TW201502873A - Touch system and method for adjusting the position of the object displayed on the touch display device by the wireless touch pen - Google Patents

Abstract

A touch system has a wireless touch pen to which a button unit applies and a touch display device. When the button unit is pressed, the wireless touch pen transmits a first wireless signal, otherwise transmitting a second wireless signal. When the touch display device according to the first wireless signal detects that the wireless touch pen enters a receiving range and then leaves the receiving range in turn, the touch display device enters an arranging-object mode. When the touch display device works under the arranging-object mode and according to the first wireless signal realizes that the wireless touch pen enters the receiving range, the touch display device closes the arranging-object mode.

Description

Touch system and method for adjusting position of object on touch display device with wireless stylus

The present invention relates to a touch system, and more particularly to a touch system for adjusting the position of an object on a touch display device using a wireless stylus.

The advancement of technology today has improved the development of the computer industry, and the products derived from the computer industry, computer hardware, not only play an important role in industry and business, but also become an assistant in daily life. Similarly, the development of wireless communication technology has also improved the way data is transmitted, making data more convenient in the process of transmission/exchange.

Portable electronic devices, such as PDAs or mobile phones, have emerged because of their ability to process data similar to computers and wireless transmission technologies. A conventional portable device performs operations on a portable device through a button provided thereon, such as making a call or performing a music playback function. However, since the portable device must be operated by a button, It is also limited by the design of the function.

Many applications that were originally used in desktop computers, such as audio and video playback applications, photo editing applications, or file-based applications, are gradually being ported to portable devices for use. For using a desktop computer In the case of a file-like application, if a plurality of objects are displayed on the computer screen and the user wants to change the z-order of the overlapping objects, it is usually necessary to click the mouse. To trigger the pop-up menu to execute the object up-sorting mode, or to move the cursor of the mouse to the function menu to call the object up-sorting mode, and then change the order of the upper objects above the overlapping objects.

Conversely, for a portable device having a touch display device, such as a touch panel, the user can launch the application through a touch object of the touch panel, such as a finger. Launch the app with your mouse. The combination of the touch display device and the portable device has a plurality of advantages, one of which is that the user can operate the portable device more intuitively.

After the portable device is gradually popularized, the operation mode is also changed. In addition to the operation mode of the finger directly touching the touch panel, the operation mode of the wireless stylus is increased, for example, using a wireless stylus to perform a dangling approach. Touch control gesture (Hover) function. Therefore, in order to improve the fluency of using the wireless stylus to call the application for applications that use the wireless stylus as the main medium, it is necessary to propose a new operation through the wireless stylus. Operation method and touch system.

In view of the above, the present invention discloses a touch control system including: a wireless stylus pen provided with a button unit, when the button unit is pressed, the wireless stylus pen sends a first wireless signal, otherwise a second signal is issued. a wireless signal; and a touch display device, when the wireless stylus enters a receiving range, Receiving the first or second wireless signal; when the touch display device learns that the wireless stylus enters the receiving range according to the first wireless signal and then leaves the receiving range, the touch display device enters a The object sorting mode; when the touch display device is in the object sorting mode, and the wireless stylus enters the receiving range according to the first wireless signal, the touch display device turns off the object sorting mode.

The above-mentioned touch system is a method for adjusting the position of an object on the touch display device by using a wireless stylus, so that the touch system disclosed above can be operated according to the method. The method for adjusting the position of an object on the touch display device by using the wireless stylus includes: sending a first wireless signal or a second wireless signal by the wireless stylus; and when the wireless stylus is close to the touch display When the device reaches a receiving range, the touch display device receives the first or second wireless signal; when the touch display device knows that the wireless stylus enters the receiving range according to the first wireless signal and then leaves the Receiving the range, the touch display device is brought into an object sorting mode; when the touch display device is in the object sorting mode, and the wireless stylus is informed to enter the receiving range according to the first wireless signal, The touch display device turns off the object sorting mode.

The above-mentioned touch system can enhance the operation convenience and functionality of the touch device by using the button unit of the wireless stylus and the gesture of the user.

