CN102890597A - Input data processing method and related input data management system - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention provides an input data processing method and a related input data management system. The processing method of the input data is suitable for an electronic device with a touch input unit, wherein the electronic device runs a window operating system. The processing method of the input data comprises the following steps: receiving original input data of an application program; before executing a core processing program of the window operating system, determining whether to execute the core processing program of the window operating system on original input data according to a data type of the original input data; and when the data type of the original input data represents touch data, determining not to execute the core processing program and directly sending the original input data to the application program. The touch data is generated by a touch input unit. The invention can reduce the reaction time for obtaining the multi-point touch data.

Description

Input data processing method and related input data management system

technical field

The present invention relates to an input data management system and its input data processing method, in particular to an input data management system applicable to an electronic device having a touch input device and running a windows operating system and its input data processing method Approach.

Background technique

Generally speaking, the user can use some control tools such as mouse, trackball, keyboard, etc. to input data, and then execute the corresponding application program or open the corresponding file file.

In recent years, with more and more types of control tools, users can not only use general input devices such as Universal Serial Bus (hereinafter referred to as USB) optical mouse, but also use touch when performing various inputs. Typed control methods (such as touch devices) for input.

In the existing electronic devices that execute the window operation system (window operation system, window OS), various input data, whether it is the touch data obtained through the touch device or the input generated by the general keyboard and mouse After the data, etc. will pass through a series of complex kernel (kernel) processing procedures of the Windows operating system, the processed data will be sent to the application program, and the application program will use the received processed data to perform subsequent operations. However, when the user is using some specific applications such as multi-touch related applications, due to the insufficient response speed of the hardware or software, such a processing method will make the response time and response speed of the application programs unable to meet the requirements, and may Unable to respond in time, causing inconvenience in use.

Therefore, there is a need for a method and electronic device capable of reducing the response time for obtaining multi-touch data.

Contents of the invention

In view of this, the present invention provides an input data management system and its input data processing method to solve the above problems.

An embodiment of the present invention provides a method for processing input data, which is suitable for an electronic device with a touch input unit, wherein the electronic device runs a Windows operating system. The input data processing method comprises the following steps: receiving an original input data of an application program; before executing a core processing program of the Windows operating system, deciding whether to execute the Windows operating system on the original input data according to a data type of the original input data core processing program; and when the data type of the original input data represents a touch data, it is decided not to execute the core processing program, and directly send the original input data to the application program. Wherein, the touch data is generated by the touch input unit.

The embodiment of the present invention further provides an input data management system, which is suitable for an electronic device with a touch input unit, and at least includes a window operating system, an application program, an input unit and a filter unit. The Windows operating system executes a kernel processing program. The input unit generates an original input data corresponding to the application program. The filter unit is coupled to the input unit, the window operating system and the application program, and is used to receive the original input data, and before a core processing program of the window operating system is executed, it is determined whether to process the original input data according to a data type of the original input data Executing the core processing program of the window operating system, and when the data type of the original input data represents a touch data, it is decided not to execute the core processing program, and directly send the original input data to the application program. Wherein, the input unit includes at least a touch input unit, and the touch data is generated through the touch input unit.

The above method of the present invention may exist in the form of program code. When the program code is loaded and executed by the machine, the machine becomes a device for implementing the present invention.

The method and electronic device of the present invention can reduce the response time for obtaining multi-touch data.

In order to make the above and other objects, features, and advantages of the present invention more comprehensible, preferred embodiments are listed below and described in detail in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.

Description of drawings

FIG. 1 shows a schematic diagram of an input data management system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 shows a flow chart of a method for processing input data according to an embodiment of the invention.

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of an input data management system according to another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 shows a flowchart of a method for processing input data according to another embodiment of the present invention.

Wherein, the reference signs are explained as follows:

100, 100'～ input data management system;

110～input unit;

120～filter unit;

130～operating system;

140 ~ application program;

150～universal interface connection unit;

160～dynamic link database interface unit;

S202-S206～steps;

S402-S410～steps.

