TW201506760A - Handheld touch device and its method of using single hand to manipulate full touch range - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention discloses a handheld touch device and its method of using a single hand to manipulate a full touch range, mainly comprising: a touch display mounted on a touch device, and connected to a processor for performing real-time computations to allow users using fingers to perform touch behaviors on the touch display; when the user uses a special gesture to generate a start signal on the touch display and the signal is transmitted to the processor, the processor then provides a cursor that can extend the user's finger touch range as well as a preset proportional area is presented on the touch display, the cursor is moved by finger traction of the user, while the movement amount of the cursor is converted by the proportion of the proportional area, the aforementioned method enables the user to achieve the purpose of manipulating a full touch range simply with one hand.

Description

Hand-held touch device and method for manipulating full touch range with one hand

The present invention relates to a handheld touch device having a large panel size, and more particularly to a method for operating a full touch range with a one-handed thumb and a touch device.

In recent years, handheld touch devices with high interactivity have gradually become popular in the market. Handheld touch devices commonly used in the market include smart phones, tablet computers, MP3 players, etc., especially smart phones usually have touch. The display allows the user to perform various operations in addition to viewing, such as browsing a webpage, a social networking site, and transmitting an instant message. Therefore, the display size of the touch display is very important to the user.

At present, Samsung's Galaxy Note has a touch display size of 5.3 inches, Samsung S4's touch display size is 5 inches, and HTC Butterfly and HTC One's touch display are 5 inches each. 4.7吋, it can be seen that the touch display of smart phones is getting bigger and bigger, and it has gradually become a competitive means for various manufacturers. The user experience mode of the new handheld touch products is also changing, with users. The convenience of the handheld touch device with a large-size touch display and the enjoyment of audio and video are felt in the hand, and the user operates differently on the large-sized touch display. Traditional small-size touch displays have also evolved more or different Usability issues.

Referring to FIG. 8 , a known hand-held touch device is provided, which is provided for a user to hold and use a finger to perform various operations and provide a multimedia playing function. The touch device is mainly on a rectangular casing 90 . A touch display 91 is provided. The size of the touch display 91 is 5 吋 (5.47×2.79×0.31 inches). If converted into a metric unit, the length L is 13.9 cm and the width is W. It is 7.1 cm. According to the user's experience, when the user faces the above-mentioned large touch device, the user holds the case 90 with one hand, and the other hand's finger scans and clicks on the touch display 91. The behavior of touching, dragging, etc., unless the user deliberately operates the touch display 91 with the thumb of the hand holding the housing 90, otherwise the user still has to use both hands when using a larger touch device. .

However, regardless of body and gender, most users have only two sections of thumb and are shorter than other fingers. Although the large-size touch display 91 can satisfy the user's senses and needs, it can be used with one hand. Free operation is more convenient. At present, the large-sized hand-held touch device still has the following disadvantages: in terms of user experience and habit, the convenient gesture of holding and operating the mobile phone is one-handed, while holding the hand The thumb of the hand operates the touch display 91, but the smart phone introduced by the above-mentioned manufacturers can not touch the full range even if the user's thumb is extended, which may cause inconvenience to the user and may cause the touch device. Users who have not stabilized and dropped, or forced some fingers to be shorter, must use the other hand to operate, and with the development of existing touch devices, the size of the touch display 91 is getting larger and larger, The above operational problems are more pronounced.

The main purpose of the present invention is to provide a handheld touch device and a method for manipulating a full touch range with a one-handed thumb, mainly in a hand-held touch, in order to enhance the user's convenience in using a large-sized handheld touch device. The device is provided with a touch display for the user to perform any touch behavior on the touch display with the thumb, and can generate a cursor in the touch range of the user's finger, and expand the cursor proportionally By moving the trajectory, the user can control the full touch range with one hand.

The main technical means for achieving the foregoing purposes is to enable the touch device to operate the full touch range with one hand. The method is implemented in a touch device. The method includes the following steps: accepting a start signal; determining Whether a touch point is detected; and when the touch point is detected, a cursor corresponding to the touch point is generated; and the cursor is moved correspondingly and proportionally according to the movement of the touch point.

The above method is mainly for the touch operation on the touch device by the user with the one-handed finger on the touch device, and when the user inputs the activation signal and touches the finger on the touch display, the touch point is generated. A cursor that is pulled by the finger is generated on the touch display, and the cursor is proportionally moved to any position on the touch display. The above method is convenient for the user, and the one-handed is unrestricted. The full range of touch displays can be easily manipulated.

