display module 150. At this time, the substrate 30 may have a ground potential. Accordingly, as the touch surface of the touch input unit 100 of FIG. 7 is touched, the distance d between the substrate 30 and the pressure electrodes 450 and 460 decreases. As a result, the distance between the first electrode 450 and the second It is possible to cause a mutual capacitance change between the electrodes 460. The magnitude of the touch pressure can be calculated through this. In addition, the self-capacitance of the pressure electrodes 450 and 460 changes according to the change in the distance between the pressure electrodes 450 and 460 and the substrate 30 as the reference potential layer, The magnitude of the pressure can be calculated.

Although not shown in the drawings, one of the first electrode 450 and the second electrode 460 may be formed on the substrate 30, and the other may be formed on the lower portion of the display module 150 . The distance between the first electrode 450 and the second electrode 460 decreases due to the force of the object h and the distance between the first electrode 450 and the second electrode 460 decreases as the distance decreases. Capacitance changes. It is possible to calculate the magnitude of the touch pressure by acquiring the mutual capacitance reduction amount in the sensing signal obtained through the receiving electrode of either the first electrode 450 or the second electrode 460.

9 is a sectional view of the second embodiment of the touch input unit 100 shown in Fig.

The touch input unit 100 shown in FIG. 9 has a structure in which the pressure electrode P is disposed in the display module 150 shown in FIG.

9, OLED display modules 160, 161 and 162 include an organic layer 160 between a first substrate layer 161 and a second substrate layer 162, A pressure electrode P for detecting the touch pressure may be formed on the upper surface of the second substrate layer 162. A light shield (LS), a gate electrode, a source electrode, a drain electrode, a pixel electrode, or the like may be used as the pressure electrode P for blocking the light inflow. In some cases, a separate metal may be deposited and used for pressure detection It is possible. Further, a separate structure made of a metal material may be provided and used for pressure detection.

The pressure electrode P may be formed on the upper surface or the lower surface of the first substrate layer 161 or may be formed on the lower surface of the second substrate layer 160. [

The reference potential layer (GND) shown in Fig. 9 can be replaced by a pressure electrode for pressure detection. For convenience of explanation, the pressure electrode P shown in Fig. 9 is referred to as a first pressure electrode, and the pressure electrode replacing the reference potential layer GND is referred to as a second pressure electrode. The mutual electrostatic capacitance change amount according to the distance change between the first pressure electrode P and the second pressure electrode is received through one of the first pressure electrode P and the second pressure electrode to detect the touch pressure have.

Although not shown in the drawings, the touch input unit 100 shown in FIG. 7 does not have a separate pressure electrode, and a driving electrode for driving the display module 150, or a touch electrode of the touch sensor module 110 The touch pressure may be detected using a touch electrode for position sensing.

For example, the pressure electrode P of FIG. 9 may be a touch electrode of the touch input unit 100 of FIG. It is possible to detect the position of the touch inputted to the touch input unit 100 through the touch electrode P and to detect the mutual or magnetic capacitance change due to the change in the distance between the touch electrode P and the reference potential layer GND So that the touch pressure can be detected. Here, in order to detect the touch position and the touch pressure with one touch electrode P, two or more drive signals inputted to one touch electrode P (detecting a drive signal / touch pressure for detecting a touch position) Can be separately applied at different times.

10 is a sectional view of the third embodiment of the touch input unit 100 shown in Fig.

10, the touch input unit 100 according to the second embodiment includes a cover 10, a first electrode 41 disposed under the cover 10, a first electrode 41 disposed under the first electrode 41, The second electrode 42 and the third electrode 43 disposed under the compression layer 30 and the display module 150 disposed under the second electrode 42 and the third electrode 43 .

The cover 10 may be located at the top of the touch input unit 100 as a member to which a touch is input by an input means such as a user's finger or an object. The cover 10 serves to protect various components arranged below.

The cover 10 may be made of transparent glass or plastic so that the screen output from the display module 150 disposed at the bottom can be seen from the outside.

The cover 10 may be made of a flexible material capable of being bent at least at a position where the pressure is applied so that the compression layer 30 to be described later can be compressed when the cover 10 is applied with pressure.