Detailed ways

FIG. 1 shows a schematic diagram of an input data management system according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1, the input data management system 100 is applicable to an electronic device, such as a personal computer and portable devices such as personal digital assistants, smart phones, mobile phones, mobile Internet devices (Mobile Internet Device, MID), notebook computers Or a mini-notebook (Netbook), etc., but not limited thereto. The input data management system 100 according to the embodiment of the present invention at least includes an input unit 110 , a filter unit 120 , a windows operating system 130 and at least one application program 140 . The input unit 110 is configured to receive a user input. For example, the input unit 110 can be a USB optical mouse, a touch control unit, or a keyboard, etc., but not limited thereto. The user can input original input data required by an application program by operating the input unit 110 so as to execute the application program. In this embodiment, the input unit 110 includes at least a touch input unit (not shown) and other commonly used input devices, such as a keyboard, a mouse, and so on. Wherein, the touch input unit is a screen combined with a touch sensing device (not shown). The touch sensing device has a touch surface including at least one-dimensional sensors for detecting contact and movement of an input tool, such as a finger or a stylus, on the surface. The touch input unit can display related data, and/or related icons and interfaces. For example, the touch input unit can be a screen combined with a multi-touch sensing device, allowing users to perform multi-touch input through input tools such as fingers or stylus. In particular, the user can input on the touch-sensitive input unit through the above-mentioned input tool to generate a raw input data (raw input data) whose data type is a “touch data”.

The filter unit 120 is coupled to the input unit 110, and can receive the original input data corresponding to an application through the input unit 110, and then determine the subsequent processing method for the original input data according to the data type of the original input data. The original input data can be divided into "touch data" and "non-touch data" other than touch data, wherein the touch data refers to the input data related to the touch input unit, that is, the input data through the touch input unit The data. It should be noted that since various gesture input behaviors can be performed on the touch input unit, in order to reduce the probability of misjudgment, the input data can only be filtered for a specific application program. Therefore, the filtering unit 120 can further determine whether to execute the core processing program of the Windows operating system on the original input data according to a type of the application program. The filter unit 120 may also have a storage space, which can store the above-mentioned original input data for access by the application program 140 when it is determined that the original input data represents a touch data. The Windows operating system 130 is coupled to the filtering unit 120, which can execute a core processing program to convert the original input data into the data format required by the application program 140, and obtain a processed data to be used as the input of the application program 140 data. The Windows operating system 130 may be a Windows operating system supporting multi-touch, such as Windows 7 of Microsoft ^™ . The application program 140 can receive unprocessed raw input data from the filtering unit 120 or processed data from the Windows operating system 130, and perform subsequent operations according to the received information. The filtering unit 120 can be used to implement the input data processing method of the present application, the details of which will be described later.

FIG. 2 shows a flow chart of a method for processing input data according to an embodiment of the invention. Please refer to Figure 1 and Figure 2 at the same time. The input data processing method according to the embodiment of the present invention can be applied to the input data management system 100 for further judgment and related management on the original input data through general use.

First, in step S202, the filtering unit 120 receives a raw input data of an application program. For example, the input unit 110 can generate a raw input data corresponding to the application program 140 and send it to the filtering unit 120 so that the filtering unit 120 can receive the raw input data.

