CN103488317B - Method for combining multiple touch screens and combined screen - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention relates to a method for combining a plurality of touch screens and a combined screen. The method comprises the following steps: arranging the plurality of touch screens to form a combined screen; sequentially touching the touch screens according to a gesture command; receiving a plurality of touch information by the touch screens; judging the relative position information and the touched relative time information of the touch screens according to the touch information; and determining the positions of the touch screens on the combined screen according to the relative position information. The invention can combine a plurality of touch screens only in a touch way, and can enable the plurality of touch screens to present the contents to be displayed in different arrangement ways, so that a user can more conveniently and more efficiently set the arrangement ways of the screens and apply the arrangement ways to different applications, thereby being more humanized and diversified.

Description

Method for combining multiple touch screens and combined screen

technical field

The invention relates to a method for combining multiple screens and a combined screen, and in particular to a method for combining multiple touch screens and the combined screen.

Background technique

Touch is the most important way of human perception and the most natural way for people to interact with machines. With the upsurge of multi-touch display screens brought by smart phones, it has gradually spread to general notebook computers and desktop computers, and then tablet computers and AIO (ALL IN ONE) with multi-touch function display screens have been designed. ) touch computer, with its simple and intuitive operation interface, allows the operator to easily zoom in, zoom in, rotate, select and execute programs or play multimedia files directly through the screen on the display screen. .

However, electronic products with a touch screen may not have a large screen due to some factors, but users always hope that the screen can be as large as possible when using it. In addition, some users may also place multiple screens on their work desks, so that the work can be multitasking on different screens, and it is more convenient to use and operate. However, at present, the combination of multiple screens requires the user to manually set the relative positions of these screens. For example, Figure 1 is a screenshot of the multi-screen setting. As shown in the figure, the user must set it in the system by himself. The position sequence and number of each screen (Screen 1, Screen 2 and Screen 3 in Figure 1).

However, if the system can know the relative position of each screen by means of touch, and correctly display the content that each screen should display, the size of the combined screen can be enlarged through the combination of screens, or use The feature of multi-screen can extend more ways of use and functions, which can further enhance the intimacy of setting the multi-touch screen, and also allow users to do more applications.

Contents of the invention

The invention provides a method for combining multiple touch screens and a combined screen.

The present invention provides a method for combining multiple touch screens according to an embodiment, including: arranging the multiple touch screens to form a combined screen; touching the multiple touch screens sequentially according to a gesture command; receiving a plurality of touch information from the touch screens; judging the relative position information and the relative time information of the touch screens based on the touch information; and determining the touch information based on the relative position information Control the position of the screen on the combined screen.

The present invention provides an embodiment of a combined screen, including: a plurality of touch screens, which are arranged by the user to form the combined screen, and are used to receive the user to sequentially touch the multiple touch screens according to a gesture command. A plurality of touch information of the control screen; and a judgment module, coupled to the touch screen, including: a position control module, receiving and judging the relative position information of the touch screen by the touch information; A time control module, receiving and judging the relative time information of touching the touch screens according to the touch information; a main judging system, coupled to the position control module and the time control module, using the relative position Information determines the position of the touch screens on the combined screen.

The present invention can achieve the combination of multiple touch screens only by touch, and can make the multiple touch screens display the content to be displayed in different arrangements, so that users can more conveniently and efficiently set up The arrangement of screens can be determined and used in different applications, which is more humanized and diversified.

Description of drawings

Figure 1 is a screenshot of the multi-screen setup.

FIG. 2 is a system architecture diagram according to an embodiment of the present invention.

3a-3d are schematic diagrams of screen arrangement according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart of a method for combining multiple touch screens according to an embodiment of the invention.

5a-5d are schematic diagrams of a user inputting a gesture command to slide a touch screen according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram of a position control module obtaining relative position information through coordinate correspondence according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 7 is a schematic diagram of a combination screen according to an embodiment of the present invention.

8a-8c are schematic diagrams of combined screens according to an embodiment of the present invention.

in,

200～combined screen; 201～204～screen;

210～judgment module; 211～position control module;

212～time control module; 213～main judgment system;

601～602～touch screen; 611～612～touch edge;

801 ~ small picture.

detailed description

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 with accompanying drawings.

