TWI436265B - Touch device application display method and touch device thereof - Google Patents

Description

Touch device application display method and touch device thereof

The present invention relates to a touch device, and more particularly to a method for detecting a gesture applied to a touch panel of the touch device to display an application container and a touch device thereof.

With the advancement of technology, touch-sensitive touch devices are becoming more and more popular, and the design of touch-based user interfaces is playing an increasingly important role. However, the operating gestures of touch-sensitive touch devices are mostly single fingers or Two-finger gestures, so it is more limited to provide operational changes.

Therefore, how to increase the variability of operation to improve the efficiency of use is one of the important topics in this field.

Therefore, one of the objects of the present invention is to provide a method for detecting a gesture to display an application container and a touch device thereof to solve the above problems.

The present invention discloses an application display method for a touch device, comprising: generating an electronic signal corresponding to one of the gestures according to a gesture applied to one of the touch panels of the touch device; The signal generates a detection result, wherein the detection result includes the gesture corresponding to a first position on the touch panel; and when the detection result indicates that the gesture is a multi-finger capture gesture, starting a An application container; and outputting a control signal to the touch panel according to the application container to display the application container in the first location.

The present invention further discloses a touch device, comprising: a touch panel, configured to generate an electronic signal corresponding to the gesture according to a gesture applied to the touch panel, and display an application according to a control signal a detection unit, configured to generate a detection result according to the electronic signal, wherein the detection result includes the gesture corresponding to a first position on the touch panel; a determining unit, configured to The detection result indicates that the gesture is a multi-finger gesture, the application container is started; and a control unit is configured to output the control signal to the touch panel according to the application container to apply the application to the application The program container is displayed in the first position.

It can be seen that the present invention provides a method for detecting a gesture on a touch panel of a touch device to display an application container and a touch device thereof, which can quickly call out through a grab gesture. Application menus and function menus eliminate the complicated operation process and improve the efficiency of use.

Certain terms are used throughout the description and following claims to refer to particular elements. It should be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art that hardware manufacturers may refer to the same elements by different nouns. The scope of this specification and the subsequent patent application do not use the difference of the names as the means for distinguishing the elements, but the difference in function of the elements as the criterion for distinguishing. The term "including" as used throughout the specification and subsequent claims is an open term and should be interpreted as "including but not limited to". In addition, the term "coupled" is used herein to include any direct and indirect electrical connection. Therefore, if a first device is coupled to a second device, it means that the first device can be directly electrically connected to the second device or indirectly electrically connected to the second device through other devices or connection means.

Please refer to FIG. 1 . FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram showing a first embodiment of a touch device 100 according to the present invention. The touch device 100 includes, but is not limited to, a touch panel 101, a detecting unit 110, a determining unit 120, and a control unit 130. The touch panel 101 is an input device of the touch device 100 for generating an electronic signal SIG corresponding to one of the gestures according to a gesture applied to the touch panel 101. The detection unit 110 is coupled to the touch panel 101 for generating a detection result DR according to the electronic signal SIG. The detection result DR includes information corresponding to a first position P1 on the touch panel 110. The determining unit 120 is coupled to the detecting unit 110 for starting an application container APC when the detecting result DR indicates that the gesture is a multi-finger grab gesture. The control unit 130 is coupled to the determining unit 120 and the touch panel 101 for outputting a control signal CTRL to the touch panel 101 according to the application container APC. The touch panel 101 displays the application container APC according to the control signal CTRL. a position P1. In this embodiment, the first position P1 is a center point of the gesture, but this is not a limitation of the present invention, and the first position to P1 may also be defined as a position close to the point of the gesture. In other words, the display position of the application container APC is not fixed, but the display position is changed depending on the position of the gesture. The application container APC includes an application menu APP_LST and a function menu AXN_LST. In this embodiment, the function menu AXN_LST presents a round disc shape, and the application menu APP_LST is displayed in an arc shape on the periphery of the function menu AXN_LST. Those of ordinary skill in the art may modify or vary, but are not limited thereto. The touch device 100 can be a notebook computer or a tablet computer, and the touch panel 101 is a multi-touch touch panel, a capacitive touch panel, a resistive touch panel or an optical touch. Control panel, but this is not a limitation of the invention.

