TWI442275B - Portable electronic device and method for controling software object thereof - Google Patents

Description

Portable electronic device and control method thereof

The present invention relates to a portable electronic device, and more particularly to a portable electronic device that facilitates control of soft objects displayed on a screen.

With the advancement of technology, portable electronic devices have been designed from the past by pressing the physical button input commands. Up to now, users can directly touch the screen with their fingers to input corresponding commands, making it easier for users to The electronic device performs command input and operation, which increases the convenience of use. Generally, the user can click on the touch screen of the portable electronic device to select each icon presented by the user, or use a finger to slide to move the corresponding soft object (such as a cursor). However, since the area touched by the finger when touching the screen is often larger than the icon presented, when the user clicks on a certain object, it is easy to click on one of the other adjacent objects to cause operational troubles. In addition, taking the execution of the game software as an example, when the user wants to continuously move the main object (for example, an operation character) in the game screen, it is necessary to repeatedly perform a sliding operation to move the main object to the positioning, which is cumbersome to operate.

Therefore, it is a subject worthy of research to provide a portable electronic device that allows a user to perform corresponding operations on a soft object according to intuition, thereby making the operation simpler and achieving precise control effects.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION A primary object of the present invention is to provide a portable electronic device that facilitates control of soft objects displayed on a screen.

To achieve the above objective, the portable electronic device of the present invention includes a body and a processing module. The body includes a first surface and a second surface, the first surface includes a first sensing device for sensing a first position touched by the user to obtain a first coordinate; the second surface is opposite to the first surface, the second surface The surface includes a second sensing device for sensing the second position touched by the user to obtain the second coordinate. The processing module is configured to execute a software program to generate a software object, and the processing module converts the first coordinate to a corresponding coordinate of a corresponding position on the second sensing device, and compares the second coordinate with the corresponding coordinate to obtain a relative position information. Move the soft object based on the relative position information. With this design, the user can freely determine the first position and the second position according to the finger touching the first sensing device and the second sensing device, thereby controlling the soft object to perform different corresponding movements, so that the user can operate more Intuitive and convenient.

In addition, the present invention also provides a method of controlling a soft object applied to the aforementioned portable electronic device. The portable electronic device includes a body and a processing module. The opposite surfaces of the body include a first sensing device and a second sensing device, and the processing module is configured to execute a software program to generate a soft object. The method includes the steps of: (a) obtaining a first coordinate by the first sensing device according to a first position touched by the user; and (b) converting the first coordinate to a corresponding position on the second sensing device; Corresponding coordinates; (c) obtaining a second coordinate according to the second position touched by the user by the second sensing device; (d) comparing the second coordinate with the corresponding coordinate to obtain a relative position information according to the relative position Information mobile software objects.

In order to enable the reviewing committee to better understand the technical contents of the present invention, the preferred embodiments are described below.

Please refer to FIG. 1 for a schematic diagram of the portable electronic device 1 of the present invention. In an embodiment of the present invention, the portable electronic device 1 can be a mobile phone, a tablet computer, a PDA, a global positioning system (GPS), or other touch-operated device. However, it is not limited to this embodiment.

As shown in FIG. 1 , the portable electronic device 1 of the present invention includes a body 10 , a processing module 20 , and a storage module 30 . The body 10 includes a first surface 11 and a second surface 12, the second surface 12 being substantially parallel to the first surface 11, and the first surface 11 and the second surface 12 are respectively located on opposite sides of the body 10. The first surface 11 includes a first sensing device 111. The first sensing device 111 can sense the position touched by the user's finger (hereinafter referred to as the first position), and then obtain the coordinate parameter of the position (hereinafter defined as the first A standard). In an embodiment of the present invention, the first sensing device 111 can use a touch panel to sense different touch positions selected by the user, wherein the size and position of the touch panel can be adjusted according to different needs; In addition, the first sensing device 111 can also be a button, a convex structure on the first surface 11 or a recessed structure. The foregoing design adopts a fixed type, when the user touches the button or touches the corresponding structure. The first sensing device 111 can obtain the coordinate parameters of the fixed position. The end view design and requirements are different, and it is decided to use the corresponding type of first sensing device 111.