The first electrode 41 is disposed below the cover 10 and the second electrode 42 is disposed below the first electrode 41. The third electrode 43 is disposed below the second electrode 42 Can be placed on the same layer.

The second electrode 42 and the third electrode 43 may be composed of a plurality of electrodes in a rhombic shape as shown in FIG. Here, the second electrode 42 is a plurality of first capacitor electrodes 510 which are connected to each other in the first axis direction, and the third electrode 43 is formed in a shape that is mutually connected in the second axis direction orthogonal to the first axis direction And at least one of the second electrode 42 and the third electrode 43 is connected to the second electrode 42 through a bridge so that a plurality of diamond-shaped electrodes are connected to the second electrode 42, And the third electrodes 43 may be insulated from each other.

The second electrode 42 and the third electrode 43 are formed of a plurality of first capacitor electrodes 510 and a plurality of second capacitor electrodes 520 as shown in FIG. 12, The second electrode 42 and the third electrode 43 may be arranged so that each third electrode 43 can be connected in a direction intersecting the extending direction of each second electrode 42 without intersecting with each other have.

The first electrode 41 and the second electrode 42 or the first electrode 41 and the third electrode 43 are located on different layers and may overlap each other. 13, each of the first electrode 41 and the second electrode 42 or the first electrode 41 and the third electrode 43 may include a plurality of first capacitor electrodes 510 and a plurality of And a second capacitor electrode 520 of the second capacitor electrode 520, respectively. Alternatively, as shown in FIG. 11, the first capacitor electrode 510 and the second capacitor electrode 520 in the rhombic shape may be located on different layers, respectively.

The first electrode 41 may be formed directly on the lower surface of the cover 10. Similarly, the second electrode 42 and the third electrode 43 may be formed directly on the upper surface of the display module 150. Specifically, the second electrode 42 and the third electrode 43 may be formed directly on the upper surface of the first substrate layer 151 or 161 of the display module 150, which will be described later. At this time, the first electrode 41, the second electrode 42 and the third electrode 43 are formed of a transparent conductive material (for example, ITO (Indium Tin Oxide) or ATO (Antimony Tin Oxide) . The gap between the cover 10 and the first electrode 41, between the first electrode 41 and the compression layer 30, between the compression layer 30 and the second electrode 42 and the third electrode 43, An insulating film (not shown) made of a thin transparent plastic film such as PET (polyethylene terephthalate) may be disposed between the second electrode 42 and the third electrode 43 and the display module 150. At this time, even if the cover 10 is broken due to an external impact, the insulating film protects the electrodes disposed under the cover 10 and can maintain the touch input operation. At this time, an optical clear adhesive (OCA) (not shown) is placed between the insulating film and the electrode or between the electrode and the compressing layer 30 to be adhered to each other.

The compression layer 30 is made of a material which is pressed when pressure is applied to the cover 10 and returns to the original state when the applied pressure is released. The higher the recovery force is, the higher the pressure detection accuracy can be. The compression layer 30 may be made of silicone, acrylic or other compressible elastic material, and may be made of a transparent material so that the screen output from the display module 150 can be seen from the outside, have.

The first electrode 41 is changed to the position of the second electrode 42 and the third electrode 43 and the second electrode 42 and the third electrode 43 are changed to the positions of the first electrode 42 and the third electrode 43, 41).

The display module 150 includes any one of an LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) panel, a PDP (Plasma Display Panel), and an OLED (Organic Light Emitting Diode) panel. Accordingly, the user can perform an input action by touching the surface of the touch input unit 100 while visually checking the screen of the display module 150. At this time, the display module 150 receives input from a central processing unit (CPU) or an application processor (CPU), which is a central processing unit on the main board for operating the touch input device, And a control circuit for displaying desired contents on the display device. This control circuit can be mounted on a second printed circuit board (hereinafter referred to as a second PCB). At this time, the control circuit for the operation of the display module 150 may include a display panel control IC, a graphic controller IC, and other circuits necessary for the operation of the display panel.

Fig. 14 shows a display module 150A including an LCD panel, and Fig. 15 shows a display module 150B including an OLED panel.

