Electronic device which can detect touch state

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11526195-B2
Application number	US-202217680243-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 24, 2022
Priority date	Jan 21, 2020
Publication date	Dec 13, 2022
Grant date	Dec 13, 2022

Abstract

An electronic device with a function of detecting a touch state, comprising: at least one first electrode, configured to generate a first capacitance reflecting a distance between the first electrode and an object; at least one second electrode, configured to generate a second capacitance reflecting a distance between the second electrode and the object, and wherein a first distance between the first electrode and the object is smaller than a second distance between the second electrode and the object when the electronic is in a wearing state; a capacitance calculating circuit, configured to calculate the first capacitance and the second capacitance; and a processing circuit, configured to determine if the electronic device is in the wearing state based on a capacitance difference between the first capacitance and the second capacitance. 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:
at least one first electrode, configured to generate a first capacitance reflecting a distance between the first electrode and an object;
at least one second electrode, configured to generate a second capacitance reflecting a distance between the second electrode and the object, and wherein a first distance between the first electrode and the object is smaller than a second distance between the second electrode and the object when the touch state of the electronic is in a wearing state;
a capacitance calculating circuit, coupled to the first electrode and the second electrode to calculate 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 wearing state is a worn state if the capacitance difference is larger than a capacitance difference threshold, and determines the wearing state is a 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 and an outer region, wherein the first electrode is provided in the inner region and the second electrode is provided in the outer 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 a 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:
at least one first electrode, configured to generate a first capacitance reflecting a distance between the first electrode and an object;
at least one second electrode, configured to generate a second capacitance reflecting a distance between the second electrode and the object, and wherein a first distance between the first electrode and the object is smaller than a second distance between the second electrode and the object when the touch state of the electronic is in a wearing state;
a capacitance calculating circuit, coupled to the first electrode and the second electrode to calculate the first capacitance and the second capacitance; and
a processing circuit, coupled to the capacitance calculating circuit, configured to determine if the touch state of the electronic device is in the wearing state based on a capacitance difference between the first capacitance and the second capacitance,
wherein the electronic device further comprises:
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

Inventors

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

Classifications

• Y02D10/00

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• G06Q20/321

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• G04G21/08

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• G06F3/044 Primary

  by capacitive means · CPC title

• G06F3/0416

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