The second surface 12 includes a second sensing device 121. The second sensing device 121 can also sense the position touched by the user's finger (hereinafter referred to as the second position), and then obtain the coordinate parameter of the position (defined below) For the second position). In an embodiment of the present invention, the second sensing device 121 can use a touch screen, and the touch screen can not only provide a screen display function, but also can sense different contact positions selected by the user, but not The second sensing device 111 can also be another touch panel.

The processing module 20 is electrically connected to the first sensing device 111, the second sensing device 121, and the storage module 30, and the storage module 30 is configured to store at least one software program 32 for execution by the processing module 20. The module 20 can execute the software program 32 to generate a software object (not shown) and display it through the touch screen (ie, the second sensing device 121) or other display elements. In an embodiment of the present invention, the processing module 20 can be a central processing unit, and the storage module 30 can be a memory or a hard disk device. When the software program 32 is an operating system, the generated soft object can be A cursor; or when the software program 32 is a game program, the generated soft object may be a character or a target in the game, but the invention is not limited thereto.

The processing module 20 is also configured to convert the first coordinate of the first position obtained by the first sensing device 111 into a corresponding coordinate of a corresponding position on the second sensing device 121 by calculation or the like. Therefore, the processing module 20 can compare the second coordinates and the corresponding coordinates, which are both located on the second sensing device 121, to obtain relative position information of the two coordinates, and move the foregoing software according to the relative position information. object. The relative position information may include direction information, where the direction information represents the direction of the second coordinate relative to the corresponding coordinate, so that the processing module 20 can determine the moving direction of the soft object according to the direction information. In addition, the relative position information also includes the distance information, and the distance information represents the distance of the second coordinate relative to the corresponding coordinate to enlarge or reduce, so that the processing module 20 can determine the moving distance of the soft object according to the distance information.

Please refer to Figure 2 and Figure 3 below. 2 is a schematic view showing the state of use of the first embodiment of the portable electronic device 1 of the present invention. FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram showing the relative relationship between the coordinates obtained by the portable electronic device 1 to which the present invention is applied. As shown in FIG. 2, in the embodiment, the portable electronic device 1 of the present invention is a tablet computer or a mobile phone (such as an iPhone) that requires two-handed operation, and the body 10 of the portable electronic device 1 The first surface 11 and the second surface 12 are defined, wherein the first surface 11 is defined as the surface of the body 10 facing away from the user, and the second surface 12 is defined as the surface of the body 10 facing the user, that is, having the display element. surface. The first sensing device 111 can be a touch panel of a large area, and the second sensing device 121 is a touch screen that combines a touch sensing function and a screen display function, wherein the first sensing device 111 is covered by It is within the size range of the second sensing device 121 to facilitate the calculation of the coordinate conversion. In addition, since the user can simultaneously touch the plurality of positions of the first sensing device 111 through different fingers when the user is holding the portable electronic device 1 of the present invention, the present invention can be touched by the first sensing device 111. The sensing mechanism is designed, for example, to use the first sensed touch position as the first position, or to use the touch position closer to the second position as the first position, or when the multi-touch is used It is optional to perform a random selection as the first position, but the invention is not limited thereto.

As shown in FIG. 2, in the actual operation of the embodiment, the user can use the knuckles such as the index finger and the middle finger placed on the first surface 11 as a tool for touching the first sensing device 111, and the touch is determined. The first position A and the first coordinate thereof are obtained; on the other hand, the user can use the thumb placed on the second surface 12 as a tool for touching the second sensing device 121, and the second position B is determined by the touch. Get its second coordinates.

As shown in FIG. 2 and FIG. 3, after the first coordinate of the first position A is obtained, the processing module (not shown) calculates the first coordinate of the first position A of the first sensing device 111 by calculation. It is converted into a corresponding coordinate of the corresponding position C of the second sensing device 121. In this embodiment, the processing module calculates the position of the second sensing device 121 extending through the first position A and substantially perpendicular to the straight line L of the first surface 11 as the corresponding position C, and obtains the same. Corresponding coordinates to complete coordinate conversion. Then, the processing module starts to compare the corresponding coordinates of the second coordinate of the second position B with the corresponding position C to obtain relative position information including direction information and/or distance information (as indicated by the solid arrow in FIG. 3 and distance). Therefore, the processing module controls the soft object O to start moving according to the relative position information (such as the direction and distance indicated by the dotted arrow in FIG. 3).

