CN105278772A - Method for detecting finger input, outer touch cover and handheld electronic device - Google Patents
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Abstract
The invention provides a method for detecting finger input. The method applies a handheld electronic device. The handheld electric device comprises a panel, an outer touch cover and an eyeball tracking element, wherein the outer touch cover comprises a touch sensing structure, and the touch sensing structure is partially or completely arranged on the outer touch cover. The method for detecting the finger input executes the following steps on the handheld electronic device: extracting eyeball information through the eyeball tracking element, wherein the eyeball information has position information corresponding to the panel, and the position information corresponds to an object displayed by the panel; scanning the touch sensing structure; providing a first finger input signal by the touch sensing structure; and according to the first finger input signal, confirming a selection object by the handheld electronic device.
Description
Technical field
The present invention relates to a kind of method, the touch-control enclosing cover of portable electric device and the portable electric device that detect finger input.
Background technology
Along with science and technology constantly progress, various information equipment is constantly weeded out the old and bring forth the new, such as mobile phone, flat computer, ultra-thin notebook computer and satellite navigation etc.Except generally with except keyboard or mouse input or manipulation, touch technology is utilized to be a kind of quite intuition and welcome control mode to manipulate information equipment; Wherein, touch control display apparatus has the input operation interface of hommization and intuitive, makes the user of any age level all can directly choose with finger or manipulate information equipment.
Known possess in the portable electric device of touch controllable function, is all the operation directly carrying out touch-control on panel, needs to import transparent touch sensed layer; But when the enterprising line operate of panel, finger may block the sight line of eyes or block the software object of screen display, make finger may open to the link of high information density display frame the phenomenon producing false touch.In addition, aforesaid panel also needs to import the transparent touch sensing structure such as ITO of terres rares, and panel just can be made to have touch-control and display usefulness concurrently, but is limited to rare earth metal indium ore deposit and increasingly exhausts, cost promotion and electric conductivity is the problem such as poorer than metal also.Therefore be not good plan with the transparent touch sensed layer made by rare earth metal indium ore deposit.
Such as, and in order to avoid above situation, part portable electric device adopts the situation of touch control operation region and display panel being separated, Logitech U.S. Patent number No. 5825352 patents.But this kind of practice can cause volume to increase, and runs counter to the development trend that portable electric device is light, thin, short, little.Be difficult to realize in the flat computer, mobile phone this kind of product of small volume.Therefore adopt the mode of the Logitech U.S. Patent number No. 5825352 patents finger that also cannot solve in the less portable electric device of small volume, panel easily to cause cover problem.
In addition, owing to need touching on panel, controlling, operating electronic devices, the phenomenon therefore often having scratching panel occurs.In addition, known possess touch controllable function portable electric device operation time, mostly need hand-heldly to hold electronic installation with one, another hand is at the enterprising line operate of panel, if only hold line operate of going forward side by side with a hand simultaneously, then only manipulate by thumb, true feeling inconvenience; Moreover the sliding distance of finger increases along with panel size, touch-control sensing structural area and cost can be caused to increase, and the efficiency of manual mode operation and convenience reduce.
Therefore, how to provide a kind of portable electric device of finger obscures user sight line when avoiding operating and touch-control enclosing cover thereof and detect the method for aforementioned finger input, real is one of this area problem needing solution badly.
Summary of the invention
The object of this invention is to provide a kind of method of detection finger input of finger obscures user sight line when avoiding operating, the touch-control enclosing cover of adopting said method and the electronic installation of adopting said method.
In order to reach above-mentioned purpose, the present invention can provide a kind of method detecting finger input, the method application portable electric device.Portable electric device comprises panel, touch-control enclosing cover and eyeball tracking element, and touch-control enclosing cover comprises touch-control sensing structure, and touch-control sensing structure is arranged at touch-control enclosing cover with area or gross area.The method detecting finger input performs following steps on portable electric device:
Eyeball information is extracted by eyeball tracking element; The corresponding panel of eyeball information has positional information, and positional information corresponds to the object of Display panel; Scanning touch-control sensing structure; Touch-control sensing structure provides the first finger input signal; Portable electric device, according to the first finger input signal, confirms to choose object.
