Touch input system, touch input device, and touch input auxiliary tool

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2020393928-A1
Application number	US-202016897605-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Jun 10, 2020
Priority date	Jun 14, 2019
Publication date	Dec 17, 2020
Grant date	—

Abstract

A touch input system includes a touch input device and a touch input auxiliary tool. The touch input device includes a detector, a function addition section, and an input determination section. The detector has a touch input surface and detects touch input to the touch input surface or a position of the touch input auxiliary tool arranged on the touch input surface. The function addition section adds a touch input button function corresponding to the touch input auxiliary tool to a corresponding area that corresponds to the position of the touch input auxiliary tool on the touch input surface in the case where the detector detects the touch input auxiliary tool. The input determination section that determines that input is carried out by the touch input button function added to the corresponding area in the case where the detector detects the touch input to the corresponding area by the touch input object.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A touch input system comprising:
a touch input device; and a touch input auxiliary tool, wherein the touch input device includes: a detector that has a touch input surface and detects touch input to the touch input surface by a touch input object or a position of the touch input auxiliary tool that is arranged on the touch input surface; a function addition section that adds a touch input button function corresponding to the touch input auxiliary tool to a corresponding area that corresponds to the position of the touch input auxiliary tool on the touch input surface in a case where the detector detects the touch input auxiliary tool; and an input determination section that determines that input is carried out by the touch input button function added to the corresponding area in a case where the detector detects the touch input to the corresponding area by the touch input object.

2 . The touch input system according to claim 1 , wherein
the function addition section adds the touch input button function to the corresponding area that is located directly under the touch input auxiliary tool, and the detector detects the touch input to the corresponding area located directly under the touch input auxiliary tool via touch to an upper surface of the touch input auxiliary tool by the touch input object.

3 . The touch input system according to claim 2 , wherein
the touch input auxiliary tool is in a form of a sheet.

4 . The touch input system according to claim 2 , wherein
at least one of a type of the touch input button function that is added to the corresponding area and a range of the corresponding area is displayed on the touch input auxiliary tool.

5 . The touch input system according to claim 1 , wherein
the touch input button function includes an input function as an input device to a computer.

6 . The touch input system according to claim 5 , wherein
the touch input auxiliary tool has a form indicating the input device.

7 . The touch input system according to claim 5 , wherein
the touch input button function includes an input function as a keyboard.

8 . The touch input system according to claim 5 , wherein
the touch input button function includes an input function as a mouse.

9 . The touch input system according to claim 5 , wherein
the touch input button function includes an input function as a touchpad.

10 . A touch input device comprising:
a detector that has a touch input surface and detects touch input to the touch input surface by a touch input object or a position of a touch input auxiliary tool that is arranged on the touch input surface; a function addition section that adds a touch input button function corresponding to the touch input auxiliary tool to a corresponding area that corresponds to the position of the touch input auxiliary tool on the touch input surface in a case where the detector detects the touch input auxiliary tool; and an input determination section that determines that input is carried out by the touch input button function added to the corresponding area in a case where the detector detects the touch input to the corresponding area by the touch input object.

11 . A touch input auxiliary tool, which is detected by the detector of the touch input device according to claim 10 and associated with the touch input button function.

Assignees

• Sharp Kk

Inventors

• Saito Hiroya

Classifications

• G06F3/03547 Primary

  Touch pads, in which fingers can move on a surface · CPC title

• G06F3/04162

  for exchanging data with external devices, e.g. smart pens, via the digitiser sensing hardware · CPC title

• G06F3/04142

  the force sensing means being located peripherally, e.g. disposed at the corners or at the side of a touch sensing plate · CPC title

• G06F3/03543

  Mice or pucks (G06F3/03541 takes precedence) · CPC title

• G06F3/0238

  Programmable keyboards (key guide holders G06F3/0224) · CPC title