Method for controlling electronic apparatus and apparatus and recording medium using the method

This non-provisional application claims the benefit of U.S. provisional application No. 61/015,671, filed on Dec. 21, 2007 and included herein by reference.

1. Field of the Invention

The application relates to a control method of an electronic apparatus, and more particularly, to a method of controlling an electronic apparatus to execute a predetermined function, and an apparatus using the method.

2. Description of the Prior Art

Controlling an electronic apparatus using a touch control method is a common way in the present time. Generally speaking, an electronic apparatus includes a touch sensitive module on which a user can move his/her finger(s) to control the electronic apparatus to execute a predetermined function. Therefore, the electronic apparatus must be able to identify the user\'s different moving motions on the touch sensitive module to execute different predetermined functions accordingly.

In light of this, the application provides a control method of an electronic apparatus which detects whether a speed of a moving motion on a touch sensitive module of the electronic apparatus is greater than a threshold speed to control the electronic apparatus to execute a first predetermined function or a second predetermined function. In this way, the aforementioned problem can be solved.

According to one embodiment of the application, a control method of an electronic apparatus is disclosed. The control method includes: detecting a moving motion on a touch sensitive module to generate a sensing signal corresponding to the moving motion; and controlling an operation of the electronic apparatus according to the sensing signal. The step of controlling the operation of the electronic apparatus according to the sensing signal includes:

when a speed of the moving motion is determined less than a threshold speed according to the sensing signal, controlling the electronic apparatus to execute a first predetermined function; and when the speed of the moving motion is determined greater than the threshold speed according to the sensing signal, controlling the electronic apparatus to execute a second predetermined function which is different from the first predetermined function.

According to another embodiment of the application, an electronic apparatus is disclosed. The electronic apparatus includes a touch sensitive module, a controller, and a processing unit. The controller is coupled to the touch sensitive module, and is used for detecting a moving motion on the touch sensitive module to generate a sensing signal corresponding to the moving motion. The processing unit is coupled to the controller, and is used for controlling an operation of the electronic apparatus according to the sensing signal. When the processing unit determines that a speed of the moving motion is less than a threshold speed according to the sensing signal, the processing unit controls the electronic apparatus to execute a first predetermined function. When the processing unit determines that the speed of the moving motion is greater than the threshold speed according to the sensing signal, the processing unit controls the electronic apparatus to execute a second predetermined function which is different from the first predetermined function.

According to yet another embodiment of the application, a recording medium for recording a computer program is disclosed. The computer program includes program codes for executing following steps: detecting a moving motion on a touch sensitive module to generate a sensing signal corresponding to the moving motion; and controlling an operation of the electronic apparatus according to the sensing signal. The step of controlling the operation of the electronic apparatus according to the sensing signal includes: when a speed of the moving motion is determined less than a threshold speed according to the sensing signal, controlling the electronic apparatus to execute a first predetermined function; and when the speed of the moving motion is determined greater than the threshold speed according to the sensing signal, controlling the electronic apparatus to execute a second predetermined function which is different from the first predetermined function.

These and other objectives of the application will no doubt become obvious to those of ordinary skill in the art after reading the following detailed description of the preferred embodiment that is illustrated in the various figures and drawings.