Method for detecting active pen touch position, and electronic terminal

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12079424-B2
Application number	US-202117910565-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 2, 2021
Priority date	Mar 10, 2020
Publication date	Sep 3, 2024
Grant date	Sep 3, 2024

Abstract

When a touch position of an active pen on a screen of an electronic terminal is detected, and once a first touch position of the active pen on the screen of the electronic terminal is detected based on downlink signals collected by sensors under the screen of the electronic terminal, sensors outside a first preset region including the first touch position are disabled, where sensors in the first preset region are still in a working mode. In addition, a quantity of sensors in the first preset region is less than a quantity of sensors under the screen of the electronic terminal. In this way, when a second touch position of the active pen on the screen of the electronic terminal is subsequently determined, downlink signals sent by the active pen are collected only by using the sensors in the first preset region, instead of always by using all sensors under the screen of the electronic terminal, so that detection flexibility is improved.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An electronic terminal, comprising:
a determining unit, configured to determine a first touch position of an active pen on a screen of the electronic terminal based on downlink signals collected by sensors under the screen of the electronic terminal;
a controlling unit, configured to disable, based on the determined first touch position, sensors outside a first region corresponding to the first touch position, wherein sensors in the first region are still in a working mode, the first touch position is comprised in the first region, and a quantity of sensors in the first region is less than a quantity of sensors under the screen of the electronic terminal, and wherein when a percent of an area of a second sensor in the first region is greater than a preset threshold the controlling unit is further configured to control the second sensor to be in the working mode; and
the determining unit, further configured to determine a second touch position of the active pen on the screen of the electronic terminal based on downlink signals collected by the sensors in the first region.

2. The electronic terminal according to claim 1 , wherein
the first touch position is a central point of the first region.

3. The electronic terminal according to claim 2 , wherein
a shape of the first region is a regular pattern.

4. The electronic terminal according to claim 1 , wherein
the first region is a range that centers on the first touch position and comprises M*N sensors surrounding the first touch position, wherein both M and N are positive integers.

5. The electronic terminal according to claim 1 , wherein
the first region is a range that centers on the first touch position and whose radius is a length of P sensors, wherein P is a positive integer.

6. The electronic terminal according to claim 5 , wherein
the controlling unit is further configured to control a first sensor to be in a working mode when the first sensor totally is in the first region.

7. The electronic terminal according to claim 1 , wherein
the determining unit is further configured to determine whether the second touch position and the first touch position are a same position; and
the controlling unit is further configured to: when the second touch position and the first touch position are different positions, disable sensors outside a second region corresponding to the second touch position, wherein sensors in the second region are still in a working mode, the second touch position is comprised in the second region, and a quantity of sensors in the second region is less than the quantity of sensors under the screen of the electronic terminal; and when the second touch position and the first touch position are a same position, determine that the second region is the first region.

8. The electronic terminal according to claim 1 , wherein
the controlling unit is further configured to: control the sensors under the screen of the electronic terminal to be enabled, and control the sensors under the screen of the electronic terminal to send uplink signals to the active pen, wherein the uplink signals are used to wake up the active pen.

9. An electronic terminal, wherein the electronic terminal comprises a processor and a memory, the memory stores a computer program, and the processor is configured to execute the computer program stored in the memory, so that the electronic terminal is enabled to perform the following steps:
determine a first touch position of an active pen on a screen of the electronic terminal based on downlink signals collected by sensors under the screen of the electronic terminal;
disable, based on the determined first touch position, sensors outside a first region corresponding to the first touch position, wherein sensors in the first region are still in a working mode, the first touch position is comprised in the first region, and a quantity of sensors in the first region is less than a quantity of sensors under the screen of the electronic terminal, and wherein when a percent of an area of a second sensor in the first region is greater than a preset threshold the controlling unit is further configured to control the second sensor to be in the working mode; and
determine a second touch position of the active pen on the screen of the electronic terminal based on downlink signals collected by the sensors in the first region.

10. The electronic terminal according to claim 9 , wherein
the first touch position is a central point of the first region.

11. The electronic terminal according to claim 10 , wherein
a shape of the first region is a regular pattern.

12. The electronic terminal according to claim 9 , wherein
the first region is a range that centers on the first touch position and comprises M*N sensors surrounding the first touch position, wherein both M and N are positive integers.

13. The electronic terminal according to claim 9 , wherein
the first region is a range that centers on the first touch position and whose radius is a length of P sensors, wherein P is a positive integer.

14. The electronic terminal according to claim 13 , wherein
the electronic terminal is further enabled to control a first sensor to be in a working mode when the first sensor totally is in the first region.

15. The electronic terminal according to claim 9 , wherein the electronic terminal is further enabled to:
determine whether the second touch position and the first touch position are a same position;
when the second touch position and the first touch position are different positions, disable sensors outside a second region corresponding to the second touch position, wherein sensors in the second region are still in a working mode, the second touch position is comprised in the second region, and a quantity of sensors in the second region is less than the quantity of sensors under the screen of the electronic terminal; and
when the second touch position and the first touch position are a same position, determine that the second region is the first region.

16. The electronic terminal according to claim 9 , wherein
the electronic terminal is further enabled to: control the sensors under the screen of the electronic terminal to be enabled, and control the sensors under the screen of the electronic terminal to send uplink signals to the active pen, wherein the uplink signals are used to wake up the active pen.

Assignees

• Huawei Tech Co Ltd

Inventors

• Zhang Junyong

Classifications

• G06F3/0383

  Signal control means within the pointing device · CPC title

• G06F3/03545 Primary

  Pens or stylus · CPC title

• G06F3/0442

  using active external devices, e.g. active pens, for transmitting changes in electrical potential to be received by the digitiser · CPC title

• G06F3/0441

  using active external devices, e.g. active pens, for receiving changes in electrical potential transmitted by the digitiser, e.g. tablet driving signals · CPC title

• Y02D30/70

  in wireless communication networks · CPC title