Next, in step S204, the filtering unit 120 determines whether to execute the core processing program of the Windows operating system 130 on the original input data according to a data type of the original input data before executing a kernel processing program of the Windows operating system 130. In this step, the filtering unit 120 can determine whether the original input data is touch data according to the data type of the original input data. Wherein, the original input data may further have a mark data for marking whether it is a touch data. The filtering unit 120 can determine whether the original input data represents a touch data according to the marking data. In one embodiment, the touch data refers to multi-touch data. In an embodiment, the filtering unit 120 may also determine whether to execute the above-mentioned core processing program on the original input data according to the type of the application program, and may only filter the input data for a specific application program. When it is determined that the data type of the original input data represents a touch data, in step S206, the filter unit 120 decides not to execute the above core processing program, and directly sends the unprocessed original input data to the application program 140 (step S406). Therefore, the application program 140 can directly use the original input data for subsequent processing. Since the process does not need to go through the complicated processing of the core processing program of the operating system, the reaction time for the application program to obtain the touch data can be reduced, so that the application program can quickly obtain the touch data.

Conversely, if it is determined that the data type of the original input data represents data other than touch data, such as a mouse or keyboard input data, etc., the filtering unit 120 determines to notify the Windows operating system 130 to execute the above-mentioned core processing program according to a normal procedure. , to obtain a processed data, and then the Windows operating system 130 sends the processed data to the application program 140 as input data of the application program 140 . Therefore, the application program 140 can utilize the processed data for subsequent processing.

In one embodiment, the input data management system 100 may further provide a universal interface connection unit for connecting the input unit 110 with the same interface. For example, in one embodiment, the universal interface connection unit is a USB interface connector for connecting a touch input unit with the same USB interface and other input units such as a USB keyboard or mouse, and the input unit 110 is a touch input unit with a USB interface. In addition, when determining that the data type of the original input data represents touch data, the filtering unit 120 may further store the original input data in its storage space for access by the application program 140 . In some embodiments, the input data management system 100 can further provide a dynamic link database (DLL) interface unit, so that the application program 140 can generate an independent execution thread through the interface provided by the dynamic link database interface unit, and through some Predetermined input/output control commands for instant communication with the filter unit 120 . Please refer to Figure 3.

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of an input data management system according to another embodiment of the present invention. The input data management system 100' of FIG. 3 is similar to the input data management system 100 of FIG. Wherein, the universal interface connection unit 150 is interposed between the input unit 110 and the filter unit 120, and has a universal interface for connecting the input unit 110 with the same universal interface, and enables the filter unit 120 to obtain a specific interface with the corresponding universal interface. Input data in data format. Wherein, before the original input data is received by the filter unit 120 , the data type of the original input data can be specified through the universal interface driver of the universal interface connection unit 150 , such as a USB driver. In this embodiment, the universal interface driver can divide the data into "touch data" and "non-touch data" other than touch data, wherein the touch data represents the input data related to the touch input unit, and also That is, the data input through the touch input unit.

The dynamic link database interface unit 160 is interposed between the filtering unit 120 and the application program 140 so that the application program 140 can communicate with the filtering unit 120 in real time. In one embodiment, the application program 140 can communicate with the filter unit 120 through a pulling method (pulling), that is, the application program 140 will continuously detect the storage space of the filter unit 120, and when a "touch data" will be actively extracted. In another embodiment, the application program 140 can communicate with the filter unit 120 by polling, that is, the application program 140 can periodically check at a fixed time whether the storage space of the filter unit 120 has any pending The read "touch data" is actively extracted when the "touch data" to be read is found. In yet another embodiment, when the filtering unit 120 detects the “touch data”, it can actively send a trigger signal to inform the application program 140 to extract it, so that the application program 140 corresponding to the trigger signal will be stored in the storage space of the filtering unit 120. Read out "touch data".

FIG. 4 shows a flowchart of a method for processing input data according to another embodiment of the present invention. Please refer to Figure 3 and Figure 4 at the same time. The input data processing method according to the embodiment of the present invention can be applied to the input data management system 100' to receive the original input data through the universal interface connection unit and perform further judgment and related management.

First, in step S402 , the filtering unit 120 receives a raw input data of an application program through the universal interface connection unit 150 . For example, the input unit 110 can generate original input data corresponding to a specific interface format of the application program 140 , and the filter unit 120 can receive the above-mentioned original input data conforming to the specific interface format through the universal interface connection unit 150 .