14, the display module 150A includes a liquid crystal layer 150 including a liquid crystal cell, a first substrate layer 151 including electrodes at both ends of the liquid crystal layer 150, A second substrate layer 152 and a first polarizing layer 153 on one surface of the first substrate layer 151 as a direction opposite to the liquid crystal layer 150 and a second polarizing layer 153 on one surface of the second substrate layer 152 And may include a second polarizing layer 154. It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that the LCD panel may further include other configurations for performing the display function and may be modified. Here, the first substrate layer 151 may be a color filter glass, and the second substrate layer 152 may be a TFT glass.

In this case, the display module 150A including the LCD panel may include a backlight unit (not shown) disposed under the second polarizing layer 154. The display module 150A, which is an LCD panel, does not emit light itself, but functions to block or transmit light. Accordingly, a light source is positioned below the display module 150A, and the display module 150A illuminates the display module 150A to display information having various colors as well as brightness and darkness on the screen. Since the display module 150A, which is an LCD panel, can not emit light as a passive element, a light source having a uniform luminance distribution on the back surface is required.

The display module 150B may include an organic layer 160 and a first substrate layer 161 and a second substrate layer 162 located at both ends of the organic layer 160. In this case, It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that the OLED panel may further include other configurations for performing the display function and may be modified. Here, the first substrate layer 161 may be an encapsulation glass, and the second substrate layer 162 may be a TFT glass.

16 and 17 are sectional views for explaining a modification of the touch input unit shown in FIG.

As shown in FIG. 16, the touch input unit may further include a second cover 12. At this time, the second cover 12 may be made of transparent glass or plastic so that the screen output from the display module 150 disposed at the lower part can be seen from the outside. The second cover 12 may be made of a relatively hard material or thicker than the first cover 10 so as not to be bent even when pressure is applied to the second cover 12. [

The configuration of the second cover 12, the second electrode 42 and the third electrode 43 of the touch input unit shown in FIG. 16 and the display module 150 is the same as that of the conventional touch input device Structure. Therefore, the touch input unit capable of detecting the touch pressure can be realized by adding the touch pressure detection module including the first cover 10, the first electrode 41, and the compression layer 30 to the existing touch input unit, There is no need to change the structure of the touch input section of the touch panel, and reliability can be easily ensured.

17, a second electrode 42 and a third electrode 43 are disposed between the compression layer 30 and the second cover 12 in the touch input unit according to the embodiment of the present invention.

17 includes a first cover 10, a first electrode 41, a compression layer 30, a second electrode 42 and a third electrode 43 and a second cover 12 Since the module for detecting the touch position and the touch pressure is completely separated from the display module 150, the module for detecting the touch position and the touch pressure and the display module 150 can be separately replaced.

In the touch input unit shown in FIG. 18, the second electrode 42 and the third electrode 43 may be disposed in the display module 150, unlike the touch input unit shown in FIG. The second electrode 42 and the third electrode 43 may be disposed between the liquid crystal layer 150 and the second substrate layer 152 shown in FIG.

16 to 18, the first electrode 41 is changed to the position of the second electrode 42 and the third electrode 43, and the second electrode 42 is changed to the position of the second electrode 42 and the third electrode 43, And the third electrode (43) may be changed to the position of the first electrode (41).

19 is a sectional view of a touch input unit according to another embodiment of the present invention. 19 includes a cover 10, a first electrode 41 disposed under the cover 10, a compression layer 30 disposed under the first electrode 41, a compression layer 30 A display module 150 disposed under the second electrode 42, and a third electrode 43 disposed within the display module.

20 is a cross-sectional view for explaining a modification of the touch input unit according to the embodiment of the present invention shown in FIG.

As shown in FIG. 20, the touch input device may further include a second cover 12. At this time, the second cover 12 may be made of transparent glass or plastic so that the screen output from the display module 150 disposed at the lower part can be seen from the outside. The second cover 12 may be made of a relatively hard material or thicker than the first cover 10 so as not to be bent even when pressure is applied to the second cover 12. [ The touch input unit shown in FIG. 17 adds a touch pressure detection module including a first cover 100, a first electrode 410, and a compression layer 300 to a conventional touch input unit, Therefore, there is no need to change the structure of the conventional touch input unit, and reliability can be easily ensured.