In one embodiment, object confirms to choose rear display highlight indication.
In one embodiment, object confirms to choose rear display highlight indication, and highlight indication is prompting frame.
In one embodiment, confirm that choose object performs application program corresponding to object simultaneously.
In one embodiment, the first finger input signal is rapped by single finger two or raps touch-control enclosing cover with two fingers two provided.
In one embodiment, method comprises further: touch-control sensing structure provides second finger input signal, according to second finger input signal, and towing object.
In one embodiment, object comprises structured electronic document, and method comprises further: touch-control sensing structure provides second finger input signal; According to second finger input signal, corresponding rolling, translation, to reduce or the display section of structure for amplifying electronic document.
In one embodiment, eyeball information is eye image, eye coordinate or its combination.
The present invention can provide a kind of touch-control enclosing cover of portable electric device further, is arranged at portable electric device.Portable electric device comprises panel and eyeball tracking element.Eyeball tracking element extracts eyeball information, and the corresponding panel of eyeball information has positional information, and positional information corresponds to the object of Display panel.
Touch-control enclosing cover comprises touch-control sensing structure, is arranged at outside touch-control its area or gross area and covers.Touch-control sensing structure comprises the first sensed layer, the second sensed layer and capacitance detection unit.
First sensed layer has many first sense wires, and these first sense wires are along first direction spread configuration.Relative first sensed layer of second sensed layer is arranged, and the second sensed layer has many second sense wires, and these second sense wires are along second direction spread configuration.These first sense wires and these the second sense wires are crisscross arranged to form multiple check point respectively.Capacitance detection unit is coupled with the first sensed layer, the second sensed layer, to detect the change of coupling capacitance between these first sense wires and these the second sense wires, and provides the first finger input signal.Portable electric device, according to the first finger input signal, confirms to choose object.
The present invention can provide a kind of portable electric device further, comprises panel, eyeball tracking element and touch-control enclosing cover.
Eyeball tracking element extracts eyeball information, and the corresponding panel of eyeball information has positional information, and positional information corresponds to the object of Display panel.Touch-control enclosing cover comprises touch-control sensing structure, is arranged at outside touch-control area or gross area and covers.Touch-control sensing structure comprises the first sensed layer, the second sensed layer and capacitance detection unit.
First sensed layer has many first sense wires, and these first sense wires are along first direction spread configuration.Relative first sensed layer of second sensed layer is arranged, and the second sensed layer has many second sense wires, and these second sense wires are along second direction spread configuration.These first sense wires and these the second sense wires are crisscross arranged to form multiple check point respectively.Capacitance detection unit is coupled with the first sensed layer, described second sensed layer, to detect the change of coupling capacitance between these first sense wires and these the second sense wires, and provides the first finger input signal.Portable electric device, according to the first finger input signal, confirms to choose object.
In one embodiment, wherein touch-control sensing structure comprises metallic mesh, metal nano conductor, nesa coating, CNT or Graphene.
In one embodiment, touch-control sensing structure is capacitance type touch-control structure.
In one embodiment, portable electric device is used for one-handed performance.
In one embodiment, touch-control enclosing cover is towards light source or panel backlight.
In one embodiment, circuit board, battery or memory card is also comprised between touch-control enclosing cover and panel.
From the above, the present invention then to be inputted on touch-control enclosing cover by different fingers after eyeball tracking element can being moved to the object for selecting, the shortcoming of finger obscures user sight line during to solve operation; In addition; this kind is aided with by eyeball tracking element the mode that touch-control enclosing cover carries out inputting; also the protection of user's privacy can be strengthened; such as user can not be peeped by intentionally personage after one's death when Password Input; and reduce touch-control sensing infrastructure cost; the efficiency of manual mode operation and convenience, realize high-quality and fine Consumer's Experience.
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Fig. 1 is the use schematic diagram of the portable electric device of first embodiment of the invention.
Fig. 2 is the functional block diagram of the portable electric device shown in Fig. 1.
