SENTELIC CORPORATION Patent applications |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20130293509 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH TOUCH SENSITIVITY - An electronic device includes a touch panel and a control module. On the display panel, m columns of sensing capacitors are disposed along a first direction and n rows of sensing capacitors are disposed along a second direction. The control module includes M column output channels, N row output channels, M column scan lines and N row scan lines. Each column scan line includes a first end coupled to a corresponding column output channel and a second end spreading into A sub scan lines which are coupled to A adjacent columns of sensing capacitors among the m columns of sensing capacitors, respectively. Each row scan line includes a first end coupled to a corresponding row output channel and a second end spreading into B sub scan lines which are coupled to B adjacent rows of sensing capacitors among the n rows of sensing capacitors, respectively. | 11-07-2013 |
20120306756 | CAPACITIVE TOUCH KEYBOARD - A capacitive touch keyboard includes an insulating substrate that defines a plurality of press key zones, and a first and a second conductive layers, both disposed on the insulating substrate. Each conductive layer includes a plurality of electrode lines arranged in two different directions. Each electrode line includes a plurality of electrode units connected in series. Each electrode unit is disposed at a position corresponding to a respective one of the press key zones. For each of the press key zones, the electrode units of the first the second conductive layers that are disposed therein are adjacent to each other and cooperate to form a touch sensing structure. | 12-06-2012 |
20120306755 | TOUCH KEYBOARD - A touch keyboard includes a touch panel that defines a plurality of touch input zones and that has opposite first and second surfaces, and an input member disposed on the first surface of the touch panel. The input member includes a body and a plurality of resilient key units disposed on the body. The resilient key units are separate from each other and protrude respectively from the body at positions corresponding to the touch input zones and are able to contact with the first surface of the touch panel during deformation thereof, respectively. | 12-06-2012 |
20120287078 | MULTI-TOUCH DETECTION METHOD AND DEVICE THEREOF - A multi-touch detection method and device thereof includes multiple first electrode rows spacedly intersecting with multiple second electrode rows. The first and second electrical signals are applied respectively to each first electrode row and each second electrode row to detect capacitance variations of the first and second electrode rows so as to select first and second candidate electrode rows from the first and second electrode rows based on the capacitance variations. Individual third electrical signals are applied respectively to the first candidate electrode rows to detect capacitance variations of the second candidate electrode rows so as to determine real touched points on the touch screen. | 11-15-2012 |
20120262392 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A portable electronic device includes: a main module disposed in a main housing; a keyboard mounted on a mounting surface of the main housing and connected electrically to the main module; and a touch input unit mounted to the main housing and connected electrically to the main module. The touch input unit has first, second and third operating areas spaced apart from each other and exposed from the mounting surface of the main housing. The touch input unit generates an input signal corresponding to one touch point on any one of the first, second and third operating areas, and outputs the input signal to the main module such that the main module performs an operation corresponding to the input signal. | 10-18-2012 |
20120212426 | TRANSPARENT TOUCH PAD AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - The present invention provides a transparent touch pad and a method for manufacturing the same. The transparent touch pad includes a first transparent substrate, a second transparent substrate and an adhesion layer. The adhesion sides of the first transparent substrate and the second transparent substrate are respectively provided with a plurality of first sensing conductors and second sensing conductors and are adhered by the adhesion layer to form a transparent touch pad having two-dimensional arrangement of sensing conductors. Since the first transparent substrate has a low electrical resistance and the second transparent substrate is easy to process, the area of a visible region of the touch pad is increased and a lithographic process is no longer required. In this way, the structure of the touch pad is simplified and the production cost is reduced. | 08-23-2012 |
20120062480 | CAPACITIVE TOUCH SENSOR AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - The present invention provides a capacitive touch sensor and a method for manufacturing the same. The capacitive touch sensor includes at least one transparent insulation substrate and at least one transparent capacitive touch conductor. The capacitive touch conductor is coated on the insulation substrate and formed with a boundary. The capacitive touch conductors are electrically connected to each other to form at least one first and second electrical-conductive set. At least one recess region is defined in the boundary. The recess region increases the light transmittance of the insulation substrate, reduces the necessary brightness of a light source for the capacitive touch pad, and saves the material cost. | 03-15-2012 |
20110309957 | INPUT MODULE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE HAVING THE SAME - An input module includes a substrate, at least two bio-keys and a control unit. The substrate has at least two bio-leads and switches. Each of the bio-keys has a key surface, at least one conductive elastic piece and a protrusion. The conductive elastic piece is electrically connected and conducted to the key surface and the bio-leads. The control unit has an input-signal generating element and a biological-signal generating element. The input-signal generating element is configured to generate a first input signal and a second input signal by using the protrusion to toggle the switch. The biological-signal generating element is configured to generate a bioelectric signal through the electrical conduction between the bio-key and the bio-lead. The present invention further provides an electronic device, in which the bioelectric signal is analyzed by an operational unit to generate a biological function index. | 12-22-2011 |