10‧‧‧Wireless stylus

15‧‧‧Key unit

102‧‧‧Processing unit

20‧‧‧Touch display device

22‧‧‧Touch display panel

24‧‧‧Wire receiving unit

26‧‧‧Microprocessor

D1‧‧‧ Receiving range

SW ₁ ‧‧‧First wireless signal

SW ₂ ‧‧‧second wireless signal

St‧‧‧ button signal

Sd‧‧‧ detection signal

A1‧‧‧First z-axis order object

A2‧‧‧Second z-axis order object

X1, Y1, Z1, X2, Y2, Z2‧‧‧ coordinates

1 is a schematic view showing a touch system according to an embodiment of the invention. Figure.

2A-2D is a schematic diagram showing the operation of starting or closing an object sorting mode according to an embodiment of the invention.

3A-3D is a schematic diagram showing the operation of changing the order of the plurality of overlapping objects displayed on the touch display panel according to an embodiment of the invention.

4 is a flow chart showing a start/stop object sorting mode according to an embodiment of the invention.

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram showing a touch system 100 according to an embodiment of the invention. As shown in FIG. 1 , a touch system 100 includes a wireless stylus 10 and a touch display device 20 , wherein the touch display device 20 further includes a touch display panel 22 , a wireless receiving unit 24 , and a The microprocessor 26, wherein the touch display panel 22 can be a resistive touch panel, a capacitive touch panel, an ultrasonic touch panel, a pressure touch panel or an optical touch panel, but is not limited thereto. . It should be noted that the touch system 100 shown in FIG. 1 is for exemplary purposes only and is not intended to limit the architecture of the present invention.

Different from the conventional wireless stylus, the wireless stylus pen 10 of the present invention is provided with a button unit 15, wherein the function of the button unit 15 will be described in further detail below. A processing unit 102 coupled to the button unit 15 is disposed in the wireless stylus 10.

In FIG. 1 , the meaning of the receiving range D1 for the touch display device 20 is the range in which the wireless receiving unit 24 of the touch display device 20 can receive the wireless signal, for example, if the wireless The stylus 10 is located in the receiving range D1, and the wireless receiving unit 24 of the touch display device 20 can receive The wireless signal sent by the wireless stylus 10; conversely, if the wireless stylus 10 is located outside the receiving range D1, the wireless receiving unit 24 of the touch display device 20 cannot receive the wireless touch. The wireless signal sent by the pen 10 is controlled.

For the wireless stylus 10, the processing unit 102 detects that the button unit 15 is pressed according to a button signal St, the wireless stylus 10 sends a first wireless signal SW1, and otherwise sends a second wireless signal. SW2.

The microprocessor 26 drives the touch display panel 22 after the wireless stylus 10 is located in the receiving range D1 according to the second wireless signal SW ₂ received by the wireless receiving unit 24. In the Hover mode, a touch cursor (not shown) is displayed on the panel of the touch display panel 22, which is known to those skilled in the art and will not be described herein.

In the present invention, the user can perform various operations through the button unit 15 additionally provided on the wireless stylus pen 10. As shown in FIG. 2A-2D, the user can activate or deactivate an object sorting mode by pressing the button unit 15 and using the user's gesture to bring the wireless stylus 10 closer to or away from the touch device 20. The details are as follows. It should be noted that the object sorting mode described above is for exemplary purposes only, and is not intended to limit the present invention. That is, in other embodiments, the user may use different methods according to the button unit 15. The touch display device 20 is driven to perform different functions.

2A-2D is a schematic diagram showing the operation of starting or closing an object sorting mode according to an embodiment of the invention. The so-called object sorting mode means that in this mode, the user can change the lower layer order of the plurality of overlapping objects displayed on the touch display panel 22, for example, displaying a first on the touch display panel 22. The objects overlap (or cover) on a second object, that is, the first The object is located on the upper layer of the second object, and the user wants to change the second object to overlap (or cover) the first object, that is, the first object is located below the second object, and the user can The object sorting mode is used to reorder the objects.