In detail, when detecting the electronic signal SIG, the detecting unit 110 can determine the type of the gesture according to the characteristics of the electronic signal SIG, and relevant information (such as start state, process, end state, location, etc.) Compiled into the detection result DR, wherein the position of the gesture corresponds to the first position P1, so that the determining unit 120 can start the application container APC when the detection result DR indicates that the gesture is a gesture of multi-finger capture. The control unit 130 can output the control signal CTRL to the touch panel 101 according to the application container APC to display the application container APC in the first position P1. It should be noted that the multi-finger grab gesture is only one of the reference embodiments in this embodiment, and the spirit is that the gesture can be implemented by non-single finger or double finger, and the person with ordinary knowledge in the field can Modifications or variations, the invention is not limited thereto.

The following is an example of how the touch device displays the relevant operations of the application container. Please refer to FIG. 2, which is a schematic diagram of an example of displaying an application container using a multi-finger grab gesture on the touch device 100. The second figure includes two sub-pictures of FIG. 2a and FIG. 2b, and FIG. 2a is a schematic diagram of an example of a multi-finger grab gesture applied to the touch device 100 of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 2a, when the user applies a multi-finger grab gesture to the touch panel 101, the touch panel 101 generates a corresponding electronic signal SIG, and the detecting unit 110 is based on the electronic signal. The SIG generates the detection result DR, wherein the detection result DR includes the first position P1. In the embodiment, the first position P1 corresponds to the position where the multi-finger capture gesture acts on the touch panel 101. Please refer to FIG. 2b. FIG. 2b is a schematic diagram showing an example of the application device container APC of the touch device 100 of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 2b, when the detection result DR indicates that the gesture is a multi-finger grab gesture, the determining unit 120 starts the application container APC, and then the control unit 130 outputs the control signal CTRL according to the application container APC. The touch panel 101 is displayed to display the application container APC at the first position P1.

In addition, the control unit 130 is further configured to display an interactive operation interface UI corresponding to one of the applications on the second display position P2 of the touch panel 101 after the application is started, wherein the interactive operation interface UI is Used to control the application. Please refer to FIG. 3 , which is a schematic diagram showing an example of the interactive operation interface UI of the touch device 100 of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 3, the interactive operation interface UI in this embodiment is a control panel of a multimedia player for controlling the multimedia player. After the multimedia player is activated, the control unit 130 displays the control panel on the second display position P2 on the touch panel 101 (ie, the block below the touch panel 101). It should be noted that the second display position P2 is preset in each application, and those skilled in the art should be able to easily understand, and will not be described here.

Please refer to FIG. 4 , which is a schematic diagram showing a second embodiment of a touch device 400 according to the present invention. The touch device 100 of FIG. 1 is similar to the touch device 400 of FIG. 4 . The difference between the touch device 400 and the touch device 400 is that the touch device 400 further includes an information unit 440 coupled to the control unit 130 and the determining unit 120. To obtain an application information INFO of an application in the application menu APP_LST, wherein the application information INFO includes at least one application name NAME and an application snapshot location SNAPSOT_PATH, the control unit 130 can be based on the application name NAME and the The application snapshot location SNAPSOT_PATH outputs a control signal CTRL to the touch panel 101 to display a name of the application and a snapshot at the first location P1. Since the application name NAME may need to support multiple languages, the present invention can use a dynamic-link library (DLL) file to store names in multiple languages. Please refer to FIG. 5 , which is a schematic diagram showing an example of the application device container APC of the touch device 400 of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 5, the function menu AXN_LST presents the wheel shape displayed in the middle of the touch panel 101, and the application menu APP_LST has an arc shape, and the application snapshot array is displayed on the periphery of the function menu AXN_LST. The application menu APP_LST can select the application to be executed through a single-finger gesture operation. When the finger is dragged on the touch panel 101 to display the application menu APP_LST, the snapshot of the application selected by the finger will be It is emphasized to make it easier for the user to identify the selected application.

