IP Library Granted Patent US 12,455,653
Granted Patent B2
US 12,455,653 · App. 18/554,633 · Granted Oct 28, 2025

Touch interaction method and device

Inventors: Zhiqiang Wang (Beijing, CN); Ping Luo (Beijing, CN); Guiyu Zhang (Beijing, CN); Shuai Liu (Beijing, CN); Liqing Jiang (Beijing, CN); Shukui Yang (Beijing, CN)
Assignees: CHENGDU BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.; BEIJING BOE TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT CO., LTD.
G06F3/04166G06F1/1616G06F3/0202
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12,455,653
App. No.
18/554,633
Filed
Oct 10, 2023
Granted
Oct 28, 2025
Kind
B2
Examiner
CHOW, DOON Y
Art Unit
2627
USPC
345/168
Abstract

A touch interaction device includes an electronic device including a screen, an accessory device subordinate to the electronic device, and at least one sensing device. The at least one sensing device is disposed at a bottom of the accessory device, or the at least one sensing device is disposed at the bottom of the accessory device and on the electronic device. The electronic device is configured to: determine whether the accessory device is placed on the screen of the electronic device according to sensing information of the at least one sensing device; determine a screen shielding area according to position information of the at least one sensing device in a case where the accessory device is placed on the screen of the electronic device; and adjust touch scanning frequency of the screen shielding area and turn off display drive of the screen shielding area according to the screen shielding area.

Claims (42)

1. A touch interaction device, comprising an electronic device including a screen, an accessory device subordinate to the electronic device, and at least one sensing device, wherein the at least one sensing device is disposed in one of following ways:

the at least one sensing device is disposed at a bottom of the accessory device, and

the at least one sensing device is disposed at the bottom of the accessory device and on the electronic device; and

the electronic device is configured to:

determine whether the accessory device is placed on the screen of the electronic device according to sensing information of the at least one sensing device;

determine a screen shielding area according to position information of the at least one sensing device in a case where the accessory device is placed on the screen of the electronic device, the screen shielding area being an area of the screen of the electronic device blocked by the accessory device; and

adjust touch scanning frequency of the screen shielding area and turn off display drive of the screen shielding area according to the screen shielding area;

wherein the at least one sensing device includes at least one Hall sensor and a magnetic device corresponding to the Hall sensor;

wherein the screen of the electronic device includes two or more preset areas, each preset area corresponds to a control instruction, and the control instruction is used for turning off touch scanning and display drive of the preset area; each preset area includes at least one of the at least one sensing device, the screen shielding area includes at least one preset area, and the electronic device includes a processor, a touch chip and a display drive chip;

the processor is configured to send at least one control instruction in one-to-one correspondence to the at least one preset area to the touch chip and the display drive chip according to the at least one preset area;

the touch chip is configured to, according to the at least one control instruction, turn off touch scanning of the at least one preset area corresponding to the at least one control instruction; and

the display drive chip is configured to, according to the at least one control instruction, turn off display drive of the at least one preset area corresponding to the at least one control instruction.

2. The touch interaction device according to claim 1 , wherein the Hall sensor is disposed on the electronic device, and the magnetic device is disposed at the bottom of the accessory device; or

the Hall sensor is disposed at the bottom of the accessory device, and the magnetic device is disposed on the electronic device.

3. The touch interaction device according to claim 1 , wherein the electronic device being configured to adjust the touch scanning frequency of the screen shielding area according to the screen shielding area, includes:

the electronic device being configured to, according to the screen shielding area, turn off touch scanning of the screen shielding area.

4. The touch interaction device according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one sensing device is disposed at the bottom of the accessory device, and the at least one sensing device includes at least one of at least one device with a conductive function and at least one signal transmitter.

5. The touch interaction device according to claim 4 , wherein the electronic device being configured to adjust the touch scanning frequency of the screen shielding area according to the screen shielding area, includes:

the electronic device being configured to reduce the touch scanning frequency of the screen shielding area according to the screen shielding area.