21, the touch input unit according to the embodiment of the present invention includes a first cover 10, a first electrode 41 disposed under the cover 10, a second electrode 41 disposed under the first electrode 41, A second electrode 42 disposed below the compressed layer 30; a second cover 12 disposed below the second electrode 42; a display 40 disposed below the second cover 12; A module 150, and a third electrode 43 disposed within the display module 150. The touch input unit shown in Fig. 18 detects the touch position and the touch pressure composed of the first cover 10, the first electrode 41, the compression layer 30, the second electrode 42 and the second cover 12 The module for detecting the touch position and the touch pressure can be replaced with the display module 150 separately.

It should be noted that the specific configuration of the touch input unit 100 shown in Fig. 7 is not limited to those shown in Figs. It should be understood that the specific configuration of the touch input unit 100 shown in Fig. 7 includes not only those shown in Figs. 8 to 21 but also any structure capable of detecting the touch pressure.

Again, the memory 300 will be described with reference to FIG.

The memory 300 optionally includes a high-speed random access memory and, optionally, a non-volatile memory such as one or more magnetic disk storage devices, flash memory devices, or other non-volatile solid state memory devices.

Memory 300 includes one or more computer readable components. Specifically, the memory 300 includes an operating system 310, a graphics module 320, a text input module 330, and an application 340.

The operating system 310 may be, for example, an embedded operating system such as Darwin, RTXC, Linux, UNIX, OS X, WINDOWS, or VxWorks, Includes various software components and / or drivers for controlling and managing general system tasks (e.g., memory management, storage device control, power management, etc.) and facilitates communication between various hardware and software components do.

The graphics module 320 includes components for modifying the visual impact (e.g., brightness, transparency, saturation, contrast, or other visual attributes) of the graphic displayed on the touch input 100, Lt; RTI ID = 0.0 > software components. ≪ / RTI > As used herein, the term "graphic" refers to a text, web pages, icons (e.g., user interface objects including soft keys), digital images, videos, animations, Including any object that can be displayed to the user.

The text input module 330 provides a soft keyboard for entering text into the application 340.

The applications 340 may include a browser, an address book, a contact list, an email messaging, a word processing, a keyboard emulation, a widget, a JAVA-enabled application, encryption, digital rights management, voice recognition, voice replication, (Such as those provided by a global positioning system, sometimes referred to herein as "GPS"), a music player, and the like And may include any applications.

In addition, the memory 300 includes a communication module that facilitates communication with other devices via one or more external ports, and also includes various software components for processing data received by the RF circuitry and / or external port can do.

The control unit 500 detects the position of the touch and the magnitude of the pressure input to the touch input unit 100. The control unit 500 can classify the type of the input touch according to the magnitude of the pressure of the detected touch. For example, a touch having a pressure lower than a predetermined reference pressure may be determined as a light touch, and a touch having a pressure higher than the reference pressure may be determined as a force touch.

In addition, the controller 500 can detect the time of the touch input to the touch input unit 100.

The control unit 500 may include a driver for applying a touch position driving signal and a touch pressure driving signal to the touch input unit 100, and a sensing unit for receiving a touch position sensing signal and a touch pressure sensing signal. For example, any one of the touch position sensing signal and the touch pressure sensing signal may have a capacitance between the first electrode 41 and the second electrode 42 shown in FIGS. 10 to 21, a capacitance between the second electrode 42 And the electrostatic capacitance between the third electrode 43 and the first electrode 41 and the electrostatic capacitance between the third electrode 43 and the first electrode 41 and the electrostatic capacitance between the third electrode 43 and the first electrode 41, The electrostatic capacitance between the second electrode 42 and the third electrode 43 and the electrostatic capacitance between the third electrode 43 and the first electrode 41 are excluded And may be based on any one of the others. The controller 500 detects the touch position based on the touch position sensing signal and detects the touch pressure based on the touch pressure sensing signal.