20110227845 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE THAT INCLUDES A TOUCH PAD AND A DISPLAY SCREEN, AND THE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A method for controlling an electronic device includes the steps of: upon detecting a single-object touch on a touch pad when the electronic device operates in a cursor mode, where movement of a cursor in a visual display displayed on the display screen is enabled and controlled in response to and in correspondence with a single-object sliding touch motion on the touch pad, configuring the electronic device to determine whether a time interval that the single-object touch remains substantially stationary on the touch pad reaches a predefined threshold value; and when it is determined that the time interval reaches the predefined threshold value, configuring the electronic device to exit the cursor mode and enter a scrolling mode, where scrolling of the visual display is enabled and controlled in response to and in correspondence with a single-object sliding touch motion on the touch pad. | 09-22-2011 |
20110216005 | INPUT DEVICE - An input device includes a contact sensing surface having at least one key region and a controller. The controller includes: a position-detecting unit configured to detect the position on the contact sensing surface contacted by an object, a memory unit configured to store at least one functional data each corresponding to a key function, a key-triggering unit configured to read out the functional data in the memory unit and activate the corresponding key function without a sliding into the key region, a key function setting unit configured to change the functional data based on the direction and distance of the object sliding within the key region. With this arrangement, the key function setting unit can reduce the number of the keys regions virtually provided on the contact sensing surface, thereby providing an intuitive operation of key functions for a user. | 09-08-2011 |
20100295818 | CAPACITIVE TOUCH PANEL - A capacitive touch panel includes: a substrate having upper and lower surfaces and vias; a first patterned layer formed on the upper surface of the substrate and including first electrode units, each of the first electrode units being connected to a respective one of the vias and including interconnected first electrode pads that are aligned in a first direction; a first insulating layer disposed above and covering the first patterned layer; and a second patterned layer disposed above and formed on the first insulating layer and including second electrode units. Each of the second electrode units is connected to a respective one of the vias and includes interconnected second electrode pads that are aligned in a second direction transverse to the first direction. | 11-25-2010 |
20100207892 | Touch-Control Module - A touch-control module for recognizing gesture inputs by a position sensitive device to an electronic device is disclosed. The touch-control module includes an input connected to the position sensitive device for receiving at least one sensing signal generated by the position sensitive device when one or more objects touch a surface thereof; a touch state unit for detecting the sensing signal and determining a touch state of the object(s), such as approaching to or lifting off the position sensitive device; a position and multi-gesture processing unit for analyzing the sensing signal to determine a touch position of the object(s) on the position sensitive device, and tracking the touch state and touch position to determine a corresponding motion factor; and an output connected to the electronic device for outputting the touch state and touch position as well as information corresponding to a motion factor whenever the motion factor is determined. | 08-19-2010 |
20100039404 | INTEGRATED INPUT SYSTEM - An integrated input system includes a touch sensing unit, a signal processing unit, a user instruction recognizing unit and an integration bus. The touch sensing unit has at least an electrical circuit and a transmission conducting line for outputting a sensing signal after being touched with one or multiple objects. The signal processing unit processes the sensing signal and outputting a press point message. The user instruction recognizing unit analyzes a user instruction, which includes a keyboard message input, a triggering action of a functional key or hot key, a directional input of a touchpad or mouse and a drawing information input of a handwriting board, corresponding to the press point message. The integration bus receives information of an external display unit and transmits the user instruction. | 02-18-2010 |
20090315826 | METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING A SINGLE TAP, DOUBLE TAPS AND A DRAG AND A CONTROLLER FOR A TOUCH DEVICE EMPLOYING THE METHOD - A method for identifying a single tap with a controller employing the method comprises following steps: (a) detecting the first hit-movement being conducted by the object touching the touch device; (b) starting a time-counting if a detected result of step (a) is “YES”; (c) detecting if the object leaves the touch device within the first reference time interval; (d) generating an operation signal to represent a start of the hit-movement at the time of the first reference time interval ending if a detected result of step (c) is “YES”; (e) detecting if the second hit-movement is conducted by the object touching the touch device within a second reference time interval after the first reference time interval; (f) maintaining the operation signal to represent the second hit-movement being conducted if a detected result of step (e) is “YES”; and (g) terminating said operation signal at the time of the second reference time interval ending to represent a cease of the second hit-movement if a detected result of said step (e) is “NO” for completing the single tap. | 12-24-2009 |