Electronic device and touch detection method
AssigneeTPK Advanced Soulutions Inc.
InventorsLien Hsin Lee, Yu Ting Chan, Tai Shih Cheng
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Abstract
An electronic device includes a touch module, a display module, and a control module. The touch module is configured to detect a touch input. The display module is disposed under the touch module. The control module is electrically connected to the touch module and the display module and configured to: detect a contact area of the touch input on the touch module; make the display module display a first input interface when the contact area is greater than a first threshold area; and make the display module display a second input interface when the contact area is smaller than a second threshold area, in which the second threshold area is equal to or smaller than the first threshold area.
Claims16
An electronic device, comprising:
- a touch module configured to detect a touch input;
- a display module disposed under the touch module;
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- a control module electrically connected to the touch module and the display module and configured to:
- detect a contact area of the touch input on the touch module;
- make the display module display a first input interface when the contact area is greater than a first threshold area;
- make the display module display a second input interface when the contact area is smaller than a second threshold area, wherein the second threshold area is equal to or smaller than the first threshold area;
- detect the touch input through the touch module at a first report rate when the contact area is greater than the first threshold area;
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- detect the touch input through the touch module at a second report rate when the contact area is smaller than the second threshold area, wherein the second report rate is greater than the first report rate.
A touch detection method applied to an electronic device comprising a touch module and a display module, the method comprising:
- detecting a contact area of a touch input on the touch module;
- making the display module display a first input interface when the contact area is greater than a first threshold area;
- making the display module display a second input interface when the contact area is smaller than a second threshold area, wherein the second threshold area is equal to or smaller than the first threshold area;
- detecting the touch input through the touch module at a first report rate when the contact area is greater than the first threshold area;
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- detecting the touch input through the touch module at a second report rate when the contact area is smaller than the second threshold area, wherein the second report rate is greater than the first report rate.
A touch detection method applied to an electronic device comprising a touch module, a pressure-sensing module disposed under the touch module, and a display module, the method comprising:
- detecting a contact area of a touch input on the touch module;
- making the display module display a first input interface when the contact area is greater than a first threshold area;
- making the display module display a second input interface when the contact area is smaller than a second threshold area, wherein the second threshold area is equal to or smaller than the first threshold area;
- detecting applied force of the touch input on the touch module;
- activating a virtual key force sensing mode to detect the touch input through the pressure-sensing module when the contact area is greater than the first threshold area and the applied force is greater than a first threshold force;
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- detecting the touch input through the touch module when the contact area is smaller than the second threshold area.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.