Electronic device which can detect touch state

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11294428-B2
Application number	US-202117233523-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 18, 2021
Priority date	Jan 21, 2020
Publication date	Apr 5, 2022
Grant date	Apr 5, 2022

Abstract

An electronic device which can detect a touch state, comprising: a front surface for showing images; at least one first electrode, provided in a first region; at least one second electrode, provided in a second region, wherein a distance between the first region and the front surface is larger than a distance between the second region and the front surface; a capacitance calculating circuit, configured to calculate at least one first capacitance generated by the first electrode and coupled to the second electrode to calculate at least one second capacitance generated by the second electrode, wherein the capacitance calculating circuit further calculates a capacitance difference between the first capacitance and the second capacitance; and a processing circuit, configured to determine the touch state according to the capacitance difference. Via such structure, the touch state of the electronic device can be precisely acquired.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An electronic device with a function of detecting a touch state, comprising:
a front surface, configured to show images;
at least one first electrode, provided in a first region of the electronic device;
at least one second electrode, provided in a second region of the electronic device, wherein a distance between the first region and the front surface is larger than a distance between the second region and the front surface;
a capacitance calculating circuit, coupled to the first electrode to calculate at least one first capacitance generated by the first electrode and coupled to the second electrode to calculate at least one second capacitance generated by the second electrode, wherein the capacitance calculating circuit further calculates a capacitance difference between the first capacitance and the second capacitance; and
a processing circuit, coupled to the capacitance calculating circuit, configured to determine the touch state and a wearing state according to the capacitance difference;
wherein the wearing state comprises a worn state and a taken off state, wherein the processing circuit further determines the wearing state is in the worn state if the capacitance difference is larger than a capacitance difference threshold, and determines the wearing state is in the taken off state if the capacitance difference is smaller than the capacitance difference threshold.

2. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the electronic device comprises an inner region serving as the first region and an outer region serving as the second region.

3. The electronic device of claim 2 , wherein the outer region is surrounding the inner region.

4. The electronic device of claim 2 , wherein the inner region is provided to a first part of the electronic device and the outer region is provided to a second part of the electronic device, wherein the inner region and the outer region are provided to a first surface of the electronic device, wherein the first part is more protruding than the front surface of the electronic device, wherein the front surface is opposite to the first surface.

5. The electronic device of claim 1 , further comprising:
at least two light sources and at least one optical sensor, wherein the optical sensor senses light generated from the light sources to respectively generate light sensing signals;
wherein the capacitance calculating circuit further calculates a first capacitance variation based on the first capacitance and a second capacitance variation based on the second capacitance;
wherein the processing circuit further determines which one of the light sensing signals is reliable according to the first capacitance variation or the second capacitance variation.

6. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein at least one of the first electrode serves as at least one transmitter and at least one of the first electrode serves as at least one receiver, wherein the processing circuit further calculates biological information according to signals flowing between the transmitter and the receiver.

7. An electronic device with a function of detecting a touch state, comprising:
a front surface, configured to show images;
at least one first electrode, provided in a first region of the electronic device;
at least one second electrode, provided in a second region of the electronic device, wherein a distance between the first region and the front surface is larger than a distance between the second region and the front surface;
a capacitance calculating circuit, coupled to the first electrode to calculate at least one first capacitance generated by the first electrode and coupled to the second electrode to calculate at least one second capacitance generated by the second electrode, wherein the capacitance calculating circuit further calculates a capacitance difference between the first capacitance and the second capacitance;
a processing circuit, coupled to the capacitance calculating circuit, configured to determine the touch state according to the capacitance difference; and
at least two light sources and at least one optical sensor, wherein the optical sensor senses light generated from the light sources to respectively generate light sensing signals;
wherein the capacitance calculating circuit further calculates a first capacitance variation based on the first capacitance and a second capacitance variation based on the second capacitance;
wherein the processing circuit further determines which one of the light sensing signals is reliable according to the first capacitance variation or the second capacitance variation.

Assignees

• Pixart Imaging Inc
• Pix Art Imaging Inc

Inventors

• Tsai Ming-Hung
• Su Tse-Chung
• Gu Ren-Hau
• Su Tzung-Min

Classifications

• G06F3/0416

  Control or interface arrangements specially adapted for digitisers · CPC title

• G06F3/044 Primary

  by capacitive means · CPC title

• G06F1/163 Primary

  Wearable computers, e.g. on a belt · CPC title

• G04G21/025

  for measuring physiological data · CPC title

• G06Q20/321

  using wearable devices · CPC title