When the user touches the first position A and the second position B uninterruptedly, the first sensing module 111 and the second sensing module 121 determine that the first position A and the second position B have not changed. The portable electronic device 1 of the present invention continuously moves the soft object O according to the relative position information obtained as described above. When the user moves the index finger to change the touch position, the first sensing module 111 determines that the first position A has changed, and the processing module stops moving the soft object O, and regains the changed first position A, To convert to the new corresponding position C and calculate new relative position information to control the movement of the soft object O. Similarly, when the user moves the thumb to change the touch position, the second sensing module 121 determines that the second position B has changed, and the processing module stops moving the soft object O, and regains the changed state. The second position B is used to calculate new relative position information to control the movement of the soft object O.

On the other hand, when the second sensing module 121 determines that the second position B has not changed, it is next determined whether two substantially identical second coordinates are obtained within a set time; if yes, the processing module transmits the soft object O Performing a corresponding operation, if not, the processing module continuously moves the soft object O according to the relative position information obtained as described above. In this embodiment, the portable electronic device 1 of the present invention is designed to perform continuous click operation for a set time, and the set time is about 1 second, because it is sometimes necessary to perform a mouse-like continuous click operation through the soft object. When the user continuously clicks the second position B with the thumb in 1 second, the second sensing module 121 can obtain two substantially identical second coordinates, so the processing module can pass through the soft object O. The corresponding operation is performed, and the corresponding operation may be performed to control a software object O to execute a certain program or object, or to control a special action such as jumping or fast moving of a person or a target in the game.

Please refer to FIG. 4 , which is a schematic diagram of the use state of the second embodiment of the portable electronic device 1 a of the present invention. The second embodiment is a variant of the foregoing first embodiment. As shown in FIG. 4, in the embodiment, the portable electronic device 1a of the present invention is a mobile phone or PDA that is operated by one hand. The body 10a of the portable electronic device 1a includes a first surface 11a and a second surface 12, wherein the first sensing device 111a is a button fixedly disposed on the first surface 11a, and the second sensing device 121 is combined. Touch screen for touch sensing function and screen display function.

As shown in FIG. 4, in the actual operation of the embodiment, the user can use the index finger such as the index finger and the middle finger placed on the first surface 11a as a tool for pressing the first sensing device 111a. After the measuring device 111a is pressed, the first coordinate of the fixed first position A1 is obtained, so the processing module converts it to the corresponding coordinate of the fixed corresponding position C1 every time. In this embodiment, the corresponding position C1 It is determined by a point extending from the straight line extending through the first position A1 and substantially perpendicular to the first surface 11a and intersecting with the second sensing device 121, so that the corresponding position C1 and the first position A1 overlap each other in FIG. However, different corresponding positions C1 may be determined according to different designs, which are not limited to the embodiment; on the other hand, the user reuses the thumb placed on the second surface 12 as the second sensing device 121. The tool determines the second position B1 by touch and obtains its second coordinate. Therefore, the soft object O1 will move correspondingly according to the relative position information obtained after comparing the coordinates of the second position B1 and the corresponding position C1 (the direction and distance indicated by the dotted arrow in FIG. 4).

With this design, although the first position A1 cannot be freely adjusted, the user only needs to remember the fixed corresponding position C1, and the second position B1 can be changed by moving the thumb to calculate the relative position information between the two. Controlling the movement of the soft object O1 can also achieve the effects of the foregoing embodiments.

With the design of the foregoing embodiments, the user only needs to change the relative positional relationship between the thumb and the index finger to achieve the purpose of intuitively controlling and operating the software object of the portable electronic device 1 of the present invention.

