Edge Sensor Touch Disable for Portable Devices
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional portable electronic devices lack effective methods to disable touch functions on a touch display screen using edge sensors for specific user actions, leading to potential misinterpretation of gestures and inefficient user interaction.
Innovation Solution
Incorporating edge sensors adjacent to the body of a portable electronic device, which are electrically coupled to a processor, allowing for the disabling of touch functions based on sensed actions such as squeezing, sliding, or flipping, enabling customizable and precise user interactions.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If edge sensor is used to sense user actions, then user interaction precision is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The touch display screen is divided into multiple regions, with the edge region equipped with edge sensors and the central region using conventional touch sensing. This segmentation allows precise gesture recognition at the edges while maintaining simple conventional touch functionality in the center, resolving the contradiction between precision and complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
Different sensing mechanisms are applied to different locations: edge sensors with high precision are placed at the edges for precise gesture recognition, while the central area uses standard touch sensing. This local differentiation optimizes precision where needed without unnecessarily increasing overall device complexity.
2Productivity
If touch function is disabled based on edge sensor input, then user interaction efficiency is improved, but ease of operation deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The touch function dynamically switches between enabled and disabled states based on edge sensor detection. When a specific edge gesture is detected, the touch function is temporarily disabled to prevent misinterpretation, then re-enabled afterward. This dynamic adjustment improves interaction efficiency while maintaining ease of operation through automatic state management.
Solution Approach 2:
The system provides feedback by detecting edge gestures and automatically adjusting the touch function state accordingly. This feedback mechanism prevents gesture misinterpretation and improves interaction efficiency while requiring minimal user effort, as the system autonomously manages the touch function based on detected actions.
3Adaptability or versatility
If edge sensor is added to the device, then functionality is improved, but manufacturing cost increases
Solution Approach 1:
Edge sensors are integrated only in the edge regions of the touch display screen rather than across the entire surface. This segmented approach provides enhanced gesture control versatility at the edges while minimizing the number of sensors required, thereby controlling manufacturing costs.
Solution Approach 2:
The edge sensor system is designed to recognize multiple types of gestures (sliding, squeezing, flipping) using a unified sensing mechanism. This multi-functionality approach enhances gesture control versatility without requiring separate specialized sensors for each gesture type, thus reducing overall manufacturing complexity and cost.
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AI summary
A portable electronic device, an operating method for the same, and a non-transitory computer readable recording medium are provided. The portable electronic device includes a body, a touch display screen and an edge sensor. The touch display screen is disposed on the body. The edge sensor is disposed adjacent to an edge of the body. The operating method includes the following step. When an event is generated according to a first action sensed by the edge sensor, a touch function of a region of the touch display screen or the whole touch display screen is disabled.