IP Library Granted Patent US 8,957,875
Granted Patent B2
US 8,957,875 · App. 13/591,338 · Granted Feb 17, 2015

Method for adjusting sensitivity of touch panels

Inventors: Cheng-Tai Huang (Hsinchu, TW); Chien-Yung Cheng (Hsinchu, TW)
Assignee: Shih Hua Technology Ltd.
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Patent No.
US 8,957,875
App. No.
13/591,338
Granted
Feb 17, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present application relates to a method for adjusting the sensitivity of a touch panel. A look up table is built. The look up table includes a charging station look up table and a discharging station look up table. The charging station look up table includes a threshold value (V 0m ) of a touch signal, an electrical quantity (A 0i ) corresponding to the threshold value (V 0m ), and a computational method g 1 . The discharging station look up table includes the threshold value (V 0m ), the electrical quantity (A 0i ), and a computational method g 2 . The current electrical quantity and whether the capacitive touch panel is charging are detected. According to the current electrical quantity, the state of charging or discharging, and the computational method g 1 or g 2 , the threshold value (V 0m ) is adjusted.

Claims (238)

1. A method for adjusting a sensitivity of a capacitive touch panel, the method comprising:

building a look up table comprising a charging station look up table and a discharging station look up table, wherein the charging station look up table comprises a threshold value (V 0m ) of a touch signal, an electrical quantity (A 0i ,) corresponding to the threshold value (V 0m ), and a computational method g 1 ; and the discharging station look up table comprises the threshold value (V 0m ), the electrical quantity (A 0i ), and a computational method g 2 , wherein building the charging station look up table comprises:

detecting the electrical quantity (A 0i ) at a moment (t) and touching the capacitive touch panel at the moment (t) to obtain a sensing signal (V 0i ) of a touch point, wherein the sensing signal (V 0i ) is set greater than a threshold value (V 0m );

detecting an electrical quantity (A 1i ) at a next moment (t+1), and touching the capacitive touch panel at the next moment (t+1), to obtain a sensing signal (V 1i ) of the touch point, wherein the sensing signal (V 1i ) is set greater than a threshold value (V 1m ), the electrical quantity (A 1i ) at the moment (t+1) is greater than the electrical quantity (A 0i ) at the moment (t), and V 0i −V 0m =V 1i −V 1m ; and

building an equation f 1 meeting a condition f 1 (V 0i , A 0i ,A 1i )=V 1i , and building an equation f 2 meeting a condition f 2 (V 0m V 1i ,V 0i )=V 1m , to obtain the computational method g 1 , wherein an electrical quantity of a moment (t+n) is defined as A ni , threshold value at the moment (t+n) as V nm , the computational method g 1 meets the conditions: g 1 (V 0m A 0i , A ni )=V nm ;

detecting a current electrical quantity;

determining whether the capacitive touch panel is charging; and

adjusting the threshold value (V 0m ), according to the current electrical quantity, the state of charging or discharging, and the computational method g 1 or g 2 .

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the equation f 1 is represented by

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3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the computational method g 1 (V 0m , A 0i , A ni ) meets a condition

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4. The method of claim 1 , wherein building the discharging station look up table comprises:

detecting the electrical quantity (A 0i ) at the moment (t), and touching the capacitive touch panel at the moment (t), to obtain the sensing signal (V 0i ) of a touch point, wherein the sensing signal (V 0i ) is set greater than the threshold value (V 0m );

detecting an electrical quantity (A 1i ′) at the next moment (t+1), and touching the capacitive touch panel at the next moment (t+1), to obtain a sensing signal (V 1i ′) of the touch point, wherein the sensing signal (V 1i ′) is set greater than a threshold value (V 1m ′), the electrical quantity (A 0i ) at the moment (t) is greater than the electrical quantity (A 1i ′) at the moment (t+1), and V 0i −V 0m =V 1i ′−V 1m ′; and

building an equation f 1 ′and an equation f 2 ′, the equation meeting a condition: f 1 ′, (V 0i , A 0i , A 1i ′)=V 1i ′, the equation f 2 ′meeting a condition f 2 ′(V 0m , V 1i ′, V 0i )=V 1m ′, wherein an electrical quantity at a moment (t+n) is defined as A ni ′, a threshold value at the moment (t+n) is defined as V nm ′, and the computational method g 2 meets a conditions: g 2 (V 0m , A 0i , A ni ′)=V nm ′.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the equation f 1 ′ is represented by

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6. The method of claim 4 , wherein the computational method g 2 meets a condition

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7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the threshold value and the sensing signal are voltage values or capacitance values.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the capacitive touch panel comprises a transparent conductive layer, and the transparent conductive layer is a carbon nanotube layer, a conductive indium tin oxide layer, or a conductive antimony tin oxide layer.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 22, 2021
From: SHIH HUA TECHNOLOGY LTD.
To: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 056969/0176 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 22, 2012
From: HUANG, CHENG-TAI; CHENG, CHIEN-YUNG
To: SHIH HUA TECHNOLOGY LTD.
Reel/Frame 028826/0337 →
Priority Claims (1)
TW 100149637 · Dec 29, 2011 · national
Continuity (1)
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