The object sorting mode is started, and the 2A and 2B drawings are sequentially referred to: initially, the user needs to place the wireless stylus 10 in the receiving range D1, as shown in FIG. 2A, and then simultaneously pull up with The gesture of the wireless stylus 10 originally located in the receiving range D1 is moved outside the receiving range D1, as shown in FIG. 2B; at this time, the microprocessor 40 drives the touch display panel 30 to start. The object sort mode. It should be noted that the button unit 15 still needs to be continuously pressed when the user performs the "pull up" gesture. The touch display device 20 can detect that the wireless stylus 10 enters the receiving range D1 and then leaves the receiving range D1 by detecting the first wireless signal SW1 to determine that the user uses the wireless stylus 10 Perform the "pull up" action to start the object sort mode.

The object sorting mode is turned off, and the 2C and 2D images are sequentially referred to: when the touch display device 20 is in the object sorting mode, the user first places the wireless stylus 10 outside the receiving range D1, such as the 2C. As shown in the figure, the button unit 15 is pressed and held, and the wireless stylus 10 originally located outside the receiving range D1 is pushed back into the receiving range D1 with the gesture of “pushing down”, as shown in FIG. 2D. In this case, the microprocessor 40 drives the touch display panel 30 to turn off the object sorting mode. It should be noted that, when the user performs the "push down" gesture, the button unit 15 still needs to be continuously pressed; thereby, the touch display device 20 can detect whether the first wireless signal SW1 is detected. Entering the receiving range D1 to determine that the user performs a "push down" gesture with the wireless stylus 10 to further Turn off the object sort mode.

The interaction between the wireless stylus 10 and the touch display device 20 will be further described below when the object mode is activated or deactivated.

The user places the wireless stylus 10 in the receiving range D1, and the microprocessor 40 receives the wireless stylus 10 to send the second wireless signal SW ₂ to perform a floating near contact control gesture (Hover). )mode. The processing unit 102 changes the originally transmitted wireless signal according to the button signal St generated by pressing the button unit 15, and initially transmits the second wireless signal SW ₂ to transmit a first wireless signal SW ₁ , that is, the wireless The stylus 10 emits the first wireless signal SW ₁ according to the pressing of the button unit 15, and otherwise issues the second wireless signal SW ₂ .

Subsequently, the wireless stylus 10 is moved outside the reception range of D1, so that the wireless reception unit 24 can not longer receive the first wireless signal SW _1, so that the microprocessor 26 via the receiving unit 24 can know the radio The wireless stylus 10 enters the receiving range D1 and then leaves the receiving range D1. The microprocessor 26 drives the touch display panel 22 accordingly to execute the object sorting mode.

When the user finishes rearranging the lower order of the overlapping objects and wants to close the object sorting mode in execution, the user first places the wireless stylus 10 outside the receiving range D1, and presses the button. In the unit 15, the wireless stylus 10 transmits the first wireless signal SW ₁ , and the wireless stylus 10 is placed in the receiving range D1. The microprocessor 26 learns the first wireless signal SW ₁ according to the first wireless signal SW _{1 .} When the wireless stylus 10 enters the receiving range D1, the microprocessor 26 drives the touch display panel 22 to turn off the object sorting mode.

3A-3D is a diagram showing the operation of changing the upper and lower layers of the plurality of overlapping objects displayed on the touch display panel according to an embodiment of the invention. Make a schematic diagram. The 3A-3D diagram illustrates the process of sorting overlapping objects in a top view.

In FIG. 3A, a first z-axis aligning object A1 and a second z-axis aligning object A2 are displayed on the touch display panel 22, and a portion of the second z-axis aligning object A2 is drawn by a dotted line. Therefore, it is indicated that the second z-axis aligning object A2 is located below the first z-axis aligning object A1.

For convenience of description, the first z-axis aligning object A1 overlaps with the second z-axis aligning object A2, and the first z-axis aligning object A1 has a standard (X1, Y1, Z1), wherein the X-axis and the Y-axis coordinate are substantially It is used to indicate the horizontal position of the first z-axis aligning object A1 on the touch display panel 22. Similarly, the second z-axis compliant object A2 also has another coordinate (X2, Y2, Z2).