Fig. 3 is the functional block diagram of the touch-control enclosing cover of one embodiment of the invention.
Fig. 4 A is that user is by the schematic perspective view of two finger manipulation touch-control enclosing covers.
Fig. 4 B is the capacitance variations schematic diagram of display two nonoverlapping fingers after scanning touch-control sensing structure.
Fig. 5 is the process flow diagram detecting the method for finger input of the present invention.
Fig. 6 A to Fig. 6 C shows the action schematic diagram that the present embodiment detects one of them embodiment of finger input.
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Hereinafter with reference to relevant drawings, the method for the detection finger input of first embodiment of the invention, touch-control enclosing cover and portable electric device are described, wherein identical element is illustrated with identical Reference numeral.
The invention provides a kind of avoidance to No. 5825352, Logitech U.S. Patent number design, to remove patent infringement doubt, and create user and more optimize experience in Logitech product technology.
Please also refer to Fig. 1 to Fig. 2, its for Fig. 1 be the use schematic diagram of the portable electric device of first embodiment of the invention.Fig. 2 is the functional block diagram of the portable electric device shown in Fig. 1.
The portable electric device 1 of the present embodiment, comprises panel 11, touch-control enclosing cover 12 and eyeball tracking element 13.
The element of the portable electric device 1 of the present embodiment can be realized by the combination of the hardware of one or more signal transacting and/or integrated circuit, software or firmware.In addition, the portable electric device 1 of the present embodiment is for example and without limitation to mobile communications device, and is such as mobile phone.Portable electric device 1 is an embodiment, and in different embodiments, portable electric device 1 can have more parts or the configuration of different parts.Certainly, in various embodiments, portable electric device 1 also can be such as flat computer, GPS, mobile computer or other portable electric appts.
Panel 11 is arranged at the side of portable electric device 1, such as, be that side of the contiguous user's sight line of portable electric device 1.Panel 11 can be such as display panels, organic LED display panel, display panel, touch-control display panel or electrophoretic display panel.Panel 11, except showing general picture, also can provide graphic user interface (graphicaluserinterface; GUI) to user.Graphic user interface can have one or more figure, graphically to present various known software parts on panel 11.
Touch-control enclosing cover 12 is at least arranged at the another side (i.e. the opposite face of display surface) of portable electric device 1 relative to panel 11, such as, be portable electric device 1 that side away from user's sight line.
Touch-control enclosing cover 12 comprises touch-control sensing structure 122.The detailed configuration of touch-control sensing structure 122 and thin portion element will be described hereinafter, and touch-control sensing structure 122 part area or gross area be arranged on touch-control enclosing cover 12.From the known transparent touch sensing structure being arranged at panel must the whole panel of complete covering (that is must be roughly the same with the size of panel) different, the region that touch-control sensing structure 22 only can be covered in user's finger, palm may grasp of the present embodiment, even if therefore the size of portable electric device 1 increases, also must not increase the area of touch-control sensing structure 22 simultaneously, more can effectively control cost.
What remark additionally is, touch-control sensing structure 122 can be arranged at the inside surface (i.e. the inside of portable electric device 1) of touch-control enclosing cover 12 towards panel 11, or is arranged at the outside surface (namely portable electric device 1 outside) of touch-control enclosing cover 12 away from panel 11.The touch-control sensing structure 122 of the present embodiment is such as capacitance type touch-control structure, and be formed at the inside surface of touch-control enclosing cover 12 towards panel 11, and be gross area be formed directly into that touch-control enclosing cover 12 (is arranged at the side of the corresponding panel 11 of touch-control enclosing cover 12 and the side of touch-control enclosing cover 12) is example.But, in various embodiments, if when touch-control sensing structure 122 is arranged at the outside surface of touch-control enclosing cover 12 away from panel 11, then need to add layer protective layer to protect touch-control sensing structure 122.
