IP Library Granted Patent US 9,292,124
Granted Patent B2
US 9,292,124 · App. 13/936,776 · Granted Mar 22, 2016

Information terminal device and touch coordinate determination method

Inventor: Yohei Sugiura (Kawasaki, JP)
Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITED
G06F3/0416G06F3/044G06F3/045G06F2203/04106
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Patent No.
US 9,292,124
App. No.
13/936,776
Granted
Mar 22, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

A mobile terminal device includes an electrostatic touch panel, a resistive touch panel, a memory, and a processor connected to the memory. The processor acquires a touch coordinate detected on at least one of the electrostatic touch panel and the resistive touch panel and determines a touch mode including the presence or absence of strong touch at equal to or higher than a predetermined pressure based on the acquired touch coordinate. Then, the processor specifies a touch coordinate at which the strong touch is made when a touch mode with the strong touch is determined and the touch coordinate is detected on each of the electrostatic touch panel and the resistive touch panel.

Claims (33)

1. An information terminal device comprising:

a first touch panel that is configured to detect a touch coordinate with an electrostatic capacitance system;

a second touch panel that is provided so as to be superimposed on the first touch panel and is configured to detect a touch coordinate with a resistance film system;

a memory; and

a processor connected to the memory, wherein

the processor executes a process comprising:

acquiring a plurality of touch coordinates detected on the first touch panel and the second touch panel;

determining a touch mode including presence or absence of strong touch at equal to or higher than a predetermined pressure based on the acquired touch coordinates; and

specifying a touch coordinate at which the strong touch is made when the touch mode with the strong touch is determined, wherein

the specifying includes specifying that the strong touch is made at a combination of the touch coordinates, among a plurality of combinations of touch coordinates detected on the first touch panel, whose representative point obtained from the combination of the touch coordinates is closest to a touch coordinate detected on the second touch panel.

2. The information terminal device according to claim 1 , wherein the determining includes:

first determining whether a distance between a touch coordinate detected on the first touch panel and the touch coordinate detected on the second touch panel is equal to or larger than a predetermined value; and

second determining whether the strong touch is made at only one place based on a result of the first determining.

3. The information terminal device according to claim 2 , wherein the second determining includes determining that strong touch with a conductor is made at only one place when the distance between the touch coordinate detected on the first touch panel and the touch coordinate detected on the second touch panel is smaller than the predetermined value.

4. The information terminal device according to claim 3 , wherein the specifying includes specifying that the strong touch is made at only the touch coordinate detected on the first touch panel and of which distance to the touch coordinate detected on the second touch panel is smaller than the predetermined value.

5. The information terminal device according to claim 1 , wherein the determining includes:

third determining whether the touch coordinate detected on the second touch panel is included in a detection range which encompasses all touch coordinates detected on the first touch panel; and

fourth determining whether the strong touch is made at a plurality of places based on a result of the third determining.

6. The information terminal device according to claim 5 , wherein the fourth determining includes determining that strong touch with a conductor is made at a plurality of places when the touch coordinate detected on the second touch panel is included in the detection range of the touch coordinates detected on the first touch panel.

7. The information terminal device according to claim 5 , wherein the fourth determining includes determining that strong touch with an insulator is made in a state where a hand makes contact with the first touch panel when the touch coordinate detected on the second touch panel is not included in the detection range of the touch coordinates detected on the first touch panel.

8. The information terminal device according to claim 7 , wherein the specifying includes:

calculating a correction factor based on an area of a detection region corresponding to the touch coordinate detected on the first touch panel; and

specifying that the strong touch is made at a coordinate obtained by correcting the touch coordinate detected on the second touch panel by using the correction factor.

9. A touch coordinate determination method comprising:

acquiring a plurality of touch coordinates detected on a first touch panel that is configured to detect a touch coordinate with an electrostatic capacitance system and a second touch panel that is provided so as to be superimposed on the first touch panel and configured to detect a touch coordinate with a resistance film system;

determining a touch mode including presence or absence of strong touch at equal to or higher than a predetermined pressure based on the acquired touch coordinates; and

specifying a touch coordinate at which the strong touch is made when the touch mode with the strong touch is determined, wherein

the specifying includes specifying that the strong touch is made at a combination of the touch coordinates, among a plurality of combinations of touch coordinates detected on the first touch panel, whose representative point obtained from the combination of the touch coordinates is closest to a touch coordinate detected on the second touch panel.

10. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium having stored therein a touch coordinate determination program that causes a computer to execute a process comprising:

acquiring a plurality of touch coordinates detected on a first touch panel that is configured to detect a touch coordinate with an electrostatic capacitance system and a second touch panel that is provided so as to be superimposed on the first touch panel and configured to detect a touch coordinate with a resistance film system;

determining a touch mode including presence or absence of strong touch at equal to or higher than a predetermined pressure based on the acquired touch coordinates; and

specifying a touch coordinate at which the strong touch is made when the touch mode with the strong touch is determined, wherein

the specifying includes specifying that the strong touch is made at a combination of the touch coordinates, among a plurality of combinations of touch coordinates detected on the first touch panel, whose representative point obtained from the combination of the touch coordinates is closest to a touch coordinate detected on the second touch panel.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 1, 2013
From: SUGIURA, YOHEI
To: FUJITSU LIMITED
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Priority Claims (1)
JP 2012-200766 · Sep 12, 2012 · national
Continuity (1)
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