Another main technical means adopted for the foregoing purposes is to enable the aforementioned handheld touch device to include: a device body; a touch display device is disposed on the device body; a processor is disposed in the device body and electrically connected to the touch display device, and the processor receives an activation signal and detects When a touch point appears on the touch display, a cursor corresponding to the touch point is generated on the touch display, and the cursor expands proportionally according to the movement of the touch point by the processor. Move to the corresponding position.

The hand-held touch device can be transmitted to the processor by the touch display generated by the touch display on the touch display, and the processor generates a cursor on the touch display that extends the touch range of the user's finger. This makes it easier for users to control the full touch range on the touch display with one hand.

10‧‧‧ device body

20‧‧‧ touch display

21‧‧‧First detection area

22‧‧‧Second detection area

30‧‧‧ operation page

31‧‧‧First function key

311‧‧‧ function menu

32‧‧‧Second function key

33‧‧‧Web links

40‧‧‧Hand thumb

50‧‧‧ cursor

60‧‧‧Proportional area

90‧‧‧shell

91‧‧‧Touch display

1 is a plan view of a touch device of the present invention.

2 is a plan view of a handheld touch device of the present invention.

3 is a schematic diagram of a touch action of the present invention.

4 is a schematic diagram showing the state of a handheld touch device of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram of another touch operation of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram of another touch operation of the present invention.

7 is a flow chart of a one-hand touch method of the present invention.

Figure 8 is a known handheld touch device.

For a preferred embodiment of the handheld touch device of the present invention, please refer to FIG. 1 , which includes a device body 10 and a touch display. 20, a processor (not shown).

The device body 10 has a rectangular shape, and the device body 10 has two parallel sides and two short sides parallel to each other, the two parallel long sides are parallel to the third axial direction (Z-axis direction), and the third axial line is The horizontal plane is perpendicular, the two parallel short sides are parallel to the second axial direction (Y-axis direction), and the second axial direction is parallel to the horizontal plane. When the user holds the apparatus body 10, one side thereof faces the user for convenience. The user looks straight in the first axial direction (X-axis direction).

The touch display 20 has a rectangular shape and is disposed on one side of the device body 10; in the embodiment, the touch display 20 has a length L1 and a width W1, and the length L1 direction is parallel to the third axis, the width The W1 direction is parallel to the second axis. In the embodiment, the touch panel 20 is formed on the device body 10, and the visible area is the same as the length L1 and the width W1 of the touch display 20. The visible area is for the user to select, scan, drag, and execute the multimedia audio, music, webpage, and the like to be played on the touch display 20.

Referring to FIG. 2 , an operation page 30 can be further displayed in the visible area of the touch display 20 for the user to select, sweep, drag, and the like on the operation page 30. In this embodiment, a plurality of function keys for selecting touch points of the user and a plurality of webpage links 33 are arranged in the second axial direction above and below the operation page 30, respectively, wherein the upper left side of the operation page 30 is provided. The function keys of the corner and the lower left corner are a first function key 31 and a second function key 32, respectively. The first and second function keys 31, 32 and the webpage link mark 33 are respectively provided by the user on the operation page 30 with a one-handed thumb, and the function or webpage link is opened by direct touch or indirect click.

The processor is disposed in the device body 10, and the The processor is electrically connected to the touch display 20. After receiving the activation signal, the processor detects a touch point appearing on the touch display 20, that is, generates a corresponding response on the touch display 20. a cursor that is pulled by the touch point; thereby, the processor moves the cursor to a corresponding position according to the movement of the touch point.

The activation signal is used as a prerequisite for preventing false touches, and avoids confusion with other touch gesture actions. In this embodiment, the first detecting area 21 and the second detecting area 22 are further disposed on the two sides of the visible area on the touch display 20. For the left-handed user, the left-handed thumb and the right-handed user respectively operate with the right thumb, and when the user performs the sliding action (gesture) from the first or second detecting areas 21, 22 with the thumb, the processor A touch point is detected on the first detection area 21 or the second detection area 22, and the touch point moves toward the center of the visible area, and the processor regards the user's action as Received a start signal.

The activation signal is mainly used to avoid confusion with other touch gestures before the corresponding towed cursor is generated. Therefore, the activation signal may be generated in other manners, for example, a vibration sensor is further disposed in the device body 10 (in the figure) Not shown, the vibration sensor is electrically connected to the processor. When the user taps the device body 10 through the finger, the vibration sensor can detect the vibration of the device body 10, and then send a signal to the device. The processor, the signal from the vibration sensor can be used as the activation signal; and the vibration sensor can also be replaced by a gravity acceleration sensing device.