Next, in step S404, the filtering unit 120 determines whether the original input data is touch data according to the data type of the original input data. Wherein, the original input data may further have a mark data for marking whether it is a touch data. The filtering unit 120 can determine whether the original input data represents a touch data according to the marking data. In one embodiment, the touch data refers to multi-touch data. If it is determined that the data type of the original input data represents a touch data (Yes in step S404), the filter unit 120 does not execute the above-mentioned core processing program, and directly interacts with the application program 140 through the interface of the dynamic link database interface unit 160, Send the original input data to the application program 140 (step S406 ), as the input data of the application program 140 . For example, the filtering unit 120 and the application program 140 can communicate with each other through the dynamic link database interface unit 160 in the above-mentioned pulling method, polling method or triggering method. Therefore, the application program 140 can directly use the original input data for subsequent processing. Since the process does not need to go through the complicated processing of the core processing program of the operating system, the reaction time for the application program to obtain the touch data can be reduced, so that the application program can quickly obtain the touch data.

On the contrary, if it is determined that the data type of the original input data represents data other than touch data (No in step S404), such as a mouse or keyboard input data, etc., the filtering unit 120 will notify the Windows operating system 130 according to the normal procedure Execute the core processing program to obtain a processed data (step S408 ), and then the Windows operating system 130 sends the processed data to the application program 140 (step S410 ), as the input data of the application program 140 . Therefore, the application program 140 can utilize the processed data for subsequent processing.

An example is listed below to help explain the details of the input data processing method according to the present invention, but the present invention is not limited thereto. In the following embodiments, it is assumed that the input data management system 100 includes at least a multi-touch input unit of a USB interface and an input unit 110 of a USB mouse, and the input unit 110 can be used to generate an original of the corresponding application program 140 Enter data, but not limited to. In this embodiment, when the user inputs through the USB mouse, the filter unit 120 will receive a raw input data whose data type is "non-touch data", and then notify the Windows operating system according to the normal procedure 130 executes a core processing program to obtain processed data, and then sends the processed data to the application program 140 . Conversely, when the user inputs through the multi-touch input unit, the filter unit 120 will receive a raw input data whose data type is “touch data”, and then decide not to execute a kernel of the Windows operating system 130 The processing program sends the raw input data directly to the application program 140 .

Therefore, according to the input data processing method and the related input data management system of the present invention, when receiving an input signal from an electronic device (for example: a multi-touch device), it can judge whether the data is marked according to its data type. If it is a "touch data", it will be directly stored in the storage space of the filter unit, and the touch data will be sent to the application program as input data through the filter unit for further processing, without going through the Windows operating system in the process The core processing program of the application program can quickly obtain the touch data for further calculation, which can effectively shorten its response time and quickly obtain multi-touch data.

The method of the present invention, or specific forms or parts thereof, may exist in the form of program codes. The program code may be contained in a physical medium, such as a floppy disk, a CD, a hard disk, or any other machine-readable (such as a computer-readable) storage medium, or a computer program product not limited to an external form, wherein, when the program code When loaded and executed by a machine, such as a computer, the machine becomes a device for participating in the present invention. The program code may also be transmitted through some transmission medium, such as wire or cable, optical fiber, or any transmission type in which when the program code is received, loaded, and executed by a machine, such as a computer, the machine becomes used to participate in the Device of the present invention. When implemented on a general-purpose processing unit, the program code combines with the processing unit to provide a unique device that operates similarly to application-specific logic circuits.

Although the present invention has been disclosed above with preferred embodiments, it is not intended to limit the present invention. Any person skilled in the art may make some changes and modifications without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention. Therefore, the present invention The scope of protection should be determined by the scope defined by the appended claims.