In addition, it is noted that the material of above-mentioned touch-control enclosing cover 12 can be glass or other material, and be one of integrated member of portable electric device 1.In other words; touch-control enclosing cover 121 is not additional parts (additional parts are such as the protective sleeve of electronic installation), therefore, after being separated by touch-control enclosing cover 12 in portable electric device 1; the internals of portable electric device 1 can be seen, such as battery or integrated circuit ... Deng.In other words, circuit board, battery or memory card is also comprised between touch-control enclosing cover and panel.
Furthermore, touch-control enclosing cover 12 provides user to input in the mode of touch-control, and produces interaction with the graphic user interface on panel 11 further.At this, touch-control can be such as that user is completed in the mode of contact or intimate contact by finger or other contactor control device.Producing interaction with graphic user interface can be such as that user carries out clicking, amplify or moving in the mode of touch-control on touch-control enclosing cover 12 by pointing.
Alleged herein " touch-control " can comprise operating gesture, such as rap or rap many under, slip once or many lower slips (such as by left-to-right slip, by the right side to left slip, up or down slip) or multifinger hand refer to sequentially knock, refer to slide etc. together more.The input action that operating gesture is corresponding can be portable electric device 1 factory setting and also can be formed according to different use habit editors by user.
Supplementary notes, the touch-control enclosing cover 12 alleged by the present embodiment can be arranged at portable electric device 1 side and bottom surface according to different demands, any can not the position of shield panel 11.Therefore, if when user wants to input on touch-control enclosing cover 12, panel 11 can not be covered by finger.In addition, the added advantage providing user to carry out inputting in the mode of touch-control by touch-control enclosing cover 12 is, touch-control enclosing cover 12 must not coordinate display effect of panel and adopt transparent touch-control sensing structure, and the selection of therefore material has more elasticity and cost more easy to control.
The eyeball tracking element 13 of the present embodiment can be eye tracker, camera (such as camera) or infra-red ray detection device, and it can in order to detect the eyeball information of user.Eyeball information is extracted by eyeball tracking element 13, eyeball information such as can be eye image, eye coordinate or its combination, the eyeball information that eyeball tracking element 13 extracts will have positional information by corresponding panel 11, and positional information will at least one object shown by corresponding panel 11.What remark additionally is, positional information herein must be not identical with the position that user's eyes are focused, positional information herein can be modified into the position from the nearest object of the positional distance of user's eyes focusing, that is choose object for the convenience of the users, positional information herein will auto modification to nearest object's position.
In addition, panel 11 can show arrow (Fig. 1) at correspondence position information place, with the position allowing user understand positional information corresponding at present.When the eyeball information changing of user, the positional information (arrow) on panel 11 will carry out corresponding movement.
In certain embodiments, portable electric device can comprise another touch-control sensing structure (figure does not show) further, another touch-control sensing structure described can be arranged on panel, panel 11 is made to become touch-control display panel, therefore, user except can carrying out nothing gear touch control operation on touch-control enclosing cover, another touch-control sensing structure also can provide another kind of operation interface of linking up with equipment, therefore user can select on touch-control enclosing cover, carry out nothing gear touch control operation, also can select directly on touch-control display panel, to operate portable electric device, or on touch-control enclosing cover and touch-control display panel, operate portable electric device simultaneously.
The portable electric device 1 of the present embodiment can comprise storage unit 14 and one or more processing unit 15 (drawing only illustrates) further, panel 11, touch-control enclosing cover 12, eyeball tracking element 13, storage unit 14 are electrically connected with processing unit 15 respectively, in the present embodiment, processing unit 15 can be arranged in the circuit board of portable electric device 1 inside, and it can be made up of single process chip or multiple process chip.Processing unit 15 is except except the content shown by control panel 11, also can control the action of touch-control enclosing cover 12 simultaneously.
Brought forward, storage unit 14 can comprise such as ROM (read-only memory) (ROM), random access memory (RAM), flash memory (Flash) or field programmable gate array (Field-ProgrammableGateArray, FPGA) or the storer of other form, this is not limited.One or more program can be stored in storage unit 14, and is configured to performed by one or more processing unit 15.Wherein, the content of one or more program can comprise: for showing the instruction at least partially of finger input on panel 11.Below can describe in detail again.