In addition to the way in which the start signal is generated, it can also be virtual or The button of the entity is pressed by the user to generate the activation signal. For example, a start button may be added in the visible area of the touch display 20, that is, the start button is formed by a virtual button located in the visible area. The start button can be used to quickly generate the start signal; the start button can be set on the device body 10 in the form of a physical button, and is electrically connected to the processor for the user to directly press the start button to generate the start signal.

In addition, one of the manners for proportionally expanding the moving distance is to further generate a preset proportional area on the touch display 20, wherein the proportional area is rectangular, so that the position of the cursor on the touch display 20 is used by the user. The hand thumb moves and moves, and according to the moving distance of the touch point, the ratio of the visible area of the touch display 20 to the proportional area is determined to determine the amount of movement of the cursor.

One of the definitions of the proportional area is as shown in FIG. 3, and the start signal can be obtained by the above-mentioned sliding action of the thumb of the user, and the processor can detect the user from the first or second with the thumb. When the detecting areas 21 and 22 perform the sliding operation, the proportional area 60 is defined together, and the processor can obtain a starting point and an ending point of the touch point of the sliding motion by the user's sliding motion. The starting point and the ending point define a rectangular proportional area 60. Since the proportional area 60 is defined by the starting point and the ending point, the generation of the proportional area 60 dynamically changes position with the starting point of the sliding action. .

If the manner of obtaining the activation signal is not through the above-mentioned sliding action through the thumb of the user, for example, by means of a vibration sensor or a start button, the position and size of the proportional region 60 may be preset and stored in In the processor, when the start signal is obtained, the touch display is immediately displayed. The stored scale area 60 is displayed on the display 20.

After the processor receives the activation signal, if the processor detects that a touch point appears on the touch display 20, a touch point is generated on the touch display 20 to extend the user's hand thumb 40 touch. The range cursor 50 can also display the proportional area 60 at the same time, and the cursor 50 moves with the movement of the touch point, and proportionally expands the moving distance of the cursor 50. In this embodiment, the cursor is in the shape of a dot, and the position of the cursor 50 on the touch display 20 is pulled by the user's hand thumb 40 to move according to the moving distance of the touch point. The ratio of the visible area of the touch display 20 to the proportional area 60 determines the amount of movement of the cursor.

For the specific application mode of the embodiment, please refer to FIG. 3 and FIG. 4 , wherein the device body 10 of the touch device of the present invention is in the foregoing direction for the user to hold with the right hand and face the user with the front face, The first function key 31 is located at the upper left corner of the operation page 30, and is located at a position where the user's hand thumb 40 is unable or difficult to touch, and the user only has to swipe the thumb 40 through the second detection area 22 to After the activation signal is generated and a touch point is generated on the touch display 20, the cursor 50 and the proportional area 60 can be simultaneously generated. When the user pushes the thumb 40 on the touch display 20 at a first position Moving to a second position, the cursor 50 can be moved to the first function key 31 by the pulling of the thumb 40.

In this embodiment, if the user wants to enable the function of the first function key 31, the user only needs to remove the thumb 40 from the touch display 20 to perform the function of the first function key 31, as shown in FIG. At this time, the operation interface 30 will scroll to the right side, and a function menu 311 is generated on the left side of the visible area, including quick search, browsing of the receiving message, photos, activities, Features such as friend tools to provide users with a variety of functional options.

For another specific application manner provided in this embodiment, please refer to FIG. 5 , the application mode is substantially the same as the previous application mode, and the application mode is mainly used by the user to open the webpage link 33 in the operation page 30. Similarly, the user only needs to move the first thumb to the left position to a second position by continuously touching the thumb 40 on the touch display 20 to pull the cursor 50 to stay on the web link 33 when the processor It is detected that the hand thumb 40 leaves the touch display 20, and then the website page to which the web link 33 belongs is opened, so that the user can browse the webpage quickly and conveniently.

For another specific application manner provided in this embodiment, please refer to FIG. 6. The application mode is substantially the same as the previous application mode. The specific application mode is mainly for the user to open the second lower left corner of the operation page 30. The function key 32, the second function key 32 provides a function of message feedback, and the text has the character "like". It can be seen that the user can express the user's display for the operation interface 30 through the message. Whether the content is approved or not; therefore, the user also sweeps the thumb 40 through the second detection area 22 to generate the cursor 50 and the proportional area 60, and the user uses the thumb 40 on the touch display 20 to be first. The position is moved horizontally and then moved down to a second position. The cursor 50 is pulled by the thumb 40 and moved to the second function key 32, so that the cursor 50 stays above the text mark "Like" when the processor The hand thumb 40 is detected to leave the touch display 20, and the feedback function of the second function key 32 is executed.

