CN101853105A - Computer with touch screen and operation method thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention provides a computer with a touch screen, which can be operated on an area outside the touch screen, such as a display screen. The computer includes: a touch screen; a touch signal analysis unit, which receives touch data transmitted by the touch screen and further analyzes whether the touch data needs to be modified; and a basic input and output system, which interacts with the touch signal analysis unit and transmits corresponding display data to the touch screen and the display screen for image display according to the analysis results. The present invention also provides an operating method for the above-mentioned computer. By using the computer and operating method of the present invention, the touch data is analyzed according to a predetermined display mode and modified when necessary, so that the touch operation range can be expanded to areas outside the touch screen, which greatly facilitates the operator and improves the human-computer interaction function of the product.

Description

Computer with touch screen and operating method thereof

technical field

The invention relates to a touch panel, in particular to a computer with a touch panel and an operation method for displaying images thereof.

Background technique

With the technological innovation of notebook computers and the rapid development of touch applications, the design of its human-computer interaction interface is becoming more and more convenient. For example, the functions of the keyboard panel and the mouse in the notebook computer are replaced by the touch screen. When the operator touches the corresponding position on the touch screen, the notebook computer processes the touch signal in the background and performs the desired operation. Such as entering text, opening a page, entering the corresponding file directory, etc. In this way, the improved notebook computer can not only display images on the display screen, but also display images on the touch screen, which greatly expands the display range of the system.

For a computer with multi-screen display, the display modes between multiple screens can usually be selected as repeat mode and extension mode. When set to repeat mode, according to the touch data received by the touch screen, the same image is displayed on the touch screen and the display screen. At this time, the touch operation range is equal to the range of the touch screen. When the operator touches When a touch action is initiated anywhere on the control screen, the system can respond and display normally. However, for the extended mode, the same image needs to be combined and displayed on the touch screen and the display screen. At this time, the touch operation range is smaller than the display range after the touch screen and the display screen are superimposed. That is to say, when the operator operates on an area outside the range of the touch screen, the touch and pressure behavior cannot be processed by the system background.

Therefore, how to effectively expand the touch operation range of the computer to areas other than the touch screen in the extended display mode, so that the touch behavior can touch and operate the touch screen and the display screen, is placed in front of the technicians in the industry. a subject.

Contents of the invention

Aiming at the above-mentioned defects in the prior art when the touch operation exceeds the range of the touch screen, the present invention provides a novel computer with a touch screen and an operation method thereof.

According to one aspect of the present invention, a computer with a touch screen is provided, the touch screen is used to receive touch signals and display images, and operate on a display screen, the computer includes: a touch screen; The signal analysis unit receives the touch data transmitted by the touch screen, and further analyzes whether the touch data needs to be modified; and the basic input and output system, which interacts with the touch signal analysis unit, and converts the corresponding The display data is transmitted to the touch screen and the display screen for image display, wherein, when the basic input output system is set to the first display mode, the touch signal analysis unit does not need to modify the touch data; when the basic input output system is set to the second display mode mode, the touch signal analysis unit modifies the touch data, and transmits a part of the modified data to the touch screen and another part of the modified data to the display screen.

Preferably, the first display mode is a repeat mode, and the images displayed on the display screen and the touch screen are exactly the same; and the second display mode is an extension mode, and the display screen and the touch screen jointly display an image.

Preferably, the computer is a notebook computer, and the touch screen is opposite to the display screen and is fixedly connected through a rotating shaft.

Preferably, the display screen is embedded in the touch screen, and a sliding connection is adopted between the touch screen and the display screen. More specifically, the display screen can slide in or out of the touch screen in a horizontal or vertical direction.

Preferably, the touch data includes touch coordinates and an area size of the image to be displayed.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided an operation method for image display in a computer, the computer has a touch screen and a display screen, and the operation method includes the following steps: receiving touch data from the touch screen; analyzing The touch data is judged according to a predetermined display mode whether the touch data needs to be modified; and when the display mode is a repeat mode, no modification is made to the touch data; when the display mode is an extension mode, the touch data is modified.

Preferably, the above steps of analyzing and modifying the touch data are implemented by a touch signal analysis unit in the computer.

Preferably, the above-mentioned steps of analyzing and modifying the touch data are realized by a software module, which intercepts the touch data after the basic input and output system of the computer receives it, and then transmits the analysis result to the application program Display the corresponding image.

Preferably, when the display mode is set to repeat mode, the operation method simultaneously displays the same image on the touch screen and the display screen based on the touch data, and the touch operation range is equal to the range of the touch screen; the display mode is set In the extended mode, the operation method jointly displays an image on the touch screen and the display screen based on the modified touch data, and the touch operation range is larger than the range of the touch screen.

Using the computer and operating method with a touch screen in the present invention, through a touch signal analysis unit or a software module with the same function as the touch signal analysis unit, the touch data is analyzed according to a predetermined display mode and performed when necessary. The modification can extend the range of touch operation to areas other than the touch screen, which greatly facilitates the operator and improves the human-computer interaction function of the product.

