IP Library Granted Patent US 8,619,060
Granted Patent B2
US 8,619,060 · App. 12/578,717 · Granted Dec 31, 2013

Multi-touch positioning method and multi-touch screen

Inventor: Yanfeng Wang (Beijing, CN)
Assignee: Beijing Boe Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.
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Patent No.
US 8,619,060
App. No.
12/578,717
Granted
Dec 31, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention relates to a multi-touch positioning method and a multi-touch screen. The multi-touch positioning method comprising: emitting, by a first infrared ray generator set at a first angle of a display panel, infrared rays at a first wavelength; emitting, by a second infrared ray generator set at a second angle, infrared rays at a second wavelength; receiving the infrared rays of the first wavelength and generating a first infrared ray image by a first infrared ray image sensor set at an opposite angle of the first angle; receiving the infrared rays of the second wavelength and generating a second infrared ray image by a second infrared ray image sensor set at an opposite angle of the second angle; and performing processings for the first infrared ray image and the second infrared ray image to determine at least one touch point.

Claims (18)

1. A multi-touch positioning method, comprising:

emitting, by a first infrared ray generator set at a first angle of a display panel, infrared rays at a first wavelength, and emitting, by a second infrared ray generator set at a second angle, infrared rays at a second wavelength;

receiving the infrared rays of the first wavelength and generating a first infrared ray image by a first infrared ray image sensor set at an opposite angle of the first angle, and receiving the infrared rays of the second wavelength and generating a second infrared ray image by a second infrared ray image sensor set at an opposite angle of the second angle; and

performing touch point position processings for the first infrared ray image and the second infrared ray image to determine at least one touch point, comprising:

performing image correction processing for the first infrared ray image and the second infrared ray image;

performing analog to digital conversion for the first infrared ray image and the second infrared ray image subjected to the image correction processing, to generate a first digital image and a second digital image;

performing discrimination processing for the first digital image and the second digital image, to obtain a first projection position in the first digital image of the touch point and a second projection position in the second digital image of the touch point;

determining a position of the touch point according to the first projection position and the second projection position, wherein

when the first angle and the second angle are adjacent angles, following processings are performed:

generating a first marking position on a second diagonal according to the first projection position, and generating a second marking position on a first diagonal according to the second projection position, wherein the first diagonal is a connecting line between a vertex of the first angle and a vertex of the opposite angle of the first angle, and the second diagonal is a connecting line between a vertex of the second angle and a vertex of the opposite angle of the second angle;

generating a first linear function according to a position of the vertex of the opposite angle of the first angle and the first marking position, and generating a second linear function according to a position of the vertex of the opposite angle of the second angle and the second marking position; and

obtaining coordinates of the touch point according to the first linear function and the second linear function; and wherein

when the first angle and the second angle are opposite angles, following processings are performed:

generating a first marking position on a second diagonal according to the first projection position, and generating a second marking position on the second diagonal according to the second projection position, wherein the second diagonal is a connecting line between vertexes of two adjacent angles of the first angle;

generating a first linear function according to a position of the vertex of the opposite angle of the first angle and the first marking position, and generating a second linear function according to a position of the vertex of the opposite angle of the second angle and the second marking position; and

obtaining coordinates of the touch point according to the first linear function and the second linear function.

2. The multi-touch positioning method according to claim 1 , wherein emission angles of the first infrared ray generator and the second infrared ray generator are greater than or equal to 90 degrees, and sensing angles of the first infrared ray image sensor and the second infrared ray image sensor are greater than or equal to 90 degrees.

3. The multi-touch positioning method according to claim 2 , further comprising: performing identification processing for the first infrared ray image and the second infrared ray image.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 22, 2015
From: BEIJING BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD
To: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.; BEIJING BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO. LTD
Reel/Frame 036644/0601 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 14, 2009
From: WANG, YANFENG
To: BEIJING BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 023369/0301 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 2008 1 0224095 · Oct 15, 2008 · national
Continuity (1)
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