According to the specific application manner of the preferred embodiment of the present invention described above, a method for manipulating the full touch range with one hand can be summarized, which is performed by the processor of the apparatus body 10, as shown in FIG. package In the following steps, a start signal (S701) is received. In a preferred embodiment, when the user detects that the first detection area 21 or the second detection area 22 is used as the starting point on the touch display 20, When the gesture is received, the processor is deemed to receive an activation signal; if receiving the activation signal, the processor obtains a proportional area (S702), and if the activation signal is received, the user is detected on the touch display. If a gesture is made by using the first detection area 21 or the second detection area 22 as a starting point, the position and size of the proportional area are defined while receiving the activation signal; if the activation signal is obtained by other means, The position and size of the proportional area can be preset and stored in the processor. When the start signal is obtained, the processor can directly obtain the pre-stored proportional area; determine whether a touch point is detected (S703), and the touch The point includes a position coordinate; when detecting the touch point, the processor controls to generate a cursor corresponding to the touch point on the touch display 20 (S704); the processor is based on the touch The moving distance of the point is expanded proportionally The cursor 50 is moved (S705), when the touch point moves, the processor can multiply the movement amount of the touch point by the ratio of the visible area of the touch display 20 to the proportional area 60, and obtain the distance that the cursor should move. And in turn controls the cursor to move accordingly.

When the cursor moves to a specific position on the viewable area and the touch point disappears (the user's finger leaves), the function key or function item at that position is executed.

The above steps can provide the user with the touch device of the present invention only The full range of touch display 20 can be operated with one hand, and is not restricted by the user's left or right hand grip, and is not affected by the length of the user's thumb, and the touch device is mounted with a larger touch. After the display 20, it is still more convenient to manipulate all the touch range effects on the touch display 20 with only one hand.

10‧‧‧ device body

20‧‧‧ touch display

21‧‧‧First detection area

22‧‧‧Second detection area

Claims (10)

A method for manipulating a full touch range with one hand, the method being performed in a touch device, the method comprising the steps of: receiving an activation signal; determining whether a touch point is detected; and detecting the touch When the handle is controlled, a cursor corresponding to the touch point is generated; according to the movement of the touch point, the cursor is moved correspondingly and in an enlarged proportion. The method for manipulating the full touch range with one hand as described in claim 1, wherein the step of accepting a start signal is regarded as receiving a start signal when detecting a specific gesture representing a trigger action. The method for controlling the full touch range by one hand as described in claim 2 is to first define a first detection area and a second detection area on both sides of a visible area of the touch device. When a touch point is detected on the first detection area or the second detection area, and the touch point moves to the visible area, it is regarded as receiving an activation signal. For the method of manipulating the full touch range with one hand as described in claim 1 or 2, a proportional area is pre-stored. After receiving the start signal, the ratio area is first obtained, and then it is determined whether a touch is detected. Point, when the touch point moves, the movement amount of the touch point is multiplied by the ratio of the visible area on the touch device to the proportional area, and the moving distance of the cursor is obtained, thereby controlling the cursor to move according to the corresponding Distance to move. As described in claim 3, the method of manipulating the full touch range with one hand, after receiving the start signal, first obtains a proportional area and then determines whether a touch point is detected. When the touch point moves, Multiplied by the amount of movement of the touch point Taking the ratio of the visible area on the touch device to the proportional area, the moving distance of the cursor is obtained, thereby controlling the cursor to move according to the moving distance. The method for manipulating the full touch range with one hand as described in claim 5, wherein the proportional area is obtained by the movement of the touch point to obtain a starting point and an ending point when the starting signal is obtained, and then The start and end points define the proportional area. A handheld touch device includes: a device body; a touch display device is disposed on the device body; a processor is disposed in the device body and electrically connected to the touch display device, the process After receiving a start signal, and detecting a touch point on the touch display, a cursor corresponding to the touch point is generated on the touch display, and the touch is performed by the processor according to the touch The movement of the point causes the cursor to move proportionally to the corresponding position. The handheld touch device of claim 7, wherein the touch display comprises a visible area, and a first detection area and a second detection are respectively disposed on two sides of the visible area. The processor detects that the touch point is detected on the first detection area or the second detection area, and when the touch point moves to the center of the visible area, the processor is regarded as receiving one Start the signal. The hand-held touch device of claim 8, wherein the processor obtains a start point and an end point according to the movement of the touch point when receiving the start signal, and then the start point and the end point Define a proportional area. The hand-held touch device of claim 9, wherein the processor displays the scale area together when a cursor corresponding to the touch point is generated on the touch display, and the processor system is By the touch point The amount of movement is multiplied by the ratio of the visible area on the touch device to the proportional area, and the moving distance of the cursor is obtained, thereby controlling the cursor to move according to the moving distance.