Please then refer to Fig. 3 and Fig. 4 A, Fig. 3 is the functional block diagram of the touch-control enclosing cover of one embodiment of the invention.Fig. 4 A is that user is by the schematic perspective view of two finger manipulation touch-control enclosing covers.
The touch-control enclosing cover 12 of the present embodiment comprises touch-control sensing structure 122, is arranged on touch-control enclosing cover 12 area or gross area.Touch-control sensing structure 122 comprises the first sensed layer 1221a, the second sensed layer 1221b and capacitance detection unit 1221c.And touch-control sensing structure 122 can comprise voltage feeding unit 1221d further.The present embodiment is directly electrically connected with capacitance detection unit 1221c by circuit with the first sensed layer 1221a, and the second sensed layer 1221b by circuit, direct and voltage feeding unit 1221d is electrically connected is example.
Touch-control sensing structure 122 can comprise driving sense wire and sensing sense wire (Tx, Rx of being namely commonly called as, figure does not show), and its material can be nesa coating, metal nano conductor, metallic mesh (metalmesh), CNT or Graphene, but be not limited to these materials.Because touch-control sensing structure 122 is electrically connected at processing unit 15, thus user by operating portable electric device 1 on touch-control enclosing cover 12.In other words, the portable electric device 1 of the present embodiment can allow user on touch-control enclosing cover 12, carry out touch control operation such as to point, and panel 11 can according to the operation instruction of attitude (or being called gesture) the display correspondence of user's operation.For example, when the finger of user raps on touch-control enclosing cover 12, panel 11 will perform the object of correspondence position information.Thus by directly controlling, performing structured electronic document shown by panel 11 or object on touch-control enclosing cover 12, the object without gear touch-control therefore can be realized.
First sensed layer 1221a has many first sense wires, and these first sense wires are along first direction (X-direction) spread configuration.Second sensed layer 1221b is relative, and first sensed layer 1221a is arranged, and the second sensed layer 1221b has many second sense wires, and these second sense wires are along second direction (Y-direction) spread configuration.These first sense wires and these the second sense wires are crisscross arranged to form multiple check point P respectively.Voltage feeding unit 1221d provide voltage signal to the second sense wire, because the first sense wire and the second sense wire are apart from very near, and be all conductor, therefore will produce coupling capacitance at intervening portion (check point P) place between each second sense wire and each first sense wire.
In addition, the first sensed layer 1221a and the second sensed layer 1221b are in space for being separated setting.Specifically, the first sensed layer 1221a and the second sensed layer 1221b is the Different Plane being arranged in space.
Capacitance detection unit 1221c is coupled with the first sensed layer 1221a, the second sensed layer 1221b, to detect the change of coupling capacitance between these first sense wires and these the second sense wires, and provides the first finger input signal.Portable electric device 1 will, according to the first finger input signal, confirm to choose object.
Specifically, when the finger contact of user or when being close to the specific check point P of contact, finger will change corresponding to the coupling electric charge (chargecoupling) between the first sense wire of check point P position and the second sense wire, and then has influence on the capacitance of described check point P.Detected the change of the coupling capacitance between the first sense wire second sense wire by capacitance detection unit 1221c, can judge that user points contacted position.
In addition, capacitance detection unit 1221c can include one or more induction chip (sensorIC), it is in order to detect the capacitance of each check point P, and the capacitance signal of analog form is converted to digital capacitance signal, again by digital capacitance Signal transmissions to the processing unit 15 be electrically connected with capacitance detection unit 1221c (Fig. 2 schemes both connection relationship not shown).
In addition, in other embodiments, can comprise wave filter further between the first sense wire and capacitance detection unit, it can utilize such as sign-changing amplifier (invertingamplifier) circuit.The stray capacitance (parasiticcapacitance) of touch-control sensing inside configuration can be eliminated, such as: the capacity effect between the capacity effect between the first different sense wires, the second different sense wires or the capacity effect of each sense wire respectively and between earth potential by wave filter.In brief, the capacitive effect beyond the wave filter not examined point of signal that can make to input to capacitance detection unit.