In addition, the application information INFO further includes a window name TITLE, an executable file name EXE, an application installation location INST_PATH, and a parameter AGU required for execution of an application. The window name TITLE can be used to implement message handling between the application container APC and the application. For example, the application container APC can use the window name TITLE to transmit an updated snapshot message UD_SNAPSHOT_MSG to the application in the container. The application corresponding to the window name TITLE is required to update its snapshot, or the application corresponding to the window name is requested to be closed by transmitting a message KILL_MSG to close the application. On the other hand, the execution file name EXE, the application installation location INST_PATH, and the parameter AGU required for execution of the application can be used to generate an execution command CMD to execute the application. It should be noted that the use of the window name to transmit messages and generate execution commands is easily understood and implemented by those skilled in the art. For the sake of brevity, it will not be repeated here.

The operation of the touch device 100 can be further summarized into an application display method flow 60, as shown in FIG. 6, which includes, but is not limited to, the following steps (note that if substantially the same result is obtained, These steps are not necessarily performed in accordance with the execution order shown in Figure 6):

Step S600: Start.

Step S610: Generate an electronic signal SIG corresponding to the gesture according to a gesture applied to the touch panel 110.

Step S620: The detection result DR is generated according to the electronic signal SIG, wherein the detection result DR includes the gesture corresponding to the first position P1 on the touch panel 110.

Step S630: Start the application container APC when the detection result DR indicates that the gesture is a gesture of multi-finger capture.

Step S640: The control signal CTRL is generated according to the application container APC to display the application container APC in the first position P1.

Step S650: End.

The steps of the application display method flow 60 are the operation modes of the components of the touch device 100. For details and changes, reference may be made to the foregoing, and details are not described herein.

The operation of the touch device 400 can be further summarized into an application display method flow 70, as shown in FIG. 7, which includes (but is not limited to) the following steps (note that if substantially the same result is obtained, These steps are not necessarily performed in the order of execution shown in Figure 7):

Step S700: Start.

Step S710: Generate an electronic signal SIG corresponding to the gesture according to a gesture applied to the touch panel 110.

Step S720: Generate a detection result DR according to the electronic signal SIG.

Step S730: When the detection result DR indicates that the gesture is a gesture of multi-finger capture, launch the application container APC, which includes an application menu APP_LST and a function menu AXN_LST.

Step S740: Obtain an application information INFO of an application in the application menu, wherein the application information INFO includes at least an application name NAME and an application snapshot location SNAPSOT_PATH.

Step S750: Output a control signal CTRL to the touch panel 101 according to the application name NAME and the application snapshot location SNAPSOT_PATH to display a name of the application and a snapshot at the first location P1.

Step S760: End.

The steps of the application display method flow 70 are the operation modes of the components of the touch device 400. For detailed descriptions and changes, reference may be made to the foregoing, and details are not described herein.

The steps of the above-described various processes are merely examples of the present invention, and are not intended to limit the present invention, and the methods may further include other intermediate steps or may be several without departing from the spirit of the present invention. The steps are combined into a single step to make the appropriate changes.

It is also worth noting that the application menu APP_LST is extensible, that is to say, when the application container APC starts up, it will check the new application project according to the specification, and display the application menu. APP_LST displays the new application project. In addition, the application snapshot can be updated according to the application's properties. For example, for the word processing application, the application can be updated when the program is closed. Snapshots, on the other hand, can be used to browse the Internet for applications that update their snapshots in real-time, allowing users to enhance their experience with snapshot updates.

It can be seen that the present invention provides a method for detecting a gesture on a touch panel of a touch device to display an application container and a touch device thereof, thereby facilitating the user in any state. You can quickly call out the application menu and function menus through the grab gestures to see which common applications and unique features are available, eliminating the complicated operation process and improving the efficiency of use.