The control unit 500 controls the functions displayed on the display module 150 of the touch input unit 100 based on the detected touch position information and pressure information. How the control unit 500 specifically controls the function to be displayed on the display module 150 will be described later in detail.

The controller 500 controls and manages the touch input unit 100, the memory 300, and the tactile generator 700. The control unit 500 may request or modify information from the touch input unit 100, the memory 300, and the tactile generator 700.

The tactile generator 700 may optionally include one or more electroacoustic devices, such as speakers or other audio components, and / or other components, such as motors, solenoids, electroactive polymers, piezoelectric actuators, electrostatic actuators, or other tactile output generating components , And components that convert electrical signals to tactile outputs on the device). ≪ Desc / Clms Page number 2 >

The tactile generator 700 receives tactile feedback generating instructions from the controller 500 and generates tactile outputs that can be sensed by a user using the touch input device. In some embodiments, at least one tactile generator 700 is located in or proximate to the touch input 100, and optionally the display surface of the touch input 100 is oriented vertically (e.g., (E.g., in or out of the surface) or laterally (e.g., back and forth in the same plane as the surface of the touch input device).

Tactile generator 700 may be included in the touch input device according to the embodiment of the present invention as an additional configuration.

The touch input device according to the embodiment of the present invention is only one example of a portable electronic device such as a smart phone and the touch input device has more or fewer components than those shown in Fig. 7, or alternatively, two The above components may be combined, or, alternatively, may have different configurations or arrangements of components. The various components shown in FIG. 7 may be implemented in hardware, software, or a combination of both hardware and software, including one or more signal processing and / or application specific integrated circuits.

Hereinafter, the pressure touch method of the touch input device according to the embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 22 to 23. FIG.

The pressure touch method of the touch input apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention is a method capable of performing at least two or more different pressure touch functions (3D touch functions) using a preset reference pressure.

The pressure touch method of the touch input device according to the embodiment of the present invention includes a series of steps performed in the control unit 500 shown in Fig.

Specifically, as shown in FIG. 22, the pressure touch method of the touch input device according to the embodiment of the present invention includes the step of detecting the magnitude of the inputted pressure (s2210), the step of comparing with the reference pressure (s2220) A step (s2230) of controlling the first pressure touch function and a step (s2250 to s2270) of controlling the Nth pressure touch function. Hereinafter, this will be described in detail with reference to Figs. 7 and 22. Fig.

S2210 shown in FIG. 22 is a step for the controller 500 shown in FIG. 7 to detect the magnitude of the pressure of the object input to the touch input unit 100. FIG. The magnitude of the pressure of the object input to the touch input unit 100 can be detected from the sensing signal received by the control unit 500 through the electrodes of the various embodiments of the touch input unit 100 shown in Figs. . The control unit 500 can detect the magnitude of the pressure Prs corresponding to the force applied by the object as shown in the graph shown in Fig.

22 is a step for comparing the magnitude of the pressure detected by the controller 500 shown in FIG. 7 with one predetermined reference pressure. More specifically, s2220 may be a step of determining whether or not the magnitude of the pressure at which the controller 500 shown in Fig. 7 is detected is increased below the reference pressure or higher than the reference pressure. The reference pressure may be a value preset by a manufacturer that manufactures the touch input device, or may be a value changed to another new value depending on a setting of a user of the touch input device. For example, the reference pressure may be a pressure value corresponding to the reference force F1 shown in the graph of Fig. If the magnitude of the detected pressure becomes equal to or greater than the reference pressure, the step S2230 is performed, and if the detected pressure is less than the reference pressure, the step S2240 is performed.

In step s2230 shown in Fig. 22, when the magnitude of the pressure detected in step s2220 is increased beyond the reference pressure, the controller 500 shown in Fig. 7 controls the first pressure touch function to be performed in the touch input device . Referring to FIG. 23, the magnitude of the detected pressure is equal to or greater than the reference pressure, which means that the force of the object applied to the touch input unit 100 shown in FIG. 7 is equal to or greater than the reference force F1.

