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US 10,481,707 · App. 14/706,186 · Granted Nov 19, 2019

Touch sensitive information transmission method, processor and system

Inventor: Chin-Fu Chang (Taipei, TW)
Assignee: EGALAX_EMPIA TECHNOLOGY INC.
G06F3/041
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Patent No.
US 10,481,707
App. No.
14/706,186
Granted
Nov 19, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present application provides a touch sensitive information transmission method, comprising: transmitting sensing information of at least line piece of a first electrode, and detecting sensing information of a second electrode.

Claims (28)

1. A touch sensitive information transmission method, comprising:

detecting a plurality of line pieces generated by a plurality of approaching/touching events, wherein the plurality of line pieces includes a plurality of signal values accumulated from a plurality of difference values with noises, the plurality of signal values has a gradient phenomenon with regard to the accumulated noises;

determining the plurality of approaching/touching events corresponding to the plurality of line pieces;

setting an event sequence of the plurality of approaching/touching events;

correcting the gradient phenomenon of the plurality of line pieces to filter the noises; and

transmitting the sensing information of all of the corrected plurality of line pieces of each approaching/touching event according to the event sequence.

2. The touch sensitive information transmission method of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of line pieces are all or part of line pieces of a touch device.

3. The touch sensitive information transmission method of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of line pieces are detected based on the sensing information of each electrode, and the detection of the plurality of line pieces comprises:

driving the electrode;

detecting a plurality of sensing electrode to obtain the sensing information of a sensing point of each sensing electrode corresponding to the electrode, wherein the electrode is perpendicular to each sensing electrode; and

determining whether there is at least one line piece of the electrode based on the sensing information of each sensing point of the electrode.

4. The touch sensitive information transmission method of claim 3 , wherein it is determined that there is at least one line piece of the electrode while each of a plurality of continuous sensing points is with a non-zero value, wherein the length of the at least one line piece is the length of the plurality of continuous sensing points.

5. The touch sensitive information transmission method of claim 3 , wherein the sensing information of each line piece comprises at least one of the following parameters: beginning point of line piece, ending point of line piece, length of line piece, electrode number, signal of each sensing point of line piece, total signals included by the line piece and centroid position of line piece, wherein the signal of each sensing point of line piece comprises signal values, difference values, or dual-difference values.

6. The touch sensitive information transmission method of claim 1 , wherein the sensing information excluding the sensing information of at least one of the plurality of line pieces is not transmitted.

7. A touch sensitive information transmission processor, executing the following steps:

detecting a plurality of line pieces generated by a plurality of approaching/touching events, wherein the plurality of line pieces includes a plurality of signal values accumulated from a plurality of difference values with noises, the plurality of signal values has a gradient phenomenon with regard to the accumulated noises;

determining the plurality of approaching/touching events corresponding to the plurality of line pieces;

setting an event sequence of the plurality of approaching/touching events;

correcting the gradient phenomenon of the plurality of line pieces to filter the noises; and

transmitting the sensing information of all of the corrected plurality of line pieces of each approaching/touching event according to the event sequence.

8. The touch sensitive information transmission processor of claim 7 , wherein the plurality of line pieces are all or part of line pieces of a touch device.

9. The touch sensitive information transmission processor of claim 7 , wherein the plurality of line pieces are detected based on the sensing information of each electrode, and the detection of the plurality of line pieces comprises:

driving the electrode;

detecting a plurality of sensing electrode to obtain the sensing information of a sensing point of each sensing electrode corresponding to the electrode, wherein the electrode is perpendicular to each sensing electrode; and

determining whether there is at least one line piece of the electrode based on the sensing information of each sensing point of the electrode.

10. The touch sensitive information transmission processor of claim 9 , wherein it is determined that there is at least one line piece of the electrode while each of a plurality of continuous sensing points is with a non-zero value, wherein the length of the at least one line piece is the length of the plurality of continuous sensing points.

11. The touch sensitive information transmission processor of claim 9 , wherein the sensing information of each line piece comprises at least one of the following parameters: beginning point of line piece, ending point of line piece, length of line piece, electrode number, signal of each sensing point of line piece, total signals included by the line piece and centroid position of line piece, wherein the signal of each sensing point of line piece comprises signal values, difference values, or dual-difference values.

12. The touch sensitive information transmission processor of claim 7 , wherein the sensing information excluding the sensing information of at least one of the plurality of line pieces is not transmitted.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 7, 2015
From: CHANG, CHIN-FU
To: EGALAX_EMPIA TECHNOLOGY INC.
Reel/Frame 035584/0965 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 61989658 · May 7, 2014
Related Publication 20150324034A1 · Nov 12, 2015