The Z-axis coordinates of the first z-axis aligning object A1 and the second z-axis aligning object A2 are used to distinguish the first z-axis aligning object A1 and the second z-axis aligning object from the lower layer sequence. For example, the coordinates of the first z-axis aligning object A1 are (1, 1, 3), and the coordinates of the second z-axis aligning object A2 are (1, 1, 2), thereby knowing that two objects are The X-axis and the Y-axis coordinate are the same, so the first z-axis object A1 and the second z-axis object A2 are in the same position on the horizontal plane, but the Z-axis coordinate of the first z-axis object A1 is greater than The second z-axis coordinates the Z-axis coordinate of the object A2, so that the first z-axis aligning object A1 overlaps the second z-axis aligning object A2. As shown in FIG. 3A, the above content is only for demonstration purposes, not In order to limit the present invention, in another embodiment of the present invention, an object having a large Z-axis coordinate may be located below an object having a small Z-axis coordinate.

Figure 3B is a diagram showing the first z-axis coincidence object A1 and the second z-axis coincidence object A2 in a perspective projection manner when the object sorting mode is activated. Displayed on the touch display panel 22, wherein the perspective projection is to display the visual effect of approaching a 3-dimensional object in two dimensions, which is known to those skilled in the art and will not be described herein. After the first z-axis object A1 and the second z-axis object A2 are displayed in a perspective projection manner, a Z-axis can be established on the 2-dimensional touch display panel 22 according to the geometric rule to indicate two The height of the object on the Z axis.

In this embodiment, the Z-axis coordinate of the rightmost side of the touch display panel 22 is set to the maximum (indicated by the symbol: Z height in the figure), and gradually decreases to the left, and the leftmost Z-axis coordinate is set to the minimum ( In the figure, the symbol: Z is low). Obviously, since the first z-axis aligning object A1 is located above the second z-axis aligning object A2 in FIG. 3A, the first z-axis aligning object A1 is displayed in a perspective projection manner in FIG. 3B. When the second z-axis is aligned with the object A2, the first z-axis aligning object A1 is located to the right of the second z-axis aligning object A2. It should be noted that the Z-axis coordinate of the rightmost side of the touch display panel 22 is set to be the maximum, which is only for demonstration. In other embodiments, the Z-axis coordinate of the leftmost side of the touch display panel 22 can be set. For the biggest.

When the object sorting mode is activated, that is, as shown in FIG. 3B, the user can directly touch the touch display panel 22 using the wireless stylus 10 or a finger, and change the display on the touch by dragging. The first z-axis aligning object A1 and the second z-axis aligning object A2 on the display device are located on the Z-axis.

FIG. 3C is a schematic diagram showing the order in which the user changes the upper layer above the first z-axis object A1 and the second z-axis object A2. The user can change the order of the lower layers by moving the first z-axis aligning object A1 to the left of the second z-axis aligning object A2.

The 3D image shows a schematic diagram of closing the object sorting mode. After the user closes the object sorting mode, the first z-axis aligning object A1 is located below the second z-axis aligning object A2. (The dotted line in the figure is only for convenience of description, and is used to indicate the order of the upper and lower layers, and does not mean that the objects displayed on the touch display device 20 are displayed in a dotted line).

Figure 4 is a flow chart showing the start/stop object sorting mode according to an embodiment of the invention. In step S1, the wireless stylus 10 is brought into the receiving range D1 of the touch display device 20, so that the touch display device 20 can receive the first or the first one sent by the wireless stylus pen 10. Two wireless signals SW1 or SW2. Then, in step S2, when the touch display device 20 learns that the wireless stylus 10 enters the receiving range D1 according to the first wireless signal SW1 and then leaves the receiving range D1, the touch display device 20 enters. An object sorting mode. The user can arbitrarily change the order of the lower layer on the object displayed on the touch display device 20 in the object sorting mode. When the user has sorted the overlapping objects to close the object sorting mode, the process proceeds to step S3. In step S3, when the touch display device 20 is in the object sorting mode, and the wireless stylus 10 enters the receiving range D1 according to the first wireless signal SW1, the touch display device 20 turns off the Object sorting mode.

In the preferred embodiment of the present invention, the user can perform smoother and uninterrupted operation of the application on the touch display device through the button unit of the wireless stylus and the gesture of the user.

The specific features, structures, or properties mentioned in the "invention" or "embodiment" referred to in the specification may be included in at least one embodiment of the present specification. Therefore, the statements that appear in different places "in one embodiment "Middle" may not all refer to the same embodiment. In addition, this particular feature, structure, or property may be combined with one or more embodiments in any suitable manner.