Description of drawings

Readers will have a clearer understanding of various aspects of the present invention after reading the detailed description of the present invention with reference to the accompanying drawings. in,

FIG. 1 shows a schematic structural diagram of a computer with a touch screen according to an embodiment of the present invention;

2A shows the image display state diagram of the display screen and the touch screen of the computer shown in FIG. 1 in repeat mode; and 2B shows the images of the display screen and the touch screen of the computer shown in FIG. 1 in the extended mode display state diagrams; and

Fig. 3 shows a flowchart of a schematic operation method of a computer with a touch screen when displaying images according to yet another embodiment of the present invention.

Detailed ways

The specific implementation manners of the present invention will be described in further detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 1 shows a schematic structural diagram of a computer with a touch screen according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1 , the computer at least includes a touch signal analysis unit 100 , a basic input and output system 102 , a touch screen 104 and a display screen 106 . Those of ordinary skill in the art should understand that the computer in FIG. 1 only schematically describes several components related to the touch operation range of the present invention, but is not limited thereto. For example, the computer can also include other necessary components.

Obviously, the display screen 106 is used to display images, and the touch screen 104 is used to receive touch signals and display corresponding images according to the touch signals. That is to say, compared with the display screen 106 , the touch screen 104 additionally has functions of loading touch pressure behavior and detecting corresponding touch data.

It can be seen from FIG. 1 that the touch screen 104 is electrically connected to the touch signal analysis unit 100 and the basic input output system 102, and the touch signal analysis unit 100 is also bidirectionally connected to the basic input output system and transmits data and/or instructions. , and the display screen 106 is electrically connected to the BIOS 102 . Compared with the multi-screen system in the prior art, the computer of the present invention has a touch signal analysis unit 100, and it is through the touch signal analysis unit 100 that the touch operation originally limited to the touch screen can be realized. The scope extends to touchscreens and displays. Hereinafter, relevant aspects of the touch signal analysis unit 100 will be introduced in detail.

The touch signal analysis unit 100 receives touch data collected from the touch screen 104 and analyzes whether the touch data needs to be modified. At the same time, the basic input and output system 102 notifies the touch signal analysis unit 100 of the set display mode, for example, the display mode of the current image is the repeat mode or the extension mode. Then, the touch signal analysis unit 100 determines whether it is necessary to modify the touch data from the touch screen 104 according to the current display mode.

In an embodiment of the present invention, when the display mode set by the basic input and output system 102 is a repeat mode, that is, the same image information is displayed on the touch screen 104 and the display screen 106, the touch signal analysis unit 100 does not need to be modified. The touch data transmits the display data corresponding to the image to the touch screen 104 and the display screen 106 through the basic input and output system 102 .

In another embodiment of the present invention, when the display mode set by the basic input and output system 102 is the extended mode, that is, the touch screen 104 and the display screen 106 jointly display the same image, at this time, the touch signal The analysis unit 100 needs to modify the touch data, and send the modified touch data to the basic input output system 102, and then transmit a part of the data of the image to be displayed to the touch screen 104 through the basic input output system 102, and send the Another part of the data of the image to be displayed is sent to the display screen 106 .

According to an embodiment, the computer of the present invention is a notebook computer. The touch screen 104 is located where the original keyboard panel was located, opposite to the display screen 106 , and the two screens are fixedly connected by a hinge. According to another embodiment, a computer with multiple screens is configured as follows: the display screen 106 is embedded in the touch screen 104, and a sliding connection is adopted between the touch screen 104 and the display screen 106, and the display screen 106 can be horizontally or horizontally Swipe in or out of the touch screen 104 vertically.

In the above description, the touch data may be the relative coordinates of the touch position, or the absolute coordinates of the touch position, or the area size of the image to be displayed, or a combination of relative coordinates, absolute coordinates, and image area.

Fig. 2A shows the image display state diagram of the display screen and the touch screen of the computer shown in Fig. 1 in the repeated mode, and Fig. 2B shows the images of the display screen and the touch screen of the computer shown in Fig. 1 in the extended mode Display the state diagram. In order to further clearly understand the repeat mode and the extension mode, as shown in FIGS. 2A and 2B , for the repeat mode, the display screen 106 and the touch screen 104 display the same letter "F". Only the image of the touch screen 104 is repeatedly displayed, and the touch operation range is the same as that of the touch screen and does not exceed the range of the touch screen. When the operator touches the touch screen 104 , what he presses is what he gets, and all the touch actions initiated can be processed in the background of the system, and corresponding application displays can be made.

For the extended mode, the display screen 106 and the touch screen 104 jointly display a letter "F", for example, the display screen 106 displays the upper half of F, and the touch screen 104 displays the lower half of F. Those skilled in the art should understand that if the original touch data is kept without any modification, the touch behavior initiated by the operator is only valid for the area where the touch screen 104 is located, but not for the area where the display screen 106 is located. However, this phenomenon can be satisfactorily solved by the touch signal analysis unit 100 of the present invention.