Claims (16)

1. disposal route of inputting data is applicable to have an electronic installation of a touch input block, and wherein this electronic installation moves a windows workspace system, and it comprises the following steps:

Receive an original input data of an application program;

Before a core processing program of this windows workspace system is carried out, according to a data type of this original input data, determine whether this original input data to be carried out this core processing program of this windows workspace system; And

When these data types to express one touch-control data of this original input data, determine not carry out this core processing program, directly this original input data is delivered to this application program;

Wherein this touch-control data communication device is crossed this touch input block generation.

2. the disposal route of input data as claimed in claim 1 also comprises:

According to a type of this application program, determine whether this original input data to be carried out this core processing program of this windows workspace system.

3. the disposal route of input data as claimed in claim 1 also comprises:

During data outside these touch-control data of this data types to express of this original input data, determine to carry out this core processing program, processed data to obtain one, and this was processed data deliver to this application program.

4. the disposal route of input data as claimed in claim 1 or 2 also comprises:

When these touch-control data of this data types to express of this original input data, store this original input data in a storage space of a filter element.

5. the disposal route of input data as claimed in claim 4, wherein this step of directly this original input data being delivered to this application program comprises:

This application program checks periodically with a polling mode in this storage space of this filter element whether this original input data to be read is arranged, if read immediately this original input data.

6. the disposal route of input data as claimed in claim 4, wherein this step of directly this original input data being delivered to this application program comprises:

In this storage space of this filter element of the lasting detection of this application program whether any this original input data to be read is arranged, if read immediately this original input data.

7. the disposal route of input data as claimed in claim 6 also comprises:

One dynamic link database interface unit is provided, with so that this application program is passed through an independent execution thread, in this storage space of lasting this filter element of detection whether this original input data to be read is arranged.

8. the disposal route of input data as claimed in claim 4, wherein this step of directly this original input data being delivered to this application program comprises:

When these touch-control data of this data types to express of this original input data, this filter element sends a trigger pip to this application program, causes this application program should trigger pip read this original input data to this storage space of this filter element mutually.

9. input data management system for one kind, be applicable to have an electronic installation of a touch input block, comprising:

One windows workspace system is in order to carry out a core processing program;

One application program;

One input block, in order to produce mutually should application program an original input data; And

One filter element, be coupled to this input block, this windows workspace system and this application program, in order to receive this original input data, before a core processing program of this windows workspace system is carried out, data type according to this original input data, determine whether this original input data to be carried out this core processing program of this windows workspace system, and when these data types to express one touch-control data of this original input data, determine not carry out this core processing program, directly this original input data is delivered to this application program, wherein this input block comprises that at least this touch input block and this touch-control data communication device cross this touch input block and produce.

10. input data management system as claimed in claim 9, wherein this filter element is more during the data outside these touch-control data of this data types to express of this original input data, notify this windows workspace system to carry out this core processing program, processed data to obtain one, and this was processed data deliver to this application program.

11. such as claim 9 or 10 described input data management systems, wherein this filter element more when these touch-control data of this data types to express of this original input data, is stored this original input data in a storage space of this filter element.

12. input data management system as claimed in claim 11, also comprise a dynamic link database interface unit, between this filter element and this application program, with so that this application program by an independent execution thread, in this storage space of lasting this filter element of detection whether this original input data to be read is arranged, if read immediately this original input data.

13. such as claim 9 or 10 described input data management systems, also comprise a General Purpose Interface linkage unit, between this filter element and this input block, it has a General Purpose Interface, have this input block of this General Purpose Interface in order to connection, and make this filter element obtain having mutually this original input data of a format that should General Purpose Interface.

14. input data management system as claimed in claim 13, wherein this General Purpose Interface linkage unit comprises a USB connector.

15. such as claim 9 or 10 described input data management systems, wherein this windows workspace system is the windows workspace system of a support multi-point touch.

16. input data management system as claimed in claim 9, wherein this filter element is also according to a type of this application program, determines whether this original input data to be carried out this core processing program of this windows workspace system.

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