Digital device for recognizing double-sided touch and method for controlling the same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9448587-B2
Application number	US-201313797436-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 12, 2013
Priority date	Feb 6, 2013
Publication date	Sep 20, 2016
Grant date	Sep 20, 2016

Abstract

A digital device for recognizing a double-sided touch and a method for controlling the same are disclosed. The digital device for recognizing a double-sided touch includes a front display unit, a sensor unit configured to detect a touch input and transmit an input signal based on the detected touch input to a processor, and the processor configured to control the front display unit and the sensor unit. The processor is configured to identify an input pattern to the digital device using a first input signal, determine whether to activate touch sensing on a rear surface of the digital device according to the identified input pattern, provide a touch sensing area on the rear surface of the digital device, when touch sensing on the rear surface of the digital device is activated.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A digital device for recognizing a double-sided touch, comprising:
a front display unit including a first region and a second region;
a sensor unit configured to detect a touch input and transmit an input signal based on the detected touch input to a processor; and
the processor configured to control the front display unit and the sensor unit,
wherein the processor is further configured to:
identify an input pattern to the digital device using a first input signal,
determine whether to activate touch sensing on a rear surface of the digital device according to the identified input pattern,
provide a touch sensing area on the rear surface of the digital device, when touch sensing on the rear surface of the digital device is activated, wherein a size of the touch sensing area is determined based on at least one of a position of a first point on a first lateral side of the digital device and a position of a second point on a second lateral side opposite to the first lateral side, and wherein the first and second points are determined based on the input pattern,
control content displayed on the first region of the front display unit according to a second input signal to the touch sensing area, and
control content displayed on the second region of the front display unit according to a third input signal to the second region of the front display unit.

2. The digital device according to claim 1 , wherein the input pattern to the digital device includes a grip pattern detected from both lateral sides of the digital device.

3. The digital device according to claim 2 , wherein the processor is configured to activate touch sensing on the rear surface of the digital device, when pressure of the grip pattern is in a preset pressure range.

4. The digital device according to claim 2 , wherein the processor is configured to activate touch sensing on the rear surface of the digital device, when the grip pattern is a grip covering the rear surface of the digital device.

5. The digital device according to claim 1 , wherein the input pattern to the digital device includes a touch pattern on a front surface or the rear surface of the digital device.

6. The digital device according to claim 1 , wherein the first point includes an uppermost point among at least one point on the first lateral side of the digital device in the identified input pattern and the second point includes an uppermost point among at least one point on the second lateral side of the digital device in the identified input pattern.

7. The digital device according to claim 1 , wherein the touch sensing area includes an upper area above a line connecting between the first and second points on the rear surface of the digital device.

8. The digital device according to claim 1 , wherein the touch sensing area includes an upper area above a lower point between the first and second points on the rear surface of the digital device.

9. The digital device according to claim 1 , wherein the controlled area of the front display unit includes at least a part of the front display unit corresponding to a position of the touch sensing area on the rear surface of the digital device.

10. The digital device according to claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to control the content displayed on the front display unit based on a ratio between a size of the touch sensing area on the rear surface of the digital device and a size of the front display unit.

11. The digital device according to claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to display an indicator indicating a position of the second input signal on the front display unit according to the second input signal.

12. The digital device according to claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to control the content displayed on the front display unit according to a third input signal to the front display unit, when touch sensing on the rear surface of the digital device is not activated.

13. The digital device according to claim 1 , wherein the first region and the second region is determined based on the size of the touch sensing area.

14. A method for controlling a digital device for recognizing a double-sided touch, the method comprising:
detecting a first input signal;
identifying an input pattern to the digital device using the first input signal;
determining whether to activate touch sensing on a rear surface of the digital device according to the identified input pattern;
providing a touch sensing area on the rear surface of the digital device, when touch sensing on the rear surface of the digital device is activated, wherein a size of the touch sensing area is determined based on at least one of a position of a first point on a first lateral side of the digital device and a position of a second point on a second lateral side opposite to the first lateral side, and wherein the first and second points are determined based on the input pattern;
detecting a second input signal to the touch sensing area;
controlling content displayed on a first region of a front display unit according to the second input signal;
detecting a third input signal to a second region of the front display unit; and
controlling content displayed on the second region of the front display unit according to the third input signal.

15. The method according to claim 14 , wherein the input pattern to the digital device includes a grip pattern detected from both lateral sides of the digital device.

16. The method according to claim 14 , wherein the determining whether to activate touch sensing on the rear surface of the digital device comprises activating touch sensing on the rear surface of the digital device, when pressure of the grip pattern is in a preset pressure range.

17. The method according to claim 14 , wherein the determining whether to activate touch sensing on the rear surface of the digital device comprises activating touch sensing on the rear surface of the digital device, when the grip pattern is a grip covering the rear surface of the digital device.

18. The method according to claim 14 , wherein the input pattern to the digital device includes a touch pattern on a front surface or the rear surface of the digital device.

19. The method according to claim 14 , wherein the first point includes an uppermost point among at least one point on the first lateral side of the digital device in the identified input pattern and the second point includes an uppermost point among at least one point on the second lateral side of the digital device in the identified input pattern.

20. The method according to claim 14 , wherein the touch sensing area includes an upper area above a line connecting between the first and second points on the rear surface of the digital device.

21. The method according to claim 14 , wherein the controlling of content displayed on the front display unit comprises controlling the content displayed on the front display unit based on a ratio between a size of the touch sensing area on the rear surface of the digital device and a size of the front display unit.

Assignees

• Lg Electronics Inc

Inventors

• Park Hyorim

Classifications

• G06F3/04883

  for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text · CPC title

• G06F1/1626 Primary

  with a single-body enclosure integrating a flat display, e.g. Personal Digital Assistants [PDAs] · CPC title

• G06F3/03547

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

• G06F2200/1636

  Sensing arrangement for detection of a tap gesture on the housing · CPC title

• G06F1/169

  the I/O peripheral being an integrated pointing device, e.g. trackball in the palm rest area, mini-joystick integrated between keyboard keys, touch pads or touch stripes (G06F1/1643 takes precedence; constructional details of pointing devices G06F3/033) · CPC title