Then, be that user is by the schematic perspective view of two finger manipulation touch-control enclosing covers please also refer to Fig. 4 A to Fig. 4 B, Fig. 4 A.Fig. 4 B is the capacitance variations schematic diagram of display two nonoverlapping fingers after scanning touch-control sensing structure.
To explain the touch-control sensing structure 122 of touch-control enclosing cover 12 by referring to that input produces the mode of respective operations more below.Fig. 4 A illustrates the schematic diagram of multiple finger contact touch-control enclosing covers 12 of user, and the finger quantity of the mode that actual finger contacts with touch-control enclosing cover 12, contact is not limit with drawing.In addition, relatively to operate display surface side at touch-control enclosing cover 12 although the present embodiment illustrates, the many fingers of embodiment also can be had to operate in the side of touch-control enclosing cover, not with the operating surface of drawing for restriction.
The present embodiment refers to for middle finger F1, forefinger F2 as operation.When middle finger F1, forefinger F2 contact touch-control sensing structure 122 simultaneously, capacitance detection unit the first peak value 200 can be detected and the second peak value 204, first peak value 200 is the coupling capacitance variable quantity of corresponding middle finger F1 in touch-control sensing structure 122, the second peak value 204 is the coupling capacitance variable quantity of corresponding forefinger F2 in touch-control sensing structure 122.Being close between the first peak value 200 and the second peak value 204 is trough value 202, this trough value 202 be by two fingers between gap produced.Therefore by inspecting the mode etc. of mistiming that coupling capacitance variable quantity first peak value 200 and the second peak value 204 produce, synchronizing moving, relative movement, the finger input attitude of user can be estimated out, and these finger input signals are sent to processing unit 15 and operate.In addition, if it will be understood by those skilled in the art that, the finger quantity of operation increases, and will increase the quantity of trough and the mode of application between peak value, peak value accordingly.
In addition, although the trough value 202 illustrated in Fig. 4 B is the coupling capacitance variable quantity of non-zero, the trough value 202 that can have embodiment is zero, and the numerical value change of trough value 202 will be different according to the distance of adjacent finger.
Accordingly, sequentially, simultaneously contacted in touch-control sensing structure 122 by multiple finger, move collocation eyeball tracking element, dissimilar operation can be carried out on touch-control enclosing cover 12, and the method for the detection finger input of finger obscures user sight line when realizing avoiding operating.
Then, please refer to Fig. 5 to Fig. 6 C, Fig. 5 is the process flow diagram detecting the method for finger input of the present invention.Fig. 6 A to Fig. 6 C shows the action schematic diagram that the present embodiment detects one of them embodiment of finger input.
Operating attitudes (operating gesture) all is below the touch control operation attitude that user utilizes finger on touch-control enclosing cover 12.
The method of the detection finger input of the present embodiment, can be applicable to aforementioned portable electronic installation 1, but is not restriction with aforementioned means.The method detecting finger input performs following steps on portable electric device 1: extract eyeball information (step S1) by eyeball tracking element 13, and eyeball information such as can be eye image, eye coordinate or its combination.
Then, the corresponding panel 11 of eyeball information has positional information, and positional information corresponds to the object 112 (step S2) that panel 11 shows.Object 112 such as can be icon (icon), and it corresponds to application program.The positional information of the present embodiment corresponding will move to the position from the nearest object 112 of positional information, but embodiment also can be had will not to do this correction.
Scanning touch-control sensing structure 122 (step S3), detects the change of coupling capacitance between these first sense wires of touch-control sensing structure 122 and these the second sense wires thus.When there being a finger touch touch-control sensing structure 122 (knock or fit), coupling capacitance will change, touch-control sensing structure 122 will provide the first finger input signal (step S4), and the first finger input signal herein will transmit processing unit 15.
Now, portable electric device 1 will, according to the first finger input signal, confirm to choose object (step S5).Now receive the first finger input signal to be and to confirm that the object of correspondence of positional information (arrow) is the object for selecting, in addition, confirm that the object chosen will by highlight indication (color change).But in other embodiments, highlight indication also can with prompting frame, alteration of form (such as become large), the object flicker making to be selected, present in modes such as the other displaying symbols of the object be selected.