As shown in FIG. 2, if the magnitude of the detected pressure is increased below the reference pressure to the reference pressure or more, the controller 500 determines whether the window W is a part of the display screen As shown in FIG. That is, the control unit 500 can display predetermined information on a part of the display screen. Here, the predetermined information means an application to a portion where the object touches the touch input unit 100 or a response of the touch input device.

In the s2240 shown in Fig. 22, as a result of the comparison in s2220, it is determined whether or not the touch time of the object exceeds the predetermined set time T1 shown in Fig. 23 . If the touch time of the object exceeds the set time T1, the control unit 500 shown in FIG. 7 determines the input of the object as a long touch. On the other hand, if the touch time of the object is within the preset time T1, the control unit 500 determines the input of the object as a light touch or a tab touch. For example, if the magnitude of the detected pressure is less than the reference pressure, that is, if the object pressure is less than the reference force F1 shown in Fig. 23 and the touch time of the object is within the set time T1 shown in Fig. 23 , The control unit 500 may determine that the touch of the object is not a pressure touch (3D touch) but a simple touch (light touch), and immediately display information as shown in FIG. 3 on the display screen. When the detected pressure is less than the reference pressure, that is, when the pressure of the object is less than the reference force F1 shown in Fig. 23 and the touch time of the object exceeds the set time T1 shown in Fig. 23, The control unit 500 determines that the touch of the object is not a simple touch but a long touch and immediately after the set time T1 elapses, information (for example, Application deletion indication) can be displayed on the display screen.

The step s2250 shown in Fig. 22 is a step performed after step s2230, and it is a step of determining whether or not the object is released from the touch input unit 100. Fig. Here, 'the object is released from the touch input unit 100' means that the touch position signal of the object is not outputted from the touch sensor module 110 of the touch input unit 100. In other words, it means that the touch position of the object is not determined. Here, it can be determined that hovering has not been released. If the object is released from the touch input unit 100, that is, if the touch position signal of the object is not output from the touch sensor module 110, the process is terminated without further processing.

In step s2260 shown in Fig. 22, the object is not released from the touch input unit 100 in step s2250, and the magnitude of the detected pressure is compared with the reference pressure. Here, the reference pressure means a pressure value equal in size to the reference pressure in s2220. S2260 may be a step of determining whether the magnitude of the pressure detected when the object is not released from the touch input unit 100 is increased below the reference pressure or higher than the reference pressure. If the magnitude of the pressure detected when the object is not released from the touch input unit 100 is not increased beyond the reference pressure by more than the reference pressure, the control unit 500 repeatedly performs s2250 and s2260, The controller 500 performs s2270.

22, when the magnitude of the pressure detected in the state in which the object is not released from the touch input unit 100 at step s2260 is increased below the reference pressure to the reference pressure or higher, the controller 500 determines that the Nth pressure touch function .

Here, N is a natural number, which means the number of times the magnitude of the pressure detected when the object is not released is increased below the reference pressure and above the reference pressure. Accordingly, if the number of times that the magnitude of the pressure detected when the object is not released is increased from the reference pressure to the reference pressure or higher is 2, the controller 500 controls the second pressure touch function to be performed, The controller 500 controls the third pressure touch function to be performed. If the number of times is N, the controller 500 controls the Nth pressure touch function to be performed. Here, the second pressure touch function is different from the first pressure touch function in S2230, the third pressure touch function is also a function different from the first and second pressure touch functions, and the Nth pressure touch function is different from the pressure touch Functions and other functions.

As an example of the second pressure touch function, referring to Fig. 23, at a time Tc when the magnitude of the detected pressure is increased from the reference pressure to the reference pressure by two times or more, Similarly, the control unit 500 may control to display the predetermined information on the entire display screen.

23, when the magnitude of the detected pressure is less than the reference pressure and the number of times that the magnitude of the pressure is increased beyond the reference pressure is at least two times, the controller 500 determines that the magnitude of the detected pressure is less than the reference pressure Between a first time Ta that is increased from the reference pressure to a reference pressure and a second time Tc when the pressure is increased from the reference pressure to a reference pressure or more, The function can be controlled to be maintained. 2, between the first time Ta and the second time Tc during which the object is not released from the touch input unit 100, the control unit 500 displays a window It is possible to control the first touch pressure function to be continuously displayed on a part of the display screen.

