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Granted Patent B2
US 9,395,825 · App. 14/448,424 · Granted Jul 19, 2016

Touch input device

Inventors: Chia-Hsiu Lin (Hsinchu, TW); Te-Chang Lin (Hsinchu, TW); Ya-Ling Lu (Pingtung, TW); Yi-Ming Chen (Tainan, TW); Wei-Yuan Cheng (Taichung, TW)
Assignee: Raydium Semiconductor Corporation
G06F3/03545G06F3/033G06F3/041G06F3/0414
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Patent No.
US 9,395,825
App. No.
14/448,424
Granted
Jul 19, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

A touch input device includes a body and a sensing module. The body has an external surface which encloses an accommodation space. The sensing module is disposed in the accommodation space and includes a sensing unit and a signal operation unit. The sensing unit generates a sensing signal. The signal operation unit generates a surface result signal according to the sensing signal to adjust a surface character of the external surface.

Claims (25)

1. A touch input device for use with a display touch surface, comprising:

a body having an external surface enclosing an accommodation space, the external surface including a touch end surface for contacting or being located near the display touch surface; and

a sensing module disposed in the accommodation space, the sensing module comprising:

a sensing unit sensing a surface structure of the display touch surface to generate a surface-sensing signal; and

a signal operation unit generating a surface result signal according to the surface-sensing signal to deform the touch end surface to fit the surface structure of the display touch surface.

2. The touch input device of claim 1 , wherein the sensing unit further senses a relative angle between the body and a display touch surface to generate an angle-sensing signal.

3. The touch input device of claim 1 , wherein the external surface further includes a holding surface connected to the touch end surface and the sensing unit further senses a degree of touch on the holding surface to generate a touch-sensing signal; the signal operation unit generates a deformation signal according to the touch-sensing signal to deform the holding surface to adjust friction coefficient of the holding surface.

4. The touch input device of claim 1 , wherein the surface result signal comprises a deformation signal; the touch end surface is deformed to have a contour profile according to the deformation signal.

5. The touch input device of claim 4 , wherein the contour profile comprises a plane, a curve surface, or a conical surface.

6. The touch input device of claim 4 , wherein after the touch end surface is deformed, the contour profile of the touch end surface matches the surface structure of the display touch surface.

7. The touch input device of claim 1 , further comprising:

a signal-amplifying unit coupled between the sensing unit and the signal operation unit, wherein the signal-amplifying unit amplifies the surface-sensing signal and transmits the surface-sensing signal to the signal operation unit.

8. The touch input device of claim 1 , further comprising:

a decoding module coupled to the sensing module and receiving the surface result signal, wherein the decoding module generates a surface-adjusting signal according to the surface result signal to deform the touch end surface.

9. A touch input device for use with a display touch surface, comprising:

a body having an external surface enclosing an accomodation space, the external surface including a touch end surface for contacting or being located near the display touch surface and a holding surface connected to the touch end surface; and

a sensing module disposed in the accommodation space, the sensing module comprising:

a sensing unit sensing a degree of touch on the holding surface to generate a touch-sensing signal; and

a signal operation unit generating a deformation signal according to the touch-sensing signal to deform the holding surface to adjust friction coefficient of the holding surface.

10. The touch input device of claim 9 , wherein the holding surface comprises a plurality of holding areas; the holding surface is deformed to adjust the friction coefficient of each holding area.

11. The touch input device of claim 9 , wherein the holding surface is deformed to have a rough surface, a smooth surface, or a curve surface.

12. The touch input device of claim 9 , further comprising:

a signal-amplifying unit coupled between the sensing unit and the signal operation unit, wherein the signal-amplifying unit amplifies the touch-sensing signal and transmits the touch-sensing signal to the signal operation unit.

13. The touch input device of claim 9 , further comprising:

a decoding module coupled to the sensing module and receiving the deformation signal, wherein the decoding module generates a surface-adjusting signal according to the deformation signal to deform the holding surface.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 31, 2014
From: LIN, CHIA-HSIU; LIN, TE-CHANG; LU, YA-LING; CHEN, YI-MING; CHENG, WEI-YUAN
To: RAYDIUM SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 033450/0362 →
Priority Claims (1)
TW 102127635 A · Aug 1, 2013 · national
Continuity (1)
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