Please refer to FIG. 5, which is a flow chart of a method for controlling a soft object of the present invention. It should be noted that the following describes the control method of the soft object of the present invention by taking the portable electronic device 1 shown in FIG. 1 as an example, but the present invention is not limited to the portable electronic device 1 and any other A portable electronic device having a similar structure can also be applied to the control method of the soft object of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 2, the control method of the soft object of the present invention includes steps S501 to S506. The respective steps of the control method of the soft object of the present invention will be described in detail below.

Step S501: The first coordinate is obtained by the first sensing device 111. The portable electronic device 1 includes a body 10 and a processing module 20, and the body 10 includes a first surface 11 and a second surface 12. The first surface 11 includes a first sensing device 111, and the second surface 12 includes a second sensing device. 121, and the processing module is configured to execute a software program to generate a soft object. When the user touches the first sensing device 111, the first sensing device 111 takes the touched position as the first position to obtain its first coordinate.

Step S502: Converting the first coordinate to a corresponding coordinate of a corresponding position on the second sensing device. After the first sensing device 111 obtains the first coordinate of the first position, the processing module 20 converts the first coordinate to a corresponding position on the second sensing device 121 and obtains the corresponding coordinate.

Step S503: Acquire a second coordinate by the second sensing device. When the user touches the second sensing device 121, the second sensing device 121 takes the touched position as the second position to obtain the second coordinate.

Step S504: Align the second coordinate with the corresponding coordinate to obtain a relative position information. The processing module 20 compares the obtained second coordinate with the corresponding coordinate to obtain relative position information of one of the two coordinate rooms. The relative position information may include information on the direction of the direction in which the soft object moves, and/or distance information that determines the moving distance of the soft object.

Step S505: Move the software object according to the relative position information. The processing module 20 commands the corresponding movement of the soft object according to the relative position information such as the acquired direction or/and the distance.

Step S505 may include step S506: determining whether the first location is changed. The first sensing module 111 continuously senses the position touched by the user to determine whether the first position is changed. If yes, the processing module 20 stops moving the soft object and returns to step S501; if not, returns to step S505, and the processing module 20 continues to move the soft object according to the relative position information.

Step S505 may further include step S507: determining whether the second location is changed. The second sensing module 121 continuously senses the position touched by the user to determine whether the second position is changed. If so, the processing module 20 stops moving the soft object and returns to step S503; if not, proceeds to step S508.

Step S508: determining whether two substantially identical second coordinates are obtained within the set time. The second sensing module 121 then determines whether two substantially identical second coordinates are obtained within a set time. If yes, proceed to step S509; if no, return to step S505, and the processing module 20 continues to move the software object according to the relative position information.

Step S509: Perform a corresponding operation. When the second sensing module 121 determines that the second coordinate is substantially the same twice in a set time, the user inputs a continuous click command on the second sensing module 121, so the processing module 50 can Perform corresponding operations through the soft object, such as opening or executing an object or controlling the special movement of the soft object.

With the design of the present invention, the user can intuitively determine the first position and the second position according to the finger contacting the first sensing device and the second sensing device, thereby controlling the soft object to perform different corresponding movements, so that the user can The operation of the portable electronic device is more convenient.

In summary, the present invention is a breakthrough in terms of its purpose, means and efficacy, and it is different from the characteristics of the prior art. It is a great breakthrough for the reviewer to ask for an early patent, and to benefit the society. Debian. It is to be noted that the above-described embodiments are merely illustrative of the principles of the invention and its advantages, and are not intended to limit the scope of the invention. Modifications and variations of the embodiments can be made by those skilled in the art without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. The scope of protection of the present invention should be as described in the scope of the patent application to be described later.

1, 1a. . . Portable electronic device

10, 10a. . . Ontology

11, 11a. . . First surface

111, 111a. . . First sensing device

12. . . Second surface

121. . . Second sensing device

20. . . Processing module

30. . . Storage module

32. . . Software program

A, A1. . . First position

B, B1. . . Second position

C, C1. . . Corresponding position

O, O1. . . Soft object

L. . . straight line

1 is a schematic diagram of a portable electronic device of the present invention.

2 is a schematic view showing the state of use of the first embodiment of the portable electronic device of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram showing the relative relationship between the coordinates obtained by the portable electronic device of the present invention.