The above are only the preferred embodiments of the present invention, and all changes and modifications made to the scope of the present invention should be within the scope of the present invention.

100, 400. . . Touch device

110. . . Detection unit

120. . . Decision unit

130. . . control unit

440. . . Information unit

101. . . Touch panel

S600~S650, S700~S750. . . step

FIG. 1 is a schematic view showing a first embodiment of a touch device according to the present invention.

Figure 2 (comprising Figures 2a and 2b) is a schematic diagram showing an example of displaying an application container using a multi-finger grab gesture on a touch device.

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram showing an example of an interactive operation interface of the touch device of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a schematic view showing a second embodiment of a touch device according to the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram showing an example of an application container of the touch device of the present invention.

Figure 6 is a flow chart of a display application container of the present invention.

Figure 7 is a flow chart of another display application container of the present invention.

100. . . Touch device

110. . . Detection unit

120. . . Decision unit

130. . . control unit

101. . . Touch panel

Claims (13)

An application display method for a touch device includes: generating an electronic signal corresponding to one of the gestures according to a gesture applied to one of the touch panels of the touch device; generating a detect according to the electronic signal a detection result, wherein the detection result includes the gesture corresponding to a first position on the touch panel; and when the detection result indicates that the gesture is a multi-finger capture gesture, an application container is started; And outputting a control signal to the touch panel according to the application container to display the application container directly in the first location; wherein the application container includes an application menu, and the application menu is caused by the application container The update is initiated and the display portion of an updated application container changes as the first position of the gesture changes. The method of claim 1, wherein the application container includes a function menu. The method of claim 2, wherein the step of outputting a control signal to the touch panel according to the application container to display the application container in the first location comprises: obtaining the application menu An application information of an application, wherein the application information includes at least one application name and an application snapshot location; And outputting the control signal to the touch panel according to the application name and the application snapshot location to display a name of the application and a snapshot in the first location. The method of claim 3, wherein the application information further includes a window name for processing the message between the application container and the at least one application. The method of claim 1, further comprising: after an application is launched, displaying an interactive operation interface corresponding to the application on a second display position on the touch panel, wherein the The interactive interface is used to control the application. The method of claim 2, wherein the function menu is in the shape of a wheel, and the application menu is in a circular arc shape and is presented on the periphery of the function menu. The method of claim 6, wherein the application menu selects an application to be executed by a single-finger drag gesture. A touch device includes: a touch panel configured to generate an electronic signal corresponding to the gesture according to a gesture applied to the touch panel, and display an application according to a control signal a detection unit coupled to the touch panel for generating a detection result according to the electronic signal, wherein the detection result includes the gesture corresponding to a first position on the touch panel a determining unit coupled to the detecting unit, configured to start the application container when the detecting result indicates that the gesture is a gesture of multi-finger grabbing; and a control unit coupled to the determining unit And the touch panel, configured to output the control signal to the touch panel according to the application container to directly display the application container in the first location; wherein the application container includes an application menu, the application The program menu will be updated due to the launch of the application container, and the display portion of an updated application container will change as the first position of the gesture changes. The touch device of claim 8, wherein the application container includes a function menu. The touch device of claim 9 further comprising an information unit coupled to the control unit and the determining unit for obtaining application information of an application in the application menu, wherein the application The program information includes at least one application name and an application snapshot location, and the control unit can output the control signal to the touch panel according to the application name and the application snapshot location to display the name of the application. And a snapshot in the first location. The touch device of claim 10, wherein the application information further includes a window name for processing the message between the application container and the application. The touch device of claim 8, wherein the control unit is further configured to display, after the application is started, a second display corresponding to the interactive operation interface of the application on the touch panel In position, the interactive interface is used to control the application. The touch device of claim 8, wherein the function menu is in the shape of a wheel, and the application menu is in a circular arc shape and is presented on the periphery of the function menu.