The embodiments disclosed herein will readily appreciate the above advantages for anyone skilled in the art. After reading the contents of the specification, any person skilled in the art can make appropriate changes and substitutions in a broad manner without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. Therefore, the embodiments disclosed in the present specification are intended to protect the scope of the claims of the present invention, and are not intended to limit the scope of the present invention. In addition, in different embodiments, the present invention may reuse the same index number and/or Or text. The use of such indexing labels and/or text is intended to simplify and clarify the invention, but is not intended to indicate that the various embodiments and/or disclosed structures must have the same features.

10‧‧‧Wireless stylus

20‧‧‧Touch display device

D1‧‧‧ Receiving range

15‧‧‧Key unit

Claims (10)

A touch control system includes: a wireless stylus pen having a button unit, the wireless stylus pen emitting a first wireless signal when the button unit is pressed, or a second wireless signal; and a touch The display device can receive the first or second wireless signal when the wireless stylus enters a receiving range; and the touch display device learns that the wireless stylus enters the receiving according to the first wireless signal When the range is followed by the receiving range, the touch display device enters an object sorting mode; when the touch display device is in the object sorting mode, and the wireless stylus enters the receiving according to the first wireless signal In the range, the touch display device turns off the object sorting mode. The touch control system of claim 1, wherein the touch display device displays a first z-axis object and a second z-axis object; when the object sort mode is activated, the first z The axis alignment object and the second z-axis alignment object are displayed on the touch display device in a perspective projection manner. The touch system of claim 2, wherein the wireless stylus directly touches and drags the first z-axis object and the second z-axis object displayed on the touch display device, Sorting the objects on the z-axis by changing the first z-axis object or the second z-axis object. The touch control system of claim 1, wherein the wireless stylus further comprises a wireless transmitting unit for transmitting the first wireless signal or the Second wireless signal. The touch display device of claim 1, wherein the touch display device further comprises: a wireless receiving unit for receiving the first wireless signal or the second wireless signal; a touch display panel; a microprocessor driving the touch display panel according to the received second wireless signal to perform a floating near contact control (Hover) mode or driving the touch display panel according to the received first wireless signal; To execute the object sorting mode. The touch control system of claim 5, wherein the touch display panel is a resistive touch panel, a capacitive touch panel, an ultrasonic touch panel, a pressure touch panel or an optical touch Control panel. A method for adjusting a position of an object on a touch display device by using a wireless stylus, comprising: transmitting a first wireless signal or a second wireless signal by the wireless stylus; and when the wireless stylus is adjacent to the touch display device The touch display device receives the first or second wireless signal when the receiving range is received; when the touch display device learns that the wireless stylus enters the receiving range according to the first wireless signal and then leaves the receiving In the range, the touch display device enters an object sorting mode; when the touch display device is in the object sorting mode, and the wireless stylus enters the receiving range according to the first wireless signal, the touch The display device turns off the object sorting mode. The method for adjusting the position of an object on the touch display device by using the wireless stylus according to the seventh aspect of the patent application, wherein after the object sorting mode is activated, the method further includes: displaying the touch display device originally A z-axis index object and a second z-axis index object are displayed in a perspective projection. The method for adjusting the position of an object on the touch display device by using the wireless stylus as described in claim 8 further includes: directly touching and dragging the first z-axis object displayed on the touch display device And the second z-axis aligning object to change the order of the first z-axis aligning object and the second z-axis aligning object on the z-axis. The method for adjusting the position of an object on the touch display device by using the wireless stylus as described in claim 7 further includes: transmitting the first wireless signal sent by the wireless transmitting unit of the wireless stylus or Receiving the second wireless signal; receiving the first wireless signal or the second wireless signal through the wireless receiving unit, and transmitting the first wireless signal or the second wireless signal to a microprocessor; and entering a suspended near contact control a gesture (Hover) mode or the object sorting mode, according to the first wireless signal or the second wireless signal received by the microprocessor; wherein, entering the object sorting mode, according to the microprocessor receiving the a wireless signal; entering the suspended near contact control (Hover) mode, according to the second wireless signal received by the microprocessor.