4 is a schematic view showing the state of use of the second embodiment of the portable electronic device of the present invention.

Figure 5 is a flow chart showing a method of controlling a soft object of the present invention.

1. . . Portable electronic device

10. . . Ontology

11. . . First surface

111. . . First sensing device

12. . . Second surface

121. . . Second sensing device

A. . . First position

B. . . Second position

C. . . Corresponding position

O. . . Soft object

Claims (14)

A portable electronic device includes: a body, comprising: a first surface, comprising a first sensing device for sensing a first position of the user to touch a first position; and a first The second surface is opposite to the first surface, the second surface includes a second sensing device for sensing a second position of the user to touch a second coordinate; and a processing module The processing module is configured to execute a software program to generate a software object, and the processing module converts the first coordinate to a corresponding coordinate of a corresponding position on the second sensing device, and the processing module compares The second coordinate and the corresponding coordinate to obtain a relative position information to move the soft object according to the relative position information. The portable electronic device of claim 1, wherein the relative position information comprises a direction information, wherein the direction information is a direction of the second coordinate relative to the corresponding coordinate, and the processing module is based on the direction information. To determine the direction of movement of the soft object. The portable electronic device of claim 2, wherein the relative position information comprises a distance information, wherein the distance information is an enlarged or reduced distance of the second coordinate relative to the corresponding coordinate. The module determines the moving distance of the soft object based on the distance information. The portable electronic device of claim 1, wherein the processing module calculates a position extending to the second sensing device through the first position and substantially perpendicular to a straight line of the first surface , as the corresponding position and obtain the corresponding coordinates. The portable electronic device of claim 1, wherein the first sensing module determines that the first position has changed, the processing module stops moving the soft object and reacquires the first position; And when the first sensing module determines that the first location has not changed, the processing module continuously moves the software object according to the relative position information. The portable electronic device of claim 1, wherein the second sensing module determines that the second location has not changed, and then determines whether the two substantially identical ones are obtained within a set time. The two coordinates; if yes, the processing module performs a corresponding operation through the software object, and if not, the processing module continuously moves the software object according to the relative position information. The portable electronic device of claim 1, wherein the second sensing module determines that the second position has changed, the processing module stops moving the soft object and reacquires the second position. The portable electronic device of claim 1, wherein the first sensing device is a touch panel, a button, a convex structure of the first surface, or a recessed structure, and the first The second sensing device is a touch panel or a touch screen. A method for controlling a soft object is applied to a portable electronic device. The portable electronic device includes a body and a processing module. The body includes a first surface and a second surface, the first surface and The second surface includes a first sensing device and a second sensing device, and the processing module is configured to execute a software program to generate a software object. The control method includes the following steps: (a) The first sensing device obtains a first coordinate according to a first position touched by the user; (b) converts the first coordinate to a coordinate corresponding to one of the corresponding positions on the second sensing device; (c) And obtaining a second coordinate by the second sensing device according to the second position of the user touching; and (d) obtaining a relative position information according to the second coordinate and the corresponding coordinate, according to the relative The location information moves the software object. The method of claim 9, wherein the relative position information includes a direction information, where the direction information is a direction of the second coordinate relative to the corresponding coordinate, and the direction information is used to determine a moving direction of the software object. . The method of claim 10, wherein the relative position information comprises a distance information, wherein the distance information is a distance in which the second coordinate is enlarged or reduced relative to the corresponding coordinate, and the distance information is determined according to the distance information. The moving distance of the soft object. The method of claim 9, wherein the position of the second sensing device is extended by a straight line passing through the first position and substantially perpendicular to the first surface as the corresponding position And obtain the corresponding coordinates. The method of claim 9, further comprising the steps of: determining whether the first location changes; if yes, stopping moving the software object and returning to step (a); if not, determining the relative location information Continue to move the software object. The method of claim 9, further comprising the steps of: determining whether the second location is changed; and when the second location is unchanged, determining whether the two substantially identical times are obtained within a set time a second coordinate; if yes, performing a corresponding operation through the soft object; if not, continuously moving the soft object according to the relative position information.