6. The touch interaction device according to claim 1 , wherein the electronic device is further configured to:

restore the touch scanning frequency of the screen shielding area and turn on the display drive of the screen shielding area in a case where it is determined that the accessory device is away from the screen of the electronic device.

7. The touch interaction device according to claim 1 , wherein the screen of the electronic device is a foldable screen.

8. The touch interaction device according to claim 1 , wherein the accessory device includes a keyboard.

9. The touch interaction device according to claim 8 , wherein the screen of the electronic device is a foldable screen; a dimension of a long side of the keyboard is smaller than or equal to a dimension of a short side of the electronic device, and a dimension of a short side of the keyboard is smaller than or equal to a dimension of a half of a long side the electronic device; the short side of the electronic device is parallel to a folding line of the foldable screen of the electronic device, and the long side of the electronic device is perpendicular to the folding line of the foldable screen of the electronic device.

10. A touch interaction method applied to a touch interaction device, the touch interaction device including an electronic device including a screen, an accessory device subordinate to the electronic device, and at least one sensing device, wherein the at least one sensing device is disposed in one of following ways: the at least one sensing device is disposed at a bottom of the accessory device, and the at least one sensing device is disposed at the bottom of the accessory device and on the electronic device; and the method comprising:

determining, by the electronic device, whether the accessory device is placed on the screen of the electronic device according to sensing information of the at least one sensing device;

determining, by the electronic device, a screen shielding area according to position information of the at least one sensing device in a case where the accessory device is placed on the screen of the electronic device, the screen shielding area being an area of the screen of the electronic device blocked by the accessory device;

adjusting, by the electronic device, touch scanning frequency of the screen shielding area, and turning off, by the electronic device, display drive of the screen shielding area, according to the screen shielding area;

wherein the at least one sensing device includes at least one Hall sensor and a magnetic device corresponding to the Hall sensor;

wherein the screen of the electronic device includes a plurality of preset areas, each preset area corresponds to a control instruction, and the control instruction is used for turning off touch scanning and display drive of the preset area; each preset area includes at least one of the at least one sensing device, the screen shielding area includes at least one preset area, and the electronic device includes a processor, a touch chip and a display drive chip; and the electronic device adjusting the touch scanning frequency of the screen shielding area and turning off the display drive of the screen shielding area according to the screen shielding area, includes:

sending, by the processor, at least one control instruction in one-to-one correspondence to the at least one preset area to the touch chip and the display drive chip according to the at least one preset area;

turning off by the touch chip, touch scanning of the at least one preset area corresponding to the at least one control instruction according to the at least one control instruction; and

turning off by the display drive chip display drive of the at least one preset area corresponding to the at least one control instruction according to the at least one control instruction.

11. The touch interaction method according to claim 10 , wherein adjusting the touch scanning frequency of the screen shielding area according to the screen shielding area, includes:

turning off touch scanning of the screen shielding area according to the screen shielding area.

12. The touch interaction method according to claim 10 , wherein the at least one sensing device is disposed at the bottom of the accessory device, and the at least one sensing device includes at least one of at least one device with a conductive function and at least one signal transmitter.

13. The touch interaction method according to claim 12 , wherein adjusting the touch scanning frequency of the screen shielding area according to the screen shielding area, includes:

reducing the touch scanning frequency of the screen shielding area according to the screen shielding area.

14. The touch interaction method according to claim 10 , further comprising:

restoring the touch scanning frequency of the screen shielding area and turning on the display drive of the screen shielding area in a case where it is determined that the accessory device is away from the screen of the electronic device.

15. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having stored thereon computer program instructions that, when executed by a computer, perform the touch interaction method according to claim 10 .

16. A computer program product stored on a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, the computer program product comprising computer program instructions that are used for causing a computer to perform the touch interaction method according to claim 10 .

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 16, 2025
From: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
To: BEIJING BOE TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 072881/0322 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 10, 2023
From: WANG, ZHIQIANG; LUO, PING; ZHANG, GUIYU; LIU, SHUAI; JIANG, LIQING; YANG, SHUKUI
To: CHENGDU BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.; BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 065164/0294 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 202210396116.6 · Apr 15, 2022 · national
Continuity (1)
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