On the other hand, in FIG. 23, Tb means a time at which the magnitude of the detected pressure is reduced from the reference pressure to less than the reference pressure. In the pressure-touch method according to the embodiment of the present invention shown in FIGS. 22 to 23, the second pressure-touch function is a function in which the position signal of the object from the touch sensor module 110 of the touch input unit 100 shown in FIG. The time Tb during which the magnitude of the detected pressure is reduced from the reference pressure to less than the reference pressure is present since there is a case in which the magnitude of the detected pressure is increased from the reference pressure to the reference pressure, do.

In Fig. 23, F2 is a reference force lower than the reference force F1, and is a preset reference force F2. For comparison with reference force (F1), F2 is referred to as auxiliary reference force for convenience. The auxiliary reference force F2 is to prevent a second pressure touch function that is not intended by the user from being generated. More specifically, while the position signal of the object is outputted from the touch sensor module 110 of the touch input unit 100 shown in FIG. 7, the magnitude of the detected pressure is increased from the reference pressure to the reference pressure or more , An abnormal phenomenon in which the magnitude of the detected pressure is increased beyond the reference pressure by more than the reference pressure due to various reasons unrelated to the intention of the user (for example, failure of the user's pressure regulation, noise in the touch input device, etc.) May occur more than once. However, if the control unit 500 shown in FIG. 7 additionally sets the auxiliary reference force F2, it is possible to block or alleviate the abnormal phenomenon described above.

The control unit 500 shown in Fig. 7 determines whether the magnitude of the detected pressure is greater than or equal to the auxiliary reference force F2 between at least two times during which the magnitude of the detected pressure is increased beyond the reference pressure corresponding to the reference force F1. The pressure touch function performed at the previous time is not performed and the pressure touch function performed at the previous time is not maintained. Can be controlled. On the other hand, when the magnitude of the detected pressure corresponds to the auxiliary reference force F2 in at least two times during which the magnitude of the detected pressure is increased to be higher than the reference pressure corresponding to the reference force F1 If there is at least one time that is less than the auxiliary reference pressure, control may be performed such that a pressure touch function different from the pressure touch function performed at a previous time before the later one of the two times is performed.

Here, the auxiliary reference force F2 has a lower value than the reference force F1, and may be set to a specific value by the manufacturer or user of the touch input device. Further, the auxiliary reference force F2 can be automatically set to a specific value by setting the reference force F1. For example, the auxiliary reference force F2 can be automatically set to half of the reference force F1 to be set or 70% of the reference force F1 to be set.

As described above, by using the pressure touch method of the touch input device according to the embodiment of the present invention, unlike the conventional pick-and-pop method using two different reference pressures, Pressure touch function can be performed. Therefore, since the touch input device according to the embodiment of the present invention requires only one reference pressure to be calibrated, it is possible to eliminate the trouble of performing calibration for each reference pressure as in the conventional art, It has the advantage of lowering the economic cost and further shortening the calibrating process time.

The pressure touch method of the touch input apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention shown in FIG. 22 can be applied to other methods other than the specific methods shown in FIGS.

For example, the first pressure-touch function of the s2230 may be a function of keeping the display screen of the off-touched touch input unit 100 in a state where the control unit 500 is turned off, and the second pressure- The touch panel 500 may be a function of turning on all or a part of the display screen of the touch input unit 100 which is turned off. Specifically, when the touch input device operates but the user presses the surface of the touch input device without releasing the surface of the touch input device more than twice while the display screen is off, all or part of the display screen of the touch input device Can be displayed.

Here, in the process of performing the second pressure touch function, the control unit 500 may control the preset application to be executed on the turned-on display screen. For example, you can control the phone application to run or the weather application to run.

As another example, the first pressure-touch function of s2230 may be a function of maintaining the lock screen being displayed on the display screen of the touch input unit 100 as it is, and the second pressure- , And the control unit 400 may execute a predetermined application on the display screen of the touch input unit 100. Specifically, when the user presses the surface of the touch input device at least two times more than the reference pressure on the lock screen, the control unit 500 can control the predetermined application, not the lock screen, to be executed on the display screen of the touch input unit 100 have.