In addition, the step S5 of the present embodiment also can comprise, and portable electric device 1 according to the first finger input signal, will confirm to choose object and perform application program corresponding to object simultaneously.In brief, when touch-control sensing structure 122 detect single finger tap, two rap the change of produced coupling capacitance time, the application program corresponding to object of correspondence position information will be performed.Such as, for the present embodiment, after single finger tap, after confirming to choose browser shortcut diagram, browser will be performed (Fig. 6 A).
When application refers to input more, the step of the present embodiment comprises further: touch-control sensing structure 122 provides second finger input signal, and according to second finger input signal, towing object.Please with particular reference to Fig. 6 B and Fig. 6 C, the now increase another finger touch touch-control sensing structure 122 of user rear (now touch-control sensing structure 122 receives two finger input signals), now processing unit 15 will judge two finger input signals inputted respectively in adjacent sequential corresponding perform an action as " object move by selecting ", therefore when two finger continuous contact touch-control sensing structures 122 also move thereon, the mobile routes that object will respond two fingers carry out corresponding movement.
Special instruction, the present embodiment only illustrates a kind of mode applying one or more finger executable operations in touch-control sensing structure 122, and those skilled in the art should develop different modes of operation according to the explanation of the present embodiment.
In addition, in other embodiments, the object of display device display, except icon, also can comprise structured electronic document.In such an embodiment, the method detecting finger input comprises further: touch-control sensing structure provides second finger input signal.According to second finger input signal, corresponding rolling, translation, to reduce or the display section of structure for amplifying electronic document.Such as, detect and refer to open poly-attitude, the display section of structured electronic document can be exaggerated more.On the contrary, in response to many fingers folding attitude of user, the display section of structured electronic document also can be reduced.In addition, in certain embodiments, in response to the sliding gesture of user (or downward) vertically upward, webpage (or other electronic document) can vertically one-dimensionally upwards (or downward) roll.Such as, in response to the upward sliding attitude of user in vertical predetermined angular, webpage can vertically scroll up one-dimensionally.
On the contrary, in certain embodiments, in response to the sliding gesture outside vertical predetermined angular, webpage can roll two-dimensionally (such as vertical direction and horizontal direction move simultaneously).Such as, in response to the upward sliding attitude not in completely vertical predetermined angular of user, webpage can roll two-dimensionally along the direction of sliding gesture 3939.
In addition, in one embodiment, portable electric device is in strong light environment, the such as outdoor sun or the strong illumination lamp of indoor.When user can one-handed performance portable electric device, and its touch-control enclosing cover is towards the light source (panel is towards user) of strong light environment, now panel is back on the light source (backlight) of strong light environment, touch-control enclosing cover is blocked light source and is promoted visual, and continues to operate as the aforementioned or input control with one hand.Further, user can only to be hold by one hand, and carry out control inputs by the forefinger of described hand and/or middle finger.Therefore, can the convenience of lifting operation portable electric device (as under sunlight) one-handed performance under light intensity light source.And increase than the flexibility ratio of thumb during known one hand manipulation when operating on touch-control enclosing cover with forefinger or middle finger, and create the new Consumer's Experience being hold by one hand and referring to touch-control more.
From the above, the present invention then to be inputted on touch-control enclosing cover by different fingers after eyeball tracking element can being moved to the object for selecting, the shortcoming of finger obscures user sight line during to solve operation.In addition; this kind is aided with by eyeball tracking element the mode that touch-control enclosing cover carries out inputting; also the protection of user's privacy can be strengthened; such as user can not be peeped by intentionally personage after one's death at Password Input; and reduce touch-control sensing infrastructure cost; promote efficiency and the convenience of manual mode operation, realize high-quality and fine Consumer's Experience.
The foregoing is only illustrative, but not be restricted.Anyly do not depart from spirit of the present invention and category, and to its equivalent modifications of carrying out or change, all should be contained in the right of enclosing.