Fig. 3 shows a flowchart of a schematic operation method of a computer with a touch screen when displaying images according to yet another embodiment of the present invention. First, in steps 300 and 302, the system receives and analyzes the touch data, and then executes step 304 to determine whether the predetermined (or current) display mode is repeat mode or extended mode, and if it is repeat mode, enter step 306; if In the extended mode, go to step 310 . In steps 306 and 310, the system performs different operations on the touch data.

Specifically, in step 306, the system keeps the original touch data without any modification, and transmits the display data of the image to be displayed to the touch screen and the display screen respectively. Obviously, at this moment, the display screen just completely replicates the image displayed on the touch screen, that is, the same image is displayed on the touch screen and the display screen in step 308 . In contrast, in step 310, due to the image display requirements in the extended mode, the system must modify the original touch data to effectively extend the touch operation range to the area where the display screen is located. At this time, the display screen and touch The images displayed on the touch screen are different, but they are combined to display a predetermined image to be displayed, that is, step 312, the same image is jointly displayed on the touch screen and the display screen.

It should be pointed out that in this operation method, the step of analyzing and modifying the touch data can be realized by a hardware function module in the computer—a touch signal analysis unit. Moreover, the steps of analyzing and modifying the touch data can also be completed through a software module. This is because, after the operator initiates a touch action, the generated touch data will first be sent to the basic input and output system for processing, and then the processed The results are sent to the application. In this way, the touch data analysis and modification process is embedded between the basic input output system and the application program, and the touch data is analyzed and modified after the touch data is intercepted, which can also extend the touch operation range to the display. The area where the screen is located.

Using the computer and operating method with a touch screen in the present invention, through a touch signal analysis unit or a software module with the same function as the touch signal analysis unit, the touch data is analyzed according to a predetermined display mode and performed when necessary. The modification can extend the range of touch operation to areas other than the touch screen, which greatly facilitates the operator and improves the human-computer interaction function of the product.

Hereinbefore, specific embodiments of the present invention have been described with reference to the accompanying drawings. However, those skilled in the art can understand that without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention, various changes and substitutions can be made to the specific embodiments of the present invention. These changes and substitutions all fall within the scope defined by the claims of the present invention.

Claims (10)

1. A kind of computer with touch screen, described touch screen is used for receiving touch signal and displaying image, and operates at a display screen, it is characterized in that, described computer comprises: touch screen; a touch signal analysis unit, receiving the touch data transmitted by the touch screen, and further analyzing whether the touch data needs to be modified; and The basic input and output system performs data interaction with the touch signal analysis unit, and transmits corresponding display data to the touch screen and display screen for image display according to the analysis results, Wherein, when the basic input and output system is set to the first display mode, the touch signal analysis unit does not need to modify the touch data; when the basic input and output system is set to the second display mode, the touch The control signal analysis unit modifies the touch data, and transmits a part of the modified data to the touch screen, and transmits another part of the modified data to the display screen. 2. The computer according to claim 1, wherein the first display mode is a repeat mode, and the images displayed on the display screen and the touch screen are exactly the same; and the second display mode is an extended mode , the display screen and the touch screen jointly display an image. 3 . The computer according to claim 1 , wherein the computer is a notebook computer, and the touch screen is opposite to the display screen and is fixedly connected by a rotating shaft. 4 . 4 . The computer according to claim 1 , wherein the display screen is embedded in the touch screen, and a sliding connection is adopted between the touch screen and the display screen. 5. The computer according to claim 4, wherein the display screen can slide in or out of the touch screen in a horizontal direction or a vertical direction. 6. The computer according to claim 1, wherein the touch data includes touch coordinates and an area size of the image to be displayed. 7. An operating method for image display in a computer, the computer has a touch screen and a display screen, wherein the operating method comprises the following steps: Receive touch data from the touch screen; analyzing the touch data, and judging whether the touch data needs to be modified according to a predetermined display mode; and When the display mode is a repeat mode, no modification is made to the touch data; when the display mode is an extension mode, the touch data is modified. 8. The operation method according to claim 7, characterized in that, the steps of analyzing and modifying the touch data are implemented by a touch signal analysis unit in the computer. 9. The operation method according to claim 7, characterized in that, the above-mentioned step of analyzing and modifying the touch data is realized by a software module, and the software module receives the After the above-mentioned touch data is intercepted, the analysis result is sent to the application program for corresponding image display. 10. The operation method according to claim 7, wherein when the display mode is set to repeat mode, the operation method simultaneously displays the same display on the touch screen and the display screen based on the touch data. image, and the touch operation range is equal to the range of the touch screen; when the display mode is set to the extended mode, the operation method is jointly merged in the touch screen and the display screen based on the modified touch data An image is displayed, and the touch operation range is larger than the range of the touch screen.

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