IP Library Granted Patent US 9,317,167
Granted Patent B2
US 9,317,167 · App. 14/278,341 · Granted Apr 19, 2016

Touch control system and signal processing method thereof

Inventors: Chao-Ting Cheng (Hsinchu County, TW); Meng-Che Tsai (Hsinchu County, TW); Chao-Cheng Wen (Hsinchu County, TW)
Assignee: MSTAR SEMICONDUCTOR, INC.
G06F3/044G06F3/0418
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 9,317,167
App. No.
14/278,341
Granted
Apr 19, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

A signal processing method for a touch panel is provided. The touch panel includes a first sensing region and a second sensing region. The first sensing region is monitored by at least one first sensor to generate a first monitoring result. The second sensing region is monitored by at least one second sensor to generate a second monitoring result. The signal processing method includes determining whether a touch point formed in the first sensing region is close to the second sensing region, and generating position information of the touch point according to the first monitoring result and the second monitoring result when the touch point is close to the second sensing region.

Claims (23)

1. A signal processing method for a touch panel, the touch panel comprising a first sensing region and a second sensing region, the first sensing region being monitored by at least one sensor to generate a first monitoring result, the second sensing region being monitored by at least one sensor to generate a second monitoring result, wherein the first monitoring result comprising a plurality of first sub-results and the second monitoring result comprising a plurality of second sub-result, the signal processing method comprising:

grouping the first sub-results to generate a first grouping result;

grouping the second sub-results to generate a second grouping result;

determining that the first sensing change group forms the touch point in the first sensing region when the first group result indicates that a first sensing change group occurs in the first sensing region and the second grouping result indicates that no sensing change group occurs in the second sensing region;

determining a distance between the first sensing change group and the second sensing change group when the first group indicates that the first sensing change group occurs in the first sensing region and the second grouping result indicates that a second sensing change group occurs in the second sensing region;

determining that the first sensing change group forms the touch point in the first sensing region and the second sensing change group forms another touch point in the second sensing region when the distance is greater than a threshold;

collectively regarding the first sensing change group and the second sensing change group as an intermediate touch point, and generating position information of the intermediate touch point according to the first monitoring result and the second monitoring result when the distance is smaller than the threshold; and

performing step (a) and step (b) for the touch point:

a) determining whether a touch point formed in the first sensing region is close to the second region; and

b) generating position information of the touch point according to the first monitoring result and the second monitoring result when a determination result of step (a) is affirmative.

2. The signal processing method according to claim 1 , further comprising:

when the determination result of step (a) is negative, generating the position information according to the first monitoring result.

3. The signal processing method according to claim 1 , wherein the first sensing region comprises a pre-defined border range deemed close to the second sensing region, and step (b) determines whether the touch point is close to the second sensing region by determining whether the touch point falls within the border range.

4. A touch control system, comprising:

a first sensing region;

a second sensing region;

at least one first sensor, configured to monitor the first sensing region to generate a first monitoring result, wherein the first monitoring result comprises a plurality of first sub-results;

at least one second sensor, configured to monitor the second sensing region to generate a second monitoring result, wherein the second monitoring result comprises a plurality of second sub-results;

a control module, configured to determine whether a touch point formed in the first sensing region is close to the second sensing region, and to generate position information of the touch point according to the first monitoring result and the second monitoring result when the touch point is close to the second sensing region, wherein the control module generates the position information according to the first monitoring result when the touch point is not close to the second region; and

a grouping module, configured to group the first sub-results to generate a first grouping result and to group the second sub-results to generate a second grouping result;

wherein, when the first group result indicates that a first sensing change group occurs in the first sensing region and the second grouping result indicates that no sensing change group occurs in the second sensing region, the control module determines that the first sensing change group forms the touch point in the first sensing region; and

wherein when the first group result indicates that the first sensing change group occurs in the first sensing region and the second grouping result indicates that a second sensing change group occurs in the second sensing region, the control module determines a distance between the first sensing change group and the second sensing change group, when the distance is greater than a threshold the control module determines that the first sensing change group forms the touch point in the first sensing region and the second sensing change group forms another touch point in the second sensing region, and when the distance is smaller than the threshold, the control module collectively regards the first sensing change group and the second sensing change group as an intermediate touch point, and generates position information of the intermediate touch point according to the first monitoring result and the second monitoring result.

5. The touch control system according to claim 4 , wherein the first sensing region comprises a pre-defined border range deemed close to the second sensing region, and the control module determines whether the touch point is close to the second sensing region by determining whether the touch point falls within the border range.

Assignments (4)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 30, 2022
From: ILI TECHNOLOGY HOLDING CORPORATION
To: ILI TECHNOLOGY CORP.
Reel/Frame 060262/0911 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 5, 2021
From: ILI TECHNOLOGY CORP.
To: ILI TECHNOLOGY HOLDING CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 055257/0614 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 27, 2018
From: MSTAR SEMICONDUCTOR, INC.
To: ILI TECHNOLOGY CORP.
Reel/Frame 047597/0134 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 15, 2014
From: CHENG, CHAO-TING; TSAI, MENG-CHE; WEN, CHAO-CHENG
To: MSTAR SEMICONDUCTOR, INC.
Reel/Frame 032902/0665 →
Priority Claims (1)
TW 102117396 A · May 16, 2013 · national
Continuity (1)
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