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1. one kind is detected the method for finger input, application portable electric device, described portable electric device comprises panel, touch-control enclosing cover and eyeball tracking element, described touch-control enclosing cover comprises touch-control sensing structure, described touch-control sensing structure is arranged at described touch-control enclosing cover with area or gross area, and described method performs following steps on described portable electric device:
Eyeball information is extracted by described eyeball tracking element;
The corresponding described panel of described eyeball information has positional information, and described positional information corresponds to the object of described Display panel;
Scan described touch-control sensing structure;
Described touch-control sensing structure provides the first finger input signal;
Described portable electric device, according to described first finger input signal, confirms to choose described object.
2. method according to claim 1, wherein said object confirms to choose rear display highlight indication.
3. method according to claim 1, wherein said highlight indication is prompting frame.
4. method according to claim 1, wherein confirms that choose described object performs application program corresponding to described object simultaneously.
5. method according to claim 1, wherein said first finger input signal is rapped by single finger two or raps described touch-control enclosing cover with two fingers two and provided.
6. method according to claim 1, comprises further:
Described touch-control sensing structure provides second finger input signal; And
According to described second finger input signal, pull described object.
7. method according to claim 1, wherein said object comprises structured electronic document, and described method comprises further:
Described touch-control sensing structure provides second finger input signal; And
According to described second finger input signal, corresponding rolling, translation, reduce or amplify the display section of described structured electronic document.
8. method according to claim 1, wherein said eyeball information is eye image, eye coordinate or its combination.
9. a portable electric device, comprising:
Panel;
Eyeball tracking element, described eyeball tracking element extracts eyeball information, and the corresponding described panel of described eyeball information has positional information, and described positional information corresponds to the object of described Display panel; And
Touch-control enclosing cover, comprising:
Touch-control sensing structure, be arranged at outside described touch-control area or gross area and cover, described touch-control sensing structure comprises:
First sensed layer, has many first sense wires, and described first sense wire is along first direction spread configuration; And
Second sensed layer, relatively described first sensed layer is arranged, described second sensed layer has many second sense wires, and described second sense wire is along second direction spread configuration, and described first sense wire and described second sense wire are crisscross arranged to form multiple check point respectively; And
Capacitance detection unit, with described touch-control sensing structure Coupling, to detect the change of coupling capacitance between described first sense wire and described second sense wire, and provides the first finger input signal,
Wherein, described portable electric device, according to described first finger input signal, confirms to choose described object.
10. portable electric device according to claim 9, wherein said touch-control sensing structure comprises metallic mesh, metal nano conductor, nesa coating, CNT or Graphene.
11. portable electric devices according to claim 9, wherein said touch-control sensing structure is capacitance type touch-control structure.
12. portable electric devices according to claim 9, wherein said portable electric device, for one-handed performance.
13. portable electric devices according to claim 12, wherein said touch-control enclosing cover is towards light source or described panel described light source dorsad.
14. portable electric devices according to claim 12, is characterized in that, also comprise circuit board, battery or memory card between described touch-control enclosing cover and described panel.
The touch-control enclosing cover of 15. 1 kinds of portable electric devices, be arranged at described portable electric device, described portable electric device comprises panel and eyeball tracking element, and described eyeball tracking element extracts eyeball information, the corresponding described panel of described eyeball information has positional information, described positional information corresponds to the object of described Display panel, and described touch-control enclosing cover comprises:
Touch-control sensing structure, be arranged at outside described touch-control area or gross area and cover, described touch-control sensing structure comprises:
First sensed layer, has many first sense wires, and described first sense wire is along first direction spread configuration; And
Second sensed layer, relatively described first sensed layer is arranged, described second sensed layer has many second sense wires, and described second sense wire is along second direction spread configuration, and described first sense wire and described second sense wire are crisscross arranged to form multiple check point respectively; And
Capacitance detection unit, is coupled with described first sensed layer, described second sensed layer, to detect the change of coupling capacitance between described first sense wire and described second sense wire, and provides the first finger input signal,
Wherein, described portable electric device, according to described first finger input signal, confirms to choose described object.
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