As described above, by using the pressure touch method of the touch input device according to the embodiment of the present invention, two or more different pressure touch functions can be performed using one reference pressure. Therefore, since the touch input device according to the embodiment of the present invention requires only one reference pressure to be calibrated, it is possible to eliminate the trouble of performing calibration for each reference pressure as in the conventional art, It has the advantage of lowering the economic cost and further shortening the calibrating process time.

The features, structures, effects and the like described in the embodiments are included in one embodiment of the present invention, and are not necessarily limited to one embodiment. Furthermore, the features, structures, effects and the like illustrated in the embodiments can be combined and modified by other persons skilled in the art to which the embodiments belong. Therefore, it should be understood that the present invention is not limited to these combinations and modifications.

While the present invention has been described with reference to exemplary embodiments, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed exemplary embodiments. It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various modifications and variations can be made in the present invention without departing from the spirit or scope of the inventions. It will be appreciated that many variations and applications not illustrated are possible. For example, each component specifically shown in the embodiments can be modified and implemented. It is to be understood that all changes and modifications that come within the meaning and range of equivalency of the claims are therefore intended to be embraced therein.

100: Touch input unit
300: memory
500:
700: tactile generation unit

Claims (10)

A pressure touch method of a touch input device including a touch input unit and a control unit,
Detecting a magnitude of a pressure of an object input to the touch input unit;
A first pressure touch function control step of controlling the first pressure touch function to be performed in the touch input device when the magnitude of the detected pressure is increased below the preset reference pressure to the reference pressure or more; And
Wherein the first pressure-touch function is performed in the touch input device and the magnitude of the pressure detected when the object is not released from the touch input unit is reduced to less than the auxiliary reference pressure, (N + 1) -th pressure touch function different from the first pressure touch function is performed in the touch input device if N times (N is a natural number) N + 1) pressure touch function control step;
Wherein the pressure-touching method of the touch input device comprises:
The method according to claim 1,
In the (N + 1) -th pressure touch function control step,
Wherein the control unit sets the first time Ta at which the magnitude of the detected pressure is increased below the reference pressure to the reference pressure or greater and the magnitude of the pressure detected after the first time is less than the reference pressure, And the first pressure-touch function is maintained as it is during a second time (Tc) when the pressure is increased beyond the reference pressure.
The method according to claim 1,
In the (N + 1) -th pressure touch function control step,
Wherein the control unit includes a first time period (Ta) in which the reference pressure is increased below the reference pressure and a first time period (Ta) in which the magnitude of the pressure detected after the first time period is increased beyond the reference pressure The pressure touch function set to be performed at the second time is performed in the touch input device when the number of times that the magnitude of the pressure detected during the second time Tc is less than or equal to the auxiliary reference pressure is present at least once Control,
Wherein the auxiliary reference pressure has a magnitude lower than the reference pressure.
The method of claim 3,
The control unit may set the pressure to be set to be performed at the first time (Ta) when the magnitude of the pressure detected between the first time (Ta) and the second time (Tc) Wherein the touch function is held at the second time.
5. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 4,
The first pressure touch function is a function that the control unit displays predetermined information on a part of a display screen of the touch input unit,
Wherein the (N + 1) -th pressure touch function is a function for the controller to display the predetermined information on the entire display face of the touch input unit.
5. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 4,
The first pressure touch function is a function of keeping the display screen of the touch input unit turned off,
Wherein the (N + 1) -th pressure touch function is a function of turning on all or a part of a display screen of the touch input unit in which the control unit is turned off.
The method according to claim 6,
Wherein the (N + 1) -th pressure touch function controls the control unit to execute a predetermined application in a portion of the touch input unit on which the display screen is turned on.
5. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 4,
The first pressure touch function is a function for the controller to maintain the lock screen displayed on the display screen of the touch input unit,
Wherein the (N + 1) -th pressure touch function is a function of causing the control unit to execute an application preset on a display screen of the touch input unit.
The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the auxiliary reference pressure is equal to the reference pressure.
The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the auxiliary reference pressure is lower than the reference pressure.

Images