FIG. 2 is a system architecture diagram according to an embodiment of the present invention. The system includes a combined screen 200 composed of multiple touch screens (screen 201 , screen 202 , screen 203 and screen 204 ) and a judging module 210 . Wherein, the judgment module 210 further includes a position control module 211 , a time control module 212 and a main judgment system 213 . In one embodiment, the judging module 210 and one of the touch screens 201 - 204 may be set in an electronic device, such as a smart phone or a tablet computer. In another embodiment, the judging module 210 may also be on another system, for example, a combination of multiple touch screens on a computer application. It must be noted that the above-mentioned restrictions on the number and shape of the multiple touch screens are not limited to what is shown in this pattern diagram and the manual. In addition, the user can perform different arrangements and combinations according to the number of touch screens to achieve different display modes. 3a-3d are schematic diagrams of screen arrangement according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in Figures 3a-3d, Figure 3a is a horizontal arrangement of two touch screens, Figure 3b is a vertical arrangement of two touch screens, Figure 3c is a rectangular arrangement of four touch screens, and Figure 3d is It shows that the four touch screens are arranged irregularly.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart of a method for combining multiple touch screens according to an embodiment of the present invention, referring to FIG. 2 . First, in step S401 , the user first arranges a plurality of touch screens 201 - 204 into a combined screen 200 , and each touch screen 201 - 204 establishes a connection with each other through a transmission method. In another embodiment, the transmission mode can be connected in a wired or wireless transmission mode, for example, Bluetooth (Blue-tooth), Wifi, Wifi Direct, Zigbee and other transmission modes are connected to each other. After the transmission connection is completed, in step S402, the user activates the combined screen 200 and inputs a gesture command to the combined screen 200, wherein the gesture command slides or touches each of the touch screens 201-204 in a sequence. Next, in step S403 , each of the touch screens 201 - 204 respectively receives their own touch information, and transmits their respective touch information to the position control module 211 and the time control module 212 in the judging module 210 . In another embodiment, after each touch screen 201-204 receives its own touch information, each touch screen 201-204 can transmit the received touch information to the position control module 211 and Time control module 212 . After the position control module 211 receives the touch information of each touch screen, in step S404, the position control module 211 can determine the position of each touch screen according to the coordinate axis information of the screen touched by the user in the touch information. Relative location information. After the time control module 212 receives the touch information of each touch screen, in step S405, the time control module 212 can determine the sequence of touches according to the relative time of each screen touched by the user in the touch information. Relative time information. Next, in step S406 , the position control module 211 and the time control module 212 respectively transmit the two kinds of information to the main judging system 213 . Finally, in step S407, the main judging system 213 determines the exact relative position of each touch screen in the combined screen according to the relative position information, so that each touch screen can display desired display content. In another embodiment, the main judging system 213 can judge which touch screen the user wants to select as the main touch screen according to the relative time information, for example, the touch screen that the user touches first is a The main touch screen, and the other touch screens are secondary screens.

5a-5d are schematic diagrams of a user inputting a gesture command to slide a touch screen according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in Figures 5a-5d, Figure 5a shows the user sliding and touching the screen with a horizontal gesture command, Figure 5b shows the user sliding and touching the screen with a vertical gesture command, and Figure 5c shows the user sliding and touching the screen with a clockwise gesture command screen, FIG. 5d shows that the user slides and touches the screen with a counterclockwise gesture command.

FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram of a position control module obtaining relative position information through coordinate correspondence according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 6 , the user arranges the touch screens 601 and 602 horizontally to form a combined screen, and the touch screens 601 and 602 have respective coordinate axis information. Then, the user activates the combined screen, and slides horizontally from the touch screen 601 to the touch screen 602 from left to right through gesture commands or other touch methods. The touch screen 601 can obtain the coordinate value (X ₀₀ , Y ₀₀ ) at the touch edge 611 , and the touch screen 602 can obtain the coordinate value (X ₀₁ , Y ₀₁ ) at the touch edge 612 . The touch screens 601 - 602 respectively transmit coordinate axis information to the position control module. The position control module can know the relative positions of the touch screens 601 - 602 . In another embodiment, when there are more than two touch screens, the multiple touch screens can be combined by using the relative coordinate axis information of the multiple touch screens and the relative time information of the sequence of touching the screens.

Fig. 7 is a schematic diagram of a combination screen according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in Figure 7, using the method of the present invention can combine two small touch screens, such as smart phones and other devices, so that users can create the action of turning the book as shown in the figure when reading documents and materials, making reading more humane diversification and diversification.

8a-8c are schematic diagrams of combined screens according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 8 a , a touch screen can only present a small picture 801 originally. Through the method of combining multiple touch screens of the present invention, as shown in FIG. 8 b , a combined screen combining multiple small screens can be used to present the small picture 801 as a large picture. As shown in FIG. 8c, multiple small screens can also be arranged irregularly so that the small picture 801 can be presented in different ways to increase fun and be used in different applications.

Therefore, through the method for combining multiple touch screens and combined display screens of the present invention, multiple touch screens can be combined only by touch, and the multiple touch screens can be displayed in different arrangements. The content to be displayed allows the user to more conveniently and efficiently set the arrangement of the screen and use it in different applications.

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 is determined by the claims.

Claims (8)

1. A method of combining multiple touch screens, comprising:

arranging the plurality of touch screens to form a combined screen;

sequentially touching the touch screens according to a gesture command;

receiving a plurality of touch information by the touch screens;

judging the relative position information of the touch screens and the relative time information of the touched sequence according to the touch information;

determining one of the touch screens in the combined screen as a main screen according to the relative time information; and

and determining the positions of the touch screens on the combined screen according to the relative position information.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the touch screens are connected to each other by wired transmission.

3. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the touch screens are connected to each other by bluetooth Blue-tooth, Wifi Direct, Zigbee wireless transmission.

4. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the relative position information is coordinate axis information obtained by sliding the gesture command on the touch edges of the plurality of screens.

5. A combination screen, comprising:

the touch control screens are used for being arranged by a user to form the combined screen and receiving a plurality of touch control information of the touch control screens which are sequentially touched by the user according to a gesture instruction; and

a determining module, coupled to the touch screens, comprising:

a position control module for receiving and judging the relative position information of the touch screens according to the touch information;

the time control module receives and judges the relative time information of the sequence of touching the touch screens according to the touch information;

a main judgment system, coupled to the position control module and the time control module, for determining the positions of the touch screens on the combined screen according to the relative position information; determining one of the touch screens in the combined screen as a main screen according to the relative time information.

6. The combination screen of claim 5, wherein the touch screens are interconnected by wired or wireless transmission.

7. The combination screen of claim 5, wherein the relative position information is coordinate axis information obtained by the gesture command sliding across touch edges of the plurality of screens.

8. The combination screen of claim 5, wherein the touch screens transmit the touch information to the